document_title: List of White Collar episodes

question_text: how many episodes in season 5 of white collar

text: List of White Collar episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
14
October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23)
March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09)

2
16
July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)
March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)

3
16
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)
February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)

4
16
July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05)

5
13
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)
January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)

6
6
November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06)
December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18)

text: Episode list[edit]

text: Season 1 (2009–10)[edit]

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U.S. viewers
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1
1
"Pilot"
Bronwen Hughes
Jeff Eastin
October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23)
5039-08-179
5.40[6]

Con artist, master forger, and criminal extraordinaire Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) escapes from prison to find Kate Moreau (Alexandra Daddario), the woman he loves, only to end up behind bars again. He strikes up a deal with Federal Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay), the FBI agent who put him there, and together they take an unconventional route in tracking down a criminal known as "The Dutchman" (Mark Sheppard). Also introduced is Neal's trusted friend and partner in crime, Mozzie (Willie Garson), a fellow conman with extensive knowledge about many subjects. Neal uses his new position in the FBI to find clues that will eventually lead him to Kate, the man with the ring, and the truth.

2
2
"Threads"
Dennie Gordon
Clifton Campbell
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)
5039-09-103
5.08[7]

Neal and Peter infiltrate New York's Fashion Week as they try to prevent an international criminal from selling sensitive data hidden in one of the runway dresses.

3
3
"Book of Hours"
John T. Kretchmer
Tom Garrigus
November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06)
5039-09-102
3.85[8]

A New York mobster enlists the help of the FBI to recover a precious stolen Bible—a mission that tests Neal's loyalties with the FBI.

4
4
"Flip of the Coin"
Timothy Busfield
Jeff Eastin & Joseph C. Muscat
November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13)
5039-09-105
4.28[9]

Peter and Neal try to locate smuggled Iraqi artifacts where the lead suspect is a U.S. soldier and an acquaintance of Peter, but anomalies in the evidence suggest other forces at work.

5
5
"The Portrait"
Allan Arkush
Jeff Eastin & Travis Romero
November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)
5039-09-101
4.56[10]

Peter and Neal set up a sting to recover a valuable stolen portrait, but strain is put on their uneasy partnership when Peter suspects Neal will succumb to temptation. Neal finds out the truth about the stolen portrait, and returns it to its rightful owner.

6
6
"All In"
John T. Kretchmer
Jim Campolongo & Joe Henderson
November 27, 2009 (2009-11-27)
5039-09-104
4.40[11]

Immersed in a dangerous case in Chinatown involving one of his aliases and a crafty Interpol agent, Neal is forced to decide between his loyalties to Peter and the FBI or his desire to find Kate. The interpol agent reveals that the man with the ring is in the FBI.

7
7
"Free Fall"
Kevin Bray
Jeff Eastin
December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04)
5039-09-107
5.55[12]

Peter must determine if Neal's lying when Neal becomes a suspect in a jewelry heist. Meanwhile, Neal closes in on the man with the ring and discovers that he may be closer than he imagined. Introduced in the episode is FBI special agent Garrett Fowler (Noah Emmerich), an OPR agent bent on discrediting Peter and Neal with whatever means possible.

8
8
"Hard Sell"
John T. Kretchmer
Jim Campolongo & Joe Henderson
January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19)
5039-09-108
4.70[13]

Neal infiltrates a corrupt Wall Street brokerage firm and Peter must go undercover alongside him. Neal suspects Peter as the man with the ring and confronts Peter about it. Peter initially denies but after the case is closed, Peter tells Neal that he had spoken with Kate. Peter tells Neal that Kate mentioned wanting a music box that Neal had stolen. Peter also tells Neal that it does not seem Kate was acting under the control of Fowler. Neal refuses to believe Peter and sets out to find the music box that Fowler wants.

9
9
"Bad Judgment"
John T. Kretchmer
Jeff Eastin & Joseph C. Muscat
January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
5039-09-112
4.30[14]

Peter and Neal discover a corrupt judge working with Fowler, and devise a plan to take them down. Meanwhile, Neal asks Peter to get a message to Kate as Mozzie sweeps Peter's house for bugs. At the end of the episode, Neal retrieves a paper flower from the grave of Kate's father, Robert, another cryptic message from Kate.

10
10
"Vital Signs"
Dennie Gordon
Joan B. Weiss
February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)
5039-09-106
2.89[15]

June is approached by a sketchy charity when her granddaughter is removed from the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Neal and Peter decide to investigate the charity, suspecting that transplants are being bought with "donations".

11
11
"Home Invasion"
Ken Girotti
Channing Powell
February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)
5039-09-110
3.83[16]

The FBI investigates a murder and a mysterious coded list and Neal catches up with Alex Hunter (Gloria Votsis), an old friend who might know something about the music box, but isn't too keen on Neal's connection with the FBI.

12
12
"Bottlenecked"
Phil Abraham
Jeff Eastin & Tom Garrigus
February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)
5039-09-109
3.57[17]

When Neal is confronted by his blue-collar counterpart Matthew Keller (Ross McCall), he must revive a decades-old competition to create an impossible forgery of a bottle of wine. However, things aren't exactly as they seem.

13
13
"Front Man"
Michael Smith
Rashad Raisani
March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)
5039-09-111
3.48[18]

When trying to resolve a kidnapping, Neal is apprehended by an old friend and is forced to play his game to save the one who was kidnapped. Alex finally reveals the location of the music box to Neal, and teams up to steal it. Peter tells Neal that he knows Neal is planning to steal it, and tells him that he has the option to stop looking for Kate and do something good with his life.

14
14
"Out of the Box"
Kevin Bray
Jeff Eastin
March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09)
5039-09-113
4.04[19]

After discovering the music box in Manhattan, Neal and his friends plan a party heist to steal it. Things come to a head as Fowler and Peter square off, while Neal demands Kate in exchange for the box. Peter makes it to the airstrip before Neal takes off with Kate, and tries to stop him. Neal turns around, and admits that Peter is the only one who can change his mind. Before he can join Kate, Neal looks back at Peter, and the jet explodes.

text: Season 2 (2010–11)[edit]

text: White Collar was renewed for a second season scheduled to begin July 13, 2010 on USA Network, with Marsha Thomason joining the cast as a series regular[20] and Hilarie Burton appearing in a six-episode arc as insurance investigator Sara Ellis.[21] The nine-episode summer season ran through September 7, 2010 and concluded with a seven-episode winter season that began on January 18, 2011.[22]

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U.S. viewers
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15
1
"Withdrawal"
Tim Matheson
Jeff Eastin
July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)
5039-10-201
4.29[23]

In the aftermath of Kate's death, Neal's deal and Peter's job are in jeopardy. To prove themselves, they must catch The Architect (Tim Matheson), a high-profile bank robber.

16
2
"Need to Know"
Sanford Bookstaver
Joe Henderson
July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)
5039-10-202
3.96[24]

Neal goes undercover as a political "fixer" in order to bring down a corrupt politician. Diana and Peter's lead brings them to an unidentified man who escapes their pursuit. It is also revealed that Peter had Diana keep the music box's location hidden even from Peter himself. Neal begins to suspect that Peter is investigating the plane explosion behind his back.

17
3
"Copycat Caffrey"
Paul Holahan
Channing Powell
July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27)
5039-10-203
3.72[25]

Peter sends Neal back to school after someone copycats one of his old schemes. Alex returns with some bad news. Diana discovers the music box is hiding something. Peter and Diana set out to find the missing key, which is the last piece of the music box that Alex gives Neal before leaving for Italy.

18
4
"By the Book"
Michael Smith
Alexandra McNally
August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03)
5039-10-204
4.10[26]

For the first time in his life, Mozzie must turn to the FBI for help when the person of his affection, a waitress from a local diner (Diane Farr) disappears. Mozzie uses cryptic clues, often references to book texts, left by Gina to find and rescue her, which evolves to a case involving a man on the FBI's radar for quite some time.

19
5
"Unfinished Business"
Tricia Brock
Jeff Eastin
August 10, 2010 (2010-08-10)
5039-10-205
4.00[27]

A routine bond theft escalates into an attempted murder when Neal is unknowingly hired to kill the assigned insurance investigator, Sara Ellis (Hilarie Burton), the same woman who had testified against him regarding his alleged theft of a Raphael painting a few years earlier. Meanwhile, Neal and Mozzie investigate the jet's wreckage, concluding that the jet was rigged to explode midair, but was detonated early by someone. They manage to have the cockpit's voice recorder sent to the insurance company Sterling Bosch, under the care of Sara Ellis. After taking the impostor who ordered the hit on Sara, Neal tries to recover the package from her apartment, but is interrupted by an assassination attempt by the real assassin, who is subsequently captured by Peter and his team.

