'White Collar' - 'Front Man' Recap

Anybody spot a label on that coat that Burke is wearing in the picture above? Any idea who sells it?

now all we need is some breakfast food and this will be the perfect show for Ron f***ing Swanson

Who is the guy playing Wilkes? He looks so familiar and I cannot place him!

"Glad to hear Peter mention all of the brunettes. There are a lot of brunettes on this show, and a lot of them look alike"

So true! When Alex first appeared on this ep, for a second I couldn't tell if it was her, Kate or Elizabeth. It's confusing... never thought I'd be saying this, but this show really needs some blondes!

Did anyone else wonder why Neal practically GOADED Wilkes to kill the girl? When he had him call his guys, I thought he had a plan, like he had somehow unloaded the guy's gun or what have you, but nothing like that was explained. If Peter has busted in 2 seconds later, the girl would be dead. I know that's exciting, but strategically, it seems like a HUGE blunder for Caffrey, and for the show, to make. Neil knew that the FBI had snipers on Wilkes the whole time, right? Why on EARTH, would they not take him down right away? Why would they let him call his guys and GIVE THE ORDER FOR THE GIRL TO GET SHOT? In fact, why the hell wouldn't they just arrest Wilkes as soon as they saw him? What is the point of waiting? He was alone, as long as he didn't call anyone, he would have no way of contacting his crew and therefore have no power over the girl's life. I couldn't believe a lapse in logic that large escaped notice. I'm hoping I missed something, because that really irks me.

"This isn't, and never has been, a killing type of show. Its been FBI from the start, and its always been about avoiding violence. That's Neal's mantra: 'I dont like guns.'"

Yeah, sort of reminds me of what they use to say about Remington Steele back in the '80s. "The blood is never real on Remington Steele." ;D But again I have to say, put it on a little earlier in the evening. I would love a "White Collar," "Burn Notice" line up. I just seems to make more sense to me. [shrug]

This isn't, and never has been, a killing type of show. Its been FBI from the start, and its always been about avoiding violence. That's Neal's mantra: "I dont like guns.".

That's what Burn Notice is. The violent side of con jobs.


And i don't know if the reviewer knew this, but this episode was written by a main Burn Notice writer.

It wasn't the fog horn that helped them find it. The fog horn told them she was near the water but as Rice said, there are over 500 miles of coast in NYC. It was the Chinese restaurant the kidnapper was eating that helped them narrow it down, and they heard the fog horn but Peter noticed the crack in the wall.

I don't have a problem with Neals enemies as long as it isn't every week.

I do have a problem with Kate, and her age. In real life she is 23, and Neal is 32, so he was in jail for 4 years, she would be 19 and he was 28. That doesn't seem like Neal, he like the ladies, but I can't see him with a 19 year old without feeling like he was taking advantage. Just bugs me a little.

"Not to sound ghoulish, but I wish some of these bad guys would get killed."

I know what you mean. It's part of why I wonder why this show is on at 10 PM. It could easily be a 8 PM show and not cause me to have to stay up to watch it. :)

Wow, what if all Alex, Kate and Elizabeth all wind up in the same place, perhaps as part of a double-cross involving Alex and Fowler/big-bad-TBA, and from a distance we see one of them get shot, fall off of a bridge or otherwise bite the big one? There's some finale drama for you, and all built on the shaky prospect of casting a bunch of actresses who look a lot alike.