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COLLECTION · Series · 2008

In Plain Sight

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.

Source: TMDB
* 7.1 (97)ActionAdventureCrimeDramaUnited States
Creators
David Maples
Countries
United States
Studios
USA Network · McNamara Paper Products · Pirates' Cove Entertainment
Runtime
43 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
01/06/2008
Score
7.1 / 10 (97)

Awards and nominations

  • Vision Award – Drama
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
12 episodes · 2008
Pilot
Episode 1. Pilot
2008-06-01 · 66 min

In the first episode we meet Mary Shannon a US Marshall for the Witness Protection Program. In this episode Mary tries to figure out what went wrong when a mobster's son who was under her protection is killed.

Hoosier Daddy
Episode 2. Hoosier Daddy
2008-06-08 · 42 min

Things get complicated when Mary takes on the case of Leo Billups. Leo saw his mother murdered and is going to testify against the people who killed her including his father.

Never the Bride
Episode 3. Never the Bride
2008-06-15 · 41 min

Mary's assignment this week is Treena Morris a con-artist who is married to a diamond smuggler. After she is arrested by the feds, she decides to tell all on her husband and his friends. While Mary is trying to keep her safe, Treena gets…

Trojan Horst
Episode 4. Trojan Horst
2008-06-22 · 42 min

Mary and Marshall take on a case involving Horst Vanderhoff, an agent for Lola, who's an assassin for hire. While trying to line up her next job, Horst is busted and agrees to testify against her to become a part of the Witness Protection…

Who Shot Jay Arnstein?
Episode 5. Who Shot Jay Arnstein?
2008-06-29 · 43 min

Mary works to solve the mystery of who tried to kill her witness, an art dealer. To complicate matters, both his mistress and his wife are in the program...and key suspects.

High Priced Spread
Episode 6. High Priced Spread
2008-07-06 · 42 min

Mary learns that her witness, a NCAA basketball star, has a gambling problem

Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Episode 7. Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore
2008-07-13 · 41 min

The closeness of a family is tested when they enter the program after the daughter witnesses a shooting.

Don of the Dead
Episode 8. Don of the Dead
2008-07-20 · 42 min

A member of the Program under Mary's watch is in a car accident and Mary has to find out if it was an accident or related to his former life.

Good Cop, Dead Cop
Episode 9. Good Cop, Dead Cop
2008-07-27 · 42 min

Mary suffers the consequences when an attractive witness, who she slept with, is accused of murder.

To Serge with Love
Episode 10. To Serge with Love
2008-08-03 · 42 min

Natasha, the mild mannered Ukrainian accountant, has gotten her new breasts, but her life becomes more complicated when she discovers that her new boyfriend is also in WITSEC.

Stan by Me
Episode 11. Stan by Me
2008-08-10 · 42 min

After watching her mother audition for "Sweet Charity" Mary is kidnapped; in New Jersey, Brandi's boyfriend Chuck is abducted and two FBI agents are killed; when federal agents suspect a connection, a nationwide manhunt ensues.

A Fine Meth
Episode 12. A Fine Meth
2008-08-17 · 42 min

The family regroups after Mary's ordeal; Stan and Marshall search for a way to force Spanky to tell the truth about Chuck's drug trafficking; the FBI corners Mary in her driveway with Brandi's suitcase full of meth in the back of her car.

Season 2
Season 2
15 episodes · 2009
Gilted Lily
Episode 1. Gilted Lily
2009-04-19 · 43 min

A dead witness causes Mary to take leave of her administrative duties to solve a "Ten Little Indians" story, until her plan gets changed by her own brand of Post-Traumatic Stress disorder.

In My Humboldt Opinion
Episode 2. In My Humboldt Opinion
2009-04-26 · 43 min

A northern California marijuana mastermind cannot testify without using the drug to neutralize his anxiety disorder.

A Stand-Up Triple
Episode 3. A Stand-Up Triple
2009-05-03 · 42 min

A witness finds herself having difficulty in managing her own brood of children, so Mary offers to babysit the trio of problem kids.

Rubble with a Cause
Episode 4. Rubble with a Cause
2009-05-10 · 41 min

A building collapses on one of Mary's witnesses, leaving him exposed to outside threats, so Mary has to risk her life in order to keep her witness safe.

Aguna Matatala
Episode 5. Aguna Matatala
2009-05-17 · 42 min

An Orthodox Jew enters Witness Protection, but his wife refuses to join him. The situation is made more complicated by the fact he is being pursued by a man motivated by a higher authority.

One Night Stan
Episode 6. One Night Stan
2009-05-31 · 43 min

Mary and Marshall find themselves in a difficult position when Stan's very first witness turns up dead and he is implicated in her murder.

Duplicate Bridge
Episode 7. Duplicate Bridge
2009-06-07 · 42 min

An engineer blamed for a bridge collapse enters the program after being targeted by angry family members of the victims who died in the tragedy.

