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| They wore clothes in this episode? |
Ahem.
Shall we carry on?
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| This glimpse of the top of Matt Bomer's underpants brought to you by the letters U, N, & F |
There was a plot. Or
something.
Seriously, guys, I don’t need THIS elaborate a setup to see Matt
Bomer shirtless, though I appreciate the effort…
Deep cleansing breath. But seriously, well played, gentlemen. Speaking of…
Matt Bomer? Is a
freaking great actor. You and I already know that, but the man plays a slow
burn like few others, and his hurt!face is the BEST thing this side of a
Winchester. Here is my proof:
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| The line to smush this face starts behind me, peeps. |
This is the moment just after he tells Peter they’re done (the
first time, not when he storms out). Look at that expression, like he can’t
believe he’s just said it, he knows what it all means and how it will impact
him, and maybe he wants to take it back, but he knows he can’t. All this
conveyed in a microsecond. Bravo,
sir.
Pause for the
hotness.
I’d accuse Elizabeth of deliberately trying to get him fat,
cuz she likes a bit of meat on her men, but…
Gratuitous shot for my Neal/Jones ‘shippers.
Boxing is the
slashiest sport of ever. I like
it:
Non-Squee of the Week
Admittedly, a minor non-squee, and I know it inhibits dialogue, but these guys weren’t
wearing mouth guards?
Quote of the Week:
Elizabeth: “Neal appears
to be handling it well.”
Moz: “Clearly
they’re lying to each other, making some sort of bargain neither of them can
keep.”
Way to sum up the season thus far, Moz…
21 comments:
What a fantastic episode! Seriously wow! Both guys were eye candy to the max but it was the performances which made it. The blow up at the end was perfect because, while painful, it clearly came from a place of love. I thought it was telling that Peter's "I'm trying to protect you" calmed Neal enough to finish the fight (and the wise words of Mozzie too).
While I agree Peter needs to let him have space...now (with murderous conspiracies and high powered violent criminals soon to come after Neal) may not be the best time! Stay close to the armed federal agent Neal!
Love your comments, but the best comment is the talent of Matthew Bomer. He is a true talent and this episode reflected it exponentially. The range of emotions from hurt to angst to anger to rage. First time we have ever seen Neal truly enraged. Very cathartic for all of us.. Especially noted when he took the corner and was so completely conflicted mid bout. Emmy worthy. And on the shallow side, both guys looked great but Matt is just a gift from the gods.
Matt is out of this world wonderful in this episode. The ratings for WC would skyrocket if they brought more emotion into the writing. (and more bare chested men). Loved your quote of the week. My second favorite is during the slashy moment of boxing as Peter says he's trying to protect Neal. Oh my heart is a flutter. And it does need to be repeated Matt kicked ass as far as acting goes!
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Amused that the acting is what really moves this episode, but that the pics above are almost all of nekkidness. :)
Favorite quotes included:
I've got youth.
I've got experience and a longer reach.
The writing and the acting there -- the dual meanings within the exchange. Love that!
Any advice?
Kick his ass.
Oh, Clinton! :)
Side question though -- did Neal really throw the fight as agreed?
Or did Mozzie? It wasn't immediately obvious to me. After all, Mozzie threw in the towel, stopping the fight. Do we know Neal was going to stay down for the whole count...?
I think that in that moment, Neal was planning on staying down. In that moment, he'd given up. That's not to say he wouldn't have suddenly changed his mind last minute if Mozzie hadn't thrown in the towel.
Neal really gave it his all in this fight, but "experience and a longer reach" won out. If Peter had gone after Neal with the same passion as Neal showed, Neal would have been knocked on his ass much sooner, I think. But Peter didn't want to hurt him.
It looked to me as if Neal made a conscious decision to throw the fight as planned--to go down in that fake way he and Peter had planned. However angry he was with Peter, he didn't jeopardize the mission.
Neal threw it. An athletic younger Neal could kick a Peters butt especially as angry as he was. Mozzie worked the towel, Neal stayed down. Neal no doubt has some prison boxing or fighting experience, no doubt would have kicked butt on ole Peter.
It would appear the writers increasingly show Jones' apparent jealousy of the Peter-Neal relationship. I think Jones realizes he will always be on the outside looking in on that front.
Hola, en mi opinión ambos tanto Tim y Matt son unos excelentes actores y de muy buen ver es un deleite verlos son unos hombres bellisimos.
Ahora con respecto a la pelea creo que si Peter se lo propone y se enoja lo suficiente podrÃa no solo ganarle a Neal si no patearle el trasero con facilidad, recordemos que es un agente entrenado y experimentado, sin ir más lejos cuando Neal pelea con Keller es derrotado y Peter sale a su rescate y aunque la pelea termina gracias a Neal creo que Peter podÃa manejarlo.
