Postmortem: White Collar 2×08

Last week’s White Collar didn’t give me a whole lot to work with, to be honest.  I appreciate the focus on Neal and Peter’s bromance, but I would like to focus on Neal’s abs more.  However, it did exhibit a classic rule of TV—one so classic, it predates TV.  I’m talking, of course, of Chekhov’s Gun, or in this case,

Postmortem: White Collar 2×07

This is gonna be quick, partly because I have to leave for a thing and I’m running late after writing a million words on my Covert Affairs theories, let me show you them, but mostly because there’s only so many times I can explain this rule (under the cut, if you haven’t seen the episode yet): 

Postmortem: White Collar

Sorry for the lack of updates–the problem with starting a TV blog in the middle of summer is that there’s no TV to write about.  Thankfully, USA is back with everything, and their shows are the types of shows where my power is strongest.  Tuesday night’s White Collar season premiere is a prime example.  As usual, I was able to guess the baddie within ten seconds of them appearing on screen.  I’ll tell you why after the jump.