As I was watching last night’s White Collar season finale, I just wanted to re-link to the piece I wrote about the series six weeks ago. “Judgment Day” embodied most of the things that make White Collar so great: The plots twists and turns didn’t exist just because it was a finale, they instead worked … Continue reading Season finale review: White Collar, “Judgment Day”
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Character depth welcome: On why White Collar is far and away USA Network’s best series
You may or may not know this, but I am in the midst of completing my MA thesis on USA Network and the “Characters Welcome” brand campaign (among other things). I say this to point out that I have spent a good deal of time with USA Network’s slate of programming over the past year … Continue reading Character depth welcome: On why White Collar is far and away USA Network’s best series
White Collar, “Power Play”
When you have two fantastic leads like White Collar does, that can get you through even the worst of episodes or any sort of gimmick. "Power Play" might use a gimmick device in its storytelling, but it is certainly not one of the series' worst episodes. After last week's middling and disappointing effort, "Power Play" … Continue reading White Collar, “Power Play”
White Collar, “Withdrawal”
I really enjoy White Collar. I watched every episode last season, most of them live. I think Matthew Bomer and Tim DeKay are fantastic together. But the series clumsily handled both its mid-season and season finales last year, making me wonder if it should just drop any major mythology and simply focus on fun cases, the leads' … Continue reading White Collar, “Withdrawal”
