It's a drama, has comedy, mystery, crime-solving, & even some action. The main characters are all very likeable and they have great chemistry together. It has a good storyline with plot twists, and with all that it makes for an intriguing series that easily keeps you hooked, wanting to watch more.

The two main characters, Peter & Neal, develop a close bond over the series while also having a natural sort of "uneasy/distrust" of each other that creeps up from time to time because of their chosen career paths & background (FBI agent, forger/conman). The story, friendships/relationships & (most) situations don't feel forced or too unrealistic. It's a refreshing, easy show to watch, and I wish there were more great well-written shows like this today. I'm glad I purchased the whole series on DVD so I can rewatch it over & over!

This is such a great show it has action, comedy, drama, and suspense all intertwined in various plots. A great cast that all seem to worth extremely well together. Sure wish they would bring this back or have a reunion movie or something showing Neal in Paris and reconnecting with Peter and Mozzie.

"White Collar" is a delightful television series. Matt Bomer is simply gorgeous -- one of those rare men who are actually physically beautiful -- a pleasure just to stare at; but the actors are all excellent, the stories are clever and inevitably entertaining, and the relationships are a pleasure to observe. I'm especially pleased that the series features a happily-married couple ("Suit" and "Mrs. Suit") who are genuine helpmates and fun to-boot. I also like the interaction between Neil and Mozzi and the growing trust and friendship between Neil and Peter.

If you like "Hustle" or "Burn Notice" or "Leverage" I imagine you'd enjoy "White Collar". I'm just glad to have one more television series -- in a dwindling pool -- that isn't about murder, serial killers, twisted anti-heroes, lawyers, doctors, or failed marriages. Hooray for "White Collar"!

First of all, someone at USA Network, or whomever they farm out their DVD stuff to, should be given a big raise. Why? Because I had barely ever heard of White Collar before I saw the pilot episode on the Season Four DVD set of Burn Notice, another USA show. It was there, I had 45 minutes to kill, so I watched it. And ordered White Collar Season One on my next Amazon purchase. Genius, give people a taste of something, seemingly for free, and get them to spend some money later. Give that person/people a raise or a promotion. Or both.

White Collar is another of those charismatic cop shows that have started popping up since The Mentalist came out. I would imagine that White Collar was in development before that happened, but you can't say that Simon Baker and company didn't grease the skids. The premise is simple: Neil Caffrey (Matt Bomer), a forger, theif and all around 'white collar' crook offers to help his FBI catcher, Peter Burke (Tim DeKay). The deal is this: Caffrey helps Burke with his cases, Burke keeps him out of prison. But Caffrey has another agenda as well, his missing ex-girlfriend Kate (Alexandra Daddario), who may or may not be under the control of elements in the FBI. His search for her, abetted by his friend Mozz (Willie Garson), tends to complicate his professional relationship with Burke, though Burke's wife Eleanor (Tiffani Thiesson) is in Neil's corner, mostly.

Neil might just be the smartest TV cop there is, other than Simon Baker's Patrick Jane from The Mentalist (technically they're both consultants), and that's part compliment part problem, as both characters are geniuses whose personal obsessions are often their undoings. But they're right a bit too often and easily for realism's sake. Except that you like both of them so much that ultimately you don't really care. That's what Matt Bomer brings to the role, he's convincing as a crook with a heart of gold, and is so smooth that it makes me wonder why it took him so long to break out as an actor. He's got a ton of talent, this won't be his last star vehicle. Tim DeKay's Peter Burke tries to be the by the book FBI agent, but Neil is not the best influence on him, though they get the job done. As the season (14 episodes) goes on, he looks the other way more and more often, showing a nice gray area as the two of them become friends and learn to trust each other, a bit. What I didn't like about him was his constant threatening to Neil to put him back in prison if Case X didn't get solved. Memo to the writers: No FBI agent/team solves every single case in a couple of days, or else. DeKay seemed to overact at times, but I wonder if it was just the contrast to Bomer's smoothness, I'm conflicted there. Thiessen plays the loving wife, and her byplay with Neil and Mozz is hilarious when it happens. Mozz is the loyal best friend and wingman for Neil, and Garson plays him humorously, but not slapsticky. He gets most of the best lines, but that's his job.

