We're nearing the return of White Collar.

What can viewers expect when this fun series returns on January 18? Star Matt Bomer tells Entertainment Weekly that Mozzie will survive his shooting, but there will be ramifications from the September finale.

“Mozzie is obviously a very close relationship to Neal, so it affects him greatly to see him in the state he’s in. It was fun and new and fresh to explore that aspect of the character and remind the audience how important that relationship is to him. Mozzie really is the sole remaining relationship Neal has from a very different past and a very different world.”

As for the photo above? Yes, that Tim DeKay on a horse, courtesy of the return episode.

“He was a great horseback rider," Bomer says. "He’d done it a lot in his past. He was a natural. He hadn’t ridden in a while, though. I don’t think he’d mind me saying... he was quite sore afterwards."

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