In order to unmask a collision scheme, Neal and Peter switch their identities.
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Elizabeth is organizing a gala opening at a museum for Andrew Stanzler, a very demanding client. Stanzler visits the site and makes a change in the plans, and when Elizabeth diplomatically comments to his assistant, Brooke, that Stanzler "knows what he wants", Brooke hesitantly asks her if her husband really works for the FBI. There's a problem...
It's a record hot day in New York, and Peter is installing a window air conditioning unit, since the demands on the power have caused black-outs around the city and their central a.c. system has conked out. Elizabeth returns and when Peter asks her "how is the world's most evil man?" Elizabeth tells him that they need to talk about Stanzler. His assistant suspects that Stanzler, an energy trader, may be causing the blackouts, based on overhearing a conversation with another trader. Brooke thinks that Stanzler may be withholding supply during peak hours, and then reselling it to the city at triple the price. Peter is concerned – the blackouts have caused three deaths, and has cost New York millions of dollars. Brooke is too afraid of Stanzler's temper to come in to the FBI to discuss it, so Elizabeth suggests that Peter meet Brooke at the museum. "And bring Neal," she suggests. "Why Neal?" "Oh, honey, she's really nervous. And you know, Neal has a calming smile." Peter is unimpressed with Neal's "calming smile."
Neal runs into Sara on the street – she is back from Argentina. She had been chasing one of the crates they had found, which had been smuggled out of an Argentinian estate that was subsequently burned down. Showing Neal photos, Sara suspects that Adler had stayed there after he left the U.S., and then torched it. She talked to Rosa, who worked at the estate, who said that Adler was obsessed with finding a German soldier named Gerhard Volkner. Neal tells Sara that he will pass Sara's information on to Peter. They give each other an awkward goodbye, and after a moment's confusion, walk off in opposite directions.
At the museum, Brooke is nervous because Peter hasn't shown up yet. Neal is there, and Elizabeth anxiously asks him to check on Peter's whereabouts. A quick phone call reveals that Peter has been delayed by a traffic accident and won't be there for almost 20 minutes; meanwhile, Stanzler's out-of-town meeting has been cancelled and he is on his way to the museum, to Brooke's consternation. Peter tells Neal to keep Brooke calm at all costs. Thinking quickly, Neal strolls up to Brooke and Elizabeth and, pecking Elizabeth on the check, introduces himself as Peter. Elizabeth is startled, but plays along. "Peter" earnestly asks Brooke to please help, because if she is right, her boss is hurting a lot of people. "You can trust my husband," Elizabeth assures her, with a wary glance at "Peter." Brooke reluctantly agrees, and then goes to greet Stanzler. "Did we really just do that?" wonders Elizabeth, but Neal's more pressing question is who is going to tell Peter what they have just done.
At the office, Peter is livid. "You impersonated a Federal agent!" he exclaims. Neal is apologetic, but tells Peter that "you told me to do whatever I had to do!" "I didn't tell you to commit a Federal crime!" snaps Peter. Neal maintains that if Brooke finds out about the mistaken identity, she will be spooked and leave. Peter's phone rings; Elizabeth is downstairs with Brooke. He explains that they are going to be honest with Brooke and tell her about the switch. He gets an earful from Elizabeth, who apparently also thinks that is a bad idea. Reluctantly, he goes to the bullpen and announces that "for the next hour, and only for the next hour, you will call Mr. Caffrey 'Special Agent Peter Burke'. No questions, no laughing – just do it." The bullpen is snickering, and Peter adds, ". . . and never speak of this again!" Elizabeth and Brooke enter the office, and after a moment's awkwardness, "Peter" leans in and kisses Elizabeth on the cheek again, to Peter's dismay. Peter walks up, and Elizabeth introduces him as "Neal Caffrey." Neal and Peter are stunned and exchange looks. "Neal" introduces himself to Brooke as a consultant, "a criminal who made a lot of very bad mistakes which landed me in prison. But now, I assist the FBI." Brooke accepts this explanation and Elizabeth and Neal listen with mouths open.
