How Did Neal and Mozzie Steal the Art From the U Boat

Previously, Vincent Adler killed people for treasure, Sarah and Neal sucked face, Peter channeled his inner middle schooler and noticed Neal's Chrysler Building painting, Adler's U-boat contained billions in Nazi plunder, his treasure warehouse blew upward, Peter saw a flaming re-create of Neal'southward painting and suspected Neal stole the treasure, Neal received a central to a warehouse that now houses the treasure.

Season iii begins with Mozzie channeling his best bomber airplane pilot, encouraging Neal to hurry up loading cargo on a plane. Peter and the FBI race the airstrip sirens wailing as Mozzie straps in. He'due south a pilot too. Who knew? Peter: "We cannot let Caffrey become airborne." Moz yells back they won't brand it merely Neal says they take to. They left so quickly they couldn't even close the plane door. I hope their cargo doesn't autumn out. A title card tells u.s.a. the episode is flashing back 4 days. Makes sense because it would be a really short season if Neal was arrested right now.

Iv days agone, Neal looks incredibly tired. His eyes are bloodshot as he takes a lie detector examination. Neal's baseline lie: "I accept never told a lie." That works. Peter watches intently as Jones mentions the warehouse. Neal recaps flavor 2'southward finale. (If you missed information technology, stop reading correct now and sentry information technology!) Peter asks if he stole the art or knows who did. He denies both and the automobile confirms it's true. All the same, Neal'south beaten a lie detector before so why does Peter bother. In a rundown building no less. No FBI sanctioned plan here folks. Neal reminds Peter it's 3 am but Peter doesn't care how long it takes. Apparently that's 2 seconds for the viewers considering suddenly information technology's morn, Neal is clean-shaven although nonetheless in the same clothes, and meeting Sarah in a bookstore. They invade each other's personal bubble as he says Peter might question her. Sarah surmises Neal'southward on Peter's art theft doubtable list and he confirms he didn't have his anklet that nighttime. Again short storyline if he did. Sarah asks what Neal wants her to say and information technology sounds similar she would lie for him. If so, information technology seems very out-of-character from the Sarah of last season. Neal suggests telling the truth (how ironic) about their night together but skipping the details. Thank you lot Neal. I really don't want to know. They flirt and buss and Sarah asks if he stole the treasure. Neal denies information technology but she reminds us that he'south a con. Neal heads out but Sarah stops him. "Caffrey, if that art is out there whatsoever thought who has it?" Neal shrugs and Sarah'southward gone for the rest of the episode. Insert a "Yippee!" if you don't like her or an "Aw" if you do. Then let'due south go back to the plot.

Neal heads habitation to observe his door wide open. I fully expect to come across Peter and an FBI team sweeping his place. Instead, Mozzie's on the balcony with a cheesy fifty's hula dancer figurine on the table. Neal taps her and Moz calls her Lolana. Neal: "Is she from any island in particular?" Moz: "Whichever one your centre desires." Neal pulls out the card that atomic number 82 him to the treasure (77850 Ganesvoort St., Unit A, New York, NY. YOULL Give thanks ME) and WHAT? Moz took the treasure? I'm less surprised nearly this than that they told us right away. I suspected to play Who Took the Treasure? for 6-x episodes. There goes my theory on season 7's plot. Anyway, Neal's impressed as Moz explains his procedure. He found the warehouse through the limo transmitter, EM flare-up the security, and switched the truck with the art. Every bit the whole sub was filled with unstable TNT, it was like shooting fish in a barrel to detonate - perfect cover. Neal: "You didn't tell me." Moz: "Plausible deniability and all." Good matter because Neal passed the prevarication detector test. Moz calls the score their white whale and I think it's awesome he's sharing with Neal. Neal asks about Lolana, whose proper noun means to soar. Moz says they volition soar before long, but Neal mentions Peter'south suspicions. Moz: "All the more reason for haste." It volition accept a few days to prepare. Neal: "…we don't rush this. We take our fourth dimension. We practise it right." Moz agrees and toasts, "To our best and final score." They clink glasses and tap Lolana for good measure out. I love their self-satisfied smiles. I honestly think it'southward more than about pulling off the theft than it is near the treasure.