20
6
"In the Red"
David Straiton
Matt Negrete
August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)
5039-10-206
4.48[28]

The arrest of a jewel thief leads Peter and Neal toward a much more heinous extortion case against adoptive parents. Mozzie breaks into Sara's apartment and recovers the recording, only to have it taken back by Sara and her detectives in a search of Neal's apartment. After teaming up with the mob, Peter and Neal take the adoption lawyer (John Larroquette) into custody. Sara returns to Neal's apartment after finding out what happened to Kate, and promises to help Neal with his investigation. The recording reveals that Kate called an unidentified person shortly before the jet exploded, which prompts Neal and friends to hunt down who was on the other end of the phone.

21
7
"Prisoner's Dilemma"
Vincent Misiano
Mark Goffman
August 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)
5039-10-208
4.60[29]

An FBI Agent is accused of selling witness locations during criminal trials, and the U.S. Marshals ask Peter and Neal for help tracking down the suspect. Peter winds up befriending the suspect upon discovering that the U.S. Marshal in charge of the investigation is actually selling the locations, and goes on the run with him trying to clear his name. Moz discovers that the mystery voice on the black box recording belongs to the still-in-hiding Garrett Fowler.

22
8
"Company Man"
Rosemary Rodriguez
Jim Campolongo
August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)
5039-10-207
4.44[30]

Neal and Peter must go undercover into the world of corporate espionage after a tech company's head researcher is murdered. Mozzie and Diana are put together to look over Kate's murder, and Mozzie realizes that Diana has the music box and Peter knows where it is. Peter then shows the music box to Neal, and Neal reveals the key Alex gave him. Neal tells Peter, "No more secrets", before opening the box.

23
9
"Point Blank"
Kevin Bray
Jeff Eastin
September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)
5039-10-209
4.72[31]

The gang finds Fowler (Noah Emmerich) and finds out he is innocent. He is being blackmailed by the same person Peter has a patchwork picture of. Mozzie cracks the code inside of the musicbox. Before he can tell anyone, he is shot by an unidentified man (Paul Blackthorne) who steals the code.

24
10
"Burke's Seven"
Michael Smith
Joe Henderson
January 18, 2011 (2011-01-18)
5039-10-214
3.81[32]

Peter is framed for a crime he did not commit, and is subsequently suspended from the FBI. Neal helps him organize a con in order to catch the real criminal (Paul Blackthorne), find who shot Mozzie, and clear Peter's name.

25
11
"Forging Bonds"
John T. Kretchmer
Jeff Eastin & Alexandra McNally
January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)
5039-10-213
3.90[33]

After Peter and Neal realize that Vincent Adler (Andrew McCarthy) is behind Kate's murder, Peter has a talk with Neal where he reveals everything from the time he met Mozzie to when he was caught by the FBI.

26
12
"What Happens in Burma..."
John T. Kretchmer
Hy Conrad
February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01)
5039-10-210
3.46[34]

Peter and Neal must set foot on Burmese soil when they visit its embassy in order to prove the innocence of the son of an American diplomat.

27
13
"Countermeasures"
Michael Smith
Jim Campolongo
February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)
5039-10-211
3.46[35]

Neal is approached by an old friend of June's (Billy Dee Williams) and believes that he has some ulterior motives.

28
14
"Payback"
Russell Lee Fine
Mark Goffman
February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22)
5039-10-212
3.27[36]

Matthew Keller (Ross McCall) returns when he contacts Neal and Peter from prison asking for a favor. Over the course of their investigation, Peter is kidnapped and must be found before he is killed which inadvertently forces Neal to deal with his feelings from losing Kate .

29
15
"Power Play"
Jeff F. King
Mark Goffman
March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)
5039-10-216
3.30[37]

Neal and Peter switch identities after they are approached by a woman (Cody Horn) who claims that her boss (Richard Schiff) is behind a collusion scheme.

30
16
"Under the Radar"
John T. Kretchmer
Jeff Eastin
March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
5039-10-215
3.81[38]

Neal and Peter are abducted by Adler (Andrew McCarthy), and Neal gets closer to uncovering the secret behind Kate's death.

text: Season 3 (2011–12)[edit]

text: On September 27, 2010, White Collar was renewed for a 16 episode third season,[39] which began June 7, 2011. Hilarie Burton joined the cast as a series regular.[40] Diahann Carroll appeared as June, and Denise Vasi, who appeared in the pilot episode as June's granddaughter Cindy, returned as well.[41] The first half of the season also saw guest appearances by Dana Ashbrook, Beau Bridges,[42] Eliza Dushku,[43] Nathen Garson,[44] Lena Headey, Ernie Hudson,[42] Olek Krupa, Al Sapienza, and the return of Matthew Keller (Ross McCall).[43] Series star Tim DeKay directed one episode.[44] Series creator and executive producer Jeff Eastin tweeted that Andrew McCarthy, who played Vincent Adler, would also direct an episode.[45] Another flashback episode, "The Dentist of Detroit", revealed much of Mozzie's childhood.[44] The first half of the season, consisting of 10 episodes, concluded on August 9, 2011, while the remaining six episodes began airing on January 17, 2012.

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31
1
"On Guard"
Russell Lee Fine
Jeff Eastin
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)
BCW301
3.90[46]

Despite their newly-arisen trust issues, Neal and Peter have to work together to catch a thief who took his stash out of the Federal Reserve.

32
2
"Where There's a Will"
Sanford Bookstaver
Mark Goffman
June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
BCW302
3.71[47]

Peter and Neal find a treasure map on a forged will, and soon enter a race to locate the treasure and save the daughter of the beneficiary.

33
3
"Deadline"
Michael Smith
Alexandra McNally
June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)
BCW303
3.67[48]

When a magazine journalist's (Jayne Atkinson) life is threatened, Diana goes undercover as her assistant to protect her while Peter and Neal investigate the subject of the journalist's story. Meanwhile, Neal and Sara have a date with Diana and Christie (Moran Atias).

34
4
"The Dentist of Detroit"
Dennie Gordon
Channing Powell & Matt Negrete
June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28)
BCW306
3.72[49]

When a mobster (Al Sapienza) from Mozzie's Detroit childhood surfaces in Manhattan, Neal and Peter must help their friend rework a scam from his past to take down the ruthless gangster and prevent a mob war.

35
5
"Veiled Threat"
Paul Holahan
Jim Campolongo
July 5, 2011 (2011-07-05)
BCW304
4.19[50]

When a black widow (Mädchen Amick) arrives in New York, Neal and Peter go undercover as wealthy bachelors to find her next target.

36
6
"Scott Free"
Tricia Brock
Joe Henderson
July 12, 2011 (2011-07-12)
BCW305
3.84[51]

When a teenage conman (Hutch Dano) goes on a wild crime spree in New York, Peter realizes he has a new Neal Caffrey on his hands.

37
7
"Taking Account"
Michael Smith
Daniel Shattuck
July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
BCW307
4.18[52]

When an expert hacker drains a prominent New York bank, Neal assumes the criminal's identity in order to spend the pilfered fortune and draw him out of hiding. Mozzie finds himself in an unfamiliar situation when the hacker's former accomplice (Lena Headey) switches sides. Meanwhile, Sara temporarily moves in with Neal and discovers the surveillance camera footage of Neal and Mozzie's treasure.

38
8
"As You Were"
David Straiton
Matt Negrete
July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26)
BCW308
3.89[53]

When an old Naval Academy buddy of Agent Jones goes missing, Peter and Neal delve into the dangerous world of international private security to find him. While Jones deals with realizing his friend might not be who he remembers and meeting an old flame, Mozzie convinces Neal to break into Peter and Elizabeth's house to go after the manifest.

39
9
"On the Fence"
Paul Holahan
Mark Goffman
August 2, 2011 (2011-08-02)
BCW309
3.71[54]

When Neal and Peter discover wanted fugitive Matthew Keller (Ross McCall) is smuggling priceless Egyptian antiquities into the city, Neal must go undercover with an exotic and beautiful Egyptologist (Eliza Dushku) to locate and capture his foe.

40
10
"Countdown"
John Kretchmer
Story by : Jeff Eastin & Channing Powell
Teleplay by : Jeff Eastin
August 9, 2011 (2011-08-09)
BCW310
4.30[55]

Neal and Mozzie must stay one step ahead of the FBI while appearing to work with them in order to keep them from discovering that they possess the treasure. Later, Peter returns home to discover that Elizabeth has been kidnapped by Matthew Keller.

41
11
"Checkmate"
John Kretchmer
Story by : Joe Henderson & Alexandra McNally
Teleplay by : Joe Henderson
January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
BCW313
3.23[56]

Elizabeth escapes from Keller through a combination of FBI diligence and her own cleverness. Meanwhile, as a delaying tactic, Peter, Neal and Mozzie arrange to have the treasure surrounded by an unsuspecting NYPD, and must work with Keller to get it away from them.

