[about sara's boss] He was your rebound from me.
Why not, considering you were my rebound from him.
Ouch. You know, Sara, I am starting to see a pattern here.
Yeah. Apparently I date criminals.
'Alleged' criminals.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
I don't know what you are planning here, but you are one week away from freedom.
You're welcome.
[Filling out a form] Do you have any family in the area?
None to speak of.
Marital status?
Seriously?
You and Sara are getting along again. Maybe you eloped.
Vegas is a little outside my radius, don't you think? Do you have to do that now?
Neal, your commutation hearing is in a week. I put this off as long as I could. Would you say you have a girlfriend?
That's really on there?
Neal, the board is deciding whether to release you from you anklet permanently, from me. They wanna know who's in your life. Are they a good influence or are they gonna steer you back to the dark side?
And you think Sara could be an angel on my shoulders.
As opposed to the little devil you have there now.
Mozzie's more of an imp than a devil.
If you work hard, swing the fences, anything is possible.
There are things in the past, that live in the past.
What's going on?
Neal's about to rob Yankee Stadium.
[Neal, while undercover, hides a note for Peter under the stitching of a forged Babe Ruth baseball.]
Caffrey took a real chance writing a message in that ball.
Oh, Neal may be the expert in spotting forged paintings and bearer bonds—
And gems...
...Antiquities, counterfeit money...
...Pretty much any kind of document.
—Anyway, baseball's my thing.
Regardless of what the committee decides, this is my home now.
And I am right beside you now.
Whether there's an anklet or not, come Monday, I'm going to be stepping off that elevator on the 21st floor to go to work.
You once told me you never lied to me and you never will. So I need to know something. The first time Kramer and I went after you for the Degas, how did you switch the paintings?
I snuck up to the penthouse, pulled the swap, then base-jumped off the building and landed on Wall Street.
[laughing it off] Fine. Don't tell me.
Your husband trusts Neal?
He does, when it counts.
When it counts?
Well, Neal was a con man. I don't know if you'd want him dating your sister. [Awkward pause] Can I take that back?
No.
Look, Peter and Neal, they argue, they bicker. But in the end, when it counts, Peter puts up with it. Peter puts up with Neal because he's worth it.
Should Mr. Caffrey's sentence be commuted?
Yes.
Has your personal relationship with Mr. Caffrey influenced your testimony today?
Oh, yes. Most definitely.
This isn't the first time you've testified regarding Mr. Caffrey, is it?
No. Six years ago, I testified against him.
Yes. At the trial where he was convicted of forgery?
Yes. And I went after him with everything I had. I called him a liar and a thief and probably a sociopath, and I meant every word of it.
So, what changed?
Neal did.
"Well, Caffrey understands people. You need space, he keeps to himself. You need to talk, he listens. You need a beer, he'll pour. Although he'll let you know he's slumming it."
“I’m happy here. You know, someone once told me, my life is a dream with an anklet attached. If I wake up tomorrow and that anklet is still on, I have a good job, a wonderful home, a partner and a best friend. A family. But to wake up and answer only to myself. That would mean everything.”
Holloman [member of the board for Neal's commutation hearing]: You caught him [Neal]?
Twice. And you should know, the last time I caught him, he was sitting alone in an empty apartment. He had nothing. No one.
HHolloman
And now?
He has a life. A real life here. One that keeps him grounded and decent. As you've heard, there are many people who care about Neal, people who see him as more than just a criminal. He's frustrating, I'll admit. He drives me crazy on his best days. I don't always have to know where Neal is or what he's up to. But I do know that he has a good heart and a set of principles that weren't there six years ago when he was just another case file that got dropped on my desk.
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