MuffledThud: Added {{plot}} and {{unreferenced}} tags to article. using Friendly {{plot|date=November 2009}} {{unreferenced|date=November 2009}} '''''Pilot''''' is the series premiere of ''((White Collar (TV series)|White Collar))'' created by Jeff Eastin, and stars ((Matthew Bomer)) and ((Tim DeKay)). The episode premiered Friday October 23rd 2009 at 10pm. == Plot == The scene opens with a close shot of a man in a small, dim bathroom trimming his beard with a pair of scissors, then finishing the job with a make-shift disposable razor. He quickly finishes the job, and while he quickly wets down his hair and slicks it back, we see that he is wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. He quickly rips open a plastic bag and dons a black prison uniform. He exits a "Staff Only" bathroom, and casually strolls through the prison machine shop. A few prisoners note his passage, but no one says anything. The prison guards ignore him. He strolls down a corridor with a barred door and swipes a security card through the slot. The door opens, and another guard holds the door open for him. He nods in thanks, and continues strolling purposefully out the door. He is identified as Neal Caffrey, convicted for bond forgery, and suspected of counterfeiting, securities fraud, art theft and racketeering. He takes a deep breath, and hurries to a truck, which he hot-wires. He slams in a cassette blaring music, checks and finds a few dollars bills in a dashboard compartment, and drives away. in new York, he stops at a sidewalk sale and buys a bright yellow jacket for $3. At Kennedy Airport, in his bright yellow jacket, he looks like a parking valet. He spots an older couple in a black Rolls Royce pulling up to the valet parking space and hurries up to take the car. The driver tips him $100 and admonishes him to take good care of it. He'll be back in a month. Caffrey drives away and crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. At an imposing Wall Street-style office building, a group of officials are standing around anxiously outside of a bank vault. A man snaps on latex gloves and, with his ear to a safe, carefully begins to spin the combination dial. The team is monitoring the safe's tumblers, and the safecracker calls out the tumblers as they drop. He successfully unlocks the door with the combination 3-2-4, but as he begins to open it, one man, Peter Burke, yells "WAIT!" He is a moment too late – the safe has been booby-trapped and explodes. He is frustrated: "10,000 man hours to get this close to the Dutchman and you go and blow up my evidence!" One of the men asked him how he knew the safe was going to blow, and he tells him that 3-2-4 on a phone are the numbers that correspond to FBI. They realize that the Dutchman knew they were coming. He brushes a thin red filament from his jacket, wondering what it is – no one seems to know. A woman, Diana, enters the room, and tells him that Neal Caffrey has just escaped from prison. The US Marshals are asking for his assistance, as he is the only one who has ever caught Caffrey. Burke is an FBI agent, working in the NYC White Collar Crime Unit. At the prison, Burke and the marshals wonder why Caffrey would escape with only four months left on a four-year prison sentence. He introduces the prison warden, and Burke chastises him for letting Caffrey walk out, after it took him three years to catch him. They determine that Caffrey bought the prison suit on-line, using the warden's wife's American Express card number. in Caffrey's neatly-appointed cell, Burke looks over Caffrey's personal effects – carefully and neatly marked days checked off on the wall, a couple of well-drawn charcoal/pencil pictures. The prison personnel think that he restriped a credit card with a boom box in his cell to mimic the security code. There is a book on truck maintenance (where he learned to hotwire the truck), and in a book, he finds a brochure advertising executive parking services – picturing two smiling young men in yellow jackets such as Caffrey purchased. The prison officials commented that he shaved his beard just before he escaped, but Burke is puzzled, because Caffrey has never worn a beard. They review the prison tapes, and Burke identifies the time period where Caffrey began growing a beard – just after being visited by Kate Moreau. They view the tape of Kate's visit. She has visited weekly, but this was her last visit. Burke reads her lips: "Adios, Neal, it's been real." Burke and his squad pull up in front of an elegant brownstone. Caffrey is sitting on the floor of the empty apartment, holding a bottle of Bordeaux. Burke enters, and asks him if Kate "left him a message in that." Neal tells him that the bottle is the message, and greets him, "It's been a while." Burke tells him that he saw the tape of Kate's visit, and Caffrey muses that he missed her by two days. Burke tells him that it only took him a