2008
TV-14
1h

Summary U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life. View more details

2008
TV-14
1h

In Plain Sight

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Paul Ben-Victor Nichole Hiltz Mary McCormack Frederick Weller

All cast & crew

7.4

Details

Genres : Thriller Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : May 31, 2008

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : USA Network

Language : English

Filming locations : Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Production companies : Universal Media Studios (UMS) Pirates' Cove Entertainment

Details

Genres : Thriller Mystery Crime Drama

Release date : May 31, 2008

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : USA Network

Language : English

Filming locations : Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Production companies : Universal Media Studios (UMS) Pirates' Cove Entertainment

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Frederick Weller in In Plain Sight (2008)

Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller in In Plain Sight (2008)

Chris Browning and Joseph D. Reitman in In Plain Sight (2008)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • May 31, 2008

Pilot

During the course of her birthday, US Marshal Mary Shannon tries to find out how a mob hit-man's son under her protection in WITSEC became one of the victims in a double homicide.

Episode 2 • Jun 07, 2008

Hoosier Daddy

Mary protects a 10-year-old witness from being returned to his father, but as the story unfolds learns new information about the boy she's protecting.

Episode 3 • Jun 14, 2008

Never the Bride

Diamond thief, bigamist, and con-artist Teri Ranzino (aka Trudy Wainright, Tenley Bishop, Toni Denard, Tress Stevenson), is put into Witsec after stealing 10 million dollars in raw diamonds from her latest clueless husband/mark, getting arrested by the FBI, agreeing to divulge the whereabouts of 20 million dollars worth of illegal conflict diamonds, and giving up the identities of the men conspiring to sell them. After settling in to her new life, the now-Trenna Morris, finds a new rich man to marry, claims she really loves this one, and ropes Mary into being a bridesmaid. When the diamond smuggler, Ngwama Mubutu, sees her picture in the paper, however, "happily ever after" may not be in her future. Raphael proposes to Mary after being called up to the Majors, with disastrous results.

Episode 4 • Jun 21, 2008

Trojan Horst

Horst Vanderhoff, who reportedly works for a high-priced contract killer, gets popped by the F.B.I. negotiating a hit. With promises of delivering the boss, Lola, he goes into Witsec. While transporting Horst, Mary and Marshall are ambushed in the middle of nowhere, Marshall is shot, but they manage to force the would-be killers to retreat. Finding an abandoned building, they take cover and prepare to defend themselves when the assassins return at nightfall to finish the job.

Episode 5 • Jun 28, 2008

Who Shot Jay Arnstein?

After setting her cheating, art thieving husband up for the F.B.I., Marci and Jay Allen (now Arnstein) are placed into WITSEC, because the art smugglers/fugitives Jay worked with, are still at-large. As retaliation for his wife's betrayal, and as part of his deal with the D.O.J., Jay insists on bring his mistress into the program as well. Unfortunately for him, after six months, he tries to turn over a new leaf by getting Mary to re-relocate his mistress, Kay, moments before she shows up drunk at an art show, exposing Jay's secret to his wife. Shortly afterwards, Jay is critically shot. This begs the question... who shot Jay Arnstein? The scorned wife? The jilted lover? The smugglers? Or could it be some new, unknown threat? While recovering from a sports injury, Raf is laid-up at Mary's where he and her adversarial sister, Brandi, get a chance to know each other better.

Episode 6 • Jul 05, 2008

High Priced Spread

10 years earlier - Following a street basketball game, and free-throw practice, orphaned Scott Worley and his baby brother Chris, witness the execution of one bookie by another, followed by threats of "You know what happens to snitches". Testifying landed them in the program as Marshal Mary Shannon's first protectees. Present day finds Scott owning an auto-repair business, and young Chris as a rising basketball star in college. Mary soon discovers that Chris has developed a serious gambling problem and is in thirty-thousand deep with his bookie. Unable to pay the debt, the bookie, Bill Donner, abducts Scott to force Chris to throw a ball game, leaving Mary and Marshall in a race against the clock... the time clock. Jinx gets news that her husband is going to be declared dead. Marshall hooks up with his former teacher's assistant he had in college, who gives him a different type of education.

Episode 7 • Jul 12, 2008

Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore

When teenager Iris McBride witnesses her boyfriend, Lawrence, being shot by a member of a violent Hispanic gang, she and her family must enter WITSEC to prevent retaliation for her planned ID and testimony. Iris's arrogant father, Dr. McBride, now Dr. Morris, goes ballistic, refusing to accept his forced circumstance, making life difficult for his family and the Marshal's alike. Fed up with his new lifestyle that he feels is beneath him, he tries to make his wife choose him, and their old life, over his daughter. Overhearing her Father's plan to leave the program, leaving her in it alone, but not hearing her Mother's refusal, Iris runs away. Lily, the "Morris's" youngest daughter divulges a secret she and Iris have been keeping about the shooting that changes everything. Brandi and Raph become closer.

Episode 8 • Jul 19, 2008

Don of the Dead

Donald Ferguson, who's under Mary's watch, dies in a suspicious car accident and it is up to Mary and Marshall to find out if it was just an accident or if it has something to do with the O'Connor family from his old life when he was known as Donald Fraser. Meanwhile, Brandi continues to flirt with Raphael despite Jinx warning her not to.

Episode 9 • Jul 26, 2008

Good Cop, Dead Cop

Over a year earlier, Mary had a tryst with an ex-cop/witness from Chicago, who is now being accused of murdering a cop in Albuquerque...also a former officer from Chicago. Mary and Marshall work to prove his innocence.

Episode 10 • Aug 02, 2008

To Serge with Love

Two witness protectees, Tasha and Sergei, in the program for two unrelated cases, meet accidentally through a dating service, and discover each others' secret when Tasha catches Mary and Marshall at Sergei's house. Tasha and Sergei fight to stay together, until Mary discovers Sergei's enterprising new www.side-line, staring clueless, naked Tasha. Brandi boyfriend, Chuck, arranges a drug-buy for the methamphetamine she has been holding for him, with a man named "Spanky". When Brandi discovers an infant in the hotel bathtub of Spanky's front-team, Russell and Rachel, she wakes up to the reality of what she is doing, backs out, turning them in to the police instead.

Episode 11 • Aug 09, 2008

Stan by Me

Mary is abducted leaving a studio where her mother, Jinx, is auditioning for a musical, by blundering drug thugs who think she is Brandi, who really has stolen their drugs... twenty pounds of pure Meth. Brandi's New Jersey boyfriend, Chuck, is abducted by the thugs as well, after the drug dealers shoot and kill two F.B.I. agents in Chucks home, who had arrested him, and arranged to place him into WITSEC for his testimony about the drug ring. With precious few clues to go on, the Albuquerque P.D., the F.B.I., and the Inspectors for WITSEC forge a joint task-force to figure out who has kidnapped her, and hopefully rescue Mary from her abductors, before it's too late. Certain truths about Brandi are coming to light to the authorities.

Episode 12 • Aug 16, 2008

A Fine Meth

The family regroups after Mary's ordeal; Marshall & Stan deal with Spanky.

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