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Nora Charles ([personal profile] noracharles) wrote in [community profile] white_collar2009-11-02 09:29 pm

Yay White Collar! Episode 2 squee

I don't know why some commenters would say my first entry was "overwhelmingly negative", or that it seemed like I didn't enjoy episode 101 - chicks are hot, and WC totally delivers the eye candy. In 102, it was wall to wall foxes, we only had to look at that one old hag for like 2 seconds :-D
Am I not allowed to feel good about that?

I was kind of worried the lesbian was going to be all intrusive in this episode. I realize that the pilot has to set up the premise and all that, but episode two should really be dedicated to getting to know the characters better, and it would have sucked if the lesbian and the wife had to be shoehorned in so we got less dialog from Neal, Peter and Mozzie. In the end, I liked the way they used them. Sports bra and bare midriff, hello! She can wrestle me to the ground anytime ;-)

And it was good character development for Neal. It really showed his confidence, and the way he's fitting into the team when he put her in her place by winding her around his finger, when she gave him attitude for not remembering her from the airport. Girls just can't resist compliments on their looks from a real man. It was really funny the way he didn't remember her again at the party, and she was all smirking at him. Ha, the joke's on you, lesbian! Like you matter enough to pay attention to and remember.

And they used the wife okay too. Peter was so nice to pretend to like that stupid watch she gave him. Like he doesn't know for himself which watch he wants to wear! And she was just so in his face about the party planning, being all "I'm a professional and you're not!" Neal rocks for standing up for Peter, so he didn't lose face to his wife because it wasn't him who came up with the venue. And in the end, she admitted she was wrong to impose her taste in watches on him, so that was nice. And it just goes to show, Peter is a good husband, and he's a good agent because he knows how to use the contacts he has, even if one of them is his wife.

Anyway, another great episode! I really liked it, and I look forward to next week's. Hopefully we'll see some more of Mozzie and Jones, because I don't like the way they're so back-grounded to Neal and Peter. It's like they're just there to show Neal-the-con who has a friend who is a con, and Peter-the-fed who has an underling who is a fed. But I bet they have some interesting stories of their own, and I'd like to see Mozzie and Jones do their jobs, or during their free time in a storyline of their own.
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[personal profile] solaciolum 2009-11-03 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
If I hadn't read your comments on the last post you made, I'd have totally thought you were being serious. *facepalm* My sarcasm-o-meter is a little broken sometimes.

I'm not sure the show is trying to portray Peter as a good husband- the watchers are certainly supposed to find his bumbling attempts at navigating his marriage endearing, but it's made pretty clear on the show that he's not very good at being in a relationship. The fact that we're supposed to think it's cute that he's been married for ten years and doesn't understand that maybe his wife wants to see him and spend time with him is still kind of problematic, of course- the whole thing with the watch just made me cringe.

I'd be so much happier with Elizabeth if we could see her doing something other than preparing picnic lunches and helping Peter with his cases (which I really hope the FBI reimbursed her for, because planning that kind of a party takes time and energy and she's a fsking professional and the idea of her working for free just to support her husband kind of makes me want to vomit). At least there was less stalking in this episode, so maybe the show will keep getting incrementally less painful.

The lesbian character (Diana, played by Marsha Thomason) from the first episode didn't appear in the second episode, and while Lauren Cruz (played by Natalie Morales) may or may not be a lesbian, the character bio on the USA website seems to indicate that she's going to be some sort of romantic interest for Neal. So I'm not really sure who you're talking about, there (though it's entirely possible my reading comprehension has taken a vacation for the day).

I'd like to see more backstory on Mozzie and Jones, too- and on June and her family, because I can hope that her granddaughter will eventually be developed into something more than "hot art student eye candy."