month and a half to escape a supermax prison, and then radios the rest of the squad to tell them that Caffrey has been found and is unarmed. Burke then asks what Kate's message was and Caffrey shrugs and says, simply, "Goodbye." Burke points out that Caffrey will probably receive another four years added to his sentence for his escape, but Caffrey doesn't care. Changing the subject, Caffrey observes that Burke is wearing the same suit that he was wearing the last time Caffrey saw him. Burke defensively retorts that the classics never go out of style, as Caffrey carefully removes a red filament from Burke's shoulder, and asks him if he knows what it is. Burke shrugs and says that it's from a case that he's working on. Caffrey asks him if he thinks Burke will catch him, and Burkes shakes his head, acknowledging that the criminal is good, "maybe as good as you." Caffrey has a look of suppressed excitement, and asks Burke what its worth to him for Caffrey to tell him what the filament is. He makes an offer: If he tells Burke what it is, will Burke meet him back at the prison in one week? Burke agrees, and Caffrey reveals that the filament is a security fiber for the new Canadian $100 bill. The squad arrives and takes Caffrey into custody. The next day, as Burke is walking into his office, he asks Diana "what has the felt and suspender boys all riled up?" She tells him that he's caused the excitement, because Caffrey was right about the red filament, it's classified, and the Canadian Secret Service is very interested in how he found out. Burke and Caffrey meet at the prison, and Caffrey asks how upset the Canadians were. Burke acknowledges that they were pretty upset, "or, as upset as Canadians can get." Caffrey tells Burke that he knows why he calls his latest quarry "The Dutchman. Like the ghost ship-he disappears whenever you get close." Caffrey points out that he knows Burke almost as well as Burke knows him, and asks him if he received the birthday cards he has sent. Burke acknowledges them, and Caffrey offers to help Burke catch The Dutchman. Burke is skeptical. "What do you want to do – be prison pen pals?" Caffrey points out that there are precedents, and he can be released to Burke's custody. Burke is skeptical, and tells him that he knows he would just take off after Kate. Caffrey assures him that he won't, and offers to wear a tracing anklet. Burke refuses, and leaves Caffrey alone. Time passes. It's lights out in the prison, but the guard allows Caffrey to keep the light on a few more minutes. Caffrey begins to note another day on his extensive tally, but loses his cool and begins to viciously strike through all the neat marks in frustration. Burke is at home reviewing Caffrey's file, and re-reading a birthday card. His wife asks him if he's coming to bed, but then realizes he's troubled. Spying the files, she exclaims, "Don't tell me it's Neal Caffrey! I've been competing with him for three years!" Burke muses that today would have been Caffrey's release date. His wife wonders if he's going to take Caffrey up on his offer, and Burke thoughtfully observes that Caffrey is very smart, almost as smart as she is. She likes that answer. Burke goes on, thinking out loud, that none of it makes sense – Caffrey should just be doing his time and then getting out. He wonders what angle Caffrey is playing. She points out that Caffrey was in love, and asks him, "If it were me, wouldn't you have faced four more years?" Burke is startled at the thought. A prison door opens on a bright blue sky interrupted by razor wire. Caffrey steps out, wearing an ill-fitting peacoat. Burke asks to see the anklet, and Caffrey lifts his pants leg, showing the radio transmitter strapped to his ankle, complaining that it chafes. Burke asks him if he knows the conditions, and Caffrey acknowledges that he's being released into Burke's custody. Burke threatens him that if he runs again – "And I will catch you, I'm 2-0" – he will be returning to prison for good, and warns him not to go looking for Kate. Caffrey assures him that he won't. Burke tells him that this is temporary, but if Caffrey helps him catch the Dutchman, they can make it permanent. Burke drives Caffrey to his new home – a rundown hotel in a seedy part of town. The desk clerk hands him a key. Caffrey takes it with distaste, and asks Burke if he has to stay there. Burke points out that it costs the state $700 a month to house him on the inside, and for $700 a month on the outside, this hotel is the best they can do. (Meanwhile, for emphasis, the desk clerk is killing roaches with a ping-pong paddle.) Burke casually tells him that "If he can find something better, take it," and then goes on to tell him that there's a thrift shop on the corner where he can get some clothes. He warns Caffrey that the ankle bracelet has a range of 2 miles – if he exceeds it, the alarm will go off. He hands Caffrey a thick stack