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cblj_backupGood morning! Early morning! I am eating toast. You want some? It's got apple butter!
I don't imagine I'll be able to do this with any regularity, but as I've managed to hit up White Collar early this week it's time for...
Sam's Three Things About White Collar, 2.03: Peter Seems To Enjoy Being Evil
1. Aww, look at Neal grin when he finds out someone's copycatting him. Look at his grin! And then later when he finds out he's being studied! He loves to be loved. (Incidentally, while the majority of the "team meeting" scenes still take place in Peter's office, it's nice to see them all gathering around Neal's desk for the first meeting in the opening sequence, because Neal's good at building community.)
2. Mozzie got a lot of heavy use in this episode, and it's not that I don't love that, but I think they need to be careful not to make Moz the solution to every problem the writers run into. It worked well here but it's going to get tired if it's used too often. On the other hand, Mozzie is always charming in that crazy-uncle kind of way, and the moment in the classroom when Mafia Don Peter is trying not to LOL at Moz over the radio made me crack up laughing.
3. The damsel-in-distress thing worked well with Kate, because what we see is not so much her in distress as someone playing on Neal's conception of himself and how he relates to women. Neal talks a lot about saving and protecting Kate, which sometimes gets in the way of actually listening to Kate. So I bought that setup with Kate because it was more about Neal lying to himself than her power or lack thereof. I have a harder time with Neal rescuing Alex, because Alex has formerly come across as someone who doesn't need a lot of saving. I liked them working together throughout the episode, but the kiss at the end for Peter especially, and to some extent the kiss for Neal, rang a little false to me. Although Neal during that kiss was heartbreaking; he looked sad and very lonely, like he craved it but wouldn't or couldn't take it. I wonder how much of that is him grieving Kate, how much is him not wanting to suck another person into the insanity of his life, and how much is his fidelity to the Bureau.
3a. The art dorkery in this show never fails to make me happy. Never fails. So much art dorkery! As an art dork, I enjoy it.
I don't imagine I'll be able to do this with any regularity, but as I've managed to hit up White Collar early this week it's time for...
Sam's Three Things About White Collar, 2.03: Peter Seems To Enjoy Being Evil
1. Aww, look at Neal grin when he finds out someone's copycatting him. Look at his grin! And then later when he finds out he's being studied! He loves to be loved. (Incidentally, while the majority of the "team meeting" scenes still take place in Peter's office, it's nice to see them all gathering around Neal's desk for the first meeting in the opening sequence, because Neal's good at building community.)
2. Mozzie got a lot of heavy use in this episode, and it's not that I don't love that, but I think they need to be careful not to make Moz the solution to every problem the writers run into. It worked well here but it's going to get tired if it's used too often. On the other hand, Mozzie is always charming in that crazy-uncle kind of way, and the moment in the classroom when Mafia Don Peter is trying not to LOL at Moz over the radio made me crack up laughing.
3. The damsel-in-distress thing worked well with Kate, because what we see is not so much her in distress as someone playing on Neal's conception of himself and how he relates to women. Neal talks a lot about saving and protecting Kate, which sometimes gets in the way of actually listening to Kate. So I bought that setup with Kate because it was more about Neal lying to himself than her power or lack thereof. I have a harder time with Neal rescuing Alex, because Alex has formerly come across as someone who doesn't need a lot of saving. I liked them working together throughout the episode, but the kiss at the end for Peter especially, and to some extent the kiss for Neal, rang a little false to me. Although Neal during that kiss was heartbreaking; he looked sad and very lonely, like he craved it but wouldn't or couldn't take it. I wonder how much of that is him grieving Kate, how much is him not wanting to suck another person into the insanity of his life, and how much is his fidelity to the Bureau.
3a. The art dorkery in this show never fails to make me happy. Never fails. So much art dorkery! As an art dork, I enjoy it.
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