Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Television Review: White Collar, Season 2

The second season of White Collar [1] continues with the crime-of-the-week format while continuing to delve into why Neal escaped from prison in the pilot episode. Layered on top of that is the mystery of the explosion at the end of the first season. This provides for lots of interesting new developments. At the same time, the fragile tug-of-war relationship between Neal and Agent Burke is further developed and we finally get to see Agent Burke when he had a mustache.

My verdict: I'm enjoying the characters more and more.[2] It's getting easier to accept the actor for Neal as a sophisticated and creative criminal. Mozzie is, however, still hands-down the best character on the show. The romantic relationship that forms was entirely predictable, but I didn't feel that that detracted from the show. And the season ends on a nice cliffhanger. We're eagerly awaiting the third season.


Notes:

[1] For my review of the first season, see here.

[2] One exception was Noah Emmerich, who plays FBI Agent Garrett Fowler. His face looks like he was beaten with a prickly pear cactus. Mercifully, he only appears in the first few episodes of the season.

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