of files, and leaves, telling him that he will see him at 7 AM. Caffrey is browsing the goods in the thrift shop, and notices a well-dressed woman who comes in with an armload of well-made men's clothing to donate. Caffrey comments that the clothes are fantastic, and the women thank him, telling him that they belonged to her late husband, Byron. One of the jackets is a Devore. The woman volunteers that he won the jacket from Sy Devore himself, in a poker game, and Caffrey is impressed. She is glad that he appreciates the clothes, and tells him that she has a closet full ("well, actually a guest-room full") of the same sort of clothing. He tries on the jacket, and she comments that her husband used to wear it to take her dancing, and that the neighborhood was much nicer, then. He asks her if she lives nearby, and she tells him, "Not far." He smiles. The next morning, Burke, wearing a trench coat, stumbles blearily through the hotel door and asks for Caffrey. The desk clerk hands him a note that says, "Dear Peter, I have moved 1.6 miles to 87 Riverside. Love, XOXO, Neal." Burke, driving up in front of 87 Riverside, mutters, "You've got to be kidding me!" It is a beautiful white turn-of-the-century mansion on a corner. A man answers his doorbell, and apologizes, saying that he must have the wrong address and that he's looking for Neal Caffrey. The woman from the thrift store strolls through from a large living room, carrying a small dog and says, sweetly, "You must be Peter!" Burke is dumbfounded, and she tells him that Neal is upstairs. Burke walks out onto a roof-top terrace with a fabulous view of Manhattan, and finds Neal reading the paper at a small table nestled in a topiary garden. Neal looks up from the paper and comments, "You're early." Burke is still goggling over the situation, but tells Caffrey that they have a hit on "Snow White," which Caffrey smilingly confirms as a code word that came from a Dutchman communiqué to Barcelona (he has read the files). Burke then comments, "You moved," and Caffrey asks him if he doesn't think it's nicer than the other place. Burke dryly agrees, saying that he didn't remember the other place having a view. Caffrey virtuously explains that he met the lady in the thrift shop that Burke, himself, suggested. He met June, who was dropping off her late husband's stuff, "we hit it off, she had an extra guest room . . . you said if I found a nicer place for the same price, I should take it." Burke is skeptical: "All this for $700?" Caffrey acknowledges that he will be helping out, walking the dog, washing the Jag, watch her granddaughter. Burke is amused that Caffrey will be babysitting, until he sees the granddaughter – a beautiful, willowy young woman, Cindy. As Caffrey leaves to get ready, Burke sits down and helps himself to a cup of coffee. June joins them, and watches Burke closely as he begins to laugh. Nodding at the coffee, he exclaims, "Perfect! Even the coffee is perfect!" June joins his laughter, and, becoming serious, Burke tells June that Caffrey is a felon. She smiles gently and says, "So was Byron." Caffrey descends the elaborate staircase looking very dapper, complete with a fedora. Burke sneers and says, "You look like a cartoon!" Caffrey is offended, and informs Burke that he is wearing a Devore – "Classic Rat Pack!" Burke is unimpressed, and chides Caffrey to hurry. Caffrey realizes that Burke is upset, and says, sotto voce, "Sour grapes!" Burke demands to know what he said, and Caffrey wants to know why Burke is angry, and what rule he's broken. Burke tells him that he works hard, has done his job well, and he "doesn't have a $10 million view of Manhattan that I share with a 22-year-old art student as I sip espresso!" Caffrey offers to find out where June buys her coffee, and Burke brushes him off, telling him that this situation was the sort of thing that gets Caffrey into trouble, the "something for nothing" schemes. Caffrey ignores this, and offers that the espresso is some sort of Italian roast. Burke orders him into the car. At Kennedy airport, Burke introduces Diana to Caffrey as his "probie", his probationary agent, who does everything that he doesn't. Diana compliments Caffrey on his hat, earning a beaming smile from Caffrey. She tells Burke that their suspect is tony Fields, someone who Customs in Spain identified from their BOLO (Be On the Look Out) for "Snow White." Burke wants to know what he is carrying, and Dianne rolls her eyes and says, "You're going to love this . . . ." in an office, Burke is peering, puzzled, into a suitcase full of the same spanish book, "Blanco Nieves y los Siete Enanos." Caffrey translates casually, "Snow White and the Seven Little Men." Burke is incredulous that the books are what triggered the alert. The suspect is a rare book dealer, and has brought in three previous shipments of the same book. Caffrey examines the books, sniffs at the