A Latina political activist hides in WITSEC, but the arrangement soon sours when she moves to her new home.
In Plain Sight follows the story of a Federal Marshal with the Witness Protection program who must hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family. To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous. She must oversee federal witnesses who… More have been relocated through the Witness Protection program and make sure that they stay safe. The series stars Mary McCormack in the title role and Lesley Ann Warren as her mother, Jinx. (Working title - Mary Sunshine ) In Plain Sight is produced by Universal Media Studios for USA Network.
In Plain Sight follows the story of a Federal Marshal with the Witness Protection program who must hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family. To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous. She must oversee federal witnesses who… More have been relocated through the Witness Protection program and make sure that they stay safe. The series stars Mary McCormack in the title role and Lesley Ann Warren as her mother, Jinx. (Working title - Mary Sunshine ) In Plain Sight is produced by Universal Media Studios for USA Network.
In Plain Sight follows the story of a Federal Marshal with the Witness Protection program who must hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family. To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous. She must oversee federal witnesses who… More have been relocated through the Witness Protection program and make sure that they stay safe. The series stars Mary McCormack in the title role and Lesley Ann Warren as her mother, Jinx. (Working title - Mary Sunshine ) In Plain Sight is produced by Universal Media Studios for USA Network.
In Plain Sight follows the story of a Federal Marshal with the Witness Protection program who must hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family. To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous. She must oversee federal witnesses who… More have been relocated through the Witness Protection program and make sure that they stay safe. The series stars Mary McCormack in the title role and Lesley Ann Warren as her mother, Jinx. (Working title - Mary Sunshine ) In Plain Sight is produced by Universal Media Studios for USA Network.
Likes - great location shots, good humor, solid cast and fine acting. Dislikes - offensive profanity, situations at Mary's home make you want to slap someone. hide show
In Plain Sight is a fun series. We became steady viewers the first time we watched - we admit that's partly because we lived in Albuquerque, and enjoy seeing familiar spots in town, and the backdrop of our favorite mountains and beautiful evening sky shots. Shooting on location is preferable to unending studio scenes - such as those on "Medium," a series which purportedly takes place in Phoenix, but never shows anything from Arizona - it all looks more like Pasadena. IPS makes good use of the high desert scenery.
IPS is a low-budget drama, evident mostly by the sparse US Marshals' office and the thin cast. Adding Holly Maples as the office administrator made sense - until then the three pros had no support. Even that cast increase had no effect on the show budget - she's married to producer David Maples. And the same abandoned motel on Central Avenue seems to be featured in every episode. Mary continues to drive the same smoky Ford Probe, but now it's part of the scenery, so let's keep it.
The sniping between Mary's character Mary, and Marshal Marshall (Frederick Weller) often gets us laughing. But be warned - IPS scripts are offensively profane. The first episode I saw had Mary McCormack emitting three vulgarities just for starters. Gratuitous cursing and swearing make us cringe, and we wonder about Ms. McCormack's legacy of work, which she could not even allow her grandchildren to view. We put up with it, but IPS would be far better fare without it.
The episode titles are some of the most amusing we've ever seen for a series. Puns, word games and pop culture references abound - we love it.
Like many series, IPS shifts regularly from crime drama to soap opera. The home cast of ne'er-do-well sister Brandi (Nichole Hiltz) and weepy mom Jinx (Lesley Ann Warren) was downright tedious in the beginning of Season 2, but later episodes had their dysfunctional ways lessen. We do like the Detective Robert Dershowitz (Todd Williams) character - often at odds with Mary, but showing growing respect for her and bringing in good bits of police-FBI cooperation. Good work also by Paul Ben-Victor as supervising marshal Stan McQueen, who does well when the main storyline revolves around him. Glad it got a Season 3 - hope the audiences are getting used to good shows going into hiatus for months at a time - if we all accept it, maybe they won't lose so much viewer share that they slip into cancellation jeopardy.
A classy, sexy, intelligent look at a law enforcement service that goes undetected by most people. Well written, snappy dialogue, good stories, an excellent cast and very incredible Mary McCormack make this show one of TV's best. hide show
NBC/USA's Network really does a great job of overcoming the bland programming in general seen on its commercial sister NBC. One outstanding program after another is produced by one of cable's premiere channels. Shows like Burn Notice, Monk, Psyche, L&O: Criminal Intent, and last but definitely not least In Plain Sight.