In "Peter's" office, Brooke explains that Stanzler's company is a broker, and that since power is an unregulated commodity, it can be bought , hoarded, and trigger an artificial shortage. "Neal" suggests that "Peter" talk to the Commodities Trading Commission. Brooke asks to speak to "Peter" privately. "Peter" sends "Neal" for coffee, to "Neal's" chagrin. Brooke tells "Peter" that she didn't want to mention it in front of "Neal,", but she thinks that Stanzler is searching for a burglar, based on a cryptic phone conversation Stanzler had with someone named Bill Roscoe. She Googled the name and discovered that Roscoe has a record for breaking and entering – something "Peter" is already aware of. At the coffee station, Jones twits Peter about getting Neal's coffee, and Peter threatens that Jones will be getting him mocha chai lattes for the rest of the month for that crack. Diana joins them, and is delighted at the role switch – she wants to tease Neal by taking "Peter" a file. Peter takes the file on Gerhardt Vogner, but it is empty – the Department of Defense classified his information when Vogner moved to the U.S. after World War II. Since it's been more than 50 years, Peter thinks he can get it de-classified. Peter returns to his office, as Diana and Jones giggle.
Neal fills Peter in on Brooke's information. "Sounds like a job for Neal Caffrey," comments Peter, but Neal warns him that Stanzler has already "made" him, but Peter points out that he can continue playing "Neal" and find out what is going on. "I'm taking control of this case before it goes any more sideways," Peter declares, and tells Neal to have Brooke put "Neal Caffrey" on the books. Neal is skeptical that Peter can be a convincing thief.
In Neal's apartment, Mozzie is welding something. "Welding is much harder than it looks – I deserve a 'medal'" chuckles Mozzie. Neal rolls his eyes at the pun as he makes a fake FBI ID badge with his picture instead Peter's, as Mozzie goes on to describe his eBay shopping for a particular antenna. Neal grouses about the amount of paperwork needed to send someone undercover. Mozzie wonders why Peter isn't doing it, and Neal tells him that Peter has stuck him with the paperwork since he is "Peter". Mozzie cautions him against impersonating a Federal agent , "otherwise, I'll find you wearing wingtips!" Neal shows him the completed ID, and Mozzie throws up his hands in mock despair. "Too late – the metamorphosis is complete," he mourns. Peter and Sara knock on the door, and Neal quickly slips the ID into his pocket. Peter indicates the welding project and asks, "Do I want to know?" "Not yet," answers Mozzie. Peter has a DVD of why Adler is so interested in Vogner. The DVD contains some old WWII film footage, one showing Vogner as a radio operation in the Euro headquarters after the fall of the Third Reich. When he fled to the U.S., he claimed to have top secret information to share; however, he was sent to a detention center on Ellis Island, and whatever information he had disappeared with him when he escaped a few weeks later. Sara wonders what information Vogner could have that Adler would be interested in 50 years later. "I have a feeling it has something to do with the antenna that Mozzie has been building," speculates Neal, and Mozzie agrees, "That makes sense, since he was a radio guy." Peter suspects that Vogner probably just jumped into the Ellis Island line for naturalization with a fake name, and entered the country that way. He suggests a search of the immigration records from that time. Mozzie suggests that the next time Peter is poking around in classified files that he should look for information on the "death of the electric car." "And I can throw in some stuff about crop circles," says Peter sarcastically. It takes Mozzie a moment to realize Peter is mocking him.
Later, as he is leaving, Peter assures Mozzie that the U.S. government isn't conducting mind control experiments. Mozzie is unconvinced. Neal and Sara begin to walk down the street, with Neal carrying a gym back. Sara is going to dinner, Neal is going to the gym to swim. She asks him how that works with his ankle bracelet, he tells her that it's waterproof. Under his breath, he then asks her about the "guy trying to cover surveillance," and she confirms she has seen him, too: "You're talking about the man at 6 o'clock?" Neal reaches over and pulls Sara into a one-armed embrace, and Sara whispers that the surveillance man realizes that he's been seen. "So, how long do you want to stay here?" asks Neal, and Sara suggests waiting until they see his next move. He spins her around so he can see the surveillance guy, but a dark car speeds up to the curb and the man jumps into it. Neal runs towards the car, but it gets away. "You ok?" asks Neal, and Sara reassures him that she's been followed before. "Well, whoever he is – he knows you're working for us," observes Neal.
