Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially captured Caffrey, finds and returns him to prison. This time, Caffrey proposes a deal with the FBI, as part of a work-release program. After some hesitation, Burke agrees, and thus begins this unconventional arrangement where Caffrey helps Burke apprehend white collar criminals.
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When scholarship funds from a prestigious prep school mysteriously disappear, Neal poses as a substitute teacher to help Peter and the FBI figure out where the money is really going.
The episode was rated 8.25 from 640 votes.
Neal is forced to come clean with Peter about the hidden cache in order to save Elizabeth.
The episode was rated 8.26 from 671 votes.
Having found Neal and Mozzie, Peter must help devise a plan to return Neal to the U.S. and avoid being captured by a ruthless bounty hunter.
The episode was rated 8.27 from 789 votes.
Peter and Neal are one heist away from retrieving the evidence box hidden inside the Empire State Building. Meanwhile, Senator Pratt has enlisted a small army of FBI agents to find the box before Neal.
The episode was rated 8.28 from 788 votes.
When Peter and Neal find a vital clue in the mystery of who killed Kate, Neal orchestrates an elaborate con to bring himself face to face with her murderer.
The episode was rated 8.28 from 624 votes.
When Neal and Peter go after an assassin, the stakes are raised even higher when they realize this may be the same person who has been pulling Neal’s strings.
The episode was rated 8.29 from 1017 votes.
Neal and Peter race against a criminal mastermind to unearth an invaluable treasure hidden in New York.
The episode was rated 8.30 from 1027 votes.
When Peter is suspended by the FBI for a crime he didn't commit, he is forced to run a sting with Neal and the gang to catch Mozzie's shooter, and clear his name.
The episode was rated 8.32 from 664 votes.
Neal and Mozzie must stay one step ahead of the the FBI while appearing to work with them in order to keep them from discovering that they possess the treasure.
The episode was rated 8.34 from 644 votes.
After months of searching, Neal has finally found the object of everyone's desire - the music box. But in order to get it, Neal is going to have to first get his tracking anklet turned off. Meanwhile, Peter and Diana try to take down Fowler.
The episode was rated 8.37 from 672 votes.
After weeks of working the Vincent Adler case with little to show for it, the team finally gets a break when Sara uncovers what Adler has been hunting. Meanwhile, Neal gets closer to finding out the truth about Kate's death.
The episode was rated 8.39 from 624 votes.
On an exotic remote island, Peter must race to find Neal and Mozzie before a ruthless bounty hunter captures Neal and locks him away for good.
The episode was rated 8.42 from 824 votes.
A life hangs in the balance after Hagen tasks Neal with his final assignment.
The episode was rated 8.54 from 1051 votes.
Neal and Mozzie prepare to put their plan into motion. With Peter undercover in the Panthers now as well, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Neal and Mozzie know that Keller will try and double cross them, but they have no choice but to work with him and have planned for every contingency. If the plan works, the Panthers will be taken down, they’ll have $30 million of the Federal Reserve heist and Neal will have his freedom – whether the FBI is ready or not.
The episode was rated 8.59 from 1089 votes.
When Agent Kramer returns to derail Neal's commutation, Neal races to right a wrong from his past.
The episode was rated 8.61 from 708 votes.
