"In Plain Sight" Rubble with a Cause (2009)

Director:

Michael W. Watkins

Writers:

David Maples (creator)
Alexander Cary (written by)

TV Series:

"In Plain Sight" (2008)

Original Air Date:

10 May 2009 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Television Reporter | Mercenary | Construction Accident

Cast

Mary McCormack	...	Mary Shannon
Fred Weller	...	Marshall Mann (as Frederick Weller)
Nichole Hiltz	...	Brandi Shannon
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Stan McQueen
Cristián de la Fuente	...	Raphael Ramirez
Matthew Davis	...	Lewis Fowler / Lewis Ford (as Matt Davis)
Joshua Malina	...	Peter Alpert
David Zayas	...	Harrison Locke
Mandy June Turpin	...	Janice Austin
Mitch Pileggi	...	Al Dennison
Joe Manuel Gallegos Jr.	...	Deputy U.S. Marshal
Miguel Martinez	...	Raoul Mejia
Richard McClarkin	...	Seattle Marshal
Kat Sawyer-Young	...	Doctor (as Kat Sawyer)

Language:

English | Spanish

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Quotes:

Mary Shannon: I yearn for blind devotion.
Mary Shannon: Unthinking, unwavering, a cause, a thing, a principle worthy of absolute loyalty.
Mary Shannon: A truth self-medicating.
Mary Shannon: A love unabating.
Mary Shannon: Something, ANYTHING to which I relinquish all personal responsibility.
Mary Shannon: Semper Fi, Til Death do Us Part, In Nomine Patris, Let's Go Mets.
Mary Shannon: To the true believers... the lucky few... of thee I sing.

Movie Connections:

References Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

In Plain Sight

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

In Plain Sight goes political. As part of the plot a reference is made to a vice-president who got kickbacks from a company involved in the war, but the charge was never proved. Code for: Dick Cheney and Haliburton and Iraq. Also, the victim/protected witness is a former decorated marine who fought in Iraq and says that the government follows the money in war, "That's why we went into Iraq and not Darfur." Code for: Blood for oil, the H with human life. The victim/protected witness became a mercenary to get money for killing people, as Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) says. The mercenary crime was committed in Mexico, a good way to underscore how American military/mercenaries are further victimizing our neighbors to the south.

This episode was a propaganda piece against the previous presidential administration and the war in Iraq. It would be nice if just for once a TV show wouldn't have to show its biases and shove them into the faces of its viewers.

Maybe they can rename the series War Inc. and have John Cusack (Mary McCormack worked with him in the movie 1408, maybe she picked up on some of his wisdom on the set and passed it on to the script writer) collaborate with the scriptwriting. Nah, he wouldn't have needed anyone else's ideas. At least they'd be honest. Insane, but honest.

Update: 12-15-09 Here's hoping In Plain Sight's script writers, and doubtless their all-too-eager cast members, can knock off the radical left wing partisan garbage in their 2010 shows. If not, they'll lose audience members, as moderate viewers are an extremely large part of their audience. You can't have it both ways: You can't present fun, escapist entertainment and proselytize about radical political views at the same time.