Fast forward to Peter and Neal. Neal protests that he passed Peter's test but his record is sketchy. Neal wants civility so Peter brings up the Mets. Ha! Neal asks why Peter "turned against" him. Peter plays an echo well here. Neal's all "Get Team" over a newspaper commodity well-nigh Adler but Peter downplays it as their task. Well, someone's bound to go an commendation from it. Peter, it'southward expert to gloat wins, find joy in a job well washed. At the office, Peter-Neal start a funny staring competition. Peter wins. Neal mentions Peter smiling; Peter mentions Gary Rydell, who co-ordinate to Neal is a "bit of a playboy with an uncanny ability to wreck expensive cars." Ha! He's also Neal'southward alias, a globe-course fencer/smuggler. Neal: "You lot think I might activate my Rydell alias in guild to sneak something out of the state. Something like a stolen Nazi treasure." Peter admits information technology crossed his mind merely David Lawrence, master thief, is looking for Rydell. They originally dealt in pre-Colombian fine art merely now he needs to motility $60 million stolen from the Federal Reserve. Whoa! That's a lot of money. Peter: "Nosotros think he left the $threescore mill behind." Neal: "Well, safe assumption. I hateful the baggage fees alone would have cost a fortune." BWAH! I'm so thinking this when I fly adjacent calendar week. Peter's less amused and mentions Lawrence's e-mail to Rydell. Neal will pose every bit Rydell, strike a deal, and observe out where the coin is. Neal wonders why Rydell would take such a big gamble, only Peter counters, "If yous were one footstep away from pulling off the biggest score in your life, could you let it go?" Howdy season 3 theme. I like how this case needs Neal because it forces Peter to utilise him sans anklet despite his reservations. Essentially it neatly sews upwardly gaping plot holes this episode would have without it.

Neal realizes Peter has tangible show, no hunch, but Moz says Peter'southward playing with him. Neal: "So there's nothing from the heist that could be tied back to me?" Um, well. Moz: "You know that art studio where you keep all the paintings you lot've done?....Now it's just a studio." Ha! Neal's offended but he counters, "Neal, yous're talented only Van Dyke has y'all shell." (snickers) Forensics needed to find pigment and sheet traces. He emphatically declares, "Cipher could survive that fire." Neal glares. Moz apology, "Nix should accept survived the fire." Spud'due south Law Moz. At night Peter and El have their own discussion on the piece of sail that shouldn't be. Peter works a different police, the constabulary of plot evolution. "I know he took the art. I'1000 standing there watching the warehouse go up in flames and this floats downwards at my feet." El questions if it is Neal's, but Peter questions how many Chrysler Edifice paintings exist. Way too many! El has a book to prove it. Since the building was created in 1931, it fits the sub timeline. The Burkes play the perhaps game. In summation maybe Peter's chasing Neal because he ever has or maybe he's doing it because Neal's guilty. Peter wins the circular. He admits it could be Mozzie or Alex but Neal is involved. El suggests Peter take the bit tested to encounter if it'southward from the 30's but Peter tin can't go through official channels. "If I'k right and Neal's behind this, he goes downwards and so exercise I." El understands and volition call in a favor for a private test. "For you, anything." Aw. They are even so the loving married couple I love.

Diana makes an appearance considering Lawrence contacted Gary. They'll come across at Gramercy Fencing Club. Peter: "Why can't guys like you always just grab a beer?" Neal: "Imported or domestic?" Ha! The banter and humor is intact too. The anklet goes off as Neal smirks and Diana cuts him off. They're nevertheless listening to everything. At the club, "Rydell" and Lawrence banter about disguises before starting a match. Both have been AWOL for years and so they duel to bear witness who'southward the better human being. Lawrence takes the first betoken by slicing Neal'southward tie. Notwithstanding, Neal wins the match and thus his trust. They dicker over Neal'southward commission and Gary tells him "to set up information technology upward." but he won't yet reveal where the cash is. Neal looks ridiculous with half a tie missing. Bwah! Equally he enters the FBI, he quotes "brutal and unusual punishment" because Peter brought him there with mangled necktie still on. I wonder why Neal didn't but take it off. Peter wonders how Neal would move the money, afterwards snickering about the tie. HA! You and me both Peter. Neal claims boats are best to ship cash because dock workers are easier to pay off. He asks Diana's opinion about a new necktie; I laugh at the nine+ ties he keeps in his desk drawer. He throws the destroyed tie away and Peter picks it out of the trash. Neal: "I've driven you to dumpster dive?" Peter: "A souvenir of Neal Caffrey'south perfect moment? Priceless." He's a MasterCard commercial now. Bwah!

