White Collar - Pilot, S01E01

If you did not see the series premiere of White Collar, boy did you miss a treat. This is a show that you'll want to be watching every week if the pilot reflects what the season will bring.

This show caught my attention because Matthew Bomer stars in it. Who is Matthew Bomes? I should be aghast. He played the awesome and sexy unstoppable superspy Brice Larkin on Chuck...Chuck? Go catch up on season 1 & 2 of this hilarious action/comedy about a secret service consultant who works in a Buy More as his cover.

The idea of Matthew Bomer starting in his own show was not something I was prepared to miss, and I was right.

The premise of White Collar:

Neal Caffrey (Bomer) is a con-man, art thief, counterfeiter, etc. Almost 4 years ago, he was caught by FBI agent Peter Stokes (Tim DeKay), and had to serve a 4 year sentence, but 3 months before he became a free man, he broke out of his maximum security prison. Why? To try to find Kate, his girlfriend who had just left him. He arrived 2 days too late, and waited in her abandoned apartment for Stokes to retrieve him.

Now, he wants to help Stokes arrest other con-men like himself so that 1. he does not have to remain in jail another 4 years, and 2. he can look for Kate who has disappeared.

What we are really dealing with is an awesome con-man, who can play the game, but is not in fact arrogant. He is very good at what he does, but he is not a bad person and is almost naive in some of his own personal innocences. I'll be very interested to see where it develops.

Bomer and DeKay have this fantastic spark between them. As they spare, each coming from a very carefully and fully developed character, you can't help but laugh at the differences between them and at the witty lines they deliver, which may be clever but are not over the top.

Stokes' personal life is not neglected either, he has a beautiful wife, Elle (Tiffani Thiessen) with whom he has the perfect relationship. Sure, they probably fight occasionally, and it isn't easy on her when he gets distracted at work and forgets to come home for dinner, but she understands him and he loves her and while there may be difficulties along the line, I know they will work through it.

So go watch this fantastic and terrifically amusing new show, and tell me that you think it's awesome too.