A Frond in Need
Episode 8. A Frond in Need
2009-06-14 · 43 min

When a series of murders seem to follow a new ex-con witness, including stabbing Mary's friend, she and Marshall have to figure out if he's the killer in time to save his next victim.

Who's Bugging Mary?
Episode 9. Who's Bugging Mary?
2009-06-21 · 42 min

FBI agent O'Connor arrests Brandi on charges of drug trafficking and murder. Insisting her sister is innocent, Mary works to help Brandi while ultimately trying to discover O'Connor's real motive for his actions.

Miles to Go
Episode 10. Miles to Go
2009-06-28 · 42 min

Mary briefs a new witness whose visitation rights with his son depend on the man's testimony. When Mary learns the boy is missing, she tries to find him.

Jailbait
Episode 11. Jailbait
2009-07-12 · 42 min

The barely legal daughter of Mary's witness – a Miami racketeer – finds herself in a dangerous romance, just as Raph's mother visits to prepare an engagement feast for the surprised Mary.

Training Video
Episode 12. Training Video
2009-07-19 · 42 min

Mary lends her expertise for the U.S. Marshalls by making a training video with a film crew. Elsewhere, Marshall prepares the arrangements so that an elderly mobster in Witsec can go to his son's funeral.

Let's Get It Ahn
Episode 13. Let's Get It Ahn
2009-07-26 · 42 min

A world-class counterfeiter witness is suspected in a murder; Mary and Marshall realize they may be hiding a witness from the government.

Once a Ponzi Time
Episode 14. Once a Ponzi Time
2009-08-02 · 41 min

When a Wall Street blue blood rats on his boss' investment fraud and hides out in WITSEC, something from his past life comes calling.

Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
Episode 15. Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
2009-08-09 · 41 min

The US government helps a Latina political activist hide in Witsec, but the arrangement sours after she moves into her new home.

Season 3
Season 3
13 episodes · 2010
Father Goes West
Episode 1. Father Goes West
2010-03-31 · 43 min

A former high line thief from Boston tries to give up crime for the sake of his teenage son, and Mary and Marshall search for the person who nearly killed Mary.

When Mary Met Marshall
Episode 2. When Mary Met Marshall
2010-04-07 · 42 min

In 2003 Mary meets Marshall for the first time as they get lovers CLAUDIA TOBIN and HENRY DOER into the WitSec program, and it's a toss-up whose relationship is going to last: Claudia and Henry's, or Mary and Marshall's.

Coma Chameleon
Episode 3. Coma Chameleon
2010-04-14 · 43 min

ATF agent Wade Guthrie is shot and left for dead by gun trader Jasper Malone. After three years in a coma, he wakes to find the world he left behind has drastically changed.

Whistle Stop
Episode 4. Whistle Stop
2010-04-21 · 41 min

Mary and Marshall try to help FBI Agent Mike Faber convince his informant to enter WITSEC. Despite their best efforts, the informant refuses their protection and gets himself into a heap of trouble. After Mary, Marshall and Agent Faber…

Fish or Cut Betta
Episode 5. Fish or Cut Betta
2010-04-28 · 42 min

Mary's new witness falls in love for the first time; Mary must stop her witness from taking out his pain in the form of an explosive device.

No Clemency for Old Men
Episode 6. No Clemency for Old Men
2010-05-05 · 42 min

Mary tries to help a parolee acclimate to life outside of prison after having spent 38 years behind bars while Marshall helps out when one of Mary's witnesses no longer wants to work with her.

Love's Faber Lost
Episode 7. Love's Faber Lost
2010-05-12 · 43 min

Mary's new witness is part of a mortgage fraud ring and is an important link in the case of FBI Agent Faber.

Son of Mann
Episode 8. Son of Mann
2010-05-19 · 43 min

Marshall is being evaluated in the field by his father (Geoff Pierson) during a joint fugitive operation. Mary meets Brandi's secret friend.

Death Becomes Her
Episode 9. Death Becomes Her
2010-06-02 · 43 min

A woman wants to escape from her family, who are heavily involved in organized crime, but a secret from her past puts her eligibility for the Witness Protection program in jeopardy.

Her Days Are Numbered
Episode 10. Her Days Are Numbered
2010-06-09 · 42 min

A witness with Aspergers who has no social filter and can't lie stymies Mary, particularly when the witness refuses to testify against her only friend – the key conspirator in a numbers case. Meanwhile, Marshall and Stan race to figure…

The Born Identity
Episode 11. The Born Identity
2010-06-16 · 42 min

Mary helps her latest witness, a homeless man who's struggling with the program, find his birth parents. But the search could cause more problems than she anticipated. Elsewhere, Scott asks to borrow more money, raising a red flag for…

WITSEC Stepmother
Episode 12. WITSEC Stepmother
2010-06-23 · 42 min

Mary keeps an eye on a teen witness whose separated parents are too distracted by their own issues to pay attention to their daughter. Marshall thinks a witness may have betrayed his brother; and Brandi tends to Scott after he's attacked.