Meanwhile, Moz makes model airplanes while Lolana watches. In the groundwork are muffled sounds of Neal and a woman'southward vox. He yells upward so Mozzie quickly covers the model with a dish rag. Hey! It's June's granddaughter, the college pupil Neal was to occasionally babysit in the airplane pilot just who went MIA after that scene. Glad you weren't abducted too. Cindy brings coffee and tries to pry out info for June. At least that'southward my take. Neal takes the tray from her while Moz is awkward. They insist on bringing the tray down when they're done and politely back her out the door. If this scene doesn't scream "up to something," she'due south not paying attention. They conversation nearly missing New York and break but plenty and so viewers see their reservations about the program, merely then exposit the escape details for us. As Peter waits for Lawrence at the docks, Moz and Neal will sneak themselves and the treasure away by 400 Series Twin Otter plane. Neal wonders if it is big enough. Moz: "Think of it as a Kardashian. What it lacks in refinement, it makes upward for in cargo space." BWAH!!! Seriously, why do people sentry the Kardashians or Jersey Shore. Makes no sense. Neal worries about Peter's evidence and they decide pressing Elizabeth is their best card.

When he knows Peter is not abode, Neal stops by to chat. El not also stealthily removes the Chrysler Building book off the counter and asks if he wants coffee. Neal agrees and claims Peter of a sudden doesn't trust him. El: "I don't know how sudden it is. Breaking out of prison house, stealing the music box, almost shooting Fowler. You want me to continue." He doesn't. "Wait, he wants to trust y'all simply you have this, I don't know, addiction of doing the wrong thing for the right reasons." Neal sees it as a compliment. "You're saying I'one thousand impulsive but I have a great eye." El: "Mayhap you could attempt to balance the two." Neal praises her advice and coffee but asks for milk. While she gets it, he snaps a moving picture of the volume she tried to hibernate. Very clever and notwithstanding risks alienating the one person who has always seen your side. Not a good plan, Neal. He toasts, "To the right things for the right reasons." At present I have Mr. Deeds by Sanctus Real stuck in my head. Adept affair I similar that song. El agrees and they clink mugs. At that place's a lot of toasting this episode. He joins Mozzie after buying a re-create of the volume. Moz is concerned that El chose Peter over them to which Neal and I remind him, "He is her hubby." Apparently, osso bucco recipes trump husbands for Moz. Neal flips through the volume as Mozzie rants until he sees a Chrysler Building painting. Yahtzee! He recaps Peter seeing it and asks if information technology was on the sub. "You know, in all honesty, it wasn't i of your meliorate works." So yes then. Moz thinks Peter would arrest Neal if he had the painting but Neal says he'd verify information technology first. If he sent it to the FBI lab, the results would be in already which means no FBI. Moz asks why. Neal: "To protect me." Moz: "Or to protect himself." Me: "Nosotros've already heard this. Move on." They agree Haversham will watch Elizabeth. Glad to run across Mozzie's alias back.

Lawrence, aka huge cautionary tale, meets Neal by the docks. He takes the risk because it'due south likewise tempting. "At that place comes a indicate where you finish the job or information technology finishes y'all." Neal: "If you get caught, yous lose everything." Nope, that doesn't foreshadow inner turmoil or anything. Lawrence ran without annihilation so he wants to know the program. Neal shows him a send and gives him imitation papers, sharing his 4-step plan. 1. Money comes by truck. 2. Bribed customs guy doesn't run across it. 4. Fake routing papers. Lawrence asks virtually #three but that's Neal'southward job. Lawrence is sold. Jones is still in the van. He admires Neal'due south ability to escape and Peter reminds us of the missing anklet until they're done. He goes parole officer. Neal must check in every 2 hours. Does it include sleeping? That'south worse than a newborn? He's also restricted to home and the function unless information technology is case-related. Uh oh, someone'due south grounded. Neal already knows this and Peter asks nearly stride #3. It's absorbing Lawrence. "Oh. It's a good thing you didn't tell him." Ha! Peter brings up Neal's talk with Elizabeth. Neal hauls out the "same team" speech communication, conveniently ignoring the existent reason he was there. We telephone call this the liar, liar trip the light fantastic. Thankfully his telephone rings and Peter tells him to become out.

