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Right, so, White Collar.
I didn't hate it, although I didn't enjoy watching it as much as I could have. It was...er, well, I've never had the singular experience of watching my own fic be so completely and utterly jossed before. Oh, Captain Americaverse, I hardly knew ye. But even that wasn't so bad, really--I maintain that Stupid Is As Stupid Does could have happened within the confines of the new timeline (shut up shut up let me have my small comforts), even if that one where Peter caught Neal seven times is beyond borked.
That said, I think I spoke too soon last week when I said I trust the writers to fill in plot holes, because oh man. The one that irked me most this episode is: in first season, Neal mentioned that he and Kate used to pass notes in code towards the end, when Peter was closing in on them. Which, okay, fine, that little bit of exposition was used towards furthering some kind of plot device, I don't recall what. I actually liked that detail, up until last night. Because now that details means the timeline doesn't make sense.
No, think about it. Neal spends 6 months or so with Adler, he and Kate get together maybe halfway through that. Then it's...theoretically a year or two, right, running the smaller cons with Mozzie, and then Neal suggests Copenhagen and Kate leaves him. He mentions that he was with Alex in the hospital in Copenhagen, that he ran a number of increasingly brash cons to get Kate's attention--that's got to be at least a year, folks. Probably closer to two, if we're to believe most of the career that's made so famous (remember that college class being taught on him?) occurred during that time. Which means the last time that he and Kate were realistically close enough to be passing coding missives was actually a year or maybe two before Peter caught him. In the span of a four year career (and--really? Neal Caffrey's famous criminal career adds up to four years?), that's not the end, not really. Plus, why would he and Kate be passing coded messages while sharing an apartment?
I recognize that this is a small thing to nitpick on, I do, and maybe I should hold onto my faith in the writing on this show and assume it's an intentional mistake. But it doesn't feel that way, and it bums me out.
THAT SAID: bb!Satchmo and bb!Neal and bb!Diana, all adorable, and my love for Sharif Atkins has actually reached critical mass. And it was really interesting to see the parallels between El and Kate, in everything from looks to job to behavior. Obviously some of those parallels are intentional, but I wonder if they intended that when they cast her. All and all, it was a good time, enjoyable, just...I don't know. I WANT TO BELIEVE, WHITE COLLAR. I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
On a totally random side note: Alexandra Daddario, what is UP with those two pieces of curly hair at your forehead?? It was more noticeable in some shots than others, but oh my god, I swear I spent half of every scene she was in going, "Is this some kind of horrible new trend? Is this hair damage?? Why wouldn't they fix that?!?!"
I know that makes me neurotic, but I make no apologies. ♥
I didn't hate it, although I didn't enjoy watching it as much as I could have. It was...er, well, I've never had the singular experience of watching my own fic be so completely and utterly jossed before. Oh, Captain Americaverse, I hardly knew ye. But even that wasn't so bad, really--I maintain that Stupid Is As Stupid Does could have happened within the confines of the new timeline (shut up shut up let me have my small comforts), even if that one where Peter caught Neal seven times is beyond borked.
That said, I think I spoke too soon last week when I said I trust the writers to fill in plot holes, because oh man. The one that irked me most this episode is: in first season, Neal mentioned that he and Kate used to pass notes in code towards the end, when Peter was closing in on them. Which, okay, fine, that little bit of exposition was used towards furthering some kind of plot device, I don't recall what. I actually liked that detail, up until last night. Because now that details means the timeline doesn't make sense.
No, think about it. Neal spends 6 months or so with Adler, he and Kate get together maybe halfway through that. Then it's...theoretically a year or two, right, running the smaller cons with Mozzie, and then Neal suggests Copenhagen and Kate leaves him. He mentions that he was with Alex in the hospital in Copenhagen, that he ran a number of increasingly brash cons to get Kate's attention--that's got to be at least a year, folks. Probably closer to two, if we're to believe most of the career that's made so famous (remember that college class being taught on him?) occurred during that time. Which means the last time that he and Kate were realistically close enough to be passing coding missives was actually a year or maybe two before Peter caught him. In the span of a four year career (and--really? Neal Caffrey's famous criminal career adds up to four years?), that's not the end, not really. Plus, why would he and Kate be passing coded messages while sharing an apartment?
I recognize that this is a small thing to nitpick on, I do, and maybe I should hold onto my faith in the writing on this show and assume it's an intentional mistake. But it doesn't feel that way, and it bums me out.
THAT SAID: bb!Satchmo and bb!Neal and bb!Diana, all adorable, and my love for Sharif Atkins has actually reached critical mass. And it was really interesting to see the parallels between El and Kate, in everything from looks to job to behavior. Obviously some of those parallels are intentional, but I wonder if they intended that when they cast her. All and all, it was a good time, enjoyable, just...I don't know. I WANT TO BELIEVE, WHITE COLLAR. I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
On a totally random side note: Alexandra Daddario, what is UP with those two pieces of curly hair at your forehead?? It was more noticeable in some shots than others, but oh my god, I swear I spent half of every scene she was in going, "Is this some kind of horrible new trend? Is this hair damage?? Why wouldn't they fix that?!?!"
I know that makes me neurotic, but I make no apologies. ♥