White Collar: Season 1

Great episode and season. Love stories about not so bad bad guys. Neal's heart shows up in this fun episode and the dog lives. Love the early seasons before dark hearted Joe Henderson moved up in the ranks. Love the mobster coming up and knocking on the van door.

First of all, someone at USA Network, or whomever they farm out their DVD stuff to, should be given a big raise. Why? Because I had barely ever heard of White Collar before I saw the pilot episode on the Season Four DVD set of Burn Notice, another USA show. It was there, I had 45 minutes to kill, so I watched it. And ordered White Collar Season One on my next Amazon purchase. Genius, give people a taste of something, seemingly for free, and get them to spend some money later. Give that person/people a raise or a promotion. Or both. White Collar is another of those charismatic cop shows that have started popping up since The Mentalist came out. I would imagine that White Collar was in development before that happened, but you can't say that Simon Baker and company didn't grease the skids. The premise is simple: Neil Caffrey (Matt Bomer), a forger, theif and all around 'white collar' crook offers to help his FBI catcher, Peter Burke (Tim DeKay). The deal is this: Caffrey helps Burke with his cases, Burke keeps him out of prison. But Caffrey has another agenda as well, his missing ex-girlfriend Kate (Alexandra Daddario), who may or may not be under the control of elements in the FBI. His search for her, abetted by his friend Mozz (Willie Garson), tends to complicate his professional relationship with Burke, though Burke's wife Eleanor (Tiffani Thiesson) is in Neil's corner, mostly. Neil might just be the smartest TV cop there is, other than Simon Baker's Patrick Jane from The Mentalist (technically they're both consultants), and that's part compliment part problem, as both characters are geniuses whose personal obsessions are often their undoings. But they're right a bit too often and easily for realism's sake. Except that you like both of them so much that ultimately you don't really care. That's what Matt Bomer brings to the role, he's convincing as a crook with a heart of gold, and is so smooth that it makes me wonder why it took him so long to break out as an actor. He's got a ton of talent, this won't be his last star vehicle. Tim DeKay's Peter Burke tries to be the by the book FBI agent, but Neil is not the best influence on him, though they get the job done. As the season (14 episodes) goes on, he looks the other way more and more often, showing a nice gray area as the two of them become friends and learn to trust each other, a bit. What I didn't like about him was his constant threatening to Neil to put him back in prison if Case X didn't get solved. Memo to the writers: No FBI agent/team solves every single case in a couple of days, or else. DeKay seemed to overact at times, but I wonder if it was just the contrast to Bomer's smoothness, I'm conflicted there. Thiessen plays the loving wife, and her byplay with Neil and Mozz is hilarious when it happens. Mozz is the loyal best friend and wingman for Neil, and Garson plays him humorously, but not slapsticky. He gets most of the best lines, but that's his job. The episodes are part single stories, combined with the overall 'find out what happened to Kate' subplot that runs through each of them. The crimes are highbrow, given the title and theme of the show, and while murder is involved sometimes, it's not that kind of show. The season ended on......not a cliffhanger per se, but a 'What the......!??!' kind of moment that was not what I was expecting. That's a good thing by the way. Yeah, I'll be getting Season Two. Interesting plot(s), good, sometimes really good, acting, and a fast moving pace. White Collar is a winner, and while I had a couple of quibbles, it doesn't take away from a 5 star rating. Maybe more networks should put pilots of their newer shows on DVD's for their hits. Worked with me, my hard earned dollars are on their way to them. Five stars.

Best TV show I have ever watched. I will never understand why they didn’t make more. Miss Mozie

This is a fantastic DVD set. The acting and writing wonderful, combining drama and well crafted story lines with clever wit and humor. This show is urbane, sophisticated, and fun. The relationship between a by-the-book FBI agent teaming up with a rules-were-made-to-be-broken con artist gives White Collar it's entertainment value. Besides the quality of the writing of the individual episodes, the writers are also smart enough to keep up the subplot of going in almost every episode. The characters are easy to relate to, fitting a "type" without every falling into the stereotypical. The DVD itself is also well done. The discs all play well, and the packaging is an efficient use of space, and popping the discs in and out is a breeze. The extras are good, the commentaries are entertaining and enlightening, the gag reel is funny, and the featurettes are well worth watching. Overall, this set is a good buy for any White Collar fan.

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These "Used in Good Shape" DVD disks of Season One - White Collar are in perfect shape. Many of the older Series shows are only available in DVD and not available in blu-ray which is fine. I have the remaining 5 seasons of White Collar on DVD. Our blu-ray / 4K player upscales the disks that are played, so these DVD disks play at somewhat higher resolution than DVD's, but a bit less quality than a blu-ray disk. We originally watched White Collar on streaming platform and it was not available on Amazon Streaming so we purchased the Season DVD's instead since it was very affordable for the used good condition disks. We really love the cast: Neal, Peter, Elizebeth, Mozzie, Sara, Clinton, Diana and all the others. They have really good chemistry together, and the acting is top notch. Great Series.

