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The Best Episodes of In Plain Sight

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Every episode of In Plain Sight ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 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...
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  • Pilot
    10.0/10(2)
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    #1 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 6/1/2008

    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.

    Director: Mark Piznarski

    Writer: David Maples

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  • A Fine Meth
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    #2 - A Fine Meth

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 8/17/2008

    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 1 Finale

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: David Maples

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  • Father Goes West
    10.0/10(1)
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    #3 - Father Goes West

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 3/31/2010

    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.

    Director: Charles Haid

    Writer: N/A

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  • When Mary Met Marshall
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    #4 - When Mary Met Marshall

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 4/7/2010

    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.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: N/A

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  • Coma Chameleon
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    #5 - Coma Chameleon

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 4/14/2010

    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.

    Director: Michael W. Watkins

    Writer: Kim Newton

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  • Whistle Stop
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    #6 - Whistle Stop

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 4/21/2010

    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 save the informant from certain death, he and his family join Witsec.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

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  • Fish Or Cut Betta
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    #7 - Fish Or Cut Betta

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 4/28/2010

    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.

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Clemency for Old Men
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    #8 - No Clemency for Old Men

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 5/5/2010

    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.

    Director: Jerry Levine

    Writer: N/A

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  • Love's Faber Lost
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    #9 - Love's Faber Lost

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 5/12/2010

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

    Director: Deran Sarafian

    Writer: Lynne E. Litt

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  • Son Of Mann
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    #10 - Son Of Mann

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 5/19/2010

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

    Director: Anton Cropper

    Writer: N/A

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  • Death Becomes Her
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    #11 - Death Becomes Her

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 6/2/2010

    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.

    Director: Bethany Rooney

    Writer: David Maples, Kim Newton

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  • Her Days Are Numbered
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    #12 - Her Days Are Numbered

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 6/9/2010

    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 out why an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is holding up the visa of a key witness before she is deported. Plus, Brandi