But this episode was so about the Mozzie & Neal friendship.
I love all the Mozzie centric eps. : )
It was fun twist to see Neal being the voice of caution and trying to be keep Mozzie from doing something stupid. The scene where the two of them are talking to the charity guy in his office is just Priceless. : ) : )
I also loved Peter getting annoyed at Mozzie for shushing him in his own car and that he didn't get to have a quiet lunch with his wife. ; )
I find Mozzie's use of his code interesting, because it's something Neal just doesn't have.
I disagree. Neal does have a code. In addition to non violence and no guns, I believe he has his own sense of right & wrong. He would let someone escape if he thought it was the right thing to do. While Mozzie would have just let the "Scott Free" guy escape, Neal encouraged the guy to turn himself in, because (from his personal experience of being chased & caught by Peter) he really thought it was for best. As much as he looks at his own past with rose coloured glasses, he thought this guy was better off going straight.
As for Alex, Neal really didn't have a choice in that. If he tried to help her Peter would be suspicious. He didn't warn her because he didn't have too. Neal knows how good she is and that there was a very good chance she would get away with it and she did. At the end of the ep, when Alex turns up at his apartment, he says he could call Peter right now but he doesn't and lets her leave/escape.
Oh no, I didn't mean Neal doesn't have any code. He very much has a sense of right and wrong. There are things he won't do. He just doesn't have Mozzie's code. Mozzie, despite his general cynicism, ascribes to an idea of "honor among thieves" that Neal doesn't seem to have. Neal and Mozzie both want to do the right thing, but they have a different idea of what that is. Mozzie believes it's important to let criminals do their thing. Neal doesn't prioritize that.
he really thought it was for best
Exactly! Neal thought Scott's best shot was turning away from crime. Mozzie never would have done the same in Neal's position, because he would have thought that Scott's best shot was being a criminal.
As for Alex, that mixes Neal's usual MO during cases with the Alex/Neal relationship. Neal is a criminal who puts criminals in prison in order to stay out of prison himself, which never bothers him. And the Alex/Neal relationship has always been a give and take based heavily on "look out for number one." (Not that they never help each other, but they also tend to keep eyes on the prize.) It's true that helping Alex would have made Peter suspicious. But helping Mozzie in 5x02 made Peter incredibly suspicious, and Neal still did it. He ran himself ragged working to keep Mozzie out of jail. (And really, when Neal decides to do something behind Peter's back, the risk of Peter's suspicion doesn't exactly stop him.)
Neal did let her go at the end. It's not that he wanted to arrest her. He's let her go multiple times even knowing she was getting away with something. And there is the fact that he knows her well enough to think she'll get away with it anyway. But he still does his job.
I love all the Mozzie centric eps. : )
It was fun twist to see Neal being the voice of caution and trying to be keep Mozzie from doing something stupid. The scene where the two of them are talking to the charity guy in his office is just Priceless. : ) : )
I also loved Peter getting annoyed at Mozzie for shushing him in his own car and that he didn't get to have a quiet lunch with his wife. ; )
I find Mozzie's use of his code interesting, because it's something Neal just doesn't have.
I disagree. Neal does have a code. In addition to non violence and no guns, I believe he has his own sense of right & wrong. He would let someone escape if he thought it was the right thing to do. While Mozzie would have just let the "Scott Free" guy escape, Neal encouraged the guy to turn himself in, because (from his personal experience of being chased & caught by Peter) he really thought it was for best. As much as he looks at his own past with rose coloured glasses, he thought this guy was better off going straight.
As for Alex, Neal really didn't have a choice in that. If he tried to help her Peter would be suspicious. He didn't warn her because he didn't have too. Neal knows how good she is and that there was a very good chance she would get away with it and she did. At the end of the ep, when Alex turns up at his apartment, he says he could call Peter right now but he doesn't and lets her leave/escape.
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he really thought it was for best
Exactly! Neal thought Scott's best shot was turning away from crime. Mozzie never would have done the same in Neal's position, because he would have thought that Scott's best shot was being a criminal.
As for Alex, that mixes Neal's usual MO during cases with the Alex/Neal relationship. Neal is a criminal who puts criminals in prison in order to stay out of prison himself, which never bothers him. And the Alex/Neal relationship has always been a give and take based heavily on "look out for number one." (Not that they never help each other, but they also tend to keep eyes on the prize.) It's true that helping Alex would have made Peter suspicious. But helping Mozzie in 5x02 made Peter incredibly suspicious, and Neal still did it. He ran himself ragged working to keep Mozzie out of jail. (And really, when Neal decides to do something behind Peter's back, the risk of Peter's suspicion doesn't exactly stop him.)
Neal did let her go at the end. It's not that he wanted to arrest her. He's let her go multiple times even knowing she was getting away with something. And there is the fact that he knows her well enough to think she'll get away with it anyway. But he still does his job.
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