A Priest Walks Into a Bar
Episode 13. A Priest Walks Into a Bar
2010-06-30 · 42 min

After a priest witnesses the murder of a parishioner, he will have to give up his special vocation in order to enter WITSEC.

Season 4
Season 4
13 episodes · 2011
The Art of the Steal
Episode 1. The Art of the Steal
2011-05-01 · 43 min

Mary uses a thief to catch a thief when she asks a witness to consult on a crime in order to exonerate Brandi of grand theft auto.

Crazy Like a Witness
Episode 2. Crazy Like a Witness
2011-05-08 · 43 min

Mary's paranoid witness wants to reconnect with his son.

Love in the Time of Colorado
Episode 3. Love in the Time of Colorado
2011-05-15 · 41 min

Mary is caught between a witness and a suspect.

Meet the Shannons
Episode 4. Meet the Shannons
2011-05-22 · 43 min

A beauty pageant queen finds out that she's spent most of her life in witness protection.

Second Crime Around
Episode 5. Second Crime Around
2011-06-05 · 43 min

Mary works with an unapologetic con artist.

Something A-mish
Episode 6. Something A-mish
2011-06-12 · 43 min

An Amish witness comes into the program and must learn to adapt.

I'm a Liver Not a Fighter
Episode 7. I'm a Liver Not a Fighter
2011-06-19 · 42 min

A terminally ill father wants to reconcile with his children.

Kumar vs. Kumar
Episode 8. Kumar vs. Kumar
2011-06-26 · 42 min

Mary plays marriage councilor in order to mediate a WITSEC divorce. Not only must she reconcile a stubborn witness, but also thousands of years of Hindu tradition, in order to save the case and keep a family out of danger.

The Rolling Stones
Episode 9. The Rolling Stones
2011-07-10 · 41 min

Mary gets a WITSEC two-fer, when a witness is forced to enter the program after being mistaken for his "evil" twin brother. Not only must she protect the pair from their enemies, but also from each other.

Girls, Interrupted
Episode 10. Girls, Interrupted
2011-07-17 · 42 min

Marshall and Stan contend with a rock-star witness and her controlling mother while Mary is away on a WITSEC-mandated road trip.

Provo-cation
Episode 11. Provo-cation
2011-07-24 · 43 min

Mary helps protect a guilt-ridden Army veteran; Marshall & Abigail consider the next step.

A Womb with a View
Episode 12. A Womb with a View
2011-07-31 · 43 min

Mary protects a courtesan from the gangster father of her baby.

Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up
Episode 13. Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up
2011-08-07 · 41 min

Mary must protect her least favorite witnesses on the day of her sister's wedding.

Season 5
Season 5
8 episodes · 2012
The Anti-Social Network
Episode 1. The Anti-Social Network
2012-03-16 · 43 min

Mary sees whether she can balance motherhood with a demanding profession and a dysfunctional home life, or if she will put her baby up for adoption.

Four Marshals and a Baby
Episode 2. Four Marshals and a Baby
2012-03-23 · 43 min

With Jinx out of town and Mark busy with a last minute business trip, Mary has no choice but to head to work with Norah in tow. But when Mary arrives, Delia points out the obvious: Mary can't be with Norah and a witness at the same time.…

Reservations, I've Got a Few
Episode 3. Reservations, I've Got a Few
2012-03-30 · 42 min

When Marshall's witness escapes from the WITSEC offices and disappears on an Indian Reservation, Mary and Marshall will need the help of a Native American detective to track him down.

The Merry Wives of WITSEC
Episode 4. The Merry Wives of WITSEC
2012-04-06 · 42 min

Mary protects a bigamist not only from his former employer, but also his two wives. In WITSEC, cheating the black market can be dangerous; but cheating on multiple wives is a death sentence.

Drag Me to Hell
Episode 5. Drag Me to Hell
2012-04-13 · 42 min

Even with Joanna babysitting Norah and Brandi addressing her alcohol problems in rehab, things are still chaotic in Mary's life. Douglas Hampton/Harvey, a drag performer who was known as Kandy back in New Orleans, joins the program after…

The Medal of Mary
Episode 6. The Medal of Mary
2012-04-20 · 42 min

Mary is still reeling from the flood of emotions stirred-up after having to arrest her father, James, when he unexpectedly showed up on her doorstep after being AWOL for 30 years. Bad goes to worse when Special Agent Robert O'Connor,…

Sacrificial Lam
Episode 7. Sacrificial Lam
2012-04-27 · 42 min

Having slipped through the fingers of the FBI, James Shannon is on the run again and heading for the border, but first he must stop to take care of a little unfinished business. Agent O'Connor, convinced that she was somehow involved in…

All's Well That Ends
Episode 8. All's Well That Ends
2012-05-04 · 41 min

Series Finale: Drastic changes take place at the Albuquerque WITSEC office. Mary finds herself caught between a witness and an unexpected family reunion.

Cast by season
Mary McCormack
Mary McCormack
Mary Shannon
Frederick Weller
Frederick Weller
Marshall Mann
Nichole Hiltz
Nichole Hiltz
Brandi Shannon
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