White Collar Season 1, Ep. 1 "Pilot"

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When the trail of elusive criminal "The Dutchman" dead ends, FBI Agent Peter Burke teams up with a most unlikely partner to catch him - the imprisoned Neal Caffrey.
  • Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute
  • Original air date: October 23, 2009
  • Network: USA
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  Episode   Original Air Date
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1. Pilot
  October 23, 2009
When the trail of elusive criminal "The Dutchman" dead ends, FBI Agent Peter Burke teams up with a most unlikely partner to catch him - the imprisoned Neal Caffrey.
 
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2. Threads
  October 30, 2009
It's Fashion Week and everyone in New York is abuzz with excitement; everyone but Peter Burke.
 
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3. Books of Hours
  November 6, 2009
The disappearance of a precious bible creates an interesting union when a New York Mafia kingpin enlists the help of Peter and the FBI in tracking down his beloved artifact.
 
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4. Flip Of The Coin
  November 13, 2009
A cache of gold sends Peter and Neal on a search to track down smuggled Iraqi artifacts.
 
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5. The Portrait
  November 20, 2009
When an expensive portrait is stolen from a young woman, Peter and Neal set a sting for the cunning and deadly culprit.
 
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6. All In
  November 27, 2009
Thrust into the seedy underbelly of New York's Chinatown, Peter and Neal must navigate vicious Triads, mysterious Interpol agents, and a game of Pai Gow in order to capture their target.
 
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7. Free Fall
  December 4, 2009
The FBI investigates a spectacular jewelry heist and all the clues point to Neal. Now Peter must figure out if his CI is telling the truth or if Neal is pulling a con of his own.
 
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8. Hard Sell
  January 19, 2010
Neal must infiltrate a company of corrupt Wall Street brokers to preserve his deal with the FBI. When Peter is forced to go undercover alongside him, a discovery is made that could change their partnership forever.
 
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9. Bad Judgment
  January 26, 2010
When Peter and Neal discover that an estate judge committing mortgage fraud is also connected to Fowler, they devise a plan to bring them both down.
 
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10. Vital Signs
  February 2, 2010
When June's niece suffers renal trauma, Neal stumbles upon a cruel scheme to harvest human organs and brings the case to Peter.
 
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11. Home Invasion
  February 9, 2010
Peter and Neal find themselves on the trail of an elusive femme fatale who is stealing pieces of a valuable collection.
 
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12. Bottlenecked
  February 23, 2010
An old rival of Neal's lays down a challenge: to see if either of them can create the impossible forgery - fabricating a unique bottle of wine owned by Ben Franklin.
 
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13. Front Man
  March 2, 2010
When the daughter of a man from his past goes missing, Neal volunteers to help find her.
 
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14. Out of the Box
  March 9, 2010
Neal teams up with Alex in order to retrieve the ever-elusive music box at an Italian Consulate.
 
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Episode 1, "Pilot"
Synopsis: When the trail of elusive criminal "The Dutchman" dead ends, FBI Agent Peter Burke teams up with a most unlikely partner to catch him - the imprisoned Neal Caffrey.
Original air date: October 23, 2009
Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute
Captions and Subtitles: English
ASIN: B002TX06RI
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,116 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
White Collar Season 1
Synopsis: White Collar is a drama about the unlikely partnership between a con artist and an FBI agent. The world's most creative con man escapes a maximum-security prison by walking out the front door; the FBI tracks him down, but instead of returning him to jail, they decide to use his criminal expertise to catch other notorious criminals.
Starring: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay
Supporting actors: Willie Garson, Natalie Morales, Tiffani Thiessen, Jonathan Tucker, Alexandra Daddario, Sharif Atkins, Stephen Gevedon, Justin Grace, Kelly AuCoin, Sabina Gadecki, Michael Kelly, Kate Kuen, Steven Weisz
Season year: 2010
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Executive producer: Clifton Campbell
Network: USA
ASIN: B002TWWOHE
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107 of 112 people found the following review helpful
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Looks like the USA Network has got another banging hit in its lineup. WHITE COLLAR, an easy-breezy crime drama, swipes heavily from the buddy cop genre, and that this beaten-to-death premise (which owes a lot to 48 HOURS) works for this series is purely because of the appeal of the two leads, and specifically Matt Bomer. This is not to dis his semi-rumpled co-star Tim DeKay, but clearly this show rises or collapses on how effectively Bomer brings the sexy. Tim Dekay - while also charming in a more low-key sort of way - works best as Bomer's exasperated foil.