Peter and Elizabeth are going over a map of the gala and the exhibit, so that "Neal" can impress Stanzler with his understanding of the museum's security. Elizabeth observes that "it's sexy, watching you plan a heist." Peter laughs as he prepares to leave. As he begins to get into the role of "Neal" he loosens his shoulders and intones woodenly. "I'm Caffrey . . . Neal Caffrey." Elizabeth stifles a laugh. "You don't like my Neal?" asks Peter, and Elizabeth explains that Neal has a way of "pulling you in when he talks, a kind of quiet, sexy whisper." "Oh, sexy, huh?" says a disgruntled Peter, with his hands on his hips. "And he doesn't put his hands on his hips," cautions Elizabeth, "he gets people to do what he wants by charming them – he doesn't rely on a badge." As he begins to leave, Elizabeth reminds him to remove his wedding ring. Reluctantly he takes it off, commenting that "I feel naked without it." "Maybe you could wear a hat?" suggests Elizabeth, a suggestion that Peter refuses.
Brooke introduces "Neal" to Stanzler, who studies "Neal." "Neal" says, in a somewhat gravelly whisper, "I understand you're looking for anacquisition." Stanzler asks how he knows that, and "Neal" tells him that Roscoe told him. "But whatever the job is, I'm your man," declares "Neal." Stanzler scoffs that everyone in his business says the same thing, but "Neal" tells him that he could rob the museum in 20 minutes. Stanzler is skeptical – the security equipment is the best. After discussing specifics, "Neal" tells Stanzler that they should skip the display and go straight for the private collection. "How do you know about that?" demands Stanzler, and "Neal" flashes him a smile. "I told you – I'm the best."
At the office, Peter tells the team that Stanzler needs a thief to steal a flash drive from another trader named Francis Luntz. Diana wants details about the meeting, but Peter brushes her off. His theory is that Stanzler and Luntz are using their combined power to create temporary shortages. Jones wants to know if "Neal" flaunted his past crimes, but Peter ignores him. Neal is somewhat surprised: "But how did you get him to hire you?" he asks. "I'm that good," smirks Peter. Apparently, Luntz videotaped one of their meetings, and Stanzler wants to retrieve it. Diana wants to know why they don't just get a warrant, but Peter isn't sure exactly what is on the flash drive, and if it's not enough evidence, then they have burned their case. "But I do need a warrant for Luntz' home," he tells them. "I don't need a warrant to break in," interjects Nealsotto voce. "Well, this 'Neal Caffrey' does," declares Peter, as Neal waves his hand dismissively. As the team leaves, Neal tells Peter about the tail the night before. He believes it's Adler that's having Sara followed. "Everyone that's looked into him – Mozzie, Kate – they've all been hurt," Neal tells Peter. He is meeting her at the Archives, and Peter encourages him to stay close to her. Peter then goes on to tell Neal, "When we break in, I'm going to need some training . . ." Neal grins. "Gotcha covered," he assures Peter.
Peter arrives at Neal's apartment for a training session with Mozzie. At first, Mozzie invites him to take a pebble from his hand, but Peter refuses. "Kung fu?" he asks, incredulously. Mozzie then asks him for $20. Peter at first refuses, but when Mozzie asks him if he wants help or not, Peter pulls $20 out of his wallet and hands it to Mozzie. Folding it, Mozzie declares, "First lesson: We take. We never give."
Neal meets Sara outside the Archives. She is disgruntled because it may take up to four weeks to get the immigration information she needs. Neal, however, has a plan. Back at the Archives, his charm has gained the cooperation of the clerk, who goes so far as to apologize for her previously brusqueness. He flashes his "FBI badge" and they are led to the records. Neal and Sara are surprised at the number of records from 1946 that will need to be reviewed.