Creo que Peter realmente no quiso lastimar a Neal como le dijo él está tratando de protegerlo, pero si tuviera que apoyar a alguien ese seria a Peter que tiene un entrenamiento como agente para poder someter a cualquier persona.
Y me encanto la intervención de Mozzie en este capÃtulo fue muy buena y madura
I disagree regarding whether Neal throwing the fight. I think that he was very much willing to continue fighting Peter regardless of how ill-advised it would have been. His anger was clearly motivating him, and he had lost his ability to see what he was doing. I think Peter was very reluctantly trying to put him down, basically, and Moz threw in the towel not only to save Neal from getting his butt kicked, but to save Peter from having to hurt him.
It may be that I have a hard time seperating Matt/Tim from Neal/Peter so with that, Matt's athleticism, youth, amd dabbling in martial arts in real life would clearly have Matt a real life match winner but even for the characters it would be tough for someone Peter's age and shape to take on a Neal and worse, a very mad Neal, unless character Peter had previous boxing experience and training which was never mentioned. Tim is great for his age, but...
Historically Neal has always ultimately done what is right for the FBI and Peter, including saving Peter's life, so he clearly gave up as scripted in the practice match. Even though Peter betrayed him on a deep level here, Neal will always love Peter and respect him and his leadership and judgement.
I think Mozzie threw the fight. Neal would have probably gotten up otherwise.
Neal was extremely upset, and I don't think he was thinking at all about saving the match. It wouldn't have hurt the case that much anyway.
Ok, because I'm pedantic, I had to go back & re-watch.
The KO as choreographed was Peter with a left feint to the head, which Neal would block, then Peter would follow with a right to the body & left hook for the finish.
The KO (or TKO, if you will) as it actually happened was Neal dishing out a flurry of jabs to the head and body, with Peter blocking (some), and then Peter with a sudden left hook for the take down. Then Mozzie threw in the towel, which officially ended it.
Does that mean anything? I still don't know 100%, but it certainly isn't the way they'd practiced it.
It could be argued that Neal recognized this left hook and, after having gotten in as many licks as he could, decided it was enough and went with it as an opportunity to throw the match.
But I think a good argument could be made that Neal was still angry & continuing the fight. The flurry of punches would be evidence of this -- he wasn't letting up, and not letting Peter set up the planned sequence. So Peter just threw that punch, and Mozzie sealed the deal.
For as quickly as Neal jumped up after the bell rang, I fully believe he was taking the fall as planned. He wasn't woozy or shaken, or anything.
Anon @ 9/17 1202am. completely correct, had it been a tko/ko/surprise, scene would have ended with him on floor or at very least dazed but he was up and ready to go. Don't see how it could be misinterpreted any other way then a throw...
I'm with RC, Neal wasn't ready to let it go. Granted he has youth and rage, but Peter, hey, he has experience and a longer reach. Really. Neal has never been a fighter (he runs away, that's his specialty, just rewatch that scene toward the end of Wanted). Peter, on the contrary is a trained FBI agent. Plus Peter has a few more pounds that could help give his left hook the right momentum to take a reckless Neal off his feet.
And indeed that wasn't the rehearsed plan, and I do think Peter's left hook put Neal down.There was no signal, no warning, Neal couldn't have anticipated that move to fake a dive.
Could Neal have got back on his feet before 10, probably. He did once. But Mozzie made sure this time he didn't.
LOL, Neal got up right away totally unphased and walked to the corner. I would go with Neal's intensity, his prison self defense experience over Peter's weight and formal training.
"Neal is not a fighter, he runs away" - really? I guess the time he fought and shot Keller saving Peters life doesn't count. Plus many other weekly heroic acts for the FBI? Are we watching the same show?
I agree that Neal's not a fighter. Yeah, he fought Keller, but they had props and stuff. And a gun. When he fights it's with aggression, not style. I remember reading that in one version of the pilot Peter asks the prison warden if Neal ran because he felt threatened, and the warden said it wasn't likely, because everybody liked Neal. (SUCH a White Collar version of prison lol!) So I think we can count much experience with prison fighting out. Anytime Neal can avoid violence he avoids it.
On the other hand, we've seen Peter bust out some hardcore moves that prove he's been trained in taking people down quickly. Even Neal comments on it (I think it was in Power Play?).
I agree with J. Rosemary Moss. Neal threw it as planned.
I still think Neal threw it--and I suspect the guys are, in fact, rather evenly matched--but there are clearly good arguments on both sides, and I don't think the issue will be resolved unless Jeff Eastin or someone else closely connected speaks up about it. :)
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