Alas, it's Mozzie reporting on El. No one in the FBI or New York is suspicious with Neal whispering in the phone and Moz spying via a telescope out the car window?. Bah! He lip reads pointless conversation until El hands a guy the painting. "Oh sweet Elvis Costello. It's your Chrysler painting." No shock there but Mozzie's vox ascension an octave has me rolling with laughter. He suggests stealing it just information technology would raise as much suspicion as Neal's paranoid behavior - IN THE FBI. He suggests they swap it out. It's risky but do-able. Peter hawk eyes Neal as he tells Moz to meet him at the warehouse to selection upwards canvass and pigment from the 1930'south. He immediately leaves, causing Peter to send Jones to tail him. Hey! Jones leaves the van/office. Another flavor iii wish fulfilled. Of course information technology keeps Neal from meeting Moz, who responds negatively to Neal's questions. He's guessing what colors to scrape off the paintings. I wonder if it damages the art only fine art thieves should this, correct? Neal says to get primaries and he'll mix what he needs. Moz: "I'yard not an idiot." Of class not. You're the about amazing grapheme on here. He's got a white and nighttime blueish, but Neal wants a unlike blue. Moz loses it considering he's doing the work and Neal'south micromanaging. Neal tells him to breathe and check the Dali but no dice. Moz: "I'll find something. Neal: "I know you will." Good since he didn't demand to cut you lot in on this heist to begin with Neal. He ends the conversation by chucking his phone in an abased building. I hope it's on the way to your house Neal. Remember, you're grounded.

That night Neal recreates his painting to throw Peter off. Moz has what's needed, including pigment mixed by Picasso. Neal: "Taken from masters." Moz: "Picasso was a communist. He'd exist happy to share." Bwah! Moz exposits a 30-minute window to switch the painting before it'due south mailed. Security is standard but they need a distraction. Kansas City mudslide is out since it involves a jackhammer. Neal wants to run a Phoebe Cates and I flashback to the eighty's, the last fourth dimension I heard her name. Hello, Fast Times at Ridgemont Loftier reference. And who will play Phoebe Cates? Why June's formerly missing granddaughter, Cindy. Glad to know y'all're non just here to run coffee. Neal thinks she'll do it for the excitement. However, there'southward yet the Jones problem. "I'll take a page from the great." The next morning he leaves looking particularly dapper, fedora on and umbrella in hand. Jones follows him into a park full of others in fedoras and umbrellas. He grabs one who asks if he won the contest. Bwah! Very clever Neal.

Pace two - Enter Moz the delivery guy, who has a package for someone who transferred to Boston. Moz calls it "a hell of a town" and turns the security guy'southward attention to Cindy walking past. She "accidentally" pours her drink on herself outside the window. Petty with her blouse, she enters the lobby. She hands Mozzie her numberless and coat and starts undressing while Moz holds the coat upwards. Information technology keeps security guy from getting a peek but non anyone on the sidewalk. What's up with that? Security guy protests a chip just she exposits a grumpy boss and asks which new meridian to wear. Meanwhile, Neal walks right past the security cameras. The Phoebe Cates works. Security guy and Moz center wink each other and subsequently Cindy is redressed she glances down at Neal, thanks the security guard, and kisses Mozzie. "Screw Boston. This is a hell of a town." Ha! Whole scene was well-done. I love when they have to pull off intricate plans to accomplish their goals. Step 3 - Neal steams open the envelope the painting is in and cuts out a piece of textile. At first I wondered why he didn't create the painting sample at habitation and switch them. So I realized he didn't know which role was unburnt or the exact size. I could never be a criminal. Too many details. He quickly makes a copy with his premade paint, sweating with concentration. Of course, Peter calls to nail him on slipping by Jones and Neal claims he thought Jones was sent by Lawrence. Hmm, it'due south plausible. Good alibi. Neal claims to be at home doing arts and crafts. HA!!! Peter says Jones volition be there in 20 minutes and then it is a skillful matter Neal'due south almost washed. He burns the edges with a handheld blowtorch and races habitation. Mission accomplished.