42
12
"Upper West Side Story"
Russell Lee Fine
Alexandra McNally & Jim Campolongo
January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
BCW312
3.47[57]

A student (Graham Phillips) at a prestigious prep school asks Neal and Peter to look into the disappearance of scholarship funds, which he believes was orchestrated by the father (Dylan Baker) of his crush (Elizabeth Gillies). In order to investigate, Neal must go undercover as a substitute teacher.

43
13
"Neighborhood Watch"
Andrew McCarthy
Jeff F. King
January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
BCW311
3.04[58]

Neal and Peter investigate a robbery plot at a hotel after Elizabeth overhears a neighbor (Joe Manganiello) having a suspicious conversation. When Neal suggests Peter ask Mozzie to keep an eye on her, he may switch from a babysitter to her accomplice when Elizabeth tries to help.

44
14
"Pulling Strings"
Anton Cropper
Channing Powell
February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)
BCW314
2.47[59]

While Peter is tied up hosting Elizabeth's parents (Tom Skerritt and Debra Monk), Neal is assigned to help Sara search for a missing Stradivarius.

45
15
"Stealing Home"
Tim DeKay
Story by : Mark Goffman & Jim Campolongo
Teleplay by : Mark Goffman
February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
BCW315
2.31[60]

Neal goes undercover with a gang of cons in order to steal valuable memorabilia from Yankee stadium.

46
16
"Judgment Day"
Russell Lee Fine
Jeff Eastin
February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
BCW316
2.55[61]

Agent Kramer (Beau Bridges) tries to sabotage Neal's commutation while Neal tries to fix a mistake from his past. Peter must make a difficult decision. With Peter's help, Neal is able to get away with his theft of the painting and faces the committee, telling them and later Peter that whether he is released or not, he plans to continue working for the FBI because he now has a purpose and a life. Unfortunately, Agent Kramer refuses to back down, wishing to take Neal back to D.C. by any means necessary. Peter is able to secretly warn Neal about Kramer's plan to 'steal' Neal and make him work for him. This gives Neal time to escape, so he cuts off his anklet and flees the country with Mozzie before the committee can make its decision.

text: Season 4 (2012–13)[edit]

text: White Collar was renewed for a fourth season of sixteen episodes on August 25, 2011.[1] Treat Williams appeared throughout the season as Sam, an undercover agent from Washington whose past overlaps with Neal's.[62] Mekhi Phifer appeared in the first two episodes as Kyle Collins, a manhunter working for the federal government.[63] Gregg Henry recurred as a man who helps Neal and Mozzie hide while in the Cape Verde Islands,[63] while Mia Maestro appeared as Maya, a woman with whom Neal becomes involved while on the run.[64] Laura Vandervoort appeared in one episode as a wealthy socialite who becomes another love interest for Neal.[65] Michael Weston appeared in one episode as a criminal mastermind, alongside Laurie Williams.[66] Rebecca Mader appeared in one episode as Abigail, a woman who forces Neal to take part in a heist.[67] Perrey Reeves appeared in one episode as a dedicated fixer.[62] Gloria Votsis returned as Alex Hunter in the eighth episode of the season.[68] Victor Webster made an appearance in the ninth episode of the season as Eric Dunham, a trader on Wall Street who is being investigated for insider trading.[69] Titus Welliver guest starred as Senator Terrence Pratt, a man who may be linked to Neal's father.[70] Reed Diamond made an appearance as Cole Edwards, a construction mogul with links to the government.[70] Sprague Grayden appeared as a younger Ellen Parker, while Judith Ivey continued playing the older version of the character.[70] Hilarie Burton reprised her role as insurance investigator and Neal's love interest Sara Ellis; she appeared in four episodes altogether.[71] The remaining six episodes of season four began airing in January 2013.[72][73]

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47
1
"Wanted"
Paul Holahan
Jeff Eastin
July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
BCW401
3.21[74]

After Neal and Mozzie fled, Kyle Collins (Mekhi Phifer) of the Office of International Affairs tries to find Neal after the FBI fails for six weeks. Peter finally manages to talk to Neal, and background sounds help Peter, Jones, and Diana deduce that Neal's in Cape Verde. Peter heads there to try to find Neal first. Unfortunately, Collins searches Peter's home after he leaves and finds his map with Cape Verde circled. Collins and Peter meet in a cafe where Collins announces a $500,000 bounty on Neal's head. Collins purposely does not specify "alive". Neal, Mozzie, and Peter look for a way out and turn to different sources for help. Peter and Mozzie go to one of Mozzie's friends, while Neal goes to the island's richest man, a very private person named Dobbs (Gregg Henry). Dobbs soon reveals that he is aware of Neal's true identity, and Collins arrives to capture Neal.

48
2
"Most Wanted"
Paul Holahan
Mark Goffman
July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
BCW402
2.98[75]

Collins holds Neal prisoner on Dobbs' estate, and shoots Neal in the leg when he discovers Neal has broken loose from his restraints. Peter and Mozzie covertly help Neal get away from Collins, and upon planning their escape, discover Dobbs is really one of the FBI's most wanted men. Together, they set up a con for Neal to help capture Dobbs and return to New York under his original deal. In the end Peter gets reassigned.

49
3
"Diminishing Returns"
Stefan Schwartz
Jim Campolongo
July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24)
BCW403
3.01[76]

With Peter reassigned to the Evidence room, he and Neal go up against David Cook (Michael Weston), a criminal mastermind whom Peter has been tracking since joining the FBI.

50
4
"Parting Shots"
Robert Duncan McNeill
Alexandra McNally
July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)
BCW404
2.82[77]

While helping Sara (Hilarie Burton) resolve an insider trading scandal, Neal saves the life of the alleged perpetrator's widow (Laura Vandervoort), but he has to stay undercover with her to help prevent the theft of her insurance settlement. Meanwhile, Peter gets reassigned back to the White Collar division, and Ellen is shot after being recalled into Witness Protection, leaving Neal with unanswered questions.

51
5
"Honor Among Thieves"
Arlene Sanford
Joe Henderson
August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)
BCW405
2.93[78]

When Ellen is murdered, Neal leaves himself open to being blackmailed by the art thief they're after in exchange for information, which may lead to a breach of trust between him and Peter.

52
6
"Identity Crisis"
David Straiton
Channing Powell
August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21)
BCW406
3.89[79]

Mozzie's purchase of a storage unit leads him to finding a number of clues about a spy organization from the Revolutionary War that may still be operating today.

53
7
"Compromising Positions"
Paul Holahan
Matthew Negrete
August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)
BCW407
3.36[80]

With help from Mozzie and Sara (Hilarie Burton), Peter and Neal attempt to ensure the conviction of a corrupt developer. Their main obstacle is a clever woman who acts as a no-questions-asked fixer for a variety of clients including Sara's company. Meanwhile, Neal meets with Ellen's friend Sam, who tells him of a conspiracy including highly placed law enforcement officials.

54
8
"Ancient History"
Russell Lee Fine
Daniel Shattuck
September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)
BCW408
3.38[81]

Neal is contacted again by his old acquaintance and fellow thief Alex (Gloria Votsis), who is being investigated by the FBI in relation to a heist for which Neal is arrested. Peter furthers his covert investigation of "Sam" behind Neal's back when Neal receives a suspicious package from Ellen delivered by the Marshals. Alex is in town on more business, which causes some rifts between Peter, Neal, and Mozzie.

55
9
"Gloves Off"
Renny Harlin
Mark Goffman
September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11)
BCW409
3.80[82]

Peter sends Neal undercover as a Wall Street stock trader. Neal discovers a White Collar boxing ring where traders fight for insider information. In order to take down the corrupt CEO, Peter and Neal must step out of the office and step in to the ring. Peter makes a huge mistake that sends Sam into hiding.

56
10
"Vested Interest"
Russell Lee Fine
Jeff Eastin
September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
BCW410
3.41[83]

Peter and Neal attend an FBI conference where someone is trying to steal high valued defense technology, but discover the thief's plan to kidnap the designer instead. After Peter learns the real Sam is dead, a DNA test shows the man they believe to be Sam is actually Neal's father.

57
11
"Family Business"
Paul Holahan
Joe Henderson
January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
BCW411
2.77[84]

Neal's father James explains how as a young cop he began working for a gangster named Dennis Flynn, now deceased. When he tried to end his employment Flynn framed him for the murder of his superior, and he confessed when some unknown person with high law enforcement connections threatened his wife, Neal, and Ellen. Believing him guilty, Neal's mother refused further contact. In the present, Neal and Peter infiltrate the operations of Flynn's son, also named Dennis. They pose as the maker and potential buyer, respectively, of counterfeit whisky, and are able to prove that the younger Dennis killed Ellen. But Dennis is killed in custody, showing that the law enforcement conspiracy is still in operation. James is sent to a safe house while Neal and Peter plan their next move.