spine, and declares that the books aren't special editions or limited runs, so they can't be worth very much. Dianne notes that he is nervous, even though his paperwork is in order, and they decide to speak to him. Diana offers to get Burke coffee, and he asks for a decaf. Caffrey charmingly tells Diana that he would like his straight, and she tells him, coolly, that they coffee shop is outside – in other words, he can get his own coffee. Burke tells Caffrey that he is way out of his league, and Caffrey shrugs it off as "harmless flirting – it's like a dance." Burke tells him that there is no dance, she doesn't have a dance card, and that there is no dancing for him. Caffrey reminds him that she liked the hat, but Burke tells him, "She'd rather be wearing the hat." Realization dawns on Caffrey. Burke introduces himself to tony Fields, a slim, bookish-looking middle-aged man with glasses. He confirms that he is a rare book dealer, but Burke is skeptical: "how rare can they be? You have 600 of them." Fields sarcastically offers to go down to the crime lab and do Burke's job, since Burke seems to know his so well, and Burke chuckles. Curiously, he asks, "Snow White? in spanish?" Fields sniffs and tells him that Snow White wasn't created by Disney. Burke dislikes being talked down to, and asks him if he means the folklore, such as the Virgin and the Pure Queen, or Alexander Pushkin's tale of the White Princess and The Seven Knights. "Is that what you mean?" Fields is taken aback by a literate Federal agent. "What are the books for?" Burks asks, but is interrupted by a lawyer, who enters the room and tells him not to talk to his client. Burke leaves in frustration. Caffrey is watching Diana chatting and laughing with a pretty blonde security guard. Burke walks up and Caffrey confirms with him, "No dance, huh?" "Not for you." Caffrey thought that the FBI had a policy about gays, but Burke tells him that was the military, "The FBI doesn't ask, doesn't care." Burke asks Diana where the customs inspector is. Diana confirms that Caffrey was correct -- that the books aren't worth much and can be purchased for just a few dollars on eBay. Another security guard walks up, and Burke begins to complain, asking him why the guard didn't tell him that Fields had called an attorney, because the moment he places the call, he can't talk to him. The security guard is confused, and tells Burke that Fields didn't make a phone call. Burke stops suddenly and races back to the room, where he finds Fields slumped over the desk with a hypodermic sticking out of his neck. Burke is furious – no one had frisked the "attorney." Burke is frustrated – He has a dead book dealer, a killer lawyer, and a bunch of worthless books. Caffrey is carefully paging through the books with an intent look. He asks Caffrey, as a professional counterfeiter, what is so interesting about these particular books. Caffrey realizes that it's not the books that were so interesting – it's the 1944 spanish pressed parchment paper that the books were printed on. He carefully slices out a piece of the paper and hands it to Burke. Diana confirms, "He's going to counterfeit something that was originally printed on that?" and Caffrey agrees, "That's what I would do." They calculate that Fields had imported almost 600 pages. They wonder what he was planning to counterfeit, and Burke, riffling though Field's wallet, pulls out a ticket to the National Archives, which Fields visited before his trip to Spain. At the National Archive's branch (not located in the new York Public Library, even though that was what was pictured), the archivist remembers Fields and shows Burke what Fields came to see: a spanish Victory Bond. He confirmed that Fields took several photos of it in preparation for a book. Caffrey notes that the picture on the bond is a Goya. Burke pulls out the paper taken from the book, and compares it to the bond – an exact match in size. Caffrey asks the archivist about the bond's history. The archivist tells him that the United States issues the bonds to help support the Underground movement in Spain. The archivist goes on to say that very few bonds were ever actually redeemed, and that the speculation is that whole boxes of bonds were captured and are still hidden away in the caves of Altamira, but that the one in the Archives is the only surviving copy. Abruptly, Caffrey steps back from the bond and says, "except, it's a forgery." The archivist declares that that is impossible, but Caffrey goes on to tell him why: "It's the ink - this is iron gal dyed to match period colors, but it hasn't dried yet. You can still smell it." The archivist protests and tells them that the document has been in the library since 1952, but Caffrey tells him that it's actually less than a week old. in the FBI's office that evening, Burke is going over what has happened: Fields visited the Archives twice, took a picture the