Moz sneaks past Jones into Neal'south and says everything'due south prepare except the Lawrence distraction. Lawrence texted 10 minutes before and Moz is flabbergasted Neal isn't more excited. He has a lot on his heed hither. He loses something whichever choice he makes. Moz: "Everything proficient must one 24-hour interval come to an end. Just remember. You're never going to see anything in this apartment once again." Non the best argument at this time. Moz grabs Lolana while Neal hides stuff in hidey holes. He wants to say goodbye to June but Moz stops him. "You know the rules. No goodbyes…I'm going to miss her too. I'm going to miss all of it." Neal is visibly distressed, only grabs his duffle handbag from a hole in the wall backside a painting. That's a lot of easy to detect hiding places Neal. Pausing to look effectually, he throws his FBI ID on the tabular array and mutters, "Farewell Caffrey." Ouch. Beingness a con must atomic number 82 to expensive therapy.

Neal calls Peter who recaps the already recapped plan. Neal heads to the fencing club, Peter to the harbor. Jones will be on paw if there'due south problem. That'due south ominous. At the club, Lawrence brags about his flawless heist, except information technology couldn't exist flawless if you lot even so don't take the money 6 years later. He compares himself to Prometheus who likewise met a sticky terminate. All the while, he fiddles with wiring. He idea for sure someone would discover the money but they never did. Mostly because it was hidden…in the fencing club air ducts. Huh? He flips the wires and money shoots out of the vents. My first thought: Truly awesome. Millions of dollars floating over their heads. 2nd thought: This guild looks expensive. No i e'er cleans the ducts. How dusty! Also, shouldn't it be hot with 2 ducts blocked? They demand new management. Neal asks how Lawrence feels and information technology's better than he imagined. The money is counted and stacked when a tough comes in about Jones. Busted! They drag him off the neighboring roof and Gary questions him via a gun. Neal takes over and Jones denies knowing him. He'due south at the gild on a hunch. Gary punches him and rants about how the big, hateful FBI go in the way of his poor-piddling-theft plans. Boo hoo! You're not Neal so I want yous in jail. Lawrence wants to kill Jones just Neal suggests he makes good leverage. He explains step #iii as a backup plan and sacrifices his own getaway to keep Jones alive. I'm sure it's supposed to be an Awww! moment only Neal'south a criminal too so the emotion is tempered.

However, Moz is full of emotion when Neal changes the plan. He's at the warehouse packing the last of the treasure when he gets the call. Frankly I'thousand shocked it isn't out of the warehouse and loaded on a truck by this time. Those boxes look heavy and they are numerous. With such a short window of opportunity, shouldn't the packing be washed. They need time to load it on the plane too. Neal'southward call interrupts him. "At present boarding, Liberty Airlines. Flying # 1 and but." Neal puts step #3 in effect for a client and Moz is justifiably dislocated. Correct until he gets Lawrence and airstrip in the same sentence. Neal adds, "Grab your suit and come across me there." That ane needs no translation. Moz isn't happy to involve Peter. "No suits. No suits on the island." HA! Only Neal already hung upwards and missed the pun. Mozzie reluctantly calls Peter who gives him flack for calling during something of import. "Yeah you lot and me both suit. I'm passing on a message from Neal. He's fabricated a asking for our presence without the slightest regard for the awe-inspiring inconvenience it causes us. Primarily me." (snickers) Peter and Diana caput out. Mozzie smashes his phone. They're going to need a loan on jail cell phones soon. What do they think this is? Burn Notice.

