By the midseason finale, I had already tired of plots that involved Neal going around the FBI’s back, so I was happy to see those come to an end. I’m pleased that White Collar actually let its main character develop. Over the course of this season, Neal slowly began to renounce his old conning ways, realizing that he could make a life for himself helping out the FBI. The plot of “Copycat Caffrey” made no sense, and “Payback’s” case was full of plot holes. On the other hand, a couple of cases weren’t up to par. “Countermeasures” provided some much-needed backstory for June, all the while staying true to the shows roots in presenting a case about counterfeiting. I enjoyed the show’s satirical foray into state politics in “Need to Know.” “Prisoner’s Dilemma’s” search for a fugitive put the main characters out of their comfort zones and kept me on the edge of my seat. I barely remember what a single S1 case was about, but S2 had some really strong, memorable cases. In that regard, season 2 was a massive improvement over season 1. I’ve long since resigned myself to the fact that White Collar will never leave behind its case-of-the-week format, but as long the cases remain interesting, I don’t mind. How did Adler manage to get control over OPR? Why did Adler know that he’d need Kate to access the u-boat’s stash? These open questions don’t really bother me, though, because most story arcs tend to have them. There are still a couple of open questions, however. I was worried that all of this was building to nothing and that White Collar’s writers were just making crap up as they went along, but this story arc was resolved quite nicely in “Under the Radar.” The show managed to bring all the mythology’s disparate elements – Adler, the antenna, the u-boat – together quite nicely. With the introduction of the fractal antenna, the show gained a clearer sense of direction than it ever had with the music box. “Burke’s Seven” featured a great standalone case that tied into the larger mythology, for example. The first part of this season mishandled the mythology terribly, keeping it from advancing by having Neal hide vital information from Peter and Diana and vice versa.īut I was pleasantly surprised with how it was handled in the second part of the season. It’s too confusing for the short amount of time spent dealing with it. I’ve always been a harsh critic of White Collar’s mythology. I’ll make what I can of this quality yo-yo after the jump. Its winter run was considerably messier, culminating in a string of episodes that were fraught with plot holes and lazy writing. In its summer run, it delivered top-quality cases every week and featured some of the show’s finest episodes. It’s been a strange season for White Collar.
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