White Collar (TV Series)

Controlling Interest (2013)

Elizabeth Marvel: Dr. Mara Summers

Quotes 

• Neal Caffrey : You make something from that?

  Dr. Mara Summers : It's too early to diagnose.

  Neal Caffrey : But you've got something.

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

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

  Dr. Mara Summers : Your behavior is sociopathic

  Neal Caffrey : [chuckles]  I'm sorry?

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

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

  Neal Caffrey : Why would I delude myself?

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

  Neal Caffrey : I don't strike you as confident.

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

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

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

  Neal Caffrey : Nobody's perfect.

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

  Neal Caffrey : [suddenly very insecure]  I'm..I'm reformed.

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

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

  Dr. Mara Summers : This is not about me.

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

  Dr. Mara Summers : You're redirecting...

  Neal Caffrey : So are you.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Because you're uncomfortable.

  Neal Caffrey : You don't think I can change.

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

• Dr. Mara Summers : Job.

  Neal Caffrey : Confined.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Jealousy.

  Neal Caffrey : Weak.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Money.

  Neal Caffrey : Prop.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Women.

  Neal Caffrey : Hope.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Peter.

  Neal Caffrey : Worthy.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Theft.

  Neal Caffrey : [scoffs]  Capable.

  Dr. Mara Summers : Caught.

  Neal Caffrey : Oops.

  [she writes something on her notepad] 

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

  Neal Caffrey : I guess I'm looking for some normalcy.

  [picks up glass] 

  Neal Caffrey : Thank you.

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

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

  Dr. Mara 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 Caffrey : I have to accept that I can't be normal?

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

  Neal Caffrey : What makes me so interesting?

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

  Neal Caffrey : 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. Mara Summers : Do you think you're good with people?

  Neal Caffrey : No more than you.

  Dr. Mara Summers : It's my job.

  Neal Caffrey : Mine too. You have an aggressive approach.

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

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

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