58
12
"Brass Tacks"
Anton Cropper
Jim Campolongo & Alexandra McNally
January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)
BCW412
2.61[85]

Neal and Peter discover that Dennis Flynn's fatal prisoner transfer was ordered by U.S. Senator Terrence Pratt (Titus Welliver) who was once James' Captain in the Washington police. They plan to bring him down by proving fraud charges against his associate, land developer Cole Edwards (Reed Diamond). But Edwards remains loyal to the Senator, who retaliates by ending the FBI career of Peter's boss. Meanwhile Mozzie is paired up with Jones to search for the meaning of a key left to Neal in Ellen's personal effects. Elizabeth asks Neal to lie to Peter about the key to protect him after an attempted assassination, but Peter learns the truth from Jones and, greatly offended, continues to investigate on his own.

59
13
"Empire City"
Tim DeKay
Channing Powell & Daniel Shattuck
February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
BCW413
2.28[86]

Two brothers are attempting to revive the famous Cotton Club, but one is also involved in fraudulent sales of taxi medallions. To investigate, Neal and Peter pose as promoters and book June as a singer for the club's opening. Meanwhile, Peter and Neal each independently discover the NYC location indicated by the key: the Empire State Building.

60
14
"Shoot the Moon"
Russell Lee Fine
Matthew Negrete & Bob DeRosa
February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19)
BCW414
2.42[87]

A couple on a romantic crime spree take two hostages who turn out to be Peter and Elizabeth. Neal must anticipate their next crime to effect a rescue. Sara has a potential new position in London. Neal and Mozzie determine that Ellen's evidence about James is stored in an office on the 50th floor of the Empire State Building.

61
15
"The Original"
John Kretchmer
Mark Goffman
February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26)
BCW415
2.12[88]

The former assistant to a dead master sculptor has "found" a new work which Neal thinks is a forgery. With a high-tech scanner diverted from the forgery investigation, Neal, Mozzie and James determine the exact location of Ellen's evidence box. But Peter's new FBI boss Amanda Calloway (Emily Procter) is on to them, and she is reporting to Senator Pratt.

62
16
"In the Wind"
Russell Lee Fine
Jeff Eastin
March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05)
BCW416
2.36[89]

Neal concocts an elaborate plan to get the evidence box out of the Empire State Building even though Pratt and Calloway are also searching for it. Pratt's man stops an escaping James, who is carrying what he thinks is the box but is actually a decoy given to him by Mozzie. In the ensuing confrontation, James kills Pratt with Peter's gun and escapes, leaving Peter to be arrested for the murder with all the physical evidence against him. Neal learns from the real evidence box that James was actually guilty of the murder for which he was imprisoned. Neal begs James to go to the FBI and tell the truth to free Peter, but James coldly refuses and leaves Neal with the realization that his father used him.

text: Season 5 (2013–14)[edit]

text: On September 25, 2012, USA Network renewed the series for a 16-episode fifth season,[90] but this was later reduced to 13.[91] It premiered on October 17, 2013.[92] Marsha Thomason was pregnant during the filming of season five and did not appear for the majority of the season.[93]

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63
1
"At What Price"
Stefan Schwartz
Jeff Eastin & Joe Henderson
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)
BCW506
2.53[94]

Peter is about to be prosecuted for murder, which could end his FBI career even if he were acquitted. Elizabeth urges Neal to save him at any cost. Neal is contacted by the Dutchman, Curtis Hagan (Mark Sheppard), the man he helped Peter convict of forgery in their first case together. Hagan has influence over Peter's prosecutor, and can get the charges dismissed if Neal can make a convincing fake audio confession from James. Neal and Mozzie do this and learn Hagan's price: Neal must steal a collection of gold coins from a secure building. Neal does this with the aid of a device Mozzie has built to spoof the anklet's signal to make him appear to be at home. Neal then learns that the Dutchman has filmed the heist and plans to blackmail him into committing further crimes for him. Peter is promoted to be head of the NYC White Collar Crime office. He gives Neal a new anklet and promises him a new handler from outside the office. Their last case together is to investigate the coin robbery.

64
2
"Out of the Frying Pan"
Roger Kumble
Daniel Shattuck
October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)
BCW501
2.13[95]

Neal meets his new handler David Siegel (Warren Kole), a young star agent. The FBI have arrested the proprietor of a website for stolen goods, and they plan to arrest his contacts while a very pregnant Diana works hard to make 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. He escapes, but Siegel sees him; though Neal is able to keep Peter from learning that the dealer is Mozzie, Siegel uncovers the "Teddy" identity behind Mozzie's vast holdings. This is actually what Mozzie believes to be his true identity, that of a baby who disappeared shortly before Mozzie was found. Mozzie returns to the warehouse, sets fire to it, and vanishes into a hideout beneath it. The FBI believe Teddy is dead, but Diana is not fooled, goes to the warehouse, and finds the hideout. She 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.

65
3
"One Last Stakeout"
Russell Lee Fine
Joe Henderson
October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
BCW503
2.38[96]

Hagan is free, and he gives Neal 48 hours to steal one chapter of a mysterious book on display at a museum. Neal and Mozzie plan to fool another criminal, Zev, into breaking into the museum to steal a painting, with Neal taking the book chapter at the same time and then catching Zev. To get access, he befriends a museum worker named Rebecca (Bridget Regan) and steals her key. Neal tells Siegel he has heard chatter indicating that the museum is about to be robbed, and Peter authorizes a stakeout. Mozzie disables the security cameras of the museum and Zev enters. Neal is delayed when Peter, nostalgic about his former partnership, joins the stakeout. However, he is able to enter the building and replace the chapter with a forgery Mozzie has created. Zev trips the alarms but still escapes; Neal leaves prints behind when he escapes himself. 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; he and Mozzie will try to figure out why Hagan wanted it. Siegel secretly witnesses the meeting between Neal and Hagan. Rebecca is fired for the security breach, after learning that Neal works with the FBI. Siegel is found murdered on the street.

66
4
"Controlling Interest"
Kevin Bray
Jim Campolongo
November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)
BCW504
2.24[97]

The now-destitute Mozzie has moved into Neal's apartment. With the investigation of Siegel's death stalled, Peter joins Neal for a new field assignment. A disoriented man named Nate Griffith (David Call) walks into the Bureau, carrying a packet of cash, confessing that he broke into a vault and stole $2 million. Peter and Neal trace Griffith to Dr. Mara Summers, his psychiatrist. Peter decides to examine the vault with Neal. The bank claims ignorance of any break-in. Neal checks their records for details on the vault, and traces it back to "Niteowl Holdings". Peter and Neal suspect Dr. Summers has something to do with the robbery. Peter traces Niteowl Holdings to Shane Jacobi, an ex-con, and confronts him. He denies any connection to Niteowl Holdings, but appears surprised to learn that the vault was robbed. Meanwhile, Neal approaches Dr. Summers as a patient, hoping to glean some information from her. But she drugs him, and gets information on the ongoing investigation from him. Moz identifies the drug as "Good Night Cinderella", used by Asian prostitutes to rob their johns. He suggests that the best way to recall what he told Dr. Summers would be to go back under the drug again. Moz makes the drug, Neal drinks it, and Peter and Moz help Neal recall the entire conversation. The next day, Peter and Jones visit Griffith's house, and on discovering Jacobi there, they arrest him. They realize that Summers manipulated Griffith into robbing Jacobi's vault. Neal gets a confession from Dr. Summers by putting her under the drug. The FBI arrest Dr. Summers but do not recover the money, because Neal has diverted it and given it to Mozzie to start afresh. He tells Mozzie that he plans to free himself from all constraints, including both Hagan's and Peter's.

67
5
"Master Plan"
Jeff F. King
Alexandra McNally
November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)
BCW502
2.21[98]

A wealthy man (Richard Thomas) hires Elizabeth to choose art presents for his son, who has recently resurfaced long after disappearing as a teenager. She was a tutor for the real son before he vanished, and in talking to the alleged son about art she begins to suspect that he is an impostor. Neal takes a job as butler to the household to investigate. Elizabeth is fired after she voices her suspicions and the alleged son passes a DNA test. However, Neal and Peter are able to prove that he faked the test and to find the location where he is holding the real son prisoner, in order to get the information he needs for his deception. Meanwhile, Peter battles a flu-like illness which is relieved by a concoction that Mozzie prepares from the honey of the beehives he has introduced to Neal's apartment.

