Big Brother
Neal comes out of sedation gradually and finds himself on the Burkes' living room sofa. It's not that he doesn't remember getting there—exactly. There was a ride in Peter's car and Elizabeth putting a blanket over him, but he can't quite tell what was real and what wasn't.
He doesn't trust his brain because he has memories that can't possibly be true. Somewhere, sometime, he was lying on a conference room floor, knowing full well that he was headed back to prison. That part seems pretty clear—it's the next thing that doesn't make any sense. He remembers, vaguely, saying something about how much he trusts Peter Burke. He doesn't regret saying it; his partner deserved to hear it. It was the least he could do before he went back to lockup. Then, it gets weird. He could swear he remembers Peter patting his head and touching his shoulder, almost like he wanted to hug him, before dashing off and stealing a surveillance video. That part, Neal thinks, has to be a hallucination. There's no way Peter would ever do such a thing. Burke has done a whole host of nice things for him, but that goes way over the line of what he would ever do for an asset or a partner.
It doesn't make any sense. Neal knows that his return to consciousness should find him in a cell or an FBI interrogation room after the stunt he pulled at the clinic. It doesn't matter that he meant well; he did enough to go back to jail for life. Instead, he's lying on a comfortable couch, with Elizabeth sitting at the other end, while Peter hovers over him with a concerned expression. It can't be true, but it is.
Sherlock Holmes always said that when you've eliminated everything impossible, the remaining solution, no matter what it is, has to be the truth. Neal can't believe it. There's just no way Agent Peter Burke stole a surveillance video to keep him out of prison. The only person Peter would ever do something like that for is El—the one person he loves most, his life, his family.
But there are no handcuffs around Neal's wrists, and nobody is reading him his rights. He's a free man, and that means Peter Burke has to have done what Peter Burke would never, ever do. That's the only solution that's left, and it makes no sense at all.
Neal's bleary eyes glance around the Burkes' living room. Everything is in place, calm and comforting, just like always. Right before goes back to sleep, he looks up and finds someone smiling down at him who looks a lot like a brother.