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I've finally finished all of White Collar.
USA's wildly successful police procedural starring Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay. The basic premise of the show revolved around Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) pulling things over his FBI handler Agent Burke (Tim DeKay). Together they become one of the most successful teams in the white collar department bringing down a string high profile white collar criminals. Neal Caffrey is first and foremost a con artist. He has a list of admirable skills. Painting, ballroom dancing, the ability to crack a safe, and sex appeal. His work for the FBI is a contigency for him to serve the rest of his sentence in prison. He helps the FBI and he stays on a tracking anklet under the watchful care of Peter Burke. The man who initially arrested him. |
They come particularly close to one another as the seasons progress. Even as Neal continually breaks the law and pulls things over Peter's head. Which, is not to say that Peter doesn't know what's happening. He just generally doesn't know to what extent.
There's a great cast of back up characters. In the FBI we have Special Agent Diana Berrigan (Marsha Thomason). She's a bad ass. I love her. She's a wonderful lesbian. Is a successful single mother. Obsessed. There's also Special Agent Clinton Jones (Sharif Atkins), but 'remarkable' is not how I would describe his character.
Marsha Thomason
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Sharif Atkins
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The back up cast is my personal favorite. June (Diahann Carroll) is great. She is Neal's wealthy land owning tenant. I wish there was more of her if we're being honest. Her deceased husband was in the mob. She was hardcore.
Mozzie aka Teddy Winters (Willie Garson) is Neal's right hand man. He's always there for Neal. He believes in conspiracy theories. Hates the suits. Neal is talented, but much like Batman, he would not be much without his Robin. Mozzie takes some getting used to, but he has a quirky other wordly charm. |
Diahann Carroll
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Mozzie has a surprisingly close relationship to the Suit's wife Elizabeth Burke (Tiffani Thiessen). She's a gorgeous event planner. Always well dressed. I relate to her. She's needy, but she tries not to be. She's really smart and she supports her husband Peter no matter what. And, she loves Neal if she doesn't trust him.
Tiffani Thiessen
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Willie Garson
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The first season of White Collar was rough if we're going to be honest. If Matt Bomer wasn't so hot, I don't think it would have been renewed for a second season. The entire plot of season one revolved around Neal Caffrey hunting for his insignificant love interest.
I feel like the cast was what made White Collar. Tim Dekay definitely has that DILF aesthetic. All of Neal's girlfriends were nerdy, but sexy women. Mostly redheads. And, I think he had a great taste in women even if one of them was a murderer.
Tim DeKay
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And, you don't have to worry about this show ending badly. Halfway through the last episode of the sixth season I was like “fuck this show”, but they turned it around. At it's best White Collar was an hour of well paced, light, crime drama, and at it's worse we got to look at Matt Bomer's ass.
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