White Collar is a crime/mystery television series that premiered on October 23, 2009, on the USA Network. The series stars Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a former con-man, forger and thief, and Tim DeKay as FBI agent Peter Burke. The pair form an unlikely partnership as they work together to apprehend white collar criminals.

Series overview edit

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 14 October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23) March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09) July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)[1] July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)[2] August 18, 2010 (2010-08-18)[3]
2 16 July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13) March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08) TBC TBC TBC
3 16[4] June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[5]

Episode list edit

Season 1 (2009–2010) edit

# Title Directed by Written by U.S. viewers
(million)
Original air date Production
code
11"Pilot"Bronwen HughesJeff Eastin5.40[6]October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23)5039-08-179
Con artist, master forger, and criminal extraordinaire Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) escapes from prison to find the woman he loves (Alexandra Daddario) only to end up behind bars again. He strikes up a deal with Peter Burke (Tim DeKay), the FBI agent who put him there, and together they take an unconventional route in tracking down a criminal known as "The Dutchman" (Mark Sheppard). Introduced also is Neal's trusted friend, Mozzie (Willie Garson), a fellow con-man with extensive knowledge about everything. Neal uses his new position in the FBI to find clues that will eventually lead him to Kate, the man with the ring, and the truth.
22"Threads"Dennie GordonClifton Campbell5.08[7]October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)5039-09-103
Neal and Peter infiltrate New York's Fashion Week as they try to prevent an international criminal from selling sensitive data hidden in one of the runway dresses.
33"Book of Hours"John T. KretchmerTom Garrigus3.85[8]November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06)5039-09-102
A New York mobster enlists the help of the FBI to recover a precious stolen Bible—a mission that tests Neal's loyalties with the FBI.
44"Flip of the Coin"Timothy BusfieldJeff Eastin & Joseph C. Muscat4.28[9]November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13)5039-09-105
Peter and Neal try to locate smuggled Iraqi artifacts where the lead suspect is a US soldier and an acquaintance of Peter, but anomalies in the evidence suggest other forces at work.
55"The Portrait"Allan ArkushJeff Eastin & Travis Romero4.56[10]November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)5039-09-101
Peter and Neal set up a sting to recover a valuable stolen portrait, but strain is put on their uneasy partnership when Peter suspects Neal will succumb to temptation. Neal finds out the truth about the stolen portrait, and returns it to its rightful owner.
66"All In"John T. KretchmerJim Campolongo & Joe Henderson4.40[11]November 27, 2009 (2009-11-27)5039-09-104
Immersed in a dangerous case in Chinatown involving one of his aliases and a crafty Interpol agent, Neal is forced to decide between his loyalties to Peter and the FBI or his desire to find Kate. The interpol agent reveals that the man with the ring is in the FBI.
77"Free Fall"Kevin BrayJeff Eastin5.55[12]December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04)5039-09-107
Peter must determine if Neal's lying when Neal becomes a suspect in a jewelry heist. Meanwhile, Neal closes in on the man with the ring and discovers that he may be closer than he imagined. Introduced in the episode is FBI special agent Garrett Fowler (Noah Emmerich), an OPR agent bent on discrediting Peter and Neal with whatever means possible.
88"Hard Sell"John T. KretchmerJim Campolongo & Joe Henderson4.7[13][14][15]January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19)5039-09-108
Neal infiltrates a corrupt Wall Street brokerage firm and Peter must go undercover alongside him. Neal suspects Peter as the guy with the ring and confronts Peter about the ring. Peter initially denies but after the case is closed, Peter told Neal that he had spoken with Kate. Peter told Neal that Kate mentioned wanting a music box that Neal had stolen. Peter also told Neal that it does not seem Kate was acting under the control of Fowler. Neal refused to believe Peter. Neal sets out to find the music box that Fowler wants, something everyone assumes that he has.
99"Bad Judgment"John T. KretchmerJeff Eastin & Joseph C. Muscat4.3[16][17]January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)5039-09-112
Peter and Neal discover a corrupt judge working with Fowler, and devise a plan to take them down. Meanwhile, Neal asks Peter to get a message to Kate as Mozzie sweeps Peter's house for bugs. At the end of the episode, Neal retrieves a paper flower from the grave of Kate's father, Robert, another cryptic message from Kate.
1010"Vital Signs"Dennie GordonJoan B. Weiss2.89[18]February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)5039-09-106
June is approached by a sketchy charity when her granddaughter is removed from the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Neal and Peter decide to investigate the charity, suspecting that transplants are being bought with "donations".
1111"Home Invasion"Ken GirottiChanning Powell3.83[19]February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)5039-09-110
The FBI investigates a murder and a mysterious coded list and Neal catches up with Alex Hunter (Gloria Votsis), an old friend who might know something about the music box, but isn't too keen on Neal's connection with the FBI.
1212"Bottlenecked"Phil AbrahamJeff Eastin & Tom Garrigus3.57[20]February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)5039-09-109
When Neal is confronted by his blue-collar counterpart (Ross McCall), he must revive a decades-old competition to create an impossible forgery of a bottle of wine. However, things aren't exactly as they seem.
1313"Front Man"Michael SmithRashad Raisani3.48[21]March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)5039-09-111
When trying to resolve a kidnapping, Neal is apprehended by an old friend and is forced to play his game to save the one who was kidnapped. Alex finally reveals the location of the music box to Neal, and teams up to steal it. Peter tells Neal that he knows Neal is planning to steal it, and tells him that he has the option to stop looking for Kate and do something good with his life.
1414"Out of the Box"Kevin BrayJeff Eastin4.04[22]March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09)5039-09-113
After discovering the music box in Manhattan, Neal and his friends plan a party heist to steal it. Things come to a head as Fowler and Peter square off, while Neal demands Kate in exchange for the box. Peter makes it to the airstrip before Neal takes off with Kate, and tries to stop him. Neal turns around, and admits that Peter is the only one who can change his mind. Before he can join Kate, Neal looks back at Peter, and the jet explodes.

