I absolutely agree with you and Peter - if you break the law and get caught, you need to be punished for that. That's what law is for after all. And I agree that the writers didn't think this through, not really. They obviously don't want to touch on that subject - and no wonder, there's no way to fluff that up.
In The Portrait, Peter told the woman that Neal was a criminal, that he escaped because of a girl etc. and there really was no reason to go into such detail. You see in that scene how that startled Neal, he just froze. I mean, obviously, it was there to show the growing trust between Peter and Neal, because Peter dialed it down pretty quickly after that.
But remember in Book of Hours, how angry Peter got when Ruiz refused to cooperate with them because of Neal? Peter was basically having the same misgivings, but it angered him when someone else used them against Neal. Again, it might have been there to basically kick Peter in the shin and tell him "See? That's exactly what you're doing!"
Basically, a nice development when you watch it in one row, when you see how Peter slowly learns not have a knee-jerk reaction to everything. Which lead to Home Invasion and their shouting match about Alex, a huge step back. But when Peter calmed down, he just knew that Neal did not do it.
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Date: 2010-03-20 12:52 pm (UTC)In The Portrait, Peter told the woman that Neal was a criminal, that he escaped because of a girl etc. and there really was no reason to go into such detail. You see in that scene how that startled Neal, he just froze. I mean, obviously, it was there to show the growing trust between Peter and Neal, because Peter dialed it down pretty quickly after that.
But remember in Book of Hours, how angry Peter got when Ruiz refused to cooperate with them because of Neal? Peter was basically having the same misgivings, but it angered him when someone else used them against Neal. Again, it might have been there to basically kick Peter in the shin and tell him "See? That's exactly what you're doing!"
Basically, a nice development when you watch it in one row, when you see how Peter slowly learns not have a knee-jerk reaction to everything. Which lead to Home Invasion and their shouting match about Alex, a huge step back. But when Peter calmed down, he just knew that Neal did not do it.