White Collar
Unfinished Business
TV Flash files “Unfinished Business” as hour 19 of 81 in the TV Flash guide — White Collar (2009–2014) on USA, season 2, episode 5, aired 2010-08-10, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 19 of 81 in the White Collar guide, hour 5 of 16 in season 2. It aired 2010-08-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “By the Book” (S02E04). Next is “In the Red” (S02E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A routine bond theft escalates into an attempted murder when Neal is unknowingly hired to kill the assigned insurance investigator, Sara Ellis. Neal finds himself working with Sara Ellis an insurance investigator who has it for him. He and Peter are helping her find out who has possession of Japanese bonds. They believe that man named Mr. Black who they believe is a courier whom the one is possession of the bonds wants to move them. So they come up with a plan for Neal to take his place. When he meets the contact he gives Neal a gun and brings him to the apartment of Ellis, whom he has to kill. When they fake her death, she along with Peter and Neal try to find out who wants her dead.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Unfinished Business sit in the White Collar guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 19 of 81 — hour 5 of 16 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did White Collar S02E05 air?
Unfinished Business aired 2010-08-10 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,…