We fast forward to the opening scene only to find the aeroplane is loaded with Lawrence'south money and not Nazi treasure. Good twist writers. I've learned non to trust you. Neal snarks on Mozzie'southward costume and I'm non sure why Moz doesn't sock him in the jaw. Neal's killing his island dreams and being a pain to kick. Moz says Peter's on his mode and Neal snags a handcuff key from Moz's jacket. I'm shocked Neal didn't have one. Lawrence chooses this time to unpack Jones and Moz gets information technology. Neither will gamble someone to escape. Unlike Lawrence. Neal sneaks Jones the keys every bit he goes by and asks if Mozzie can wing the plane equally FBI sirens wail. Never doubt Mozzie's talents. [Note - I take been corrected that it was Mozzie's pin that Neal snatched and gave to Jones, which makes a whole lot more sense.] The opener replays only now the plane has far more passengers. Neal and Peter glance at each other over the open door and again I wonder why they don't shut it. Non only might the cargo fly out but the FBI could also shoot them. Bah! Jones, Neal, and Moz nod to each other and action ensues. Jones unlocks the handcuffs, Moz jerks the wheel, and Neal flips a box on a tough. Jones knocks out Lawrence and the FBI swoop in while money flies. Jones says Neal had his back; Moz razzes Peter. "Your timing was far from impeccable J. Edgar." "Sorry, Amelia." BWAH! I like when these 2 banter. Moz claims to relieve the day and Peter offers to run up him a cape. "Practise that. I look skillful in aubergine." Ha! Skilful to know. Jones thanks Neal as he heads off and Peter puts his arm around him. Aw. I recollect their partnership can be saved. Peter tells Neal he did a proficient job and hands him the anklet. Neal is less grateful for the latter.

Back at the Burke business firm, Peter celebrates the day and El shares more good news. Test results say the canvas is from the 30's. They concur it wasn't Neal'southward work but Peter looks unsure. He enters Neal's apartment even though Neal is not home. He has every right to practise then since Neal's on parole under his supervision only information technology seems off. He rummages through the paintings and finds the Chrysler Building. Neal enters and remarks on the home invasion. The paintings are bound for storage so he offers Peter the Chrysler painting in his hands since he has a view of the real matter. Peter smiles and calls a truce. "I may have rushed to judgment." Neal: "Oh, you had judgment on speed dial." I wonder where judgment will be when Peter finds the truth. Neal mentions the severed tie and I laugh at the memory. Peter was ticked then but he's grinning at present. Everything is improve when Peter smiles. Neal and I like it. This touching scene is interrupted by Diana's telephone call. As he leaves, Neal says Peter is welcome anytime. That volition end up biting yous, Neal. Meanwhile at the FBI, a part of the sub's manifest survived with 22 paintings listed. Peter wants to continue it a clandestine. Of course, Mozzie and Neal chat about financing some other escape at the same fourth dimension. Tin't they militarist something else? Selling U-boat merchandise is very risky. The rest of the flavor comes down to Russian Roulette. Sell art on that manifest and it's all over. Peter isn't sure if Neal'due south involved but one thing is sure. By midseason hiatus the jig will be up and I can't await to run into how it ends. Moz: "Simple question. What do we sell beginning?"

I love this episode. Information technology included several things on my Things I Want to See in Flavour vii list. Information technology had an intricate plot in the middle and almost importantly, twisted Neal and Peter'due south human relationship on its head. There'due south no adept mode out of this i so I can't wait to come across what the writers decide. Neal can't be caught with the treasure because then he goes to jail for longer than any fan will wait. He tin can't succeed and retire to a private island. At this time, he can't even admit the truth to Peter because he'southward guilty of aiding and abetting Mozzie. I also don't see Peter hiding this infraction from the constabulary. The only affair I tin think of is that the treasure has to disappear. Either someone needs to steal it from them (Alex or Keller anyone?) or they have to bury it - not necessarily literally. How do yous recall the season will resolve the treasure conundrum?

***If you're wondering what Matt Bomer thinks of the twist, rest easy. According to haveuheard.net, he loves the management the show is going. He says that it "reminds the audience that Neal isn't e'er this friendly person. He really is a criminal. I'm glad they're steering the send in murkier waters." Do you agree?

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