After brilliant episode and another strong episode, White Collar more or less returned to its standard with "Deadline." The main plot of protecting a journalist is, unsurprisingly, not very compelling and is mostly filler for the background schemes of Neal and Mozzie trying to retrieve the list of stolen artwork, following from the end of last week's episode. This week's episode ends with similar panic, Mozzie crying out in desperation that the list is already headed to Washington D.C.
Chiefly, the thing that holds White Collar up is Peter and Neal. With Peter on the sidelines, though, the episode lacked the chemistry that makes the show watchable. Diana is good, but she just doesn't have the extra spark of Peter and Neal. And Sara... well, let's just say I could do without her.
Score: 8.3/10
