Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jeff Eastin ya bayyana cewa ya fara da ra'ayin "White Collar" yayin da yake zaune a cikin wani hot tub kafin
Yajin aikin WGA a shekarar 2008. Ya ce wannan ra'ayin ya rinjayi "The Shield" da aboki, Travis Romero (wanda ya yi aiki a kan matukin jirgi tare da shi kuma daga baya zai rubuta sassan "White Collar"). Tunanin ya samo asali ne a cikin labarin da ke mai da hankali kan wani mutum a kurkuku wanda aka sake shi don warware laifuka. Koyaya, bayan an gaya masa cewa wasan kwaikwayon ya yi kama da jerin "Life" na NBC, an ajiye ra'ayin. Kafin yajin aikin, Eastin da Travis Romero sun yanke shawarar juya ra'ayin zuwa wasan kwaikwayo, kuma an gabatar da ra'ayin ga Cibiyar sadarwa ta Amurka. Yayin gabatar da ra'ayin, Eastin ya bayyana Neal Caffrey a matsayin "mummunan Donald Trump".