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In Plain Sight

  • TV Series
  • 2008–2012
  • TV-14
  • 1h
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Mary McCormack in In Plain Sight (2008)
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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.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.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.

  • Creator
    • David Maples
  • Stars
    • Mary McCormack
    • Frederick Weller
    • Paul Ben-Victor
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    7.4/10
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    1,797
    • Creator
      • David Maples
    • Stars
      • Mary McCormack
      • Frederick Weller
      • Paul Ben-Victor
    • 53User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Mary McCormack
    Mary McCormack
    • Mary Shannon
    • 2008–2012
    Frederick Weller
    Frederick Weller
    • Marshall Mann
    • 2008–2012
    Paul Ben-Victor
    Paul Ben-Victor
    • Stan McQueen
    • 2008–2012
    Nichole Hiltz
    Nichole Hiltz
    • Brandi Shannon
    • 2008–2012
    Lesley Ann Warren
    Lesley Ann Warren
    • Jinx Shannon
    • 2008–2012
    Cristián de la Fuente
    Cristián de la Fuente
    • Raphael Ramirez
    • 2008–2012
    Victoria Murphy
    • Wit Sec Dectective…
    • 2009–2012
    Joshua Malina
    Joshua Malina
    • Peter Alpert
    • 2009–2011
    Tangie Ambrose
    Tangie Ambrose
    • Delia Parmalee
    • 2011–2012
    Rachel Boston
    Rachel Boston
    • Detective Abigail Chaffee
    • 2011–2012
    Todd Williams
    Todd Williams
    • Detective Robert Dershowitz
    • 2008–2009
    Holly Maples
    Holly Maples
    • Eleanor Prince
    • 2009
    Ali Marsh
    Ali Marsh
    • Dr. Shelley Finkel
    • 2009–2012
    Bryan Callen
    Bryan Callen
    • Mark Stuber
    • 2011–2012
    Aaron Ashmore
    Aaron Ashmore
    • Scott Griffin
    • 2010–2012
    Will McCormack
    Will McCormack
    • Robert O'Conner
    • 2008–2012
    Phillip Casaus
    • Police Officer 'The Art of the Steal'
    • 2011–2012
    Erika Alexander
    Erika Alexander
    • Theresa Simmons
    • 2010
    • Creator
      • David Maples
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    10wquering

    Mary Shannon is my hero

    After a lifetime in law enforcement, I don't like cop shows. The vast majority of them take themselves waaaay too seriously, and Hollywood displays very little understanding of how cops and police departments work. Oh, they have their technical advisors who show them how cops do tactical stuff, and they do manage to get that stuff mostly right, but it's the day to day stuff that they screw up. For example, how many times have shows depicted a detective leaving some major department and going to another city and immediately becoming a detective? Sorry folks, it just doesn't work that way. I don't care if you have a gold shield in the Big Apple, it you move to another state, you're going to go through the entire testing process all over again, go through another academy, and start out as a junior patrol cop working a beat.

    So I don't like cop shows. Except.....

    Mary Shannon has to be the most irascible, sarcastic, cynical, wry, blunt pretend LEO to ever pin on a TV badge. I love every minute she and Marshall are on the screen. Whoever writes for the show, especially the dialogue, is a genius. Practically every other line Mary utters is something that I wish I had thought of. At the same time, I identify with both her partner Marshall, and her supervisor Stan. Mary is the sort of partner and subordinate that you love to work with while simultaneously dreading whatever they're going to do next.

    The show is hardly a model of realism, but I've given up on Hollywood ever getting that right. I watch the show because I want to see Mary cause Stan to pull out the rest of his hair, to hear her lay into some pompous FBI agent, to tell some protectee or family member just what an idiot they are, or to cause Marshall to go off on some existential tangent. You go girl!!
    7PaulaMary

    I love this show

    This is a great show, despite being predictable now and again. I love the characters and I love the soundtrack. Both Mary and Marshall are complicated and interesting people. Mary's family is as crazy as any family can be, but as the saying goes, every crazy family is crazy in it's own way. I wish we knew more about Marshall's life because he's easily one of the most interesting men on television, despite having no personal life whatsoever. He's well read and wry and very patient and insightful. Only drawback: I miss Robert Dershowitz!

