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love in the time of bank robberies
WHITE COLLAR. <3 I am so pleased my show is back!
I am unsurprised Neal is repressing like crazy, first because the show is episodic and therefore character has to stay relatively consistent, but also because that's what Neal does. I imagine he was going quietly crazy in prison, though. And his little PTSD, hands-shaking, unable-to-forge-stuff episode is basically my crack. Repress more, Neal!
I am in love with Peter and Mozzie's covert meetings in the park to discuss Neal's mental health, and I am likewise in love, as always, with El's concern over and fostering of health in Neal and Peter's relationship. (I am, however, weirded out at whateverthefuck was up with the aspect ratio in Elizabeth's scene. Was that just me?) I adore that this is apparently a show about A Charming Con Man and the Dozen Excellent People Who Love Him.
Mostly, though, oh my god: Neal was going to stay. They fucking textualized it. Neal was going to choose Peter over Kate. I don't -- I don't even know what to do. I am pretty sure that I have just completely reconceptualized the role of Kate's plot on the show, though. I mean, obviously she is the center point for the ongoing mystery concerning Fowler and the music box, &c &c, but I mostly thought she was supposed to stand for the tension in Neal's life that beckons him back towards a life of crime. Apparently that is not it! Apparently Kate is, in fact, the artificial construct that keeps Peter and Neal from making mad, passionate love right there on the Burkes' dining room table. Because Elizabeth sure as hell won't stop them.
(I am pretty sure I am not making this up! I mean, yes, I am making up the bit about sex on the dining room table. But I am not making up the part where the specter of Kate is an obstacle to their relationship, nor the part where El is basically the opposite of an obstacle. Obviously "Peter is Neal's boss and handler" isn't any kind of narrative obstacle, because they have successfully incorporated that power imbalance into an excellent way to channel their massive amounts of UST. I really want all of this to be intentional.)
And how much do I love that Peter and Neal went through that whole "Pretend to argue to confuse and distract the bad guy" routine? They just spent two months apart, and they're more in synch than ever. I just. I ship them so hard.
Back in plotland, I hope that
[a] Kate isn't dead, because while I respect her plot function, I want her to be a little less incarnate Refrigerated Woman and perhaps a little more Victoria from due South
[b] Cruz has not been completely replaced by Diana, because although, goddamn, I love Diana, I have also witnessed the awesome of Natalie Morales elsewhere and would like to continue doing so, if they ever figure out how to use her well
[c] we find out what in hell Diana is doing with the music box, because damn, I am, for the first time ever, intrigued on that ongoing plot arc
A++! More, plz. :D
I am unsurprised Neal is repressing like crazy, first because the show is episodic and therefore character has to stay relatively consistent, but also because that's what Neal does. I imagine he was going quietly crazy in prison, though. And his little PTSD, hands-shaking, unable-to-forge-stuff episode is basically my crack. Repress more, Neal!
I am in love with Peter and Mozzie's covert meetings in the park to discuss Neal's mental health, and I am likewise in love, as always, with El's concern over and fostering of health in Neal and Peter's relationship. (I am, however, weirded out at whateverthefuck was up with the aspect ratio in Elizabeth's scene. Was that just me?) I adore that this is apparently a show about A Charming Con Man and the Dozen Excellent People Who Love Him.
Mostly, though, oh my god: Neal was going to stay. They fucking textualized it. Neal was going to choose Peter over Kate. I don't -- I don't even know what to do. I am pretty sure that I have just completely reconceptualized the role of Kate's plot on the show, though. I mean, obviously she is the center point for the ongoing mystery concerning Fowler and the music box, &c &c, but I mostly thought she was supposed to stand for the tension in Neal's life that beckons him back towards a life of crime. Apparently that is not it! Apparently Kate is, in fact, the artificial construct that keeps Peter and Neal from making mad, passionate love right there on the Burkes' dining room table. Because Elizabeth sure as hell won't stop them.
(I am pretty sure I am not making this up! I mean, yes, I am making up the bit about sex on the dining room table. But I am not making up the part where the specter of Kate is an obstacle to their relationship, nor the part where El is basically the opposite of an obstacle. Obviously "Peter is Neal's boss and handler" isn't any kind of narrative obstacle, because they have successfully incorporated that power imbalance into an excellent way to channel their massive amounts of UST. I really want all of this to be intentional.)
And how much do I love that Peter and Neal went through that whole "Pretend to argue to confuse and distract the bad guy" routine? They just spent two months apart, and they're more in synch than ever. I just. I ship them so hard.
Back in plotland, I hope that
[a] Kate isn't dead, because while I respect her plot function, I want her to be a little less incarnate Refrigerated Woman and perhaps a little more Victoria from due South
[b] Cruz has not been completely replaced by Diana, because although, goddamn, I love Diana, I have also witnessed the awesome of Natalie Morales elsewhere and would like to continue doing so, if they ever figure out how to use her well
[c] we find out what in hell Diana is doing with the music box, because damn, I am, for the first time ever, intrigued on that ongoing plot arc
A++! More, plz. :D
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It was weird and distracting, and convinced me that they'd shot it in a studio and then composited it badly. :-P
That -- and the absence of Satchmo -- were the only things wrong with the ep, for me. OMG, soooo much loooove! *is dizzy*