White Collar
Need to Know
Season 2, Episode 2 · Aired 2010-07-20
Synopsis
Neal goes undercover as a political "fixer" in order to bring down a corrupt politician. Tipped off by campaign official Dylan Ledding, the FBI suspects slick senator Gary Jennings of illegal campaign fund raising and having inconvenient witnesses eliminated by Robert Barrow. Burke poses as a bulldog agent who promises to dig until he makes the earlier rejected charges stick. Neil gets recruited with a fake Harvard wonder boy identity and proves himself by solving a non-existent problem of his own making which even Mozzie fell for.
In the series
This episode is part of White Collar (2009–2014) on USA.
Con man + FBI handler = hat-and-chemistry cable comfort.
Key cast
- Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey
- Tim DeKay as Peter Burke
- Willie Garson as Mozzie
- Tiffani Thiessen as Elizabeth Burke
- Marsha Thomason as Diana Berrigan