WC: Honor Among Theives Meta

Aug 16, 2012 20:49

...I have no one to watch TV with.  This will clearly be a recurring thing.  Sorry, universe.
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Neeeeal, please don't ask Peter to do anything illegal.  I don't want him to lose his jooooooob.

Wait, Neal, are you listening to me?  Really, actually?
"For now."  ...well, I guess I can take for now.  It's a start.

Aaaaaand, sometimes Jones is more on top of that expected Neal behavior than Peter is.  Probably because Peter believes the best of people.  Jones is a realist.  :-/

Peter knows just how to cheer Neal up: "All right, so how would you steal something?"

"Who would stop in the middle of museum robbery to get a date?  Don't say it!"  I like this because not only is it funny, it keeps the rather consistent characterization of white collar crooks.  They're mostly like Neal: in it for the fun and fame and thumbing their noses at the universe.  (Of course the money is nice, too.)  But the point is, of course they stop in the middle of their jobs to hit on people -- the reason they follow the career they do is because they prioritize personal pleasure over a little hard work... and getting a date just became more fun than stealing art, at least for a few minutes.

Neal: "She's nervous.  She plays with her hair when she's nervous."
Jones: "I hadn't noticed."
Neal: "That's cause she's rarely nervous."

Neal, what did we discuss about Peter's job?  And how he should get to keep it?

Is it just me, or are all the girls in this show  Wow, check your assumptions at the door, self.  I was just going to say, "Is it just me, or are all the girls in this show more awesome than the guys?" but then I remembered that "the guys" was NEAL, and PETER, and MOZZIE, and JONES, all of whom I kind of adore.  And then I realized that that is my reaction to this episode because I am just so used to watching TV where most of the characters are male, so when there are as many kick-ass women running around as there are men, I'm like, "Girls everywhere!  You go girls!"  Erm.  Wow, okay, done tangenting.

OH MY GOD, MOZZIE YOU ARE BRILLIANT!  I now have a science-crush on you.

"I'm starting to like her."
"I'll add fraud to the list of her crimes."
Also, Diana is kind of adorable when she's flirting.

Diana is honest about her relationship with Christie to the mark.
Neal: "Oh, this is awkward."  Neal also does not like honest pain and unfixable, unconable problems.
Peter: "It's probably just a story."  ...aaaand Peter is either very tactful, or oblivious.

Peter: "Why not tonight?"
Neal: "If this is about you and Elizabeth, I don't want to get involved."  Family is family is family is -- hiding in corner, now, kay?

Oh, wow.  She's kinda evil.  I actually like her even better now.

Love Neal's eyebrows up, then little nod of approval.  Like, yep, that's how I'd do it myself.

Diana, I'm so sorry.  [And show, that was well-built up to, and very believable.]

And that comment I made before about the con-people in this show?  How they do whatever makes them happy?  Whatever they want?  Witness how Neal is moving away from that!  He doesn't take it!  Peter, you are teaching him principals and I wuv you for it.

I love that Neal's absolute terror of being put back in jail is expressed, while he's feeling it, as being a little quiet and looking down a lot.  After Peter tells him it's okay, *huge* sigh.  Completely disproportionate with the worry he's been displaying.  Because really, really stressed Neal internalizes emotion.

I don't know that I have ever seen two people *look* a hug quite so strongly before.  <3 <3 <3

"Does everyone know I have this face?"  [ignoring distrust, ignoring it *really hard*; Peter if you want him to learn those lessons, stop giving him what he wants]

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