4.5 HELL YEAH's out of 5
White Collar has been on for a few seasons now and it's one of my favorite shows. About a thief (one of the best) who is captured by an FBI agent (one of the best, and starts to work for the FBI, helping capture other notorious "uncatchable" thieves.
The cast and acting in this show is superb. The writing is also great, as it's from many of the same guys that write for Burn Notice. Also one of my FAVORITES returning this week. Set in New York the camera work is second to none and helps to really define the look and feel to this show, and sets it apart from others.
The thief Neal Caffery is in a constant struggle with his FBI counterpart Peter Burk, who walks a very fine line, willing to trust Neal but yet still has some reservations about whether or not he'll return to a life of crime if left to his own devices.
Over the first 2 seasons the relationship between Neal and Peter changes from a tentative partnership to a real friendship. Season 2 started to lose it's edge and wit and felt like Neal was becoming an FBI guy and the Super Thief that he is. All that has changed in season 3. Neal has a mountain of treasure and wants to liquidate and rid himself of Peter and the FBI for good. The only thing is Peter knows something...but just can't prove anything. The relationship is a chess match and it's very cool to see the personal interactions when both sides know something else is up but don't know how to proceed. So the do what what they can...they lie to each other and put up fake fronts until 1. Neal can get away...or 2. Peter can bust him (or whoever has the treasure). This is a testament to the writing on this show and how they are able to refresh the story line. These characters are the perfect point and counter point to each other and are acted flawlessly.
If you haven't seen this show, you should.
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