Post-Ep Dish - S5.09 - No Good Deed

[elrhiarhodan]

I think this is the episode we've been waiting for all Season. I'm actually terrified. In fact, I almost don't want to do this - I don't know where it's going or what will happen (I'm pretty unspoiled.

And without further adieu…



Poor Neal, he's heading for a fall. But what a sexy way to go!

Finally mentioned the two-mile radius.

Yes, Neal - your life complicated

FULL BODY NEKKIDNESS

He's trying to protect Rebecca, but somehow I feel she doesn't need protecting.

She's way too casual with Moz's reveal.

Jones has an action figure collection?

Rare Books 'Becca? Cute, really cute, Moz.

Did Mozzie just pull out a dildo? A dildo gun?

Did Neal think that Peter isn't ever not going to be relentless?

Stolen more times than second base at a Cubs game. Hee.

Oooh, Peter is SO suspicious.

Are we getting to see Elizabeth's office?

Mutually assured destruction is a powerful motivator.

And Mozzie has a regular lunch table and date with Elizabeth.

Moz and Peter - good scene. And Peter all but blackmailing Mozzie. LOVE IT!

And well, Hello, Estelle!

And thanks to ladyrose42 , for saying that Neal's house of cards is falling.

Neal is actually vibrating, he's so nervous. (So am I). Neal doesn't know what to do, except, as theatregirl7299 points out, Peter has to be protected at all costs.

I hope that Peter feels the same way about Neal - and at the end of the day - he remembers that they are friends above anything else.

Neal is such a master of misdirection.

And Mozzie in the middle of everything. (Okay, it's a finger not a dildo).

(Oy vey, I am tense).

Rebecca has no boundaries, apparently. Not even Peter touches Neal's sketchbook. Oh, that came out way dirtier than I intended.

Aww, Neal doesn't want to turn Rebecca into a criminal. But she's playing him like a freakin' Stradivarius. He's giving her the whole plan. As theatregirl7299 says, he wasn't even this open with Kate - but upon reflection, he lost Kate because he lied to her. So maybe this honesty is a lesson he's learned.

It doesn't seem like the time to be such a good student.

And Peter being worried and suspicious. And YAY for El being concerned about Neal.

Awww Moz - "You go girl" - I always wanted to say that!

And Rebecca seems way to good at the short con.

Mozzie as a Mason! Gotta love it.

Neal falling! Not jumping! What would a season be without Neal's acrobatics?

And how could Neal forget that Peter's always watching? The anklet will always trip him up. How, after so many years, can he forget that? Maybe, subliminally, he wants Peter to catch him.

And the cronut makes its appearance. Which Peter, foolishly gives to Jones.

OMG - Peter, what are you doing?

NO NO NO NO NO

Peter blowing up at Neal - he's right - he's put himself on the line for Neal so many times, it almost cost hi

And Neal - finally, finally telling Peter what he did and why. My heart is breaking

"I did the right thing."

Their faces - this wrecks me. Not in a back way - but like how do they recover from this. Ever?

Elizabeth - you are EPIC. Owning up to what you asked Neal to do. Believing that what Neal did was right.

Okay - maybe they can be healed?

And is Peter willing to let this go?

Blahblahblah about the window.

"My office, now."

Peter, no no no no no….

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Okay folks - I know there's a temptation to bash Peter - for being so cruel and cold and mean to Neal. Telling him that he should never have expected him to be anything but a criminal. But let's not give into that temptation, okay? For the sake of my heart and my stress levels. Yes, we can discuss Peter and what he said, but please be fair and respectful.

My heart is hurting too much. Please.

Comments

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

(2nd half)

Another love of the episode - Peter.
We see him doing some shady stuff, even being somewhat hypocritical. But at the same time, we see so much of his humanity, his inner strenght and vulnerableness - the moment when he realized that it was not justice that set him free but Neal's deception; the way he considers his options, his love for Neal mixed with the feeling of betrayal - oh Peter!!! And then he wants to do the right thing, but there's the law and his family and justice, and Peter's trapped in the middle of it by Neal's (and to a degree El's) choices and actions.

That scene at Neal's appartment - such a superb acting from both Matt and Tim. Neal, earnestly, almost pleadingly - "I did the right thing." - and it's so obvious that Peter disagrees, he doesn't have to say it aloud - and Neal is crushed by that disappointment in Peter, but he still believes that he did what had to be done. I think that scene - allong with the final scene in the office - has shown perfectly the differences between Neal and Peter's sense of morals and of right and wrong, and it was fantastic and completely hearbreaking.

What else is there to be said?

Non-squee - Neal, comitting a crime while wearing the anklet with pastry as an alibi? Seriously? Neal, I don't know what's been going on with you lately, but you've never been this sloppy - and it has to stop. For your sake, Mozzie's, Peter's, El's - get your head back in the game and stop screwing up!


Rebecca! Hmmm. I'll be surprised if she isn't working with Hagan (or even better, she could be the mastermind behind it all). That said, she's an interesting character and even though she's probably setting up Neal for a horrible heartbreak (and possibly setting up Neal, Peter and Moz for prison or worse), I can't help but want to see more of her.

The scene with Mozzie's phone and Neal sending him a pidgeon was great :) Also was happy to see more of Jones, and I liked how the show dealt with Peter¨s prosecutor.

Also that opening scene with Neal's anklet over Rebecca's leg? Sexy :) Need an icon of that :)

Liked the case, liked the chase, loved the whole episode!

[kanarek13]

Oh, excellent points all around. Yes, Peter and his dark side, I'm also not sure if it's a good or a bad side but I completely agree that it might be exactly what is gonna be needed to bring Hagen down.

Oh, those 3 weeks are gonna be torture :D

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is, when Rebecca talked with Neal about how to "fix it", it was exactly what I wanted for him. Not a girlfriend who is constantly judging him, but one who talks to him, to just ask him to tell her the truth, one who will think about his safety. Too bad that she is too perfect to be true.

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

Well, I really liked Rebecca in the previous episodes, but after this one, I don't so much anymore. At this stage, there are two main options - one, she is working for Hagen (or on her own but still for "dark side"), in which case Neal is going to end up heartbroken. On the small chance that she is genuine... then that makes me uncomfortable on a whole new level, because it feels like it's Kate all over again, only worse. Kate never seemed naive, Rebecca on the other hand (if she's not a con herself) is quite gullible and putting herself in danger without really thinking things through.

Neal tells her he's a con man - next thing, she jumps all over him? He tells her Hagan is dangerous and she doesn't ask for more? I just... if Rebecca is genuine, then I don't really like the way that the writers are handling it. And I want someone like her for Neal - someone that would be for him who June was for Byron. But that woman needs to be really smart, has her eyes open and not just be excited about Neal's criminal escapades - I don't want her to necessarily commit crimes with him, but she needs to have his back when it counts. And from Rebecca's presence on the show so far, I have yet to see a moment when she really did that for Neal.

(Of course, I'm still 95% sure that she is conning Neal. But if she's not, then she either needs to grow up fast or get out before she gets hurt - for both her and neal's sake.)