Peter Burke quotes from White Collar

Peter

Mmm. Ever been on a campus?

Neal

Not as a student.

Peter

And yet you have three MBAs and two doctorates.

Neal

Clearly something's wrong with the system.

Neal

[holding his cell phone] Do you mind? I have to call Mozzie.

Peter

Are you sure Mozzie didn't do it?

Neal

[confidently] Yeah.

Peter

Why?

Neal

Slash and grab. [Peter is still confused] The frame's too high?

Peter

Oh.

Diana

[regarding the Criminology class] If you like that, you're gonna love this. This is the syllabus for the class.

Peter

[takes one look at the syllabus; sounds weak] Oh. [looks back up at Diana] He's gonna be impossible after that. [standing up and walking out of office] Where's Neal?!

Peter

Where's the little guy?

Neal

Mozz!

Peter

You two can fill me in from the beginning back at the Bureau! [walks away angrily]

Mozzie

He wants me to go to the Bureau?

Neal

Yeah, Mozz, if you want the FBI's help you have to go to the Bureau.

Mozzie

Do you know what they do to guys like me at the Bureau?

Neal

[pulls up his pant leg to show his tracking anklet] Yeah, Mozz, I do.

Peter

Neal, this is John Deckard from the Marshals' office.

Are you sure it's necessary to bring him [Neal] in?

Peter

Neal, how long did you evade the U.S. Marshals?

Neal

Well, technically, they never found me. You did.

Peter

If anyone knows about evading arrest, it's Neal Caffrey.

Neal

I think you missed your calling. Tiny cup, big office, expensive suits?

Peter

Ugly mugs are fine.

Neal

Don't fight your instincts, Peter. Embrace your true self.

Peter

You done?

Neal

I can keep going.

Peter

You're done.

Peter

[to Neal] You're a liability, you're benched.

Neal

You can't pull me off this, Peter.

Peter

I can do whatever I want with you.

Mozzie

Suit, we have a code red.

Peter

Now is not the time, Mozzie.

Mozzie

It's a dark day when I turn towards the system instead of recoiling.

Peter

Just spit it out.

Mozzie

Remember when you asked me to tell you if Neal was gonna do something stupid? Well, I regretfully report that... he's out of his anklet.

Peter

Damn it!

Mozzie

But that's not the stupid part. He's got a gun.

Sara Ellis

A prince, huh?

Neal

I've been a prince.

Sara

When was that?

Peter

Yeah, when was that?

Neal

I came back to New York...

Peter

Kate was gone.

Neal

She learned something from me, cause she disappeared. I started running big cons. I guess I was trying to get her attention.

Peter

Well, you certainly got ours, Steve Tabernacle.

Neal

You knew about Steve?

Peter

We knew a lot of things...

Peter

Neal Caffrey, you're under arrest.

Neal

I know. Thank you. I never would have found her [Kate] without you.

Peter

It's my pleasure.

Neal

So you guys were all in that municipal van out front. That's gotta be uncomfortable.

Neal

You just burned a perfectly good alias!

Peter

And you named me after my dog.

Neal

Touché

Neal

I tried to get you to go to France.

Peter

No, you fled to France.

Neal

Nitpicking.

Neal

I should've sent postcards.

Peter

I had Interpol warrants, just as good. "Neal's robbing a palace, wish you were here."

Peter

I'm not comfortable with this.

Neal

You're not comfortable? I've got the Men In Black bobsled team breathing down my neck.