Season one's prominent guest stars include Garret Dillahunt ( Deadwood), Callie Thorne ( Rescue Me), Jonathan Tucker ( The Deep End), Kyle Secor ( Homicide), John Ventimiglia ( The Sopranos), and Kirk Acevedo ( Fringe).Ĭreator Jeff Eastin keeps it light, focusing on the odd couple of straight-laced Burke and swingin' Caffrey (a born winner who happens into a complete Rat Pack-era Sy Devore wardrobe). The recurring characters include veteran actor James Rebhorn ( The Game) as the Special Agent in Charge of the White Collar Crime Unit and Noah Emmerich ( The Truman Show) as an untrustworthy agent who ironically comes from the Office of Professional Responsibility. Neal gets off-the-books help from former associate Mozzie (Willie Garson of Sex and the City), while Burke bounces his concerns off his event-planner wife Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen of Beverly Hills, 90210). The series' mythology revolves around the mystery of Kate-who appears to be living somewhere under duress (and perhaps also under the thumb of an FBI agent) while sending Neal secret messages that keep him on her trail. The series' use of New York City locations adds a great deal of visual appeal and an extra dash of romance. Caffrey quickly parlays his living arrangements from a seedy hotel up to the guest house of a penthouse apartment, the digs of well-off widow June (Diahann Carroll). Burke warily agrees to a work-release arrangement trading Caffrey's criminal expertise to the FBI's Manhattan White Collar Crime Unit in exchange for his relative, ankle-braceleted freedom. When Caffrey escapes from maximum-security federal prison shortly before his sentence is to run out, Burke runs him down again, only to discover Caffrey busted out out of desperation in his relationship to a woman named Kate (infrequent guest star Alexandra Daddario). Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) is a thief, antiquities expert and forger locked up by FBI Special Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay of Carnivàle). It's a fine premise to meet with USA's 'Characters Welcome' formula (previously perfected with Monk, Burn Notice and the like), done here as a buddy comedy-drama. Given the economic meltdown, the timing may seem odd to make a white collar criminal accustomed to the finer things the hero of a TV series, but White Collar is about the attempted rehabilitation of a con man, whose skills are put to use by his FBI captors. It's been a while since the gentleman thief has been prominent in pop culture: you know, the sort of role that was David Niven's suave specialty (he was, after all, both Raffles and The Pink Panther's 'Phantom').

White collar season one bloopers