wHY do we not talk about the fact that Neal voluntarily spent two months in prison just so he could go BACK TO PETER all the time? Why is this not constantly being discussed????!! His girlfriend!!! Was murdered!!! Extremely brutally in front of him!!!!! And he decides to wait in prison to go back to his deal?!?!
And he already spent two weeks, TWO. WEEKS., waiting for Peter’s hearing, fully under the belief. Oh my god I’m gonna cry. Okay. He spends two weeks in prison waiting, under the belief that this is essentially only until Peter gets his badge back. He doesn’t understand, at that moment, the huge scope of this situation. I just, fuck, I can imagine how he felt going through that. Counting down the days because as soon as Peter gets his badge back, the second he’s no longer suspended, Neal gets to go home, right? Right?
Neal: “Then why am I still here? …They think I blew up the plane?”
Peter: “They don't know what to think.”
Neal: “What do they suspect?”
Peter: “You were trying to escape.”
No! Neal’s not only a suspect in his girlfriend’s murder but the completely legal deal he was granted has been twisted against him into making him a flight risk.
Look at this reaction. To me this is not the reaction someone who had considered this as a possibility before, that he was going to be accused of running when he thought he had legitimate paperwork. He’s processing this information, mulling it over, it’s meaning. He's realizing this isn't just waiting for Peter to get his badge back, it's an indefinite amount of time he's back in prison until Peter can argue his case again, until Peter can prove that he's safe to be back on the streets. Hopefully, that is.
And Mozzie comes in immediately after this with the ability to get Neal out. Neal's just been deeply betrayed by the FBI (more than he even realizes, but) with OPR covering up Fowler's deal with him, accusing him of forging them instead. So his options are get out now or ...trust that Peter can get him out?? That Peter can argue his case, prove that he shouldn't be a suspect for the murder of his girlfriend, that he didn't forge FBI paperwork, that he didn't cut his anklet and try to run???
and Neal sure does!! He not only has enough trust in Peter that he could do that, but he has enough love for the life working with Peter to wait those extra two months in prison while experiencing the worst grief possible!!!
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