White Collar, 1.5 & 1.6
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rmWell, it really gets going with the Pai Gow episode doesn't it?
And damn, that jacket Neal wears in that episode is to die for. And I am generally not a fan of that era or style of suits nor do I have much love for double-vented jackets (which look like shit on nearly everyone), but damn I love that jacket.
Okay, I still don't care about the Kate plot-line, HOWEVER:
- Wow, she looks like a younger version of El.
- Neal looking betrayed with the Interpol chick says the FBI has her.
Also, 1.5, that bickering in the car? Clearly where the slash goggles show up. You really do just keep expecting Peter to kiss Neal, just to make Neal stop talking/looking smug. Strange thing, because it's not like the stupidly overt chemistry on, say, Merlin. It's just sorta there. Is it the matter-of-factness of it what generates the appeal?
I cannot express enough how awesome El is, as she seems to be the only character with a clue about just how deeply fucked up and emotionally entangled Peter and Neal are (and that that much is canon is actually pretty odd and nearly subversive).
You know, I just tracked on El and Peter's place. I have to say, one of my biggest peeves about NYC apartments on TV is that they are too big/rich for the people in them. But El has a good career, and that place looks like it's out of the way and not that rich. Totally the sort of place people in their professional circumstances could have lucked into in the crazy thing that is NYC real-estate. Good job, show.
I'm disturbed by how badly I want Neal to get shot.
Loved the little Chinese girl, but then she reminds me of someone I've written.
The 1.5 plot-line about the painting wasn't bad and I was moved by parts of it. But at the same time, the girl whose painting it was was such a TERRIBLE liar, that I found her unconvincing even as a bad liar. I never believed the home invasion part of that plot. Not sure if it was casting or writing weakness.
Oh hey, June's back! I still think she and Neal got it on after Episode 1.1.
Deep, deep love and respect for the way Neal and Moz talk about Neal's various fake identities as fully formed people of which they are quite fond.
Structurally, this show is very clever. I've been hemming and hawing about who the viewpoint character is supposed to be, and I think I've resolved that there isn't one. I think the show is actually seducing the audience into viewing itself as another moving piece -- another con or cop -- who then feels challenged to figure out and strategize the investigations/scams before Neal or Peter. I.e., we're a Moz-like figure, but off-camera. Interesting.
And damn, that jacket Neal wears in that episode is to die for. And I am generally not a fan of that era or style of suits nor do I have much love for double-vented jackets (which look like shit on nearly everyone), but damn I love that jacket.
Okay, I still don't care about the Kate plot-line, HOWEVER:
- Wow, she looks like a younger version of El.
- Neal looking betrayed with the Interpol chick says the FBI has her.
Also, 1.5, that bickering in the car? Clearly where the slash goggles show up. You really do just keep expecting Peter to kiss Neal, just to make Neal stop talking/looking smug. Strange thing, because it's not like the stupidly overt chemistry on, say, Merlin. It's just sorta there. Is it the matter-of-factness of it what generates the appeal?
I cannot express enough how awesome El is, as she seems to be the only character with a clue about just how deeply fucked up and emotionally entangled Peter and Neal are (and that that much is canon is actually pretty odd and nearly subversive).
You know, I just tracked on El and Peter's place. I have to say, one of my biggest peeves about NYC apartments on TV is that they are too big/rich for the people in them. But El has a good career, and that place looks like it's out of the way and not that rich. Totally the sort of place people in their professional circumstances could have lucked into in the crazy thing that is NYC real-estate. Good job, show.
I'm disturbed by how badly I want Neal to get shot.
Loved the little Chinese girl, but then she reminds me of someone I've written.
The 1.5 plot-line about the painting wasn't bad and I was moved by parts of it. But at the same time, the girl whose painting it was was such a TERRIBLE liar, that I found her unconvincing even as a bad liar. I never believed the home invasion part of that plot. Not sure if it was casting or writing weakness.
Oh hey, June's back! I still think she and Neal got it on after Episode 1.1.
Deep, deep love and respect for the way Neal and Moz talk about Neal's various fake identities as fully formed people of which they are quite fond.
Structurally, this show is very clever. I've been hemming and hawing about who the viewpoint character is supposed to be, and I think I've resolved that there isn't one. I think the show is actually seducing the audience into viewing itself as another moving piece -- another con or cop -- who then feels challenged to figure out and strategize the investigations/scams before Neal or Peter. I.e., we're a Moz-like figure, but off-camera. Interesting.
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Date: 2010-03-17 08:46 pm (UTC)I'm sort of all over the idea of Neal/June.
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Date: 2010-03-17 08:50 pm (UTC)