The opening sequence with Peter, Diane and Jones was kind of funny. Peter is definitely always about trusting his gut when he's investigating and Jones bet against him that the jewel thief would be an insider. This opening was quite interesting because from what was occurring you would think that this was going to be all about thievery but instead we have an adoption scam gone bad for Katherine McMillan. She is a mother who is trying to keep her child from being taken away and turns to nefarious means in order to achieve this. I thought it was rather touching that Neal tried to get her to not follow through because he saw that she had her child in the car.
Mozzie breaking into Sara’s apartment seemed like a good idea but did they really think that Sara didn’t know that envelope wasn’t there? This seemed very implausible that they would not have taken that into consideration before breaking into her apartment. The scene with Sara having Neal submit to a polygraph was rather annoying. Can one thwart a polygraph so easily by using a thumbtack? I don’t know how accurate that was. Sara was rather annoying if not dogged in her pursuit of Neal this week. However, the resolution of this situation hit the spot as Sara was able to connect with Neal in his desire to know what happened to Kate.
Luke Donovan was played to perfect sleaziness by John Larroquette who seems to be sporting the “I haven’t worked in a while” beard. Donovan is the international adoption lawyer who shakes down his clients because of his gambling debts. His prowess with gambling seems to be limited because his huge losses are drawing the attention of the Czechian mob.
We learned in the episode that Mozzie was in foster care and was never adopted. He really gets rather heated about the fact that Donovan is scamming adoptive parents. This does give a little insight to some of Mozzie’s issues and quirks.
Loved Diane and Jones going undercover. You know that I love any time that they use these two in more of the story. They did make a very rich looking Hamptons couple. Diane insisting they adopt a little girl was in character for her. Loved it.
The gambling scenes were pretty standard fare. I did feel that Neal played up to Donovan a little too quickly. It seemed rather obvious what he was trying to do. Donovan’s tell that Peter was able to identify through his gut work played out very subtly.
I enjoyed how Peter enlisted the help of the Czechian mob by letting them know that Donovan was exploiting Czechian children. It seemed rather simplistic but it was an effective argument and since the FBI was not technically after the other shady dealings it worked. I wonder if the real FBI would cut such a deal.
I feel that season 2 is progressing quite well and that the writers have been doing an excellent job of finding situations that are new and different to use Neal as a con-man. I enjoyed the first season but I felt that it was somewhat repetitive at times. Glad to see that they have learned from this and have upped their game. I have been reading that Tiffani Thiessen is back to work so here’s hoping that we are almost done with the fake San Francisco back drops.
Random Thoughts
John Larroquette has played some wonderful roles in the past. He is another actor who needs to find a home in a series. For me his most notable role is when he played "Dan Fielding" on Night Court. I loved that show growing up and loved to hate the sleazy lawyer that Larroquette played. His acting chops have always been impeccable.
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