At the end of the third season of White Collar, Agent Kramer (Beau Bridges) was investigating Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer)—he wanted to take him into custody and permanently relocate him to DC. At Neal’s setence commutation hearing, Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) gave testimony in favor of Neal, not knowing that the man he had vouched for had just cut his ankle monitor and run.

The fourth season opens with Neal on the run in Cape Verde, and new agent Kyle Collins (Mekhi Phifer) with Office of International Affairs arriving at the FBI offices. He was sent by Kramer to find, capture and lock up Neal. While Peter searches for Neal before the Feds get him, their partnership is in question—can he really trust Neal? And if he finds Neal, how can he prevent him from going back to jail for running away?

This fourth year of White Collar is another fun, action-packed season that introduces some more interesting characters and cases. First there’s Dobbs (Gregg Henry), a secretive, rich man who offers Neal asylum, but he has an ulterior motive. There’s also David Cook (Michael Weston), a criminal mastermind who, much like Neal, has long eluded Peter’s capture. Other guest stars include Laura Vandervoort, Hilarie Burton, Gloria Votsis, Titus Welliver, Reed Diamond, Treat Williams, Diahann Carroll (who sings!), Emily Procter, James Rebhorn, Judith Ivey, Raymond Cruz, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Victor Webster.

Some of this season’s plots include a really fun Mozzie-centric treasure hunt episode, some new love interests for Neal, Neal’s trial, Neal going undercover as a Wall Street stock trader, Peter and Neal entering the boxing ring, Peter and Neal attending and FBI conference, Peter and Neil posing as a whiskey maker and potential buyer, and crooked cops. Also, a search for Neal’s father and a mysterious evidence box leads to a lot of intrigue and trouble, as well as a proposal, an arrest, and an amazing season finale that will make you anxious for the upcoming fifth season!

While the series airs in HD on the USA Network, it only receives a standard definition release. However, the show still looks great on the DVD. The DVD set also contains some minimal but fun bonus features, including deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes featurette, an audio commentary and a hilarious uncensored gag reel.

What’s Included on the DVD:

Episodes: (704 min)

• All 16 episodes of Season 4:
  Disc 1: “Wanted”, “Most Wanted”, “Diminishing Returns”, “Parting Shots”
  Disc 2: “Honor Among Thieves”, “Identity Crisis”, “Compromising Positions”, “Ancient History”
  Disc 3: “Gloves Off”, “Vested Interest”, “Family Business”, “Brass Tacks”
  Disc 4: “Empire City”, “Shoot The Moon”, “The Original”, “In the Wind”
• Widescreen 1.78:1
• Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
• Closed Captions

Extras:

• Deleted Scenes (8:37)
  Each disc contains the deleted scenes related to the episodes on that disc. Scenes are presented in windowboxed format. Some of these are too short to really add anything, but it’s nice to see them included.
  Disc 1: Episode 401 – Scene 1; Episode 404 – Scene 35 (2:18)
  Disc 2: Episode 407 – Scenes 9, 18, 28, 38 (2:09)
  Disc 3: Episode 409 – Scene 33; Episode 412 – Scenes 6, 43 (3:02)
  Disc 4: Episode 415, Scene 28 (1:08)
• Gag Reel (8:40)
  Uncensored hilarity ensues as the cast forgets/flubs lines, has trouble with props or just has a lot of fun on set. Singing, dancing, stripping—this is what all gag reels should be like! (Presented in windowboxed format)
• Tim DeKay – In the Director’s Chair (5:16)
  This season Tim DeKay returns to the director’s chair to direct his second episode of White Collar. This featurette takes a look behind the scenes of episode 413, taking with Tim DeKay as well as creator/executive producer Jeff Eastin, Willie Garson (“Mozzie”), 1st assistant director Jason Ivey, director of photography Bob Gantz, sound mixer Matthew Price, Matt Bomer (“Neal Caffrey”), Tiffani Thiessen (“Elizabeth Burke”), executive story editor Channing Powell, Marsha Thomason (“Agent Diana Barrigan”), Sharif Atkins (“Agent Clinton Jones”), and script supervisor Seth Copans.
• “In the Wind” Commentary featuring Jeff Eastin, Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay and Willie Garson (42:49)
  Writer/creator Jeff Eastin and stars Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay and Willie Garson provide an informative and entertaining audio commentary for the season finale. They give a lot of behind-the-scenes tidbits and stories about the production.

Final Thoughts:

The fourth season of White Collar is thoroughly entertaining with more fun cases and a lot of intrigue and character development. The DVD set contains some great bonus features including a nice behind-the-scenes look at the episode directed by Tim DeKay as well as a hilarious and uncensored gag reel. This is an easy recommendation for fans of the series, and those interested in checking out the series can’t go wrong with this release.