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It's a drama, has comedy, mystery, crime-solving, & even some action. The main characters are all very likeable and they have great chemistry together. It has a good storyline with plot twists, and with all that it makes for an intriguing series that easily keeps you hooked, wanting to watch more. The two main characters, Peter & Neal, develop a close bond over the series while also having a natural sort of "uneasy/distrust" of each other that creeps up from time to time because of their chosen career paths & background (FBI agent, forger/conman). The story, friendships/relationships & (most) situations don't feel forced or too unrealistic. It's a refreshing, easy show to watch, and I wish there were more great well-written shows like this today. I'm glad I purchased the whole series on DVD so I can rewatch it over & over!

主人公はFBIが追い続けたインテリジェンス溢れる第一級窃盗プロ。宝石や絵画・美術品を盗んできた泥棒が敏腕FBI捜査官に捕らえられ、今度はFBIのために偽造や詐欺犯罪を暴くアドバイザーとして活躍していく。 おおざっぱにストーリー紹介するとしたら、このような内容になるでしょうか。 目を引くのは全編に渡る粋で小気味よいセンスと男性ファッション。NYの実際の景観もうまく取り入れつつ、友情や笑いをからめてドラマは進みます。 際どい緊迫したシーンは多少ありますが、銃や爆弾・暴力や殺人などは少なく、知的なかけひきやトラップ・主人公の“人たらし”な魅力や人間力で場を解決へと導くのも作品の特徴かと思います。 しかし、一歩間違えば単なるチープサスペンスになりそうな作品を、全くそうさせずに楽しめるドラマに仕立て上げている一番の要因は、何と言っても主役のMATT BOMERにあります。何だか完璧なハンサム・茶目っ気あり・人なつこくてチャーミング。頭脳派の犯罪者なのに優しい・お人好しでノーと言えない・でも本心は悟らせないクールな眼差し。この人たらし天才犯罪者役を、全く違和感なく軽やかに演じています。 相棒のモジー役のWILLIE GARSONも相変わらずちょっとヘンチクリンで、でもおもしろい役どころでいい味だしています。その他FBI捜査官役のTIM DECAYやその妻役のTIFFANI THIESSENなど、皆よい俳優で安心して観られます。 軽妙洒脱。ドラマもキャストも良い感じです◎

I just love this show. I bought all six seasons on DVD even though I have Netflix, but I have to watch Netflix on my computer, which is a smaller screen. I much prefer the large screen version of Matt Bomer's beautiful face. This is a great story about a charming, sophisticated, cultured con man who makes a deal with the FBI to be their "consultant" in exchange for finishing his prison time in the outside world within a two-mile restricted radius on an anklet in Manhattan. Neal Caffrey is absolutely lovable and enigmatic. We're never quite sure throughout the series whether he is going straight or if he just can't resist his old ways of art forgery and theft. He's a great character and I love the way Bomer plays Neal. Neal's sidekick, Mozzie (Willie Garson) is extremely clever and endearing and his FBI supervisor Peter (Tim DeKay) is cute and funny. I found a lot of humor and intrigue in most of the episodes, but after a while some of them seemed repetitive. Still, I could watch them over and over again because I have such a girl crush on MB. It also bothers me that reporters keep asking him if it's hard to be an openly gay man playing a straight role. Please, *everybody* on the screen is playing a role. Nobody, or very few actors, are dying to jump their colleagues. It's an act. That's why they get paid the big bucks, to memorize and rehearse and play a part so effectively that we believe that they are someone else.

Come serietv davvero bello!!! Ma ...... potevano e devono dedicare più tecnologia al setup! Insomma ho provato con tre diversi lettori dvd portatili, non esiste la lingua in italiana, solo inglese e francese! Ero pronto alla restituzione, ma leggendo qui che c'era qualche problema, ho inserito un dvd nel computer. Eccola ...... come miracolo è apparso la scelta della lingua italiana al posto del francese! Mi chiedo come mai non succede nei lettori dvd portatili che ho provato prima? Tutte tre di marche diverse? Questo difetto può rendere scomodo, oppure una delusione, la scelta di questa serietv per i viaggi!

Série pleine d'humour , les personnages sont très attachants et les intrigues bien montées même s'il y a parfois de grosses invraisemblances. Cela change de l'hyperviolence qui règne un peu trop actuellement! A regarder en VO de préférence car le doublage français est NUL et gâche l'ambiance (notamment la voix de Matt Bomer aussi sexy que son physique). Difficile de décrocher une fois qu'on y a touché!

As a rule i dont normally watch shows like this as they tend to all be the same but there is something quite different and exciting about White Collar which makes it stand out from the rest,the casting is perfect, all the characters are funny and very likeable which makes it easy to watch and the story lines are great,not once did i get bored and very surprised at that as normally you find 1 or more episode abit boring. I love the relationship between the FBI agent burke and caffrey, sometimes its like watching a married couple. I bought this dvd 2days after it came out as i love it and thats something i never do so i shocked myself actually, so i would recommend it to anyone of any age, obviously 12 or older. This gets an A++++++++++++++++++++++ from me!!!!!