The episodes are part single stories, combined with the overall 'find out what happened to Kate' subplot that runs through each of them. The crimes are highbrow, given the title and theme of the show, and while murder is involved sometimes, it's not that kind of show. The season ended on......not a cliffhanger per se, but a 'What the......!??!' kind of moment that was not what I was expecting. That's a good thing by the way. Yeah, I'll be getting Season Two.

Interesting plot(s), good, sometimes really good, acting, and a fast moving pace. White Collar is a winner, and while I had a couple of quibbles, it doesn't take away from a 5 star rating. Maybe more networks should put pilots of their newer shows on DVD's for their hits. Worked with me, my hard earned dollars are on their way to them.

Five stars.

I really enjoyed the first season of White Collar. The cast was nearly perfect in the pilot, and the plot was riveting throughout the season. I enjoy the relationship of Peter Burke and Neil Caffrey and the supporting cast was usually great, too. I'm glad they brought back Diana in the finale as the replacement was pale in comparison in more ways than one. I enjoy seeing a happy marriage on TV. Please, keep that going and don't break them up as so many shoes do. Mozzie is a really interesting character, but I think that Agent Jones needs more air time as he is very appealing, too. I enjoyed this show so much that I immediately bought the second, third, and fourth seasons after I watched this one. The premise and plotting are that interesting and I fell in love with Dihann Carroll years ago, and it is good to see her back on television as the slightly roguish June.

This show is about Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer), a sexy con man, who strikes a deal with FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim Dekay), to spend the rest of his prison sentence working as a consultant to help the FBI catch white collar criminals. (Think Frank Abignail, Catch Me if You Can) The show is great because it intertwines Caffrey's work with the FBI into Caffrey's other mission, to find his ex girl friend, Kate.

My favorite thing about this show is it doesn't take itself too seriously, like other crime dramas. The relationship between Caffrey and Burke is great, they really bring you into their world.

The other great thing about this show is the way the two of them solve crimes. It's smart and innovative. Add a little Mozzie (think Monk) and Peter's Wife, Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiesen, the fantastic and still gorgeous Kelly Kapowski), and you have a great combination!

If you don't want to buy the DVD, you can watch it on Netflix, but pre-warned, you're going to be addicted.

This is a fantastic DVD set. The acting and writing wonderful, combining drama and well crafted story lines with clever wit and humor. This show is urbane, sophisticated, and fun. The relationship between a by-the-book FBI agent teaming up with a rules-were-made-to-be-broken con artist gives White Collar it's entertainment value. Besides the quality of the writing of the individual episodes, the writers are also smart enough to keep up the subplot of going in almost every episode. The characters are easy to relate to, fitting a "type" without every falling into the stereotypical.
The DVD itself is also well done. The discs all play well, and the packaging is an efficient use of space, and popping the discs in and out is a breeze. The extras are good, the commentaries are entertaining and enlightening, the gag reel is funny, and the featurettes are well worth watching. Overall, this set is a good buy for any White Collar fan.

Based on its price and existing reviews, I decided to try "White Collar," Season 1 and believe me, it was worth all 1,900+ pennies. The story revolves around a classy master thief (played by Matt Bomer) who strikes a deal with the FBI agent (played by Tim McKay) who caught him twice, all in order to avoid going back to jail. The agent works in the FBI's white-collar crime division in New York City and the master thief is there to provide a criminal's perspective to each case. Catch is that the thief is confined to a two-mile radius by an ankle bracelet and needs to locate his missing girlfriend. Tiffany Thiessen (of "90210" fame) stars as the agent's wife. Great cast works well together. Solid, believable scripts kept me interested and jonesing for season 2. Could be filmed in L.A. for all I know, but looks like NYC to me.