White Collar
So Neal’s landed himself in trouble, getting duped by the rich, white dude he paid to protect himself (this is some kind of metaphor is it not?)
Once again Peter and Mozzie (Neal’s surrogate parents) must plan Neal’s escape. His own attempt at escape doesn’t fare so well and he gets shot in the leg by Agent Collins. The first part half of the escape goes mostly as planned, and Peter is almost ready to let Neal disappear again. Neal doesn’t want to admit it (mostly because of Mozzie), but he desparately wants to quit running and return to New York, to his old life (if such a possibility existed).
The universe hands them the opportunity to get Neal that third chance he so desires by allowing him to stick it to the white man who betrayed him. In a plan Neal’s new girlfriend refers to as “intricate”, the success of which depends largely on how well the word-of-mouth travels on the island. Peter’s learning a new life skill (which will probably come in handy soon); and both he and Mozzie work overtime to get the grapevine buzzing. While Neal rests and paints an optical illusion.
Some of it works, some of it doesn’t (most of it doesn’t matter, because you know how it will end). They manage to trick the white guy to get on a plane to escape, they convince Agent Collins to take the glory for capturing the fourth most wanted person in America in lieu of allowing Peter the courtesy of bringing Neal in. And though Neal gets exactly what he wanted, his mistakes (and some of Peter’s own) mean Peter will be bearing the brunt of the consequences, since Neal was his responsibility.
How will the team survive without Peter? Who will be the new head of the team? How will the team get Peter back? What resentment will linger between everyone now and how will it affect them all? These questions will shape season 4.
Sorry there’s very little in-depth analysis of the characters so far, mostly because the first two episodes have been nothing more than plot devices warming up for the real developments.
- Mozzie’s going to become the new “White Protector Man” on the island, isn’t he?
- The more they build up the intrigue to Neal’s backstory, the more I’m sure I’m going to be disappointed when it’s finally revealed.
- Who will be Neal’s love interest this season? Can it be Alcide?
