Bryan wrote a thorough and positive review of USA Network's new series White Collar, which will be premiering this Friday, October 23rd at 10:00 p.m. EST. Jon noted that the show was "like a cross between the first Lethal Weapon movie and Catch Me If You Can, which is to say that its a caper-type, solve-the-crime, buddy series where the characters form an unlikely partnership". From the official description below, it sounds similar to Catch Me If You Can. Although, that's not a bad thing, because Catch Me If You Can was a great movie.
WHITE COLLAR is about the most unlikely of partnerships between a con artist and an FBI agent. The story unfolds after charming criminal mastermind Neal Caffrey (Bomer) is caught by his nemesis, G-Man extraordinaire Peter Burke (DeKay). After escaping from a maximum-security prison to find his long-lost love, Neal is nabbed by Peter once again.
Rather than returning to jail for this daring getaway, Neal suggests an alternate plan - providing his expertise to assist the Feds in putting away infamous and elusive criminals in return for his freedom. Thiessen plays Peter’s wife, Elizabeth, an intelligent, high-status event planner with a certain intuition of her own. Garson plays Mozzie, a friend of Caffrey's with a strong distrust of the Feds and an unyielding belief in conspiracy theories.
Diahann Carroll (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Dynasty”) guest stars in the pilot and will appear as a dynamic recurring character. WHITE COLLAR also features Sharif Atkins (“ER”), Natalie Morales (“The Middleman”) and James Rebhorn (“Book of Daniel”).
USA has released three sneak peeks for the upcoming pilot episode. You can check them out below.