68
6
"Ice Breaker"
Eric Stoltz
Matt Whitney & Mark Lafferty
November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
BCW505
2.49[99]

Peter and Neal search for a Russian forger of U.S. passports and find Sergei, the cousin of a notorious Russian gangster and sponsor of a figure skater named Katya (Annet Mahendru). They go undercover as a skating coach and sports agent respectively, and are able to arrest Sergei and several Russian criminals to whom he had provided passports. Meanwhile, Neal and Mozzie enlist the still unemployed Rebecca's help in decoding the book chapter by posing as FBI agents. Peter and Jones know they are up to something, and Peter finds evidence of the fake FBI office they created to deceive her. Rebecca tells them that Mosconi, the 19th-century author of the book, never included a chapter 13 in his books, the same chapter that Neal believed he removed from the book and gave to Hagan.

69
7
"Quantico Closure"
Willie Garson
Nick Thiel
December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)
BCW507
2.12[100]

Peter's anniversary dinner with Elizabeth is interrupted by an attractive woman named Jill (Kim Dickens), his ex-girlfriend and former classmate at the FBI academy. Jill now works for a secretive division of the FBI and wants Peter's help in buying a computer chip, potentially of great use to enemy nations, from a hacker now living in Manhattan. Jill insists that no one else know anything about the mission, which makes Elizabeth suspicious and later interferes with Peter's efforts to conduct the buy safely. Peter and Jill notice and identify two mercenaries that are also following the hacker, but when they go to the hotel room for the buy, they are unaware that the mercenaries have evaded Jones' surveillance. Elizabeth and Neal come to the same hotel at the same time, suspecting Jill's intentions toward Peter. When the mercenaries capture everyone, only Elizabeth and Neal's initiative saves the day. Meanwhile, Neal and Jones recover Siegel's gun and FBI badge; though the petty criminal who was using them in carjackings appears to be a dead end, but Peter finds a possible clue in the badge. Also, Neal and Rebecca are able to decipher a picture of a stained glass window from the book chapter, and Rebecca believes the window might be in New York, where Mosconi briefly lived in 1886. Later, he is able to show her the window, and they kiss.

70
8
"Digging Deeper"
Sanford Bookstaver
Jessica Grasl & Julian Meiojas
December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)
BCW508
2.09[101]

Peter learns of the recovery of a stolen dinosaur egg, but the companion skeleton of an adult female Tyrannosaurus rex is still missing. He and Neal foil a thief's attempt to steal the egg back; he identifies a financier (Željko Ivanek) as his employer but does not know where the skeleton is. Neal and Mozzie build a forgery of the egg containing a tracker, leading them to the skeleton. Meanwhile, a suspicious Peter discovers that Neal is seeing Rebecca, and when he and Elizabeth crash their romantic dinner he learns that Rebecca thinks Neal is an FBI agent. Neal tells him he lied to her so she would not know of his criminal past, and Peter urges him to come clean to her. He does so and Rebecca accepts him; they have sex. Hagan correctly deduces that Neal plans to steal the stained-glass window, and with an implicit threat to June he tells Neal to steal it for him.

71
9
"No Good Deed"
Charlotte Sieling
Story by : Eddie Serrano
Teleplay by : Alexandra McNally
December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19)
BCW509
2.52[102]

In bed, Neal tells Rebecca a limited version of the truth but says he can't involve her in the theft of the window for her own safety. She convinces him to let her help, and the next day she distracts the men repairing the window while Neal and Mozzie steal it. They discover that one of the panels allows secret messages in Chapter 13 to be read, but only in the real Chapter 13, not their copy. They plan to trade this panel to Hagan for the evidence that Hagan has of Neal's earlier coin theft. At the same time, an FBI watch of pawnshops turns up one of the gold coins that Neal stole for Hagan, and that Hagan used to bribe Peter's prosecutor Dawson. Peter's investigation leads him to Decker, the man who fenced them for Dawson, but Mozzie tips off Decker and allows him to escape. Peter goes to Neal's apartment and claims that he has captured Decker, and Neal confesses to the coin theft, implying that he rather than Hagan was the one who bribed Dawson to save Peter. Peter feels obligated to arrest Neal and thus reopen his own case, probably ending his career, but Elizabeth counsels him against this. The next morning, Jones actually arrests Decker, and Peter does not question him about the coins; there are enough weapons and other contraband coins in Decker's store to ensure his conviction on other charges. Peter then goes to Dawson and offers not to reveal the bribe if Dawson resigns his position and returns the coins, which he does. Peter tells Neal that there will be "changes" in their working relationship, as he now realizes that Neal cannot fully change his criminal ways. Neal agrees.

72
10
"Live Feed"
John Kretchmer
Story by : Chris Masi
Teleplay by : Jim Campolongo
January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09)
BCW510
2.81[103]

Peter is offered a promotion and reassignment to DC, but he is reluctant to take it until he resolves the mystery of Siegel's murder. Neal brings the panel to a meeting with Hagan intending to bargain, but Hagan shows him that he is holding Rebecca hostage and forces him and Mozzie to solve the puzzle hidden in the Codex. Peter is called to investigate an apparent forgery of a painting by William Blake. He calls in Neal despite the tension between them, and Neal finds Hagan's hidden signature in the painting. By offering to buy the painting and then tracking the resulting computer activity, Peter finds the seller's location, which is the very building where Neal and Mozzie are working with Hagan. Neal forces Hagan to release Rebecca by threatening to destroy the Codex chapter, then does it anyway after Mozzie has memorized their results. He finds Rebecca on a Brooklyn street and they embrace; Rebecca tells Neal that the hidden treasure is a twin to the Hope Diamond. The FBI arrive at that building and arrest Hagan, who says he has information that Peter should consider if he values his freedom. They go to Hagan's house to look at it, but Hagan is killed by a sniper before he can reveal anything. On Hagan's body is information that leads Neal and Peter to a Brooklyn apartment, which both Hagan and Siegel were watching on the day Siegel died. They enter the apartment and find three things: extensive files on Neal, Peter, and their associates, preparations to make both the Blake forgery and Hagan's signature, and evidence that the apartment's occupant is actually Rebecca.

73
11
"Shot Through the Heart"
Doug Hannah
Matt Whitney & Jessica Grasl
January 16, 2014 (2014-01-16)
BCW511
2.65[104]

While Neal distracts Rebecca, the FBI search her apartment. Peter concludes that she is actually in love with Neal, and as a ruse calls her in and tells her that Neal is the prime suspect in Hagan's murder. She asks Neal to meet in a park; Neal tells her he will have to run and she offers to go with him. Just as she is 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 Rachel Turner, a disgraced former MI5 agent. He also figures out where she hid the gun with which she killed Siegel. Against Peter's instructions, Neal arranges another meeting with her, offering to trade the location of the diamond for Hagan's blackmail information. Once he has the information he handcuffs her and tells her the FBI are on the way. She shoots the handcuff instead of him but she has been delayed long enough for the FBI to catch her. With Siegel's murder solved, Peter and Elizabeth prepare to move to Washington, where he has accepted the FBI promotion and she has accepted a job with the National Gallery. Neal and Mozzie are preparing to use Mozzie's memorized information to find the diamond when "Rebecca" phones from prison to say she will see Neal soon.

74
12
"Taking Stock"
Tim DeKay
Alexandra McNally & Mark Lafferty
January 23, 2014 (2014-01-23)
BCW512
2.75[105]

Neal asks Peter to support his request to have his sentence set aside, assuring him that he can truly go straight. As they are packing up evidence from Rebecca's case, a phone rings with a request to hire Rebecca for a job. Peter asks Diana to impersonate Rebecca and meet with the client. Rebecca is brought to the FBI office, where she helps Diana authenticate herself in return for being allowed to talk to Neal. The client wants Rebecca to steal a thumb drive from a financier's office, and Jones deduces that the drive contains an algorithm that could cause a financial crash. The financier takes the drive to his house, and while Peter is still applying for a warrant, Diana and Neal plan to break in and steal it. When Diana is called away for a child-care emergency, Neal does so; the emergency is revealed to have been the work of Mozzie, who has driven away her son Theo's nanny, forcing Diana to have Mozzie care for his namesake during the case. Diana gives a fake drive to the client, who incriminates himself and is arrested, with a slight hitch when the real Rebecca texts him that she is in custody. Theo inspires Mozzie to a breakthrough on the Mosconi puzzle, but as he calls Neal to tell him about it, he is shown being watched by Rebecca, who has escaped from prison.

