Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 112 (click to see context) from:
to:
** First, was it even established that the Raphael was stolen in New York? In the real world, that painting is in the National Gallery of Art in DC—though the real painting is also on wood, so clearly the White Collar world has some differences from ours. Even if it was in New York, the Raphael qualifies as "an object of cultural heritage". As such, stealing it from a US museum is a federal crime with a 20 year statute of limitations.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
25. Neal's original prison sentence was four years, and that full length of time passed before he started working with the FBI. By his commutation hearing, he'd been on the anklet for two years. When Kramer is looking for evidence to prevent commutation from being granted, he's explicitly looking into crimes committed before the prison sentence, not any of the many crimes Neal committed while on the anklet, so six years past. Peter and Elizabeth discuss how this could get Neal sent back to prison with the maximum possible sentence. However, the statute of limitations on theft in the state of New York is five years. This is clearly true in the White Collar universe, too, because of an episode featuring a thief that commits one theft every five years to eliminate the risk of being charged twice. So how would the stolen Rafael matter beyond being evidence to sway the committee in Kramer's favour?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Critical Research Failure is a disambiguation page
Changed line(s) 67,68 (click to see context) from:
--->4) Jeff Eastin has admitted that Neal's two-mile radius was something of a CriticalResearchFailure. He's spoken openly about the fact that giving Neal that tight a radius in New York City was not the best decision they ever made, and that was compounded by the fact that they didn't explain the way the anklet worked very well in the first half of Season 1. In fact, there's a line of expository dialogue in Hard Sell (season 1 episode 8), which was the mid-season premiere, that basically says that Neal's radius is only in effect when he's off-duty (see my item 2). After that, JE's borrowed BellisariosMaxim and asked the fans to just let it go.
to:
--->4) Jeff Eastin has admitted that Neal's two-mile radius was something of a CriticalResearchFailure.mistake. He's spoken openly about the fact that giving Neal that tight a radius in New York City was not the best decision they ever made, and that was compounded by the fact that they didn't explain the way the anklet worked very well in the first half of Season 1. In fact, there's a line of expository dialogue in Hard Sell (season 1 episode 8), which was the mid-season premiere, that basically says that Neal's radius is only in effect when he's off-duty (see my item 2). After that, JE's borrowed BellisariosMaxim and asked the fans to just let it go.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Wiki/ namespace clean up.
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
11. Holdup, Neal and Mozzie are guarding a multi-billion dollar treasure and their password system shows the characters they type in instead of replacing them with dots or asterisks? Wiki/TVTropes has more security than that.
to:
11. Holdup, Neal and Mozzie are guarding a multi-billion dollar treasure and their password system shows the characters they type in instead of replacing them with dots or asterisks? Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes has more security than that.
Changed line(s) 80 (click to see context) from:
16. Why was Neal in supermax? From skimming Wiki/TheOtherWiki, supermax is reserved for the worst of the worst, like terrorists or gang leaders, not non-violent white-collar criminals.
to:
16. Why was Neal in supermax? From skimming Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, supermax is reserved for the worst of the worst, like terrorists or gang leaders, not non-violent white-collar criminals.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 109,110 (click to see context) from:
24. This troper has been catching up with the whole series after dropping it years ago (other interests, shows, video games, etc). One thing is nagging at me. How is this not known as Entrapment: The Show. Looking at other headscratchers, I can excuse certain things like a 2 mile radius being an oversight (WritersCannotDoMath) and other techno nonsense as general daytime TV. However it seems like every case they close had an felon do actual illegal things to acquire several pieces of evidence. One episode comes to mind where they use actual mobsters to con a guy out of a confession for scamming rich couples who were adopting abroad. It just feels like once the guy lawyers up properly he could just immediately claim "I was forced into a confession under duress." It'd be so easy just to claim "I said what I said because I was afraid for my life". Every episode has a moment like this. At least with Shows like Burn Notice, the main character was already operating outside of the law to begin with. Here, Peter is strictly saying "Nothing illegal, no breaking and entering..." and then they proceed to do exactly that. Over and over.
to:
24. This troper has been catching up with the whole series after dropping it years ago (other interests, shows, video games, etc). One thing is nagging at me. How is this not known as Entrapment: ''Entrapment: The Show.Series''. Looking at other headscratchers, I can excuse certain things like a 2 mile radius being an oversight (WritersCannotDoMath) and other techno nonsense as general daytime TV. However it seems like every case they close had an felon do actual illegal things to acquire several pieces of evidence. One episode comes to mind where they use actual mobsters to con a guy out of a confession for scamming rich couples who were adopting abroad. It just feels like once the guy lawyers up properly he could just immediately claim "I was forced into a confession under duress." It'd be so easy just to claim "I said what I said because I was afraid for my life". Every episode has a moment like this. At least with Shows shows like Burn Notice, ''Series/BurnNotice'', the main character was already operating outside of the law to begin with. Here, Peter is strictly saying "Nothing illegal, no breaking and entering..." and then they proceed to do exactly that. Over and over.
