Character Analysis: Neal Caffrey’s Love Interests
Kate Moreau
Kate Moreau was my least favorite love interest for Neal. She was a vapid gold digger who used Neal the way she used Adler and Keller and probably several other men to get what she wanted. Kate knew she had one thing in her favor and she needed to cash in on it with a single score right NOW. Her entire purpose in life was to get that big score. She didn’t care about nor have time for love.
Kate was completely undeserving of Neal and at no point was I convinced she had any feelings for him at all, let alone that she loved him. The writers also didn’t do a very good job of showing us why Neal was so in love with her during the flashback episode 2x11 Forging Bonds, we only saw Neal fall for her instantly and remain in love with her for the remainder of the show. I think the writers had an entirely different storyline in mind with the character of Kate, but due to Alexandra Daddario’s severe lack of acting skills, I think they changed the storyline so that Kate would no longer be on screen very much, and then they briefly brought her back and promptly killed her off. I think this turned out to be a brilliant move on the writer’s part, because it gave us the opportunity to see the entire storyline through Neal’s eyes and have him grow as a character through his storyline with the character of Kate, regardless of if she was on screen with him or not. I absolutely believe that Neal was not so much in love with Kate, but in love with the idea of Kate. And his idea bared no resemblance to the actual woman that she was.
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