75
13
"Diamond Exchange"
Russell Lee Fine
Jim Campolongo & Nick Thiel
January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
BCW513
2.99[106]

Peter and Neal find Mozzie, who has been injected with something. Rebecca then tells them she has poisoned him and will trade the antidote for the diamond. Interpreting Mozzie's symbols as geographical coordinates leads them to Fort Totten in Queens, where Mozzie is able to guide them near the diamond's location before collapsing. Mozzie is hospitalized and successfully treated for belladonna poisoning after Jones and Diana determine where Rebecca got her poison. Peter and Neal find the diamond and call Rebecca, who has been following them and immediately takes them prisoner at gunpoint. She locks them in a cell and prepares to leave by helicopter, but they escape and Neal reveals that he switched the diamond with a similar-sized piece of brick before giving it to her. He convinces her to surrender rather than shoot him. Peter asks the FBI for Neal's release and believes they will agree; Neal tells Mozzie he plans to go straight. But the FBI director refuses to sign off – perhaps, Peter speculates, because Neal is so useful to them. Disillusioned, Peter tells Elizabeth he wants to stay in his current position closer to field work; she agrees but wants to keep 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. He is then grabbed from behind and thrown in a van, without his anklet.

text: Season 6 (2014)[edit]

text:
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76
1
"Borrowed Time"
John Kretchmer
Joe Henderson
November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06)
BCW601
1.54[107]

Peter brings Rebecca in to help locate Neal, who is being held captive by one of her former associates, Jim Boothe. Meanwhile, Jim wastes no time letting Neal know that if he doesn't comply with his demands he'll be pushed down an elevator shaft. Jim has lofty aspirations of joining an exclusive group of thieves, The Pink Panthers, and his entry ticket is the diamond currently held by the FBI. He needs Neal to steal it back. But Neal has a better plan - he thinks the situation calls for a grander gesture, and, for his trouble, he expects something in return. Elizabeth tells Peter that she is pregnant. Rebecca, upon leaving white collar, takes an agent's gun which leaves the second agent no choice but to shoot her, killing her in the end. As Neal says, "She made a choice. For Her, it was better to risk almost certain death than go back to jail."

77
2
"Return to Sender"
Martha Mitchell
Mark Lafferty
November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13)
BCW602
1.36[108]

The U.S. Attorney General signs off on a contract, written by Mozzie, guaranteeing Neal's freedom if he helps take down the Panthers. Neal goes to his first meeting with them, without his anklet, and is surprised to meet Keller, who according to Russian authorities is still in one of their prisons. The Panthers assign Neal to steal a stamp about to be auctioned by an Argentine woman. Neal and Peter obtain admission to the auction by posing as a reclusive father and son, and Neal successfully takes the stamp in spite of a sophisticated security system. But the FBI will not release the stamp, so Neal makes a forgery which Keller vouches for. Neal deduces that Keller is an undercover Interpol informant, and confirms this with him, agreeing that neither can afford to expose the other. The Panthers tell Neal that the purpose of his theft of the stamp was to test the security system in preparation for a bigger job. Mozzie deduces that Elizabeth is pregnant, and Peter later tells Neal.

78
3
"Uncontrolled Variables"
Sanford Bookstaver
Julian Meiojas
November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)
BCW603
1.38[109]

The Panthers assign Keller and Neal to copy a data disk from a safe in a security firm's office. Neal cultivates Amy, the assistant to the firm's head, and gets Mozzie into the safe, but the disk uses 1970's technology and Mozzie must take it home to read it. Before they can get it back to the safe, Amy's boss returns early from a trip and discovers it missing. Neal suggests that Amy confess to taking it to expose the security weakness, then ask for a promotion. Instead she quits her job in disgust and Neal is broken-hearted at having betrayed her. Keller and his Interpol handler Luc give the disk to the Panthers, and the FBI are able to interpret it as instructions to route some high-value cargo randomly through US airports.

79
4
"All is Fair"
Paul Holahan
Jessica Grasl
December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)
BCW604
1.59 [110]

Five years ago, while Neal was in prison, Mozzie met, worked with, and married a con artist named Eva before she swindled and abandoned him. Now Eva is back, asking for a divorce so she can marry Jack, a wealthy man who has recently devoted his life to charity. Neal and Peter determine that Eva and Jack are working together and plan to steal a Faberge egg, leaving Mozzie as the fall guy. They stop the theft, but Mozzie allows Eva to escape, without signing the divorce papers. Meanwhile, the FBI figure out that the Panthers' target is a plane bringing hundreds of millions in cash back from Europe, to a random airport determined by the stolen algorithm. Peter has the San Francisco FBI stake out the latest plane, but the Panthers don't show because, as Woodford tells Neal at June's house, they know that they have a mole.

80
5
"Whack a Mole"
Jeff F. King
Nick Thiel
December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11)
BCW605
1.57 [111]

Woodford does not know who the mole is, but he is sure it is not Neal since a spy bug was found before Neal joined the group. Neal refuses to help find the mole, making Woodford trust him even more and reveal the plan to steal the cash from the airport via a massive armed assault. Peter finds that the spy bug was planted by Luc to spy on Keller, and he asks Luc to pull Keller off of the operation. Peter, Mozzie and Neal brainstorm ways the Panthers could steal the cash less dangerously, until Peter hits on the idea of using pneumatic tubes built decades ago to move mail out of the airport. Luc finds out Neal is hiding something and decides to disobey Peter and leave Keller on the operation. Keller kills Luc and puts his own tracking chip on Woodford's deputy, who is then killed by Woodford. The FBI and Interpol agree to keep the operation going so Luc's death won't be in vain. Peter misses the appointment with Elizabeth to view the first sonogram of their son, and vows to her that he will never let anything else be a priority. Mozzie begs Neal to be introduced to the Pink Panthers, but Neal refuses, telling him it's not the right time. Since the Panthers are now one man short, Neal brings Peter to the meeting stating he's the one who's been helping him. Woodford responds by aiming his gun at Peter.

81
6
"Au Revoir"
Sanford Bookstaver
Jeff Eastin & Julian Meiojas & Eddie Serrano
December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18)
BCW606
1.86 [112]

The Panthers' plan proceeds as planned except for two things: Mozzie intercepts a portion of the cash by opening the pneumatic tube in a tunnel, and the FBI arrests everyone at the end. Neal and Keller sneak away from Peter and meet Mozzie in the tunnel, where Keller betrays their arrangement and apparently shoots Neal in a struggle. Peter arrives, kills the fleeing Keller, and finds Neal being taken away in an ambulance. At the hospital, he and Mozzie view what appears to be Neal's lifeless body. One year later, Peter and El are raising their infant son Neal when a mysterious delivery of a bottle of fine wine inspires Peter to search out a storage unit containing evidence that the original Neal faked his death. Peter smiles and laughs as he concludes this, and Neal Caffrey is last seen in Paris, seeking out some new adventure.

text: Home video releases[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
DVD release dates

Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Discs

1
14
July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13)[113]
July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)[114]
August 18, 2010 (2010-08-18)[115]
4

2
16
June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[116]
February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18)[117]
February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08)[118]
4

3
16
June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)[119]
TBA
December 11, 2013 (2013-12-11)[120]
4

4
16
October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)[121]
TBA
June 25, 2014 (2014-06-25)[122]
4

5
13
November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)[123]
TBA
TBA
4

6
6
May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)[124]
TBA
TBA
2

Total
81
May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)[124]
TBA
TBA
22


document_title: In Flanders Fields

question_text: who are the speakers of in flanders fields

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text: In Flanders Fields

text: Background[edit]

text: John McCrae was a poet and physician from Guelph, Ontario. He developed an interest in poetry at a young age and wrote throughout his life.[1] His earliest works were published in the mid-1890s in Canadian magazines and newspapers.[2] McCrae's poetry often focused on death and the peace that followed.[3]

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text: At the age of 41, McCrae enrolled with the Canadian Expeditionary Force following the outbreak of the First World War. He had the option of joining the medical corps because of his training and age but he volunteered instead to join a fighting unit as a gunner and medical officer.[4] It was his second tour of duty in the Canadian military. He had previously fought with a volunteer force in the Second Boer War.[5] He considered himself a soldier first; his father was a military leader in Guelph and McCrae grew up believing in the duty of fighting for his country and empire.[6]

text: McCrae fought in the Second Battle of Ypres in the Flanders region of Belgium, where the German army launched one of the first chemical attacks in the history of war. They attacked French positions north of the Canadians with chlorine gas on April 22, 1915 but were unable to break through the Canadian line, which held for over two weeks. In a letter written to his mother, McCrae described the battle as a "nightmare",

text: For seventeen days and seventeen nights none of us have had our clothes off, nor our boots even, except occasionally. In all that time while I was awake, gunfire and rifle fire never ceased for sixty seconds.... And behind it all was the constant background of the sights of the dead, the wounded, the maimed, and a terrible anxiety lest the line should give way.

text: Alexis Helmer, a close friend, was killed during the battle on May 2. McCrae performed the burial service himself, at which time he noted how poppies quickly grew around the graves of those who died at Ypres. The next day, he composed the poem while sitting in the back of an ambulance at an Advanced Dressing Station outside Ypres.[8] This location is today known as the John McCrae Memorial Site.