first time, and planted the forgery the second time. An FBI agent confirms that tests on the dye places the age of the document at about six days. Burke wonders why someone would go to all trouble to replace the original with a good forgery, when Caffrey wonders aloud, "Are the bonds still negotiable?" The FBI agents pull out a calculator – a $1,000 bond, with 9% interest compounded over 64 years . . . Caffrey does the math quickly in his head and announces, "$248,000." With 600 sheets, Caffrey recalculates and estimates that the forger can now produce $150 million in fake bonds. But why would the forger put a fake back into the Archives? Caffrey realizes that if someone claims to have found the bonds, then the "found" bonds would be compared to the "real" bond in the Archives – and would be an identical match. They are interrupted by an irate call from Burke's wife, Elizabeth. He apologizes for being late, and hopes she hasn't fixed dinner. She denies fixing dinner, but we see that she has a nice dinner laid out (which the dog is very interested in.) Burke tells Elizabeth that Caffrey has met Diana, and Elizabeth quips, "Oh? A woman who can resist his charms!" He promises that he'll be on the way home in a few minutes. Burke is driving Caffrey home, and they are discussing plans for the weekend. Burke tells Caffrey that he's going to fix the sink and watch the Giants, and Caffrey asks, skeptically, "With Elizabeth?" Burke declares that Elizabeth is really into football. Caffrey is still skeptical, and asks Burke about his anniversary. Burke has forgotten, and slams on the brakes in frustration, declaring that he does this every year – thinks about it for six months, and then forgets at the last minute. He confesses that he forgot last year, and promised to make this year extra special, "not just a corner booth at Donnatella's and romp in the sheets." Caffrey cheekily suggests skipping the dinner, but Burke ruefully declares that they've been married a decade and that doesn't cut it anymore. Caffrey offers to help, and asks Burke what Elizabeth's into. Burke is confused: "Sexually?" Caffrey winces – "No – what makes her feel alive?" Burke is clueless, and Caffrey is exasperated: "how could you not know? Chasing me, you knew my shoe size, what time I woke up . . ." Burke protests that it was his job to know, and Caffrey points out that relationships are work, too. Burke is defensive, and declares that "my wife didn't change her identity and flee the country to get away from me!" Caffrey is shocked into silence, and Burke is apologetic. Caffrey asks if Kate really left the country – perhaps to France – but Burke doesn't know. Plaintively, Burke asks, "What am I going to do?" but Caffrey refuses to help: "Nope. No more relationship advice from this side of the car. Call Dr. Phil." As Caffrey begins to ascend the stairs to his room, he senses someone in the living room. Grasping a cane, he advances into the room slowly, and a voice from the darkness says, "I saw the best mind of my generation run down by the taxi-cab of absolute reality." Caffrey relaxes and exclaims, "Mozzie! What the hell – sitting in the dark, misquoting Ginsberg?" He embraces Mozzie affectionately. Mozzie tells him that he introduced himself to June and Cindy, and then asks to see his ankle bracelet. Caffrey shows it to him, and Mozzie sadly shakes his head and tells him "You flew too close to the sun, my friend." Caffrey asks him where Kate is, and he tells him that she's done a good job of melting away. Caffrey urges him to keep looking, and to check in France. He shows Mozzie the spanish bond. Mozzie admires it and comments, "You know the worst thing about forgery? You can't take credit for your work." The next morning, Peter is shaving and staring thoughtfully into the mirror. He then calls for Elizabeth – no answer. He then begins to poke among her things, trying to get a clue as to what is important to her. He sorts through a few books, a few CDs, and opens her laptop, to see a picture of them on vacation. He closes it quickly and replaces it to answer his cell phone. A voice on the other end tells him that Caffrey's ankle bracelet has been activated, and wonders if he's with Burke. Burke denies it, and grimly declares he's on his way. He races down the steps, and calls to Elizabeth that Caffrey is outside his radius, and he has to . . . He stops short. Elizabeth and Caffrey are seated together on the floor, bent over the spanish bond on the coffee table. Elizabeth is laughing, and smiles at Burke. Burke confirms that Caffrey is in his custody, and then glares at Caffrey, pointing out that he is on his couch. Caffrey tells him that he didn't know that Burke had such an amazing wife. Elizabeth beams, but Burke is unamused, and demands to know how Caffrey got there. "By cab." Burke declares that Caffrey has activated his bracelet, and is sitting on his sofa, with his