May I just say I agree with all that you and pooh have said here about Peter?
I'm not unsypathetic to his situation, but I do believe that he could have handled things with Neal much better. Also agree about the whole Hagen/stealing /conning thing. The FBI had beeen trying to free Peter for six weeks, and it seems that they had nothing; honestly, at that point, I doubt even finding James would have done them any good (unless he still had Pratt's gun on himself - but that would have been extremely stupid). Peter would have lost his job - worse, he faced a life sentence and I can easily see him being convicted (physical evidence combined with motive make a strong case). Neal's deal with Hagen wasn't a smart move, it wasn't a well-planed move, but it was done out of sheer desperation. I wish that Peter would acknowledge that, especially knowing that he had been willing to cross some serious lines for El and Neal too. (Then again, Peter still doesn't really know the full picture - but honestly, at this point I'd think that he would have figured it out.)
I do hope that we get a real talk between Neal and Peter and that next episode will bring more of the reconciliation that I've been hoping for pretty much the whole season.
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I'm not unsypathetic to his situation, but I do believe that he could have handled things with Neal much better. Also agree about the whole Hagen/stealing /conning thing. The FBI had beeen trying to free Peter for six weeks, and it seems that they had nothing; honestly, at that point, I doubt even finding James would have done them any good (unless he still had Pratt's gun on himself - but that would have been extremely stupid). Peter would have lost his job - worse, he faced a life sentence and I can easily see him being convicted (physical evidence combined with motive make a strong case). Neal's deal with Hagen wasn't a smart move, it wasn't a well-planed move, but it was done out of sheer desperation. I wish that Peter would acknowledge that, especially knowing that he had been willing to cross some serious lines for El and Neal too. (Then again, Peter still doesn't really know the full picture - but honestly, at this point I'd think that he would have figured it out.)
I do hope that we get a real talk between Neal and Peter and that next episode will bring more of the reconciliation that I've been hoping for pretty much the whole season.