text: Poem[edit]

text: In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, a 1919 collection of McCrae's works, contains two versions of the poem: a printed text as below and a handwritten copy where the first line ends with "grow" instead of "blow", as discussed under Publication: [9]

text:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
    Between the crosses, row on row,
  That mark our place; and in the sky
  The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.   Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
  Loved and were loved, and now we lie
      In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
  The torch; be yours to hold it high.
  If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
      In Flanders fields.

text: As with his earlier poems, "In Flanders Fields" continues McCrae's preoccupation with death and how it stands as the transition between the struggle of life and the peace that follows.[10] It is written from the point of view of the dead. It speaks of their sacrifice and serves as their command to the living to press on.[11] As with many of the most popular works of the First World War, it was written early in the conflict, before the romanticism of war turned to bitterness and disillusion for soldiers and civilians alike.[12]

text: Publication[edit]

text: Cyril Allinson was a sergeant major in McCrae's unit. While delivering the brigade's mail, he watched McCrae as he worked on the poem, noting that McCrae's eyes periodically returned to Helmer's grave as he wrote. When handed the notepad, Allinson read the poem and was so moved he immediately committed it to memory. He described it as being "almost an exact description of the scene in front of us both".[13] According to legend, McCrae was not satisfied with his work. It is said he crumpled the paper and threw it away.[14] It was retrieved by a fellow member of his unit, either Edward Morrison or J. M. Elder,[15] or Allinson.[14] McCrae was convinced to submit the poem for publication.[16] An early copy of the poem is found in the diary of Clare Gass, who was serving with McCrae as a battlefield nurse, in an entry dated October 30, 1915—nearly six weeks before the poem’s first publication in the magazine Punch on December 8, 1915.[17]

text: Another story of the poem's origin claimed that Helmer's funeral was held on the morning of May 2, after which McCrae wrote the poem in 20 minutes. A third claim, by Morrison, was that McCrae worked on the poem as time allowed between arrivals of wounded soldiers in need of medical attention.[18] Regardless of its true origin, McCrae worked on the poem for months before considering it ready for publication.[19] He submitted it to The Spectator in London but it was rejected. It was then sent to Punch, where it was published on December 8, 1915.[16] It was published anonymously, but Punch attributed the poem to McCrae in its year-end index.[20]

text: The word that ends the first line of the poem has been disputed. According to Allinson, the poem began with "In Flanders Fields the poppies grow" when first written.[13] McCrae ended the second-to-last line with "grow", Punch received permission to change the wording of the opening line to end with "blow". McCrae used either word when making handwritten copies for friends and family.[21][22] Questions over how the first line should end have endured since publication. Most recently, the Bank of Canada was inundated with queries and complaints from those who believed the first line should end with "grow", when a design for the ten-dollar bill was released in 2001, with the first stanza of "In Flanders Fields", ending the first line with "blow".[23]

text: Popularity[edit]

text: According to historian Paul Fussell, "In Flanders Fields" was the most popular poem of its era.[24] McCrae received numerous letters and telegrams praising his work when he was revealed as the author.[25] The poem was republished throughout the world, rapidly becoming synonymous with the sacrifice of the soldiers who died in the First World War.[11] It was translated into numerous languages, so many that McCrae himself quipped that "it needs only Chinese now, surely".[26] Its appeal was nearly universal. Soldiers took encouragement from it as a statement of their duty to those who died while people on the home front viewed it as defining the cause for which their brothers and sons were fighting.[27]

text: It was often used for propaganda, particularly in Canada by the Unionist Party during the 1917 federal election amidst the Conscription Crisis. French Canadians in Quebec were strongly opposed to the possibility of conscription but English Canadians voted overwhelmingly to support Prime Minister Robert Borden and the Unionist government. "In Flanders Fields" was said to have done more to "make this Dominion persevere in the duty of fighting for the world's ultimate peace than all the political speeches of the recent campaign".[28] McCrae, a staunch supporter of the empire and the war effort, was pleased with the effect his poem had on the election. He stated in a letter: "I hope I stabbed a [French] Canadian with my vote".[28]

text: The poem was a popular motivational tool in Great Britain, where it was used to encourage soldiers fighting against Germany, and in the United States where it was reprinted across the country. It was one of the most quoted works during the war,[12] used in many places as part of campaigns to sell war bonds, during recruiting efforts and to criticize pacifists and those who sought to profit from the war.[29] American composer Charles Ives used "In Flanders Fields" as the basis for a song of the same name that premiered in 1917.[30] Fussell criticized the poem in his work The Great War and Modern Memory (1975).[24] He noted the distinction between the pastoral tone of the first nine lines and the "recruiting-poster rhetoric" of the third stanza. Describing it as "vicious" and "stupid", Fussell called the final lines a "propaganda argument against a negotiated peace".[31]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: McCrae was moved to the medical corps and stationed in Boulogne, France, in June 1915 where he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and placed in charge of medicine at the Number 3 Canadian General Hospital.[32] He was promoted to the acting rank of Colonel on January 13, 1918 and named Consulting Physician to the British Armies in France. The years of war had worn McCrae down, he contracted pneumonia that day and later came down with cerebral meningitis. On January 28, 1918, he died at the military hospital in Wimereux and was buried there with full military honours.[33] A book of his works, featuring "In Flanders Fields", was published the following year.[34]

text: "In Flanders Fields" is very popular in Canada, where it is a staple of Remembrance Day ceremonies and may be the most well known literary piece among English Canadians.[34] It has an official French adaptation, entitled "Au champ d'honneur", written by Jean Pariseau and used by the Canadian government in French and bilingual ceremonies.[35] With an excerpted appearance on the ten-dollar bill from 2001 to 2013, the Royal Canadian Mint has released poppy-themed quarters on several occasions. A version minted in 2004 featured a red poppy in the centre and is considered the first multi-coloured circulation coin in the world.[36] To mark the poem's centennial in 2015, a coloured and uncoloured poppy quarter and a "toonie" ($2 coin) were issued as circulation coins, as well as other collector coins.[37][38] Among its uses in popular culture, the line "to you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high" has served as a motto for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club since 1940.[39]

text: Canada Post honoured the 50th anniversary of John McCrae's death with a stamp in 1968 and marked the centennial of his famous poem in 2015. Other Canadian stamps have featured the poppy, including ones in 1975, 2001, 2009,[40] 2013 and 2014. Other postal authorities have employed the poppy as a symbol of remembrance, including those of Australia, Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and United States.[41]

text: McCrae's birthplace in Guelph, Ontario has been converted into a museum dedicated to his life and the war.[42] McCrae was named a National Historic Person in 1946, and his house was listed as a National Historic Site in 1966.[43][44]

text: In Belgium, the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, named after the poem and devoted to the First World War, is situated in one of Flanders' largest tourist areas.[45] A monument commemorating the writing of the poem is located at Essex Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, which is thought to have been the location of Helmer's burial and lies within the John McCrae Memorial Site.[46]

text: Despite its fame, "In Flanders Fields" is often ignored by academics teaching and discussing Canadian literature.[34] The poem is sometimes viewed as an anachronism; It spoke of glory and honour in a war that has since become synonymous with the futility of trench warfare and the slaughter produced by 20th-century weaponry.[29] Nancy Holmes, professor at the University of British Columbia, speculated that its patriotic nature and use as a tool for propaganda may have led literary critics to view it as a national symbol or anthem rather than a poem.[34]

text: Remembrance poppies[edit]

text: The red poppies that McCrae referred to had been associated with conflict since the Napoleonic Wars when a writer of that time first noted how the poppies grew over the graves of soldiers.[47] The damage done to the landscape in Flanders during the battle greatly increased the lime content in the surface soil, leaving the poppy as one of the few plants able to grow in the region.[48]

text: Inspired by "In Flanders Fields", American professor Moina Michael resolved at the war's conclusion in 1918 to wear a red poppy year-round to honour the soldiers who had died in the war. She also wrote a poem in response called "We Shall Keep the Faith".[49] She distributed silk poppies to her peers and campaigned to have them adopted as an official symbol of remembrance by the American Legion. Madame E. Guérin attended the 1920 convention where the Legion supported Michael's proposal and was inspired to sell poppies in her native France to raise money for the war's orphans.[50] In 1921, Guérin sent poppy sellers to London ahead of Armistice Day, attracting the attention of Field Marshal Douglas Haig. A co-founder of The Royal British Legion, Haig supported and encouraged the sale.[48] The practice quickly spread throughout the British Empire. The wearing of poppies in the days leading up to Remembrance Day remains popular in many areas of the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly Great Britain, Canada and South Africa and in the days leading up to ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.[50]


document_title: The Emoji Movie

question_text: who plays the high five in the emoji movie

text: The Emoji Movie

text: Plot

text: Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user Alex. He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary, and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents' upbringing. His parents are hesitant of him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful. Upon receiving a text from his crush Addie, Alex decides to send her an emoji. When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a confusing expression, and wrecks the text center. Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted. Gene is chased by bots, but is rescued by Hi-5, a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use. He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame.

