WHITE COLLAR "Hard Sell"

I like this show a lot, despite the fact that I've never been a fan of Matthew Bomer. I've watched him since he was the Ben Reade, Fletcher Reade's adopted son on GUIDING LIGHTt, where he was a male prostitute after blowing his trust fund, then went crazy and kidnapped his ex-girlfriend only to commit suicide in front of her. Then he went to TRU CALLING, TRAVELER and CHUCK, which I've never seen him on. I believe I heard through the grapevine that he was in the running for SUPERMAN RETURNS which was equally as horribly played by BRANDON ROUTH, who funnily enough, is now on CHUCK in a recurring role.

Don't get me wrong, I think this show fits Matthew Bomber in a lot of ways, I just believe it's really good despite the fact that he's on it. I don't know, maybe he'll grow on me. I don't hate his acting, I just don't think there's anything about him that's spectacular. I don't find him sexy. I don't know if its the character or what, but he comes off a little asexual to me.

The best thing about this show is the writing. The lines are genius. I loved the lines in this episode, especially when Neal says "F.B.I.'s been watching Thunderball," when they give Neal a small oxygen unit that they fit into a cigar holder. Maybe it's because I'm a big James Bond fan, but I thought it was really funny.

I'm glad, it turns out, that Peter isn't working against Neal.


USA NETWORK
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010
10:00 PM PST