wife, and petting his dog. Caffrey asks him, innocently, if it's true that Burke had a surveillance placed on Elizabeth before he asked her out. Burke is aghast. Elizabeth declared it was cute, and Caffrey agrees, "It's adorable." Burke grimaces and declares, "I'm putting you back in prison," as he begins to dial his cell phone. Caffrey then tells Burke that he knows who the Dutchman is: Curtis Hagen, a superb art restorer whose work never took off, but he was particularly good at Goya restorations. Burke demands to know how Caffrey can prove it, and Caffrey tells him that Hagen signed it. Burke is skeptical – there was no signature. Caffrey points out a small pattern in the pattern of the peasant's pants – intricate lines, but weaved into the lines the letters "C" and "H". Caffrey goes on to declare that if he had done a forgery that well, he would have signed them – and he did sign the forgeries that Burke caught him on. Burke asks, "Where?" and Caffrey tells him to look at the bank seal under a polarized light. Meanwhile, Hagen is doing a church restoration on 3rd Street, and Caffrey suggests they stop in and see him. Burke tells him to wait in the car, and Caffrey hesitates, until Burke makes it clear that he wants to say goodbye to his wife privately. Caffrey tells Elizabeth goodbye, and she tells him that it was good to meet him after all these years. At the church, they see men working on the church's many frescos, and a priest comes to tell them that the church is closed. Caffrey, shooing Burke away for a moment, confidentially tells the priest that Burke is suffering from a crisis of the soul: "He's a married man, and he has the most devastatingly beautiful assistant at work, a very provocative woman . . ." The priest listens intently as Caffrey continues, "He's been tempted. More than tempted. I have details . . ." The priest shakes his head and mournfully agrees that it's very common in a man Burke's age. Caffrey goes on to earnestly "confide" that he wants to confront Burke, but that Burke has a lot of faults, and that even though "he's a mess, he's very spiritual." He tells the priest that he wants to talk to Burke in that particular church, because that is the church in which Burke was married. The priest reluctantly agrees to give him a few minutes, and Caffrey takes Burke and steers him away. Burke asks him, incredulously, if he just lied to a priest. Caffrey asks him if he thinks Diana is attractive, and he says, "Of course," to which Caffrey replies, "We're good." As they examine a restored painting, Burke asks Caffrey why he's never heard of Hagen, if he's so good. Caffrey says the really good ones never get caught, "you only catch the second-best ones." "What does that say about you?" "That says that there's an exception to every rule." He then points out a "CH" in the painting. A workman confronts them, and tells Neal that he looks familiar. Neal introduces himself and hold out his hand to shake, but the man refuses, declaring, "Forgive me if I don't' shake hands with an art thief." Caffrey objects that he was never arrested for art theft, but Hagen is undeterred, "Maybe not arrested, but you are quite the Renaissance criminal. You can understand my concern for having you in my space." He asks Burke who he is, but Burke replies, "Just a friend." Hagen then firmly tells them that the church is closed, and motions them out. They leave. As they pass the priest, he admonishes Burke to "listen to the spirit, son, and not the flesh." Burke is confused, but thanks the priest anyway. in Burke's office, Burke asks Caffrey for some assistance. Caffrey guesses it's with Hagen's file, but Burke brushes that aside, declaring that Diana is taking care of that. Caffrey looks at the file and realizes that it's Elizabeth's VISA bill. Burke tells him that he has a record of everything she every bought with it, and Caffrey accuses him of stalking his own wife, and then tells Burke that he doesn't think he's going to find his answer tucked into a list of Elizabeth's eBay bids. Burke throws his hands out and begs, "Help me out, here! You're the one who's the romantic – what's the deal with the bottle?" Caffrey is taken aback, but tells Burke that it was an '82 Bordeaux. Burke agrees, commenting that it was $800 a pop. Caffrey tells him that he got the bottle when it was empty. Caffrey tells him that when he and Kate first met, they had no money, and that he used to fill the bottle up with whatever cheap wine they could afford, and they would sit in the apartment, eating cold pizza and pretending that they were living on the Cote d'Azur. Burke wondered how that worked, and Caffrey admitted that it didn't, because the bottle was a promise of a better life that he didn't deliver on. He then goes on to ask Burke if he ever made Elizabeth any promises. "Or do you really think that all she wants is oleander candles?" he asks, mockingly. They are