White Collar 1x08

[ivyfic]

...or the return of the slashiest show since Smallville.

1 - Neal is heartbroken to think that Peter's behind kidnapping Kate. Heartbroken.

2 - Peter immediately notices Neal's (not very subtle) cold shoulder and tries to find out what's wrong.

3 - Peter doesn't really fight Neal coming over to his house in the middle of the night. Of course, it looks like he got another agent to show up as chaperone...

4 - Neal runs to Elizabeth to complain about the betrayal. Let me reiterate. Neal thinks Peter is the puppetmaster, so he runs to the puppetmaster's wife for sympathy. This only makes any sense at all if they are already in a threesome, because who expects the villain's wife's loyalties to be with the new guy and not her husband?

5 - As soon as there is an even vaguely plausible reason to believe Peter is not responsible, Neal wholeheartedly forgives him and trusts him absolutely again. There is barely a moment of, "sorry I doubted you," or wariness about Peter's explanation. You said you didn't do it? Whammo, best friends again.

6 - Then there's the very nearly a kiss scene. Did anybody else think that, at some point, Peter was supposed to give Neal mouth-to-mouth and someone along the way decided to cut it because it was a little too blatant? Because there's just enough of the, oh no, he's not breathing, and then Peter...rubs his chest a little and Neal wakes up. It was a little...weird.

7 - So, let me get this straight. Peter called up Kate to tell her that he's Neal's boyfriend best friend now and she needs to leave him alone. God, that scene couldn't be slashier. It was like Peter pissing to mark his territory. All concerned about Neal's widdle heart, and trying to prove that Kate never loved him like Peter does. And again with Neal completely taking Peter's word for it. Peter: "Kate never loved you." Neal: "If you say it, then it must be true. <3"

In short, go, shiny new show, go go go! Keep bringing me stuff like this!

Comments

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

Neal is TOTALLY HEARTBROKEN. OMG YES. HIS WIDDLE HEARTTTTTT. HE'S LIKE A PUPPY I CAN'T FUCKING STAND IT HOW COULD ANYONE KICK THIS PUPPY?!?

(also fucking adorable? Neal's little attempt to curry favor with the agent who brought the case to Peter, tucking the tickets in his pocket then SAYING 'BOOP'.) He actually said Boop.

...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about the "boop"! When he said that, I was like...did that really just happen? Really? I do not believe that was in the script. That had to be Matt Bomer.

Also, Bomer is really good at passing out and falling down against walls. A skill he must have perfected on Chuck.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

I love that we had a reference to the Bakery too (please let the fact that Neal now owns a bakery factor in one of these days.)

Also an adorable moment (it's kind of hard to separate them out), when Neal says, "They really do have the greatest cake."

And Peter gives him this COMPLETELY OBVIOUS look of <3<3<3. Really, all Neal has to do to make Peter happy is toss a few bad puns and slights of hand his way every once in a while.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

I forgot the boop! I really have to think that's Bomer's addition. There's no way he doesn't play up Neal's feyness. The script doesn't have all of that.