Agent Peter Burke is brilliant at what he does, due to his knack for getting into the criminal mind. He caught Neal Caffrey, and is the only one to have ever accomplished this feat. In the pilot, when Caffrey escapes with three months left on his sentence, Burke knows that something happened. He apprehends Caffrey and, in return for Caffrey helping him on a difficult case, he later has him released to assist him in catching white-collar criminals. Peter must keep Neal on a short leash as well as making sure Neal doesn't slip to his old ways.