Season 2 (2010–2011) edit

White Collar was renewed for a second season scheduled to begin July 13, 2010 on USA Network, with Marsha Thomason joining the cast as a series regular[23] and Hilarie Burton appearing in a six-episode arc as insurance investigator Sara Ellis.[24] The nine-episode summer season ran through September 7, 2010 and concluded with a seven-episode winter season that began on January 18, 2011.[25]

# Title Directed by Written by U.S. viewers
(million)
Original air date Production
code
151"Withdrawal"Tim MathesonJeff Eastin4.29[26]July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)TBA
Peter is being questioned about Neal and the exploding plane. Neal ends up in prison for "trying to escape" and Peter says they can put the deal back on the table, then two months later he's helping the FBI trying to catch some bank robbers, while that is going on Peter and Mozzie are trying to keep Neal's mind off Kate. Neal is trying to figure out who stole the music box from the FBI. Meanwhile Diana (Marsha Thomason) and Peter are trying to capture Fowler, and at the end Diana has the Music Box in her safe.
162"Need to Know"Sanford BookstaverJoe Henderson3.96[27]July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)TBA
Neal goes undercover as a political "fixer" in order to bring down a corrupt politician. Diana and Peter's lead brings them to an unidentified man who escapes their pursuit. It is also revealed that Peter had Diana keep the music box's location hidden even from Peter himself. Neal begins to suspect that Peter is investigating the plane explosion behind his back.
173"Copycat Caffrey"Paul HolahanChanning Powell3.72[28]July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)TBA
Peter sends Neal back to school after someone copycats one of his old schemes. Alex returns with some bad news. Diana discovers the music box is hiding something. Peter and Diana set out to find the missing key, which is the last piece of the music box that Alex gives Neal before leaving for Italy.
184"By the Book"Michael SmithAlexandra McNally4.10[29]August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03)TBA
For the first time in his life, Mozzie must turn to the FBI for help when the person of his affection, a waitress from a local diner, Gine Destefano, disappears. Mozzie uses cryptic clues, often references to book texts, left by Gine to find and rescue her, which evolves to a case involving a man under the FBI's radar for quite some time.
195"Unfinished Business"Tricia BrockJeff Eastin4.00[30]August 10, 2010 (2010-08-10)TBA
A routine bond theft escalates into an attempted murder when Neal is unknowingly hired to kill the assigned insurance investigator, Sara Ellis (Hilarie Burton), the same woman who testified against him regarding his alleged theft of a Raphael painting a few years back. Meanwhile, Neal and Mozzie investigate the jet's wreckage, concluding that the jet was rigged to explode midair, but was detonated early by someone. They manage to have the cockpit's voice recorder sent to the insurance company Sterling Bosch, under the care of Sara Ellis. After taking the impostor who ordered the hit on Sara, Neal tries to recover the package from her apartment, but was interrupted by an assassination attempt by the real Mr. Black, who was subsequently stopped by Peter and his team.
206"In the Red"David StraitonMatt Negrete4.48[31]August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)TBA
The arrest of a jewel thief leads Peter and Neal toward a much more heinous extortion case against adoptive parents. Mozzie breaks into Sara's apartment and recovers the recording, only to have it taken back by Sara and her detectives in a search of Neal's apartment. After teaming up with the mob, Peter and Neal take the adoption lawyer to custody. Sara returns to Neal's apartment after finding out what happened to Kate, and promises to help Neal with his investigation. The recording reveals that Kate called an unidentified person shortly before the jet exploded, which prompt Neal and friends to hunt down who was on the other end of the phone.