At Neal's apartment, Mozzie is attempting to teach "sausage fingers" Peter how to pick a lock. At a knock at the door, Mozzie looks up and announces, "Ah, our guest speaker," as June walks in carrying an old jacket and inquires, "How's he doing?" Mozzie shrugs, and June goes on to tell him, as she places the jacket, with bells attached to the bottom, on a dressmaker form, that "Byron would be so thrilled to know that his training jacket was back in the game!" She then inquires knowledgeably, "Are you teaching him to run across?" "No, scratch on dick," "With the farmer's pass?" she asks. "Eh, Neal wants to run a bird dog." "Hm. He's a fed." Peter is utterly confused at the street lingo. Mozzie has a bug that he wants Peter to place in Stanzler's pocket before the heist –t he trick is retrieving it afterwards without Stanzler realizing it. Peter attempts it a few times, always setting off the bells. "This is impossible," he grouses. Mozzie demonstrates a light, two-fingered retrieval, and June explains that the first two fingers are used as tweezers. After long practice, Peter masters the art of pickpocketing.
Neal and Sara are laboriously sifting through archive records. Sighing, Neal sets a file aside and regards Sara. "So, tell me, Repo – what's your angle on all this?" Sara tells him that if Adler spent his life looking for something, that means that the payoff has to be bigger than the billion he has already stolen. "That's all?" asks Neal. "I like the mystery," says Sara. They exchange a long look. "I know what it's like to have a lot of questions," she offers, and tells Neal that when she was 13, her sister ran away and they never heard from her again, and how she used to go to her sister's room to get some idea of what her sister had run away to. "I never found the answers I was looking for – but, if we find Adler, maybe you can have some closure with Kate." Neal is silent.
At the office, as Peter gets underway, Neal compliments Peter on learning so quickly, and, referring to Mozzie, Peter admits that "there's a very good teacher under that shiny head of his." Peter asks about the archives, and Neal says that's going to take a while. "Ah, another late night with Sara, eh?" asks Peter. Neal is nervous about Peter's heist, and begins to offer him warnings. "You don't give me the 'be careful' speech. I invented the 'be careful' speech," retorts Peter. "OK, then," shrugs Neal. "Go out there and make me look good."
Peter meets Stanzler on the corner across from June's house. Quickly, he places the bug in Stanzler's pocket, while Stanzler instructs him to enter the master bedroom and look for a drive labeled "Project Edison." Stanzler warns him that he will only have 20 minutes, total. Peter enters the Luntz mansion's courtyard in the trunk of Stanzler's car. As Stanzler goes in, Peter hops out, and quickly goes to the basement door and picks it open, and finds his way upstairs.
At the Archives, Mozzie is helping Sara with research, admitted that Vogner has earned his admiration. "He learned to work the system. One day he was here, and the next – poof!" Sara asks if Neal sent Mozzie to watch her, and he tells her indignantly that no one "sends" him anywhere. Sara is unconvinced.
Peter reaches the bedroom. Neal authoritatively tells him to "look in drawers and cabinets. People usually hide things where they are easily accessible." Diana gives him an inquiring look, and Neal hastily adds, "as Mozzie taught you." Peter finds a Centurion safe key, and Neal advises him to look for a wall safe. Peter locates the safe and the flash drive, and prepares to download the video. Meanwhile, Diana is listening to Stanzler's conversation and alerts them to a turn in the conversation: Stanzler has revealed that someone from East Coast Hydroelectric may be causing the blackouts, and who will be at the party on Saturday. Peter tells them that they will wait until Saturday and take down all three of them. He leaves the same way he came in. He hands Stanzler the flash drive, and Stanzler hands him an envelope full of money, and then asks him if he wants another job. He tells Peter to be at the museum at 5 o'clock – tell no one, ask no questions. Peter agrees.
Peter and Neal review the video tape and the plans for Saturday with the rest of the team. Diana describes how they intercepted Stanzler's suit from the cleaners and inserted a video camera in place of the lapel button to record Saturday's conversations. Jones and Diana will be in the van, and Neal will be accompanying Elizabeth, pretending to be Peter.
