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"When White Collar returns to the airwaves later tonight, fans will be invited to go along for the ride in a new interactive social TV game.\nThe game and experience, dubbed Neal's Stash, is the final stage of a multi-faceted social TV and transmedia campaign that Ford sponsored for the USA Network show.\nWhite Collar is about the partnership between slick con man Neal Caffrey and FBI agent Peter Burke, as the two work together to solve crimes. Although Neal has seemingly put his life of cons behind him (for now), he has various's stashes from past cons still out in the wild. \nThe campaign kicked off back in January with Mozzie's Mission, a game that tasked fans with locating a hidden stash alongside Mozzie, Neal's best friend and partner in con.\nAfter Mozzie's Mission, fans moved on to a new code-cracking game that into a vote for the duo to lead the final phase of the game, Neal's Stash.\nIn Neal's Stash, fans are tasked with tracking down a rare gem that was stolen from Mozzie and Neal by rival con men. Acting as proxies for the audience are a pair of Stash Hunters who travel around the United Staes searching for the missing loot.\n\n\n\n\nThe game will take place over 10 weeks, with fans tasked with nine different challenges to solve. Fans who crack all the clues will be entered in a contest to win a 2013 Ford Taurus.\nLike other social TV initiatives from USA \u2014 including Suits and Covert Affairs, the network is making big use out of video for the game.\nJesse Redniss, USA's SVP of digital marketing, tells us that more than 50 video clips were shot for Neal's Stash and that the resulting content will be a real boon for fans. That video content will also be accessible to VOD viewers with callbacks to visit nealsstash.com for more information.\n\nSEE ALSO: In 'Covert Affairs' Online Spinoff, Fans Choose Their Own Adventure [VIDEO]\nThe game was created in conjunction with series creator Jeff Eastin and his creative team. Mozzie and Peter will also appear in the videos. We talked to Willie Garson, who plays Mozzie on White Collar about Neal's Stash and the broader social initiatives around the show.\nThe best part for Garson is that \"the fans get to be involved.\" \"Fans get a window into how the show and characters operate and it helps bring the characters to life,\" he says.\nWe agree. You can check out the first episode of Neal's Stash above and checkout the website nealsstash.com to start playing the game.\nThe fourth season of White Collar debuts tonight at 9pm ET.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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