217"Prisoner's Dilemma"Vincent MisianoMark Goffman4.60[32]August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)TBA
An FBI Agent is accused of selling witness locations during criminal trials, and the U.S. Marshals ask Peter and Neal for help tracking down the suspect. Peter winds up befriending the suspect upon discovering that the U.S. Marshal in charge of the investigation is actually selling the locations, and goes on the run with him trying to clear his name. Moz discovers that the mystery voice on the black box recording belongs to the still-in-hiding Garrett Fowler.
228"Company Man"Rosemary RodriguezJim Campolongo4.44[33]August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)TBA
Neal and Peter must go undercover into the world of corporate espionage after a tech company's head researcher is murdered. Mozzie and Diana are put together to look over Kate's murder, and Mozzie realizes that Diana has the music box and Peter knows where it is. Peter then shows the music box to Neal, and Neal reveals the key Alex gave him. Neal tells Peter, "No more secrets", before opening the box.
239"Point Blank"Kevin BrayJeff Eastin4.72[34]September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)TBA
The gang finds Fowler (Noah Emmerich) and finds out he is innocent. He is being blackmailed by the same person Peter has a patchwork picture of. Mozzie cracks the code inside of the musicbox. Before he can tell anyone, he is shot by an unidentified man who steals the code.
2410"Burke's Seven"Michael SmithJoe Henderson3.81[35]January 18, 2011 (2011-01-18)TBA
Peter is framed for a crime he did not commit, and is subsequently suspended from the FBI. Neal helps him organize a con in order to catch the real criminal, find who shot Mozzie, and clear Peter's name.
2511"Forging Bonds"John T. KretchmerJeff Eastin & Alexandra McNally3.90[36]January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)TBA
After Peter and Neal realize that Vincent Adler (Andrew McCarthy) is behind everything, Peter has a talk with Neal where he reveals everything from the time he met Mozzie to when he was caught by the FBI.
2612"What Happens in Burma"John T. KretchmerHy Conrad3.46[37]February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)TBA
Peter and Neal must step foot on Burmese soil in order to prove the innocence of the son of an American diplomat.
2713"Countermeasures"Michael SmithJim Campolongo3.46[38]February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)TBA
Neal is approached by an old friend of June's (Billy Dee Williams) and believes that he has some ulterior motives.
2814"Payback"Russell Lee FineMark Goffman3.27[39]February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22)5039-10-212
Matthew Keller (Ross McCall) returns when he contacts Neal and Peter from prison asking for a favor. Over the course of their investigation, Peter is kidnapped and must be found before he is killed.
2915"Power Play"Jeff F. KingMark Goffman3.30[40]March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)TBA
To uncover a collusion scheme, Neal and Peter must switch identities. Guest stars Richard Schiff.
3016"Under the Radar"John T. KretchmerJeff Eastin3.81[41]March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)TBA
Neal gains more insight into Kate's death. Andrew McCarthy returns as Vincent Adler.

Season 3 (2011) edit

On September 27, 2010, White Collar was renewed for a sixteen-episode third season.[42], currently scheduled to begin June 7, 2011.[5] Hilarie Burton will join the cast as a series regular.[43]

# Title Directed by Written by U.S. viewers
(million)
Original air date Production
code
311[44]TBARussell Lee Fine[45]Jeff Eastin[46]TBAJune 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[5]301[47]

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