interrupted by Diana. Caffrey rises from his chair as she enters, and tells Burke that Hagen is getting ready to leave the country – he has a private flight with a charter company booked to Barcelona on the 19th. Burke is frustrated, and wants to know what they have, but Diana admits that Hagen, while he has a lot of international holdings, has managed to keep himself out of the muck. Burke tells Diana to get every good agent on Hagen and find out everything about him, "And if anything gets in your way . . ." She finishes, "I'll forge your signature – I always do." She smiles and quickly leaves. Burke tells Caffrey that if he's right, they only have a week to tie Hagen to the bonds before they lose him, and tells him, "Neal, if we lose him, you're back in – I can't save you." Caffrey is aghast. Coming home that night, he again meets Mozzie at June's house, and tells him he was right about Hagen. He then confesses that he was stupid and impulsive, and Hagen identified him. Now he has only one week to link him to the bonds, or he goes back to prison. He then asks about Kate, and Mozzie produces a photo of her. in the photo, he sees a man's hand, wearing a signet ring, and then abruptly tells Mozzie to lose her. "Lose her? I just found her!" "So did he," says Caffrey glumly. The next morning, Caffrey and Burke are walking down the sidewalk, and Caffrey tells Burke that he has found Kate – four days earlier, she was at a San Diego ATM using the name Kate Perdu – which means "lost" in French. Caffrey then wonders if that means that she is lost without him, or lost to him, and begs for a couple of days after the Dutchman case is wrapped up to go to San Diego. Burke tells him to stop – Kate dumped him "with prejudice", and asks him exactly what is his plan when he finds her. Caffrey doesn't have a plan, but refuses to believe that his and Kate's story is over. He asks Burke plaintively if it doesn't count for something that he brought this to Burke's attention, but Burke says no – Caffrey has a good deal going here, and he's about to blow it. Caffrey agrees that Burke is right, but Burke is skeptical. Caffrey then asks Burke about his anniversary plans, which Burke says he is "very close" to completing. Caffrey translate that as "Which means, you've got nothing." Burke agrees. Outside the office, Caffrey spots Mozzie standing with some of the FBI agents who are grabbing a quick cigarette before work. He makes an excuse to Burke that he needs a smoke, and Burke hands him off to the other FBI agents. He then approaches Mozzie cautiously, who offers him a cigarette with advice to "tear off the filter." One of the FBI agents obligingly offers him a light, but Caffrey observes quietly, that Mozzie doesn't smoke, either. inside, Caffrey is examining the cigarette that Mozzie gave him, eases off the filter, and carefully unwraps the piece of paper rolled up inside. His eyes light up as he reads it. Burke is sitting at his desk, obviously worried about his anniversary. He turns on his computer, and the screen saver, with a picture of a tropical beach, pops up. He stares at it, and begins to smile. As Caffrey enters the office, Burke declares, "I found my bottle!" and Caffrey, waving the slip of paper, responds, "I found Hagen." He then tells Burke that Hagen has a warehouse down by the docks that he runs out of a shell company based in Guatemala. Burke says that he didn't know about it – how did Caffrey? Caffrey says, ironically, that he doesn't believe that Burke relies on rumors quite as much as he does. Burke jumps up to check it out. At the warehouse, Caffrey and Burke are standing outside the warehouse door. Caffrey listens closely, and realizes that he hears a printing press running inside. "He's printing the bonds in there right now, you can hear it!" Burke calls Diana for back-up to watch the warehouse. Back at Burke's office, Burke points out that they don't have enough evidence for a warrant. Caffrey wonders why they can't just open the door and look, and Burke literally throws a book at him –on warrant law. He then demands to talk to Mozzie. Caffrey tries to play dumb, but Burke points out that he was seen talking to Mozzie by FBI agents just outside the office, and can put two and two together. Caffrey agrees to take Burke to Mozzie in the morning, but is not happy about it. That evening, Caffrey is stretched out on the sofa, reading "Statutes and Limitations of Warrant Law." He thinks for a moment, and then contemplates his ankle bracelet. He then decides – getting up, he picks up the car keys, and walks out. Burke's cell phone rings as it is charging on his nightstand. Blearily, he answers, but is instantly awake at the news that Caffrey's alarm has gone off. Caffrey drives down to the warehouse, and, jumping out of the car with a camera, begins to snap photos. Some guards in front of the warehouse immediately accost him, and even though he