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[soteriophobe]

You can tell I am not myself when it takes me THREE WHOLE DAYS to watch the new White Collar episode, jeepers.

Below the cut: Wild, unspoiled, unsubstantiated guesses about the direction the aftermath of this episode/the rest of the season is going to take. Mostly recorded here because I want to come back and see if I was right, later. Feel free

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[frith_in_thorns]

I'm still leaning towards Neal's dad also being Bad, although possibly Bad in a different way to has been thought by the characters. Like, the show is pretty obviously suggesting right now that he was innocent / confessed to protect his family, and so I kind of want them to do *another* switch.

Agreed about Sam. And that will be really interesting to see, especially with Neal torn between Peter and Ellen's trust. Which he already has Issues with. I think this is going to be a good season, and I hereby retract my sulky "I don't like plots about family" :D

[florastuart]

My personal theory is that Neal's dad was really corrupt, but that there were lines he wouldn't cross - maybe he and Sam were in on something bad together, but then Sam wanted to kill someone and Neal's dad wanted out so Sam framed him for murder? (I'm thinking of Fowler, here - I suspect Neal's dad is going to turn out to be innocent of the particular crime he's been accused of, but that doesn't mean he's going to turn out to be a nice guy. Or even that he's never killed anyone.)

Or maybe he confessed to a crime he didn't commit to save his family as a way to try to redeem himself for other really bad things he'd done? That could be interesting.

[frith_in_thorns]

I like both of those ideas! And they could both potentially be really interesting. I can see things not turning out well for Neal and his view of the world however the season plays out...

[soteriophobe]

Yes, I like all of these ideas. I don't think Neal's Dad is going to be a good guy - but maybe not a bad guy either? Maybe he really will be Just Like Neal - a criminal, but not a killer, and someone who eventually wanted out/wanted to make amends.

[soteriophobe]

Ooooh, wouldn't it be interesting if Neal's Dad took the fall for Sam - so…Sam is the killer, and Neal's Dad took the fall for him - but then….when Neal's Dad figures out how badly Sam screwed Neal/Ellen/Neal's Mum(?) over - Neal's Dad takes revenge on Sam, and thus does launch himself into the "he's that bad" category?! It would be a nice lesson to Neal about how revenge is pointless and redundant (though, he did already get that lesson once with Fowler).