Plausible deniability? Words to live by.
Dear White Collar,
It's me, remember? I wrote about you last week.
I wasn't ready for the finale to your seven episode fall 'season' to come so soon, but it was a hoot. ;o9 I can tell that you like your adventures far-fetched and sly, same as me, and tonight's episode delivered on both slyness and... far-fetchedry.
To be clear, my mind was not exactly blown, White Collar. (That's not the end of the world, right? I mean, you'd legitimately surprised me in several other entertaining ways.) But just a thought? If you say, 'Trust no one,' and, 'It's always the person you least suspect' often enough, with enough twirling of your mustachios, you run the risk that I might start to think it will turn out to be the person I least suspect!
Anyway, that's not my real problem. Like I said: I don't mind a modicum of predictability. But as woohoo game-changing twists go, wasn't this one a little... silly? I mean, either you just BROKE YOUR SHOW or there's a perfectly innocent explanation. And since it's a little early to deliberately do away with everything that makes the show fun to watch, one can only suppose there's a perfectly innocent explanation. (Disjunctive Syllogism! Booyah, as my student would say. Well, either that or the Fallacy of the False Dilemma...)
So, now I'm frustrated for a month and a half because I don't know what the perfectly innocent explanation is - humph! - but not really suspensified at all. Would it have been so hard to just tell me all your secrets in a straightforward and timely fashion? Hmm?
Plus, Peter looks ridiculous when you try to pose him to look threatening.
Just sayin'.
.
It's me, remember? I wrote about you last week.
I wasn't ready for the finale to your seven episode fall 'season' to come so soon, but it was a hoot. ;o9 I can tell that you like your adventures far-fetched and sly, same as me, and tonight's episode delivered on both slyness and... far-fetchedry.
To be clear, my mind was not exactly blown, White Collar. (That's not the end of the world, right? I mean, you'd legitimately surprised me in several other entertaining ways.) But just a thought? If you say, 'Trust no one,' and, 'It's always the person you least suspect' often enough, with enough twirling of your mustachios, you run the risk that I might start to think it will turn out to be the person I least suspect!
Anyway, that's not my real problem. Like I said: I don't mind a modicum of predictability. But as woohoo game-changing twists go, wasn't this one a little... silly? I mean, either you just BROKE YOUR SHOW or there's a perfectly innocent explanation. And since it's a little early to deliberately do away with everything that makes the show fun to watch, one can only suppose there's a perfectly innocent explanation. (Disjunctive Syllogism! Booyah, as my student would say. Well, either that or the Fallacy of the False Dilemma...)
So, now I'm frustrated for a month and a half because I don't know what the perfectly innocent explanation is - humph! - but not really suspensified at all. Would it have been so hard to just tell me all your secrets in a straightforward and timely fashion? Hmm?
Plus, Peter looks ridiculous when you try to pose him to look threatening.
Just sayin'.
.