explains that he is taking a photography class, they hustle him into the warehouse. As he is roughly escorted through the warehouse, he observes someone leafing through the copies of the same spanish "Snow White" book they confiscated from tony Fields, and printing presses in full operation. They bundle him into a private office that is surrounded by glass panels. As he enters the office, he quickly turns and locks the door behind him, locking himself in and the guards out. Hagen comes running up and demands that Caffrey unlock the door. A guard bangs on the glass, and Caffrey observes, smilingly, that "That sounds like Lexan!" (a bulletproof clear hard plastic). The guard runs to get another set of keys. Caffrey makes himself at home in the ornate office, and, putting his feet on the desk, tells Hagen that he shouldn't have signed the bonds, although he understands why he did. Hagen threatens to kill Caffrey – "I hope whatever they are giving you, it's worth it," but then turns at the sound of a siren outside the door. The warehouse is quickly surrounded by police, and Caffrey, smiling, reaches down and shows off his ankle bracelet, which is brightly lit. Hagen, understanding, declares that Caffrey is "a particular kind of bastard!" Outside, Burke is gleeful at the excuse Caffrey has given him to break into the warehouse: "Gentlemen, we have a fugitive hiding in this building! Take down those doors!" inside, the counterfeiters are gathering to escape. Caffrey watches the confusion with interest from the bulletproof office as the SWAT team breaks down the door and comes in with guns aimed. The counterfeiters surrender. Burke, as he strides in, declares, "This is what the law calls 'an exigent circumstance'", and asks his team members if they know what that means. No one does, except Diana, who explains that an exigent circumstance allows them to pursue a suspect onto private property without a warrant, and allows them to seize any and all evidence in plain view regardless of its relevance to the original crime. Burke picks up a copy of a partially printed bond and asks Hagen if he remembers him. He also recognizes one of the men as the "lawyer" that killed Fields. Leaving them to be taken away, he walks over to where Caffrey is now perched on a corner of the antique desk, puffing on a cigar, and offers Burke one. Burkes inquires if they are Cuban, and decides to pass, and reminds Caffrey that he is a fleeing felon. He then spies the original Victory Bond in an open cabinet. Happily, he joins Caffrey on the desk, enjoying the take-down. Caffrey unconcernedly puffs on his cigar. Burke is leading a blindfolded Elizabeth outdoors. He unties the blindfold, revealing the terrace on June's house, but decorated with some potted palms, lounge chairs with beach umbrellas, and a small fire. Island music is playing in the background. He tells her that he has always promised to take her to Caribbean, but this was the best he could do right now. He leads her to a chaise lounge, and pulls out two bottles of beer from a silver cooler, handing her one. He asks, "too cheesy?" and she allows as how it's a little cheesy, but sweet. Drawing a ticket out of his jacket, he says, "Maybe this will help," and gives her tickets for a week in Belize. She is shocked, and he goes on to describe the villa they will be staying in. She stops him when he begins to describe how the Bureau confiscated it when it belonged to a narcotics dealer, and begs him, "Just tell me it's nice." He tells her it's nice, and they exchange "I love you"'s. They settle back into the chaise, but then decide it's too chilly to lounge around on the rooftop. The next morning, Caffrey is on the same patio, magically cleared of the Caribbean theme, and is admiring the view. Burke ambles out, and Caffrey asks if Elizabeth liked it, and Burke agrees that she did. Caffrey offers him coffee and observes that Burke is off on vacation. Burke, enjoying the coffee, agrees and confirms that he'll be back in a week. After some more small talk, Caffrey nervously asks Burke if "they have made a decision?" Burke puts his coffee cup down, and looks consideringly at Caffrey, and then, smiling, withdraws an ID folder from his pocket, designating Caffrey as an official FBI consultant. "We figured if we didn't, you'd end up making one of these on your own!" Caffrey is delighted, even when Burke reminds him that "I own you for four years." Caffrey is fine with that, and Burke asks him if he will be there when he returns from vacation. Caffrey says, wryly, "Where else am I going to go?" and Burke smiles and leaves. The smile drops from Caffrey's face as he reaches for Kate's photo, with the picture of the man's hand on her shoulder. == Reception == The episode garnered in 5.37 million viewers, which bested the ''((Burn Notice (TV Series)|Burn Notice))'' and ''((in Plain Sight (Tv series)|in Plain Sight))'''s premiere.