DATE! WE HAVE A DATE!

[cookielaura]

It's been brought to my attention by timewithers that there is a) a new promo out for White Collar season 4, and b) a date attached to it! No longer is it just 'January' - it's now 'January 22nd'!

View it! VIEW IT NOW.

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I have a few thoughts about this trailer, and I'm going to tell them to you! But I'm putting them under a spoiler cut because I know some people don't like to watch the promos, and also...well, there might be some less-than-positive comments about Sam.

[Thoughts on the trailer!]

• I love Neal and Sam/James (my brain is struggling to call him anything other than Sam) having dinner at the Burkes'. I know that clip was in the promo released at the start of the hiatus, but it's still worth mentioning again: SO CUTE! Obviously Neal should be dining at the Burkes' every day. I figure it's probably happening because Sam needs to explain his shady past to Peter, but I actually hope it's because Neal wants Peter present during all his interactions with Sam so as to comfort and protect him ♥
• Where is El? I really hope she's been invited to this revelatory dinner in her own house. I considered pausing the video to count the napkins, and then decided I might need some form of intervention.
• I'm enjoying the side-eye that Peter is giving Sam at the dinner table. I'm relying on Peter to remain aloof and suspicious in the face of what will almost certainly be Neal getting quickly over-invested in his shady 'dad'.
• Why is there so much Sam in this video?! Why is there a deep emotional Sam-hug with the cradling of Neal's head?! I want Peter to be cradling Neal's head. NOW, PLEASE, PETER.
• Also, I am worried that Neal's going to end up really hurt if he allows such head-cradling hugs to go on and then Sam ends up being evil after all. Or at least, if not evil, then not concerned for Neal's welfare above his own.
• I'm not looking forward to the flashbacks. I hope they're short and sparse and heavily interspersed with dinner-table scenes featuring Peter and Neal, because I don't really care about Sam/James or Ellen, and they're going to be the only characters we know in the flashbacks. Oh, unless we see tiny!Neal. That would be awesome.
• If we see tiny!Neal, we'll have screencaps TO ILLUSTRATE KID!FIC WITH! \o/ 
• Who is the villain played by? I recognise him, but I don't know where from.
• ...Neal and Peter look hot.

Also? I may have got overexcited and made a countdown clock to January 22nd, 9pm. 73 days or 1774 hours to go!