QUOTE (stature @ Jan 23 2010, 12:29 PM)

Good points SeasonFinale (I couldn't figure out who Andrew was, that's a spoiler right?)
Kidding in the Writer Fan Club thread also raised an interesting item:
Did Mozzie put the photo on Peter's desk and thus start Peter on the unofficial investigation that
lead to Peter getting in trouble with Fowler (Operation Mentor)?
Right. Andrew could be one of the main baddies, but here's the thing about crime; I don't think he was working alone. The more I learn the more I think there is a mafia syndicate involved, and each of them have their own reasons for following Neal and screwing over his life for the boss.
See the guy who wants Neal in a pine box and wants Neal's treasure, is able to hire famous convicts like Tulane to do his dirty work. He is able to forge signatures with ease. He is also able to talk to Interpol and communicate with them to set Neal up, something Fowler would not have the first clue about. And as evidence suggested in previous episodes, he may even be able to talk white collar crooks like Avery Phillips into short-selling stock in order to lead Neal into a trap. I even theorize the stock market sell off was too perfect, that the guys responsible told Avery about Neal. And he was all taken care of, except the main boss never expected Peter would be around to help him because it was anticipated Fowler would have had Peter fired. Right there in the theory, you got open motive.
And the more I read, the more I think Eddie Desmond the noted international hitman is actually Kate's stage handler. Eddie is notorious and works for the big boss. As to who it is they're manipulating....I think Andrew may well be behind it and I think "The Duke" who runs the Italian Consulate (or even the earlier "Dutchman") is a tool in their main scheme to recover the Amber Music Box and get the other pieces to go with this treasure by co-ercing Neal into getting every part back.....and I think the people from Neal's past are being used as collateral for their game. Mozzie could be part of taking care of Neal's suspicions.
See, I can't help but think this theory is not just another theory but closer to reality of what the writers plan for the show. I could not seem to get past the fact there seemed to be something extra out of place with this Andrew character, so that is why I did some in depth research.
Turns out
is actually an "elaborate, murder mystery" novelist in real life who writes the entire storyline for the TV series "Castle" where he literally writes about "
copycat killers" who go around staging murders for "sport" that play out the same scenes in his novels.
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"I was a fan of the old-fashioned murder mysteries on TV with the eccentric characters and we've seemed to enter the age of procedurals where it's really more about the evidence than the specifics of the case. I thought there was an opportunity to tell some great characters stories in that arena so I wanted to be able to blend the stuff I love, which has always been character storytelling, with more of the procedural elements. When I set out to create "Castle," I thought, "Let's do something that's leans a little bit more towards the stuff I loved growing up." You remember "Columbo" and you remember "Rockford" but you don't necessarily remember the cases as strongly because the characters were so very interesting. As a writer myself, going through those periods when I'm deep into it and I never get to leave my 10x10 room, I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to actually get to go out into the universe and do some of the things that we were writing about?," and that's where the concept of Castle was born; a guy who is a writer that actually gets out into the world and use some of the things he's learned along the way. "
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20090921_castleCo-incidence? Yeah right. This guy is creepy as heck, and sounds like he is based upon the writer of the "Castle" series and Hollow Man movies. He is a real person who writes this kind of thing for a living, and just happens to have a character inspired by him appear in White Collar? No chance. He's there to tie together some conspiracy and make everyone think twice about Mozzie.
Look at all the various types of stories he writes, this guy is a born again conspiracy mystery novel "KING"
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"A wildly famous mystery novelist, Richard Castle, who is bored with his own success, learns that a real-world copycat killer has started staging murders from scenes depicted in his novels. Castle is questioned by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, a bright and aggressive detective who keeps her investigations under a tight rein. Though they instantly clash, sparks of another sort also begin to fly, leading both to danger and a hint of romance as Castle steps in to help find the killer. "
http://www.film.com/tv/castle/season-1-200...-grave/26672750QUOTE
"The body of a young woman is found spinning inside the dryer in the laundry room of an upscale apartment building. When Castle and Beckett discover that she worked as a nanny in the building, their investigation leads them to a world of sex, lies and "playdates." Meanwhile, while writing the first novel in his "Nikki Heat" series, Castle delves into the thoughts and actions of Beckett, as she navigates the murder case while revealing more of her own mysteries."
http://www.film.com/tv/castle/season-1-200...mcdead/26672775QUOTE
"When an Arctic explorer is killed during a polar expedition, the mysterious circumstances of his death take Castle and Beckett from the penthouses of Park Avenue to the halls of the CIA. But Castle's delight at the case's many twists and turns soon turns to frustration as he realizes that their elusive killer might just be fooling them all."
http://www.film.com/tv/castle/season-2-200...e-once/30661429Andy writes conspiracy scripts in real life for a living. Who in the heck is this guy?
http://www.film.com/celebrities/andrew-marlowe/14597401My main feeling is he is some kind of actual Avatar for the famous writer/producer of the same name, brought into White Collar in order to play Neal's ultimate rival who can drive him over the edge. His plot in the story will clearly involve murder/sabotage of each of Neal's friends, in a
fashion identical to that of someone's novel. And from there you get all these intentional setups designed to ruin Neal, take advantage of his clumsiness & rub out everyone else from the picture.....just like the guy's own TV series that he runs. Oh, and he is also an inside joke by the writers. Placed there so you have no idea what his motives are, up until the closing curtain calls and wrap up of the Fowler/music box storyline so that everyone gets to be surprised.