White Collar
Upper West Side Story
TV Flash files “Upper West Side Story” as hour 42 of 81 in the TV Flash guide — White Collar (2009–2014) on USA, season 3, episode 12, aired 2012-01-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E12: listed hour 42 of 81 in the White Collar guide, hour 12 of 16 in season 3. It aired 2012-01-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Checkmate” (S03E11). Next is “Neighborhood Watch” (S03E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When scholarship funds from a prestigious prep school mysteriously disappear, Neal poses as a substitute teacher to help Peter and the FBI figure out where the money is really going.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Upper West Side Story sit in the White Collar guide?
S03E12 is listed hour 42 of 81 — hour 12 of 16 in season 3, season 3 episode 12.
When did White Collar S03E12 air?
Upper West Side Story aired 2012-01-24 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,…