china_shop: Neal and Peter are adorable (WC - Neal/Peter - adorable <3)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks 2016-06-30 11:06 pm (UTC)

My frustration came from Peter earlier in that ep, 2.08, saying that "We are working on this together," but by "together" he means sending Diana in to find out what Neal and Mozzie know.

See, we haven't got to that point in the rewatch yet, obviously, but as I recall, Peter and Neal had an agreement early in the season that Peter would look into Kate's death and tell Neal when he found something. *searches transcripts* Yeah, in prison when Peter offers Neal the anklet back:
Peter: One thing. If we do this again-
Neal: I have to know who killed Kate.
Peter: I'll find out. I'll tell you. That's how it works.

I think Peter is totally trying to protect Neal by withholding the details of his investigation/speculation... completely rightly, as it turns out, since Neal commits about a billion crimes as soon as he has somewhere to focus his grief/revenge.

and after the plane explosion and Neal's stint in prison it's understandable that they've both backed off their level of trust in each other :-(

I don't feel like they have. They're still really close there, there's a lot of mutual understanding, and at least on Peter's part, any secrecy is a practical I-know-him-well-enough-to-know-he's-not-ready-to-hear-this-yet tactic, rather than lack of trust. IMO.

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