text: Smiler sends more bots to look for Gene when she finds out that he has left Textopolis, as his actions have caused Alex to think that his phone needs to be fixed. Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet the hacker emoji Jailbreak, who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud. The trio is attacked by Smiler's bots, but manage to escape into the game Candy Crush. Jailbreak reveals that Gene can be fixed in the cloud, and the group goes off into the Just Dance app. While there, Jailbreak is revealed to be a princess emoji who fled home after tiring of being stereotyped. They are once again attacked by bots, and their actions cause Alex to delete the Just Dance app. Gene and Jailbreak escape, but Hi-5 is taken along with the app and ends up in the trash.

text: Mel and Mary go searching for Gene and have a very lethargic argument. They make up in the Instagram app when Mel reveals that he, too, is a malfunction, explaining Gene's behavior. While traveling through Spotify, Jailbreak admits that she likes Gene just the way he is, and that he should not be ashamed of his malfunction. They make it to the trash and rescue Hi-5, but are soon attacked by an upgraded bot. They evade it and enter Dropbox, where they encounter a firewall. The gang get past it with a password being Addie's name and make it to the cloud, where Jailbreak prepares to reprogram Gene. Gene admits his feelings for Jailbreak, but she wishes to stick to her plan of venturing into the cloud, unintentionally causing Gene to revert to his apathetic programming out of heartbreak. The upgraded bot takes Gene, and Hi-5 and Jailbreak race after them on a Twitter bird summoned by Jailbreak.

text: As Smiler prepares to delete Gene, Mel and Mary arrive and are also threatened. Jailbreak and Hi-5 arrive and disable the bot, which falls on top of Smiler. Alex has since taken his phone to the store and asks to have his phone erased to fix the problem. Out of desperation, Gene prepares to have himself texted to Addie, making numerous faces to express himself. Realizing that Addie received a text from him, Alex stops his phone from getting erased, saving the emoji and finally getting to speak with Addie. Gene accepts himself for who he is and is celebrated by all of the emojis.

text: In a mid-credits scene, Smiler has been relegated to the "loser lounge" with the other forgotten and unused emotions for her crimes, wearing numerous braces due to her teeth being cracked by the bot, and playing and losing a game of Go Fish

text: Cast

text:
T. J. Miller as Gene, an outsider "meh" emoji who can show multiple expressions.[4][10]
James Corden as Hi-5, a hand emoji representing a high five signal.[6][5][11]
Anna Faris as Jailbreak, a codebreaker emoji who is later revealed to be a princess emoji named Linda.[11]
Maya Rudolph as Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center.[12]
Steven Wright as Mel Meh, Gene's emoji father.[4]
Jennifer Coolidge as Mary Meh, Gene's emoji mother.[12]
Patrick Stewart as Poop, a poop emoji.[5][13]
Christina Aguilera as Akiko Glitter, a "super cool" dancer that lives inside the Just Dance app.[14]
Sofía Vergara as Flamenca, a flamenco dancer emoji.[15]
Sean Hayes as Steven, a devil emoji.[16]
Rachael Ray as Spam, a spam message.[17]
Jeff Ross as an Internet troll.[18]
Jake T. Austin as Alex, a human teenager who owns the phone where Gene and his emoji friends live.[12]
Tati Gabrielle as Addie McCallister, Alex's crush.[19]
Rob Riggle as an ice cream emoji.[4][20]

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text: Production

text: The film was inspired by director Tony Leondis' love of Toy Story.[21] Wanting to make a new take on the concept, he began asking himself, "What is the new toy out there that hasn't been explored?" At the same time, Leondis received a text message with an emoji, which helped him realize that this was the world he wanted to explore.[21] In fleshing out the story, Leondis considered having the emojis visit the real world. However, his producer felt that the world inside a phone was much more interesting, which inspired Leondis to create the story of where and how the emojis lived.[21] As Leondis is gay, he connected to Gene's plight of "being different in a world that expects you to be one thing," and in eventually realizing that the feeling held true for most people, Leondis has said the film "was very personal".[21]

text: In July 2015, it was announced that Sony Pictures Animation had won the bidding war against Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures over production rights to make the film,[22] with the official announcement occurring at the 2016 CinemaCon.[23]

text: On World Emoji Day on June 17, 2016, Miller was announced as the lead.[10] Leondis created the part with Miller in mind, although the actor was initially hesitant to play the role, only accepting after Leondis briefed him on the story.[24] Leondis chose Miller because "when you think of irrepressible, you think of TJ. But he also has this surprising ability to break your heart".[24] in addition Miller also contributed some re-writes.[25] In October 2016, it was announced that Ilana Glazer and Corden would join the cast as well.[6] Glazer was later replaced by Anna Faris.[11]

text: Singer Ricky Reed recorded the song "Good Vibrations" for the film.[26]

text: Release

text: In November 2015, Sony scheduled the film to be released on August 11, 2017.[27] A year later, it was moved to August 4, 2017, with Baby Driver initially taking its previous date.[28] In late March 2017, the film was moved one week earlier, to July 28, 2017, switching places with Sony Pictures' The Dark Tower.[29]

text: On December 20, 2016, a teaser trailer for the film was released.[4] A second trailer was later released on May 16, 2017.[30][31] Sony promoted the release of the latter trailer by hosting a press conference in Cannes, the day before the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, which featured T. J. Miller parasailing in.[32] Variety called the event "slightly awkward",[33] and The Hollywood Reporter described it as "promotional ridiculousness".[32]

text: Days prior the film's release, Sony was criticized after the film's official Twitter account posted a promotional picture of a parody of The Handmaid's Tale, featuring Smiler. The parody was considered to be "tasteless" due to the overall themes of the work, and the image was deleted afterward.[34][35]

text: The film's theatrical release is preceded by Puppy!, a Hotel Transylvania short directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.[36][37]

text: Home media

text: The Emoji Movie will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 24, 2017 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[38]

text: Reception

text: Box office

text: As of October 8, 2017[update], The Emoji Movie has grossed $85 million in the United States and Canada and $114.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $199.7 million, against a production budget of $50 million.[3]

text: The Emoji Movie was released alongside Atomic Blonde, and was projected to gross around $20 million from 4,075 theaters in its opening weekend.[39] The film made $900,000 from Thursday night previews and $10.1 million on its first day.[40] It went on to debut to $24.5 million, finishing second at the box office behind Dunkirk.[41]

text: Review embargoes for the film were lifted midday July 27, only a few hours before the film premiered to the general public, in a move considered among one of several tactics studios are using to try to curb bad Rotten Tomatoes ratings.[42] Speaking of the effect embargoing reviews until last minute had on the film's debut, Josh Greenstein, Sony Pictures president of worldwide marketing and distribution, said, "The Emoji Movie was built for people under 18 ... so we wanted to give the movie its best chance. What other wide release with a score under 8 percent has opened north of $20 million? I don't think there is one."[42] In the film's second weekend it dropped nearly 50%, grossing $12.4 million and finishing in 3rd.[43]

text: Critical response

text: Critics panned The Emoji Movie, calling it "unfunny and a waste of time", and comparing it unfavorably to The Lego Movie, Inside Out and Wreck-It Ralph.[8][9][44] As of September 17, 2017[update] on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 10% based on 103 reviews, with an average rating of 2.6/10. The site's critical consensus displays a no symbol emoji ("🚫") in place of text.[45] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 12 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[46] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[41]

text: David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a D, writing: "Make no mistake, The Emoji Movie is very, very, very bad (we're talking about a hyperactive piece of corporate propaganda in which Spotify saves the world and Sir Patrick Stewart voices a living turd), but real life is just too hard to compete with right now."[47] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap was also critical of the film, calling it "a soul-crushing disaster because it lacks humor, wit, ideas, visual style, compelling performances, a point of view or any other distinguishing characteristic that would make it anything but a complete waste of your time".[19]

text: Glen Kenny of The New York Times described the film as "nakedly idiotic", stating that the film plays off a Hollywood idea that the "panderingly, trendily idiotic can be made to seem less so".[48] Owen Gleiberman of Variety lambasted the film as "hectic situational overkill" and "lazy" while viciously criticizing the film, writing: "There have been worse ideas, but in this case the execution isn't good enough to bring the notion of an emoji movie to funky, surprising life."[18] Writing in The Guardian, Charles Bramesco called the film "insidious evil" and wrote that it was little more than an exercise in advertising smartphone downloads to children.[49]