At the party on Saturday, Neal and Elizabeth are standing together as Stanzler walks up, muttering to Brooke that if "any of the employees drop anything, they're fired." "I see you really know how to motivate your employees," observes "Peter" dryly. Stanzler introduces "Neal" to "Peter and Elizabeth Burke", and "Neal" slyly compliments "Peter" by telling him that "you married up!" Stanzler takes "Neal" away to meet some very pretty girls, as Elizabeth mutters to Neal, "So, this is undercover work, eh?" "I'm sure he's hating every moment of it," he assures her, as they watch Peter chatting easily with the young women. Stanzler then leads Peter through a door to the displayed collection. "You donated all of this?" asks Peter. "Yeah," shrugs Stanzler, and then points out Luntz, telling Peter that his friend Francis needs to be watched – he isn't having a very good day. Stanzler leaves, and Peter walks up to Luntz. Mistaking Peter for the ECH person, Luntz tells Peter he wants nothing to do with it, it's gotten much bigger than he expected, and that he is out. Peter asks him, "Did he tell you I was Chip Wheelock?" "Yes," answers Luntz in confusion, and Peter dashes off. Luntz tells Peter that he has leverage over Stanzler, but Peter tells him that he doesn't anymore, because he took it. As they are talking, Peter is trying to exit the gallery, but all the doors are locked. He calls Jones, who tells him the doors are locked due to a security brownout. Diana rushes in and tells Elizabeth that they need the backup generator, which is downstairs. Luntz is confused – "Who do you keep talking to?" and is alarmed when Peter tells him "The FBI." Peter has figured out that, with the security brownout, Stanzler is going to evade the security cameras and circle back around and kill both Luntz and Peter. As he works at picking the lock, Neal reports that he has sighted Stanzler across the reception room, and follows him. At that moment, the museum goes into complete blackout, which locks down the galleries. Stanzler gets away from Neal, and Jones tries to describe his movements to Neal using the hidden video camera. They race to the Stanzler Gallery as Peter fumbles with the lock. Luntz urges him to hurry, but Peter tells him sarcastically, "I wasn't trained to do this in the dark!" Jones warns Peter that Stanzler has entered the gallery and has a gun. Peter and Luntz duck away in the dark, but Stanzler begins shooting into the shadows, breaking glass cases as he shoots. A moment later, the generator kicks the lights back on. Taking advantage of Stanzler's surprise, Peter leaps on him and drops him to the ground as Neal comes running in with the rest of the security staff.
Outside the museum, Neal compliments Peter: "I didn't know you had moves like that!" Peter tells Neal that "I didn't know you had an FBI badge like that." Neal explains that he needed one to be a convincing FBI agent. Peter accuses Neal of enjoying playing him, and Neal admits that there is a certain "allure" to the profession. Peter admits that being Neal Caffrey has its charms, but that he had to work a lot harder fitting into Neal's world than Neal had to work to fit into Peter's. Peter pats Neal on the shoulder and tells him "Good work!" – as he deftly lifts the ID badge from Neal's pocket. Neal walk away, and Peter is joined by Elizabeth, who hands him his wedding ring and receives a kiss. Neal watches their affectionate embrace wistfully.
Back at the archives, Neal brings Sara a foil package of finger food from the reception. Mozzie is in a corner, going through microfiches, and suddenly, the lights begin to close down – more blackouts. As Sara reaches for a flashlight, Neal leans in and begins to kiss her. The kiss quickly turns steamy, as he pushes her against the wall and urgently begins to remove her lace jacket as she quickly begins to unbutton his shirt. Mozzie is engrossed in the microfiche, seemingly unaware of the passionate embrace a few feet away. Suddenly, the lights come back on, and Neal and Sara suddenly realize their state of undress. As they are smiling at each other, Mozzie walks up, calling for Sara. As he finds them, they spring apart like guilty teenagers, clothes every which way. "Uh – hi, Neal," Mozzie greets him uncertainly, and begins to back away, but Sara calls him back, wondering what he has found. "Um – well, the urgency transcends the awkwardness," he decides, and shows them a file – he believes he has found Vogner, who apparently entered the U.S. as "Michael Hunter." "Let's go find him!" exclaims Sara, but Mozzie tells her that he died in New York the year before. His obituary shows that he had one surviving relative, his granddaughter – Alexandra Hunter. Neal and Mozzie exchange an enlightened look.
Alex Hunter is walking a dark street, and telling someone on a cell phone that she is headed towards the location now, and is on her way. As she moves down the street, we see that she is being followed purposefully by a man in a dark hoodie.
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