White Collar
What Happens in Burma
TV Flash files “What Happens in Burma” as hour 26 of 81 in the TV Flash guide — White Collar (2009–2014) on USA, season 2, episode 12, aired 2011-02-01, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E12: listed hour 26 of 81 in the White Collar guide, hour 12 of 16 in season 2. It aired 2011-02-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Forging Bonds” (S02E11). Next is “Countermeasures” (S02E13).
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The desperate US ambassador to the UN called a favor from the FBI to help his estranged son, a human rights activist, who was arrested in Burma and faces an atrocious sentence for ruby theft. Neal, who grew up fatherless, convinces reluctant Peter to condone dodgy means against the Myanmar junta. After finding out the true master thief, Andrew Collins, Neal has an irresistible fake made by Mozzie as a trap for greedy Burmese ambassador Kyi, but it can only work if they find a way around the inviolability of his diplomatic pouch confided to his assistant Suu.
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Where does What Happens in Burma sit in the White Collar guide?
S02E12 is listed hour 26 of 81 — hour 12 of 16 in season 2, season 2 episode 12.
When did White Collar S02E12 air?
What Happens in Burma aired 2011-02-01 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.…
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- Tim DeKay as Peter Burke
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- Willie Garson as Mozzie
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- Tiffani Thiessen as Elizabeth Burke
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- Marsha Thomason as Diana Berrigan
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