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White Collar Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
At What Price
Thu, Oct 17, 201343 mins
Peter faces prosecution for murder, which could end his FBI career even if he were acquitted. As Elizabeth urges Neal to save him at any cost, Neal is contacted by, Curtis Hagan, a.k.a. The Dutchman, whom Neal helped Peter convict of forgery in their first case together. Hagan has influence over Peter's prosecutor and promises the charges dismissed if Neal first brings a convincing fake audio confession from his father then provides a favor. Hagan's favor: steal a collection of rare Welsh gold coins from a secure building. Neal succeeds at both tasks with the aid of Mozzie and his devices (one to fool the anklet's signal into making Neal appear to be at home). Complicating matters: Neal and Peter's last case together is the coin robbery Neal just pulled off. Only later does Neal realize he's walked into a trap. The Dutchman filmed his heist to blackmail him into destroying FBI evidence against him. Meanwhile, Peter, exonerated and promoted to head of the NYC White Collar Crime office, smells a rat, gives Neal a new anklet, and promises him a new handler from outside the office.
Episode 2
Out of the Frying Pan
Thu, Oct 24, 201343 mins
Neal gets his new handler David Siegel, a suave young star agent, who convinced Peter he learned handling a Chicago con with manipulative flattery. The FBI have arrested the proprietor of a website for stolen goods and plan to overbid-trap and arrest his contacts while high- pregnant Diana makes the website appear to continue operating. Neal and Siegel are sent to the warehouse of an art dealer involved with the website, who turns out to be Mozzie, who escapes, but Siegel saw him. Neal keeps Peter from learning that the dealer is Mozzie, but Siegel uncovers the "Teddy Winter" identity behind Mozzie's vast holdings, which orphan Mozzie believes to be his birth identity, as a baby who disappeared shortly before he was found. Mozzie returns to set fire to the warehouse and vanishes into a hideout beneath it. The FBI believe Teddy is dead, but Diana goes inside alone, finds the hideout and tries to arrest Mozzie but suddenly goes into labor. Mozzie delivers the baby, whom she names "Theo", and she so far keeps his secret. Neal breaks into the FBI evidence room and destroys evidence against Hagan, which will give him a chance in his retrial, using the choreography Mozzie thought him to pass the security cameras and steal crucial Spanish bonds. Neal gets his new handler - David Siegel, a suave young star agent who convinces Peter he learned to handle a Chicago con with manipulative flattery. The FBI have arrested the proprietor of a website for stolen goods and plan to outbid, trap and arrest his contacts while highly pregnant Diana makes the website appear to continue operating. Neal and Siegel head to the warehouse of an art dealer involved with the website, who turns out to be Mozzie. He escapes, but Siegel saw him. Neal keeps Peter from learning that the dealer is Mozzie, but Siegel uncovers the "Teddy Winter" identity behind Mozzie's vast holdings, which orphan Mozzie believes to be his birth identity, as a baby who disappeared shortly before he was found. Mozzie returns to set fire to the warehouse and vanish into a hideout beneath it. The FBI believe Teddy is dead, but Diana goes inside alone, finds the hideout, tries to arrest Mozzie, but suddenly goes into labor. Mozzie delivers the baby, whom she names "Theo," and she so far keeps his secret. Neal breaks into the FBI evidence room and destroys evidence against Hagan, which will give him a chance in his retrial, using the choreography Mozzie taught him to pass the security cameras and ruin crucial Spanish bonds.
Episode 3
One Last Stakeout
Thu, Oct 31, 201342 mins
Hagan, free after his re-trial, refuses to let Neal off the hook. Neal gets 48 hours to steal one chapter of a mysterious codex (ancient book) on display at a museum. The plan: Neal and Mozzie fool criminal Zev into stealing a painting from the museum, while Neal, working in his shadow, takes the book chapter and then catching Zev. Neal befriends a museum worker named Rebecca to steal her key. Neal alerts Siegel to a rumor that the museum is about to be robbed. Peter authorizes a stakeout. Mozzie disables the security cameras of the museum and Zev enters. Neal is delayed when Peter nostalgically joins the stakeout. Neal persuades Peter to leave, enters, and replaces the chapter with Mozzie's forgery. Zev trips the alarms but both escape. Neal and Peter find Zev's prints at the crime scene, allowing the FBI to arrest Zev and recover the painting. Neal gives the book chapter to Hagan after making a copy, so he and Mozzie may figure out why Hagan wanted it. Siegel secretly watches Neal meeting Hagan and is shortly after found murdered on the street, and Rebecca is fired for the security breach, after learning that Neal works with the FBI.
Episode 4
Controlling Interest
Thu, Nov 7, 201343 mins
The FBI lucks onto a case involving a psychiatrist who dopes her criminal clientele into committing criminal acts for money. Neal, still harboring guilt over Agent Siegel's death, becomes her next new patient, and finds himself underprepared for the extent of her nefarious ways.
Episode 5
Master Plan
Thu, Nov 14, 201342 mins
After years of deliberate absence, Patrick Wolcott returns home, but Elizabeth Burke suspects he's an impostor come to "inherit" a fortune from the ailing millionaire William Wolcott. Neal goes undercover to replace their suddenly fired long-time butler, hoping to get a DNA sample to prove or disprove his family lineage.
