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S1 E15Unfinished Business

Anderson is targeting a cutting edge bulletproof vest from the Hudson group.

Word is, this will be the best protection on the market.

My favorite method of protection is avoiding situations where people might shoot at me.

You ever wonder what would've happened if I hadn't made you my C.I.?

I'd still be in jail and your arrest rate would be in the low 70s.

High 80s.

Why did you take my deal?

I told you, your expertise.

That's all?

I realized... all those crimes you were committing, they were never about money, or greed.

What do you think they were about?

The challenge. That's what we have in common. I love the challenge.

I know you do.

And after all those years of chasing you, your cryptic clues, your late-night phone calls from international numbers...

Yeah, and the cookies, and birthday cards...

Yeah. I realized I liked you. That's why I took your deal.

...I may or may not have faked my death on multiple occasions -- Panama City, Bangalore.

Monterey Bay. I remember -- gored by a great white shark.

Thought you might appreciate that.

Who doesn't love a good shark mauling?

MModerator

There has to be immense trust between you two...

Usually. But when there isn't, there's always faith... Faith that whatever the other is doing, it's for a good reason.

As long as Peter has faith in me, I'll have faith in him.

I don't know whether to be mad or impressed that my own dad conned me.

Well at least you learned where you inherited that particular skill from.

I keep thinking I should've known it was him. That even after all these years a man should know his own father when he's right in front of him.

And here he is. Yet you seem hesitant to seize that opportunity.

To do what Moz? Go out in the backyard and throw a baseball. He doesn't get to come back here and make up for lost time.

Neal [to James Bennett, his father]: You asked me why I don't have original art? I’ve had three different names and a dozen different aliases because of you. And to be an artist, you have to know who you are.

You're my son. And I'm very proud of that.

JBJames Bennett

Hey, you know, you inherited your old man's impatience, you've just got a little bit more self-control.

Okay. What else did I get from my old man?

"Well, you've got my height...extraordinary good looks. Everybody said you got my eyes."

When I was five, Mom told me that you were the blue in my eyes. And I'd run upstairs and crawl right up next to the bathroom mirror and look so hard for you.

[Neal and James Bennett (his father) discuss a box of evidence that could exonerate James from murdering a fellow cop.]

You think that what's in there [the evidence box] will tell you who I am.

And if it does?

Then, you will finally know who you are. You know, you're not me, Neal.

No, but you are the blue in my eyes.

Don't forget the extraordinary good looks.

[Neal makes a fake marriage proposal to Sara Ellis on the Observation deck of the Empire State Building.]

First time we met, you were chasing me. First time we spoke, you called me a sociopath—

Well, that was at your trial, and I'm not entirely sure I was wrong.

—First time we had dinner, you asked me what I wanted from you. And the first time we kissed, I realized that I don't want anything...except you. And now I'm asking if you'll go on one more adventure with me. Sara Ellis, will you marry me?

Yes, I will. [They kiss.] You bastard, that was a little too real. And it was damn good.

Well, make it look good. That's my job.

[At the apartment, Neal has found evidence James really did kill his supervising officer]

Forensics matched the bullet to your service revolver. You told me they stole your spare firearm.

I might've mixed up the details..

You're smarter than that. You choose your words carefully. Like me.

Who put this in your head?

[irritated] You did! That day cost you 30 years of your life, you don't forget that! Those are details you would never mix up.

Do we have any options?

We do, but they mostly involve you two living under new identities in Alaska.

Anything less nuclear?

Not yet.

Well I've always wanted to drive a snowmobile to work, so... Do whatever you have to do, okay?

How are we gonna convince Peter to break out of prison?

Who says we have to convince him?

What, are you gonna carry him out?

DDavid

[holding Mozzie at gunpoint] Get your hands up. You're not going anywhere.

Uh, tell that to Emil Berliner. [remotely activates a gramophone, distracting Siegel, and runs off]

[Start of session, she pours Neal a glass of water]

Tell me, what kind of change are you looking to make with your life?

I guess I'm looking for some normalcy. [picks up glass] Thank you.

And what if that's not possible?

[chuckles] That doesn't sound very encouraging.

I'm not here to encourage you. I'm here to help you discover the truth about yourself, so you can accept it.

I have to accept that I can't be normal?

You're too interesting to be normal.

What makes me so interesting?

Your pathological assumption that you need to be the smartest person in the room at all times.

Maybe you're the one assuming things. According to all these diplomas on your wall, you're a lot smarter than me, but then again, those are just papers, not people.

Do you think you're good with people?

No more than you.

It's my job.

Mine too. You have an aggressive approach.

And you're already withholding. But that's natural. We need to know one another better to build trust.

You don't think I'm being honest?

Not yet. But you will be. In time.

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