White Collar, Season 5

Elizabeth:
Do we have any options?

Neal:
We do, but they mostly involve you two living under new identities in Alaska.

Elizabeth:
Anything less nuclear?

Neal:
Not yet.

Elizabeth:
Well I've always wanted to drive a snowmobile to work, so... Do whatever you have to do, okay?

Neal:
How are we gonna convince Peter to break out of prison?

Mozzie:
Who says we have to convince him?

Neal:
What, are you gonna carry him out?

David:
[holding Mozzie at gunpoint] Get your hands up. You're not going anywhere.

Mozzie:
Uh, tell that to Emil Berliner.

[Start of session, she pours Neal a glass of water]

Dr. Summers:
Tell me, what kind of change are you looking to make with your life?

Neal:
I guess I'm looking for some normalcy. [picks up glass] Thank you.

Dr. Summers:
And what if that's not possible?

Neal:
[chuckles] That doesn't sound very encouraging.

Dr. Summers:
I'm not here to encourage you. I'm here to help you discover the truth about yourself, so you can accept it.

Neal:
I have to accept that I can't be normal?

Dr. Summers:
You're too interesting to be normal.

Neal:
What makes me so interesting?

Dr. Summers:
Your pathological assumption that you need to be the smartest person in the room at all times.

Neal:
Maybe you're the one assuming things. According to all these diplomas on your wall, you're a lot smarter than me, but then again, those are just papers, not people.

Dr. Summers:
Do you think you're good with people?

Neal:
No more than you.

Dr. Summers:
It's my job.

Neal:
Mine too. You have an aggressive approach.

Dr. Summers:
And you're already withholding. But that's natural. We need to know one another better to build trust.

Neal:
You don't think I'm being honest?

Dr. Summers:
Not yet. But you will be. In time.

Dr. Summers:
Jealousy.

Neal:
[scoffs] Capable.

Dr. Summers:
Caught.

Neal:
You make something from that?

Dr. Summers:
It’s too early to diagnose.

Neal:
But you’ve got something.

Dr. Summers:
Your answers are...unique, in summation.

Neal:
I assure you I can handle it, Doctor.

Dr. Summers:
Your behaviour is sociopathic.

Neal:
[chuckles] I’m sorry?

Dr. Summers:
You work on perception, the perception of others. How you think they'll feel. This influences your actions and thoughts more so than your own emotions. Deceit and manipulation are the essential characteristics of the disorder- you excel at both.

Neal:
Deceit and manipulation are generalities that can apply to anyone who lies, and everyone lies, including you, Dr. Summers.

Dr. Summers:
That may be true, but not everyone believes their own lies.

Neal:
Why would I delude myself?

Dr. Summers:
Because you don't want anyone to see your vulnerabilities.

Neal:
I don’t strike you as confident?..

Dr. Summers:
Confident people admit to their flaws. You don't. Instead, you smile, a lot.

Neal:
You're confident. What are your flaws?

Dr. Summers:
I can be aggressive, like you pointed out earlier. I also pick at my nails when I get nervous.

Neal:
Nobody’s perfect.

Dr. Summers:
Precisely. The harder a person fights to be perfect, the more he suppresses his true nature.

Neal:
[suddenly very insecure] I’m..I’m reformed.

Dr. Summers:
Are you? Just because a person starts doing good things doesn't mean he wants to stop doing bad things.

Neal:
Of course not. Because everyone has done something bad at some point in their life, even you.

Dr. Summers:
This is not about me.

Neal:
I thought confident people could admit to their flaws.

Dr. Summers:
You're redirecting...

Dr. Summers:
Because you’re uncomfortable.

Neal:
You don’t think that I can change.

Dr. Summers:
I’m asking if you really want to.