    My husband and I blew a rainy Saturday watching one episode after the next on Netflix. As rainy Saturdays go, it was a good one.
    8amber10536

    Fresh Comedy with a Sensitive Subject

    Although it's hard to decide the future of this show based on its pilot, I would assume that this show will do well on USA. While it's not quite as good as the advertisements led it to be, I enjoyed the first episode and the characters it developed. As others have mentioned, I hope that it does not end up focused around solving murders, but rather the families the Marshalls need to hide. Mary is a refreshingly sarcastic woman with great one-liners and an over-all amusing personality. There is a great juggle between local crimes, witness protection, and personal affairs. Hopefully the rest of the episodes will live up to the standards the pilot has set.
    9FABabe

    Love it!

    With the addition of In Plain Sight, it's official...the summer cable shows like The Closer, Saving Grace, Burn Notice and Damages are so much better than anything the major networks have to offer during the "regular" season. Love the chemistry between Mary and Marshall. Love the quick quips and the realistic dialog. And the addition of a fine looking black detective with the unlikely name of Dershowitz for Mary to butt heads and crack wise with is pure gold.

    I do agree that the mother and sister are best in small doses, but they do provide a nice slightly off-balance counterpoint to the thoroughly professional handle Mary has on her work life. One line describes the relationship beautifully: in replying to her n'er-do-well sister's question about why Mary won't just get rid of her defective car, she says "because, like my family, I love it a little more than I want to kill it." The people she's protecting have been getting better and better with each successive show. The most recent, David Foley, was a real hoot as an assassin's middleman.

    All in all, I don't care if it's not exactly as law enforcement would do it. I'm not looking for authenticity in a summer show. I'm looking for fun, and In Plain Sight has it in spades.
    8tacticalguy

    One of the must-see's!

    This is one of those shows that if given enough time will develop a loyal following. I have watched 5 episodes so far. I talked my girlfriend into sitting down for the pilot and she was hooked. Mary McCormack does an excellent job of showing a flawed character struggling with a dysfunctional family and the evils of her job(protecting and hiding criminals in Witness Protection). Fred Weller is excellent as her laconic partner. Paul Ben-Victor is dead on as the not-quite-aware section chief of the U.S. Marshall's Service. The shows are well-crafted and allow Ms. McCormack ample opportunity to zing her co-stars with great one-liners. The developing back-stories on her family show great promise. Lesley Anne Warren is an over the top version of the mother no one wants to claim as their own. She's a hard-drinking "good-time" girl who likes men, a LOT. Nichole Hiltz is her sexy, ditzy sister who is attracted to trouble. The cast is a lot of fun to watch and I am going to be rooting for them to be renewed for a second season.

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    • Trivia
      The building used in exterior shots as the office building for the U.S. Marshals' Albuquerque office is the historic Sunshine Building in downtown Albuquerque, designed by famous architect Henry C. Trost.
    • Goofs
      Several episodes including the Pilot and S2E1 have a county coroner van. In New Mexico, there are no such things as county coroners. Medical forensics and death in New Mexico are handled by a state level agency called Officer of the Medical Investigator, and all autopsies are handed in Albuquerque.
    • Quotes

      Mary Shannon: [intro] Since 1970, the Federal Witness Protection Program has relocated thousands of witnesses, some criminal, some not, to neighborhoods all across the country. Every one of those individuals shares a unique attribute, distinguishing them from the rest of the general population. And that is, somebody wants them dead.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.29 (2010)

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • USA Network
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Plain Sight
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Pirates' Cove Entertainment
      • Universal Media Studios (UMS)
      • Pirates' Cove Entertainment
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      1 hour
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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