Sophisticated con artist Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) - convicted of bond forgery but suspected of many other crimes - is hailed as "quite the Renaissance criminal." He has only three to four months left to serve in his prison sentence when Kate, the love of his life, breaks up with him and then amscrays for parts unknown. Demonstrating that a maximum-security prison isn't a deterrent if you're crazy in love, Caffrey breaks out of stir to try to find his girl. Except that he gets caught, and gets caught by the same dogged FBI guy who nabbed him the first time, Peter Burke (Tim DeKay).

Agent Burke toils away in the white collar crime division in the Big Apple and, before he got pulled away into again running down Caffrey, he was steadily getting baffled by a cunning master forger called the Dutchman. But the long-awaited break surfaces when Caffrey proposes a deal: Caffrey will help Burke catch the Dutchman if Caffrey is remanded to Burke's custody and be out and about in the real world. It's plain to both that the real reason for Caffrey's offer is so that Caffrey can keep looking for his lost love. Burke reluctantly takes the deal. Caffrey gets fitted for a GPS tracking anklet.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Conned get enough... February 28, 2010
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of Neal Caffrey and Peter Burke. As another reviewer said..."maybe there's someone on television currently more rakish and dashing than Neal Caffrey. But, for the life of me, I'm drawing a blank."

Well, I don't think there is, and this character has the perfect blend of boyish charm, intelligence and cleverness to go along with that mischievous twinkle in his eye. Matt Bomer inhabits his character with an ease and grace which belie his youth. Tim DeKay as the ever put-upon straight man, Peter Burke, is the G-Man who, despite his best efforts, can't quite keep it under wraps that he's got a heart...which would explain his gorgeous, intelligent and even more put-upon wife, Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen), whose contributions are always on point. And then there's the quirky man's quirky, Neal's behind-the-scenes guy, Moz, perfectly played by Willie Garson.

So, the only question becomes ... how did the USA Network round up so many clever and witty writers to completely dominate TV? They're churning them out over there as fast as Mardi Gras beads in China.

White Collar is a welcome addition to my other USA favorites, Burn Notice and In Plain Sight. With their winning combination of intelligent plots with fascinating detail (even to those who are afflicted with always-know-the-ending-itis), quirky characters with all-too-human faults, a large dash of humor, and exquisite casting, these are the best shows to come along in years. Who knew, years ago, when that defective detective with OC disorder premiered, and I thought, "Well, this is certainly different," that the USA network had revived and perfected the hour long Action-Dramedy? I haven't seen anything as compelling and entertaining as the USA line-up since Northern Exposure or Due South.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this drama - need the DVD March 12, 2010
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I finally caught this show late in the season and couldn't get enough; now I need to start at the beginning so I'm ready for the DVD set now. The reviews for White Collar are positive because they can't be anything but that. I loved Robert Wagner in It Takes a Thief, and I loved Hardcastle and McCormick. For me, White Collar combines the two with the "bad" suave, charming and intelligent thief being directly under a lawman's watchful eye. The premise for the show isn't new but the drama itself is very fresh. I call this my guilty pleasure because I honestly couldn't turn the channel when I laid eyes on Neal. I was wowed by Matt Bomer's look and Neal Caffrey's charm and wit. However, any drama with a great mix of characters pleases me immensely and White Collar certainly has a fantastic array of characters, starting with Neal and Peter (expertly acted by Tim DeKay) and moving right on down the line. The writing is usually nicely twisted with just the right turns -- though the season finale was not a surprise, it was, nonetheless, done quite dramatically. Admittedly, I don't always quite follow every case very well but I get it enough to stay interested (okay, I guess that's still because of those blue eyes and sophisticaed charm). I also must point out that the relationship of Peter and Elizabeth is extremely pleasing to me. Too often marriage is not portrayed well or intelligently in TV dramas and the way these two relate is as comfortable and right as a good, worn pair of jeans or favorite shoes. I also enjoy the relationship of Elizabeth to Neal. My interpretation of Peter's relationship to Neal is almost that of a big brother (at least, that's what's developing). Elizabeth might then be a big sister.... Read more ›
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This show could be called the "sequal" to "Catch me if you can" where the conartist, having been imprisoned for many years offers to assist the FBI for more freedom than prison. Read more
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