White Collar 6 x 06 - Au Revior
Thinky and not so thinky thoughts in regards to the White Collar - Au Revoir.
I really felt I needed to rewatch the episode after reading other people’s opinions - I seem to read the end different than most people.
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I really felt I needed to rewatch the episode after reading other people’s opinions - I seem to read the end different than most people.
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At the time of the Mannequin episode, I don't think Mozzie was aware of Neal's plan to get rid of Keller. Neal kept him at arms length for most of the time, much to Mozzie's frustration. I think the scene with the mannequin was Mozzie fulfilling a request of Neal's and nothing else. However, when it came to the showdown, I think Mozzie had figured some things out. I think the gunshot had him worried for Neal but I also think he's aware Neal will protect himself with a gun if the need arises, and Neal has proven he will use a gun in the past, most notably when he shoots Keller in the leg when Keller and Peter were fighting; after El had been kidnapped. So Mozzie could have been thinking that Neal had been forced to shoot to either wound Keller or kill him. I don't think Mozzie would have believed Neal would have let Keller close enough to disarm him.
Neal had his stash for such emergencies, so he wouldn't be without money and he fully trusts Mozzie no matter the amount involved. Maybe it was also a nod to Mozzie because Nela has know he'd sacrificed the billion dollar German U Boat hoard to save Elizabeth.
I think Peter had always viewed Mozzie as someone who accepted him because Neal did, so when Neal "died" he wasn't surprised Mozzie kind of disappeared and I think Mozzie hadn't been around because he also needed a period of mourning - and it wouldn't surprise me that he would want to do that alone. However I do think that on the day Peter sought him out, Mozzie was fully aware of Neal's existence and he purposefully left the Queen of Heart's clue for Peter to find later on - along with the bottle of Bordeaux.
Given Neal's feelings concerning his real father, James Bennett, I'm not sure Neal would revert to his real name. I think if anything he might be using Neal Brooks or Danny Brooks, his name while in WITSEC, or even Neal Parker as a homage to Ellen, since he'd taken Caffrey his mother's maiden name as an alias and as an homage to her.
To be honest, I'm pretty much pissed at Neal for how he treated Peter in this last episode. He knowingly, willingly and purposefully placed him up front and centre in a whole heap of danger simply because he needed Mozzie on the outside to siphon the 30 million dollars from the Pink Panthers - that seems cold, callous and incredibly selfish to me.
I'm also pissed at him because he took an entire year before letting anyone know he was in fact alive. Nothing's changed from a year before, other than the Pink Panthers being sentenced. They are still alive and given Keller's warnings they are still capable of exacting revenge on anyone on the outside, and, as you say, Peter would have to again be up front and centre during the trial since he was the only viable living witness to what went down. There is no logical reason why Neal could not have let Peter and Mozzie know of his existence under an alias, as he was I assume doing in the final episode, soon after he'd fled - that he didn't and he waited a year before letting them know also appears cold, callous and incredibly selfish to me.
Lastly, I don't think the chase is on. I think it would only be a chase to bring Neal home. Neal's contract with the FBI granted him freedom the moment the Pink Panther Gang were in custody, so Neal Caffrey is a free man right now. Sure they could wrangle it and claim that Neal Caffrey is dead, but then by that same Law Mozzie, Peter and Neal could argue that whatever alias Neal goes by now is not responsible for any of the crimes that were "allegedly" committed by Neal Caffrey - they could also argue that since Neal Caffrey is dead, then Neal has no reason to work for the FBI in any capacity and he cannot be threatened with Prison or the anklet, so, either way, Neal is a free man to do what he pleases.
But yeah, overall, I'm still pissed at Neal and if things had been played with everyone in mind and not just "Neal Caffrey's Greatest Con" I don't think Peter would have been smiling at the end of the episode, I think he would have been two-ing and fro-ing from being overwhelmingly happy that Neal's alive to being extremely pissed at him - and a tad annoyed with Mozzie for playing him whilst he'd been admitting his continued heartache at Neal's passing.
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