RSS FeedReview: White Collar - Bad Judgment - TV Squad
I think this episode started to raise some of the same questions that fans have: how did Peter know how to contact Kate, and can Peter be trusted 100%? I don't think the show is trying to say that the story Peter is telling is in any way false. I think what Peter explained last week is the real story. But they've left the window open just a touch for there to be some question as to what exactly is going on (is Kate working with Fowler or being kept by him, is someone else at the FBI involved, etc). As for the "plot of the week" this week, sometimes I get the feeling that Peter and Neal run their own private investigations firm instead of working for the FBI. Sometimes they handle big crimes but sometimes you see these "clients" just come into the FBI office and ask them for help, like they're Thomas Magnum or Jim Rockford. I'm not complaining at all, it's just an observation. But I actually like how they're mixing the weekly plots with the overall "what's going on with Kate?" plot. A lot of shows would have entire episodes about Kate and then the following week have an episode that is just about whatever new case they're working on for that episode. Great to see them mixed together (and to have them mixed in such a definite way). Though I'm not sure why Peter wouldn't assume that a bribe wouldn't be accompanied by a bug or a camera (especially after finding a bug in his house once again). And I'm not sure why the judge wouldn't assume that Peter would know the judge's chambers were bugged and would be lying about possibly wanting a bribe. The mortgage plot wasn't that interesting this week (the dad and his daughter seemed like an afterthought; bookends to the story and that's it), except for the fact that it was connected to Fowler. As for Fowler: if Kate is working with him, wouldn't she have told him that she met with Peter and that he knows Fowler is the bad guy? And wouldn't that mean that Fowler wouldn't want to risk going into the FBI office every day? Or maybe...