White Collar 2×03 – Copycat Caffrey
August 1, 2010
Someone copies Neal, Alex reappears, and we find out a little bit more about the damn music box. Also, Peter PWNS Neal!
No El this episode (and thankfully, that means no bad greenscreen!) but everyone else makes up for it by being AWESOME.
We get a little more back history on them – Peter was a Mathelete. Well, a Math major who was an athlete, while Neal never went to college even though he has a handful of MBAs and certs. He really keeps his past under wraps, casually deflecting Peter when he asks why Neal never went to collefe.
Mozzie is also hilarious – his ‘secret spy meeting’s in parks that he insists Alex, and previously Peter, do to meet. Love his interactions with Peter, especially after Peter cons him into helping him play the part of the Detroit mobster. “Tell him you’ll cut off his hands!” and Peter trying his darndest not to burst out laughing in his part as the Peacemaker. hee.
Neal is so happy to get copycatted! That grin on his face when Diana asks who was being copycatted… and cutting out the article… and especially when he finds out that there is week’s syllabus of criminology course especially on him! And then getting annoyed that he’s not the only one being copied..
Neal and Peter have this great beat running through the whole show where Neal acts like the FBI caught him only because he let them in front of others. Peter quickly sets them straight right at the end in front of the whole criminology class, where after catching the student crew, he tells them how much more fulfilling it is to catch criminals rather than be one. Pointing at Neal, he says:
I wear a badge; he wears a tracking anklet. Application forms are on the table.
Neal, PWNED.
Loved the bit outside too:
Neal: Saving America’s youth from a life of crime
Peter: we’re a regular afterschool special.
Alex also makes a reappearance as she goes to Mozzie and Neal for help. Neal helps her out and she gives him the broken piece of the music box, which turns out to be a key, as Peter and Diana discover for themselves. How long before they realize that Neal now holds the key? And what is hidden in the music box? I kinda expected something to pop up when the music box’s tune ended, but now its obviously something hidden in the lid or something. (how about x-raying the box guys, even if you can’t hack it in case it’s booby trapped?)
