White Collar
The Portrait
TV Flash files “The Portrait” as hour 5 of 81 in the TV Flash guide — White Collar (2009–2014) on USA, season 1, episode 5, aired 2009-11-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 81 in the White Collar guide, hour 5 of 14 in season 1. It aired 2009-11-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Flip of the Coin” (S01E04). Next is “All In” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a painting is stolen, Peter and Neal are tasked with finding it. They get a lead on the thief, they set a meeting but something goes wrong and the man disappears. They try to find him using info he uttered at the meeting. Later a curator from a museum in Europe claims that the painting was stolen from the museum years ago and when the painting is recovered, he expects it to be returned to him. Neal talks to the owner and learns that her family has a connection to the painting, which makes Neal wonder who the painting really belongs to.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Portrait sit in the White Collar guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 81 — hour 5 of 14 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did White Collar S01E05 air?
The Portrait aired 2009-11-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is White Collar about the paintings?
The art is the MacGuffin. A forger works off a sentence beside a square handler; the friendship does more plotting than the canvases.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A charming forger in a fedora works off his sentence beside a square FBI handler, and the friendship does more plotting than the paintings. White Collar is stylish USA crime — Matt Bomer polish, Mozzie as chorus, Manhattan as a long con's playground.
The fedora is the entire press tour. Matt Bomer's Neal Caffrey walks Manhattan like a long con's playground, polish as the silhouette, an anklet as the only jewelry that tells the truth. Jeff Eastin's White Collar (2009–2014) is USA's charming crime brand at its most stylish: Tim DeKay's Peter Burke as the square FBI handler, Willie Garson's Mozzie stealing episodes, Tiffani Thiessen, Marsha Thomason. A charming art thief works off a sentence. The friendship does more plotting than the paintings.…
Filed against
- Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey
Matt Bomer worked the fedora as Neal Caffrey on White Collar — a charming forger beside a square FBI handler, friendship doing more plotting than the paintings. Stylish USA crime, Mozzie as chorus, Manhattan as a long con’s playground. TV…
- Tim DeKay as Peter Burke
Tim DeKay squared White Collar as Peter Burke — a charming forger in a fedora working off a sentence beside a square FBI handler, friendship doing more plotting than the paintings. Stylish USA crime, Manhattan as a long con's playground.…
- Willie Garson as Mozzie
Willie Garson’s Mozzie chorused White Collar as the friendship under the fedora — a charming forger working off a sentence beside a square FBI handler, stylish USA crime, Matt Bomer polish, Manhattan as a long con’s playground. The…
- Tiffani Thiessen as Elizabeth Burke
Tiffani Thiessen’s Kelly Kapowski locked Saved by the Bell’s Bayside archetypes in living color — Zack schemes, Slater, Jessie, Lisa, Screech, Saturday-morning brightness — then polished White Collar as the long-con’s Manhattan partner.…
- Marsha Thomason as Diana Berrigan
Marsha Thomason worked the bureau as Diana Berrigan on White Collar — a charming forger in a fedora beside a square FBI handler, friendship doing more plotting than the paintings. Stylish USA crime, Matt Bomer polish, Mozzie as chorus,…