I did not originally watch the first season of In Plain Sight. When it was announced that the second season premiere would be shown back to back with the eighth season of L&O: CI with Jeff Goldblum I became intrigued with the show and watched a few episodes. In the middle of March I purchased the season one DVD and the rest is history.
This is an excellent series in all facets of the production. Acting, scripts, direction, music, and production values are all top notch. Mary McCormack leads an superb cast which features Lesley Ann Warren as her mother Jinx and Frederick Weller as her partner Marshall.
Mary and Marshall are U.S. Marshals serving in the U.S. Witness Protection Program. Along with their Captain Stan McQueen played by Paul Ben-Victor they are in charge of the Albuquerque branch of the service. Mary's life is made complicated by her mother and her sister played by Nichole Hiltz and her on again off again love interest Raphael played by Christian de la Fuente. The main cast is filled out by Todd Williams who plays the local head of the Albuquerque police Detective Bobby Dershowitz. The casting is marvelous and the stories revolving around Mary's life both at work and personally are fascinating. Every one of the main characters carries their part of the show and this ensemble cast is excellent. Especially interesting is the fact that besides Raphael her boyfriend, Marshall and Det. Dershowitz have strong attractions to Mary on an emotional and physical level so the sexual tension is very obvious.
This is a great show on an up and coming network. With Monk ending next year after a long run, I see Burn Notice and In Plain Sight as the flagship shows for this network for years to come. If the actors are interested I believe both shows could run for at least six to eight years each.
As a side note I have to wonder if Raphael will get traded from the Marlins to the Dodgers now that the Albuquerque Isotopes changed to the Dodgers AAA Minor League franchise this year.
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Amazing show that came out of nowhere!Original, innovative, hilarious and exciting. I must admit I didn't expect much from the show. FBI witness protection agent Mary, her crazy family, wild job and whacky partner. adventure and humor awaits! hide show
In Plain Sight is amazing. It was a great breath of fresh air last summer when so many shows had been lost, shortened or compromised because of the strike. The commercials looked funny so my girlfriend and I gave it a shot, not expecting much. It turned out to be amazing. It's very original, with special agent Mary Shannon's voice overs about what she's learned doing her job, what you need to know about witness protection, etc...all done with humor and intelligence. You end up getting reeled in with the story lines of the witnesses for being relocated. You also follow mary and her partner marshall who's a pretty interesting guy. The two of them compliment each other well. Mary is gorgeous and she wont take crap from anybody. Their boss Stan is kind of a whacky nerd and Mary's family...they sure keep things interesting. Mary's mom lives with her, she's kind of a disaster, drunk, chronically unemployed. Her sister comes to town and she's up to no good, dragging mary into the mess. There's a cop who she's not sure if they are enemies or friends, and by friends, we mean, potential lovers. I'm so happy this show came along. What a great and refreshing show with a timely entrance.
Mary rocks! Production has to sprint to catch up... hide show
"In Plain Sight" just hit cable down here in Mexico. Five appendages up!!! But then, I'm a HUGE Mary McCormac fan. Beyond the killer looks, brains! I fell in vicarious love with her stuff in both The West Wing and ER!
Not sure what to do with the 'tude. Some times I love it, some times I think it's shallow. I know it's meant to be edgy, and Mary is! She does the material brilliantly, I just don't know the writers have any idea of the magnitude of actor they've got. Not a friggin clue!
I will be a devotee, but I hope production challenges Mary to where she can truly go and take us for the ride. Ain't seeing that yet... Great idea, great casting! Decent directing,location and sound. Needs much better writing though. It's not bad, it's just not outstanding and doesn't do Mary justice in the Age of BSG and Dexter.
original. edgy. different. unexpected. hide show
original. edgy. different. unexpected. those are just a couple of great words that can describe this show, in plain sight. this show is for anyone who loves cop shows; its different from law and order annd csi. its not as high tech and not as action packed, and that is what makes it different. it shows how mary, the main character, has to juggle her job, being a U.S. Marshall and protecting people's lives, with having a normal life, with keeping her disoriented family together, and with keeping her boyfriend. its original, catchy, and it actually seems real. i definetly recommend this show for anyone!
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