Episode 6
Ice Breaker
Thu, Nov 21, 201343 mins
Peter and Neal search Little Odessa for a Russian forger of U.S. passports and his main employer, mobster Sergei, the cousin of a notorious Russian gangster and possessive/abusive 'sponsor' of figure skater Katya. Going undercover, Peter, posing as her skating coach, and Neal, her sports agent, finally arrest Sergei and several Russian criminals to whom he had provided passports. Meanwhile, Neal and Mozzie, posing as FBI agents, enlist the help of still unemployed Rebecca in decoding Chapter 13 of the Mosconi Codex. Rebecca reveals that its 19th-century author never included any chapter 13 in his books, yet it's the only one that Hagan had Neal steal. Peter, kept in the dark but suspecting something, had Jones follow Neal and thus finds evidence of the fake FBI office they created to deceive Rebecca.
Episode 7
Quantico Closure
Thu, Dec 5, 201343 mins
On Peter and Elizabeth's first date anniversary, Neal and Rebecca work on Chapter 13 of the codex, while Peter receives a visit from ex-girlfriend/former colleague Agent Jill. She partners with Peter in pursuit of a tech genius who has built and is selling a powerful code-solving microchip. She aims to buy it while mercenaries track it. Her presence affords Peter the chance to discuss his guilt over Agent Siegel's death. Since the classified case can't be discussed, Elizabeth, seeing Peter and his ex spending a lot of time together, wonders if she needs to fight for her marriage.
Episode 8
Digging Deeper
Thu, Dec 12, 201343 mins
Neal and Peter investigate a recovery of a stolen egg -- the only known T. rex fossil egg with an embryo inside. Its retrieval does not reveal the whereabouts of its fossilized mother, which was shipped as well. As the FBI investigates Brett Forsythe (who bid highest for both fossils at a contested sale), Clinton presents a connection between Neal to Rebecca, just as Rebecca connects the codex to a stained glass window for Neal and Mozzie. Situations pressure Neal to consider fully disclosing himself to Rebecca.
Episode 9
No Good Deed
Thu, Dec 19, 201343 mins
One of the rare Welsh gold coins that Neal stole for Curtis Hagan appears at a pawn shop, giving the FBI hopes of catching the thief. They track it to Karl Dekker, a florist who mainly trades in arms deals. Simultaneously, Mozzie and Neal (and Rebecca) endeavor to pull off a church window heist.
Episode 10
Live Feed
Thu, Jan 9, 201444 mins
Peter, slated for FBI advancement, struggles internally over how to live with Neal's criminal actions engaged to render justice. Meanwhile, Mozzie and Neal struggle to solve the Mosconi puzzle (a Masonic treasure hunt) to satisfy Curtis Hagen, forcing their compliance via live feed that shows Rebecca kidnapped.
Episode 11
Shot Through the Heart
Thu, Jan 16, 201443 mins
While Neal distracts Rebecca, the FBI search her apartment. Peter presumes she is probably in love with Neal, so calls her in and tells her that Neal is the prime suspect in Hagan's murder. She asks Neal to meet in a park, he proposes to run and she offers to go with him. About to say that she is not really a mild-mannered book expert, she detects the FBI stakeout and flees. From evidence in the apartment, Peter determines that she is really disgraced former MI5 agent Rachel Turner, he and Neal find where she hid the gun with which she killed Siegel and getaway bag. Against Peter's instructions, Neal meets her again, offering to trade the location of the diamond for Hagan's blackmail information, handcuffs her and tells her the FBI are on the way. She shoots the handcuff instead of him but the FBI catches her. With Siegel's murder solved, Peter and Elizabeth prepare to move to Washington, accepting promotion to section chief and her job offer at the National Gallery. Neal and Mozzie ponder how to use Mozzie's memorized information to find the diamond when "Rebecca" phones from prison, saying she will see Neal soon.
Episode 12
Taking Stock
Thu, Jan 23, 201443 mins
Neal wants his sentence to be dropped, so he asks for a recommendation letter from Peter. As Rebecca sits in jail, a client wants her to do a job. Peter assigns Diana to contact this client as Rebecca and catch him. As Mozzie still tries to decode the Masconi puzzle, Peter thinks about his move to DC.
Episode 13
Diamond Exchange
Thu, Jan 30, 201443 mins
After Peter and Neal find Mozzie, injected with something, Rebecca calls to say she has poisoned him and will trade the antidote for the diamond. Interpreting Mozzie's symbols, which he realizes are numerical, as geographical coordinates leads the trio to Fort Totten in Queens, where Mozzie spots the clue to the diamond's location before collapsing. Mozzie is hospitalized and successfully treated for belladonna toxin after Jones and Diana determine from which plant Rebecca got the poison. Peter and Neal find the diamond and call Rebecca, who sneakily followed them and holds them at gunpoint, locks them in a cell and prepares to leave by helicopter, but they escape. Neal reveals that he switched the diamond with a similar-sized piece of brick before handing it over to convince her to surrender. Peter confidently asks the FBI for Neal's release. Neal plans to go straight, but the FBI director refuses to sign off. Peter speculates because Neal is too useful. Disillusioned, Peter tells Elizabeth he wants to stay in his current position closer to field work; she agrees but wants to take the job in DC. A bitter Neal asks Mozzie to circumvent the new anklet. After Mozzie leaves, Neal recognizes and confronts a man who has been following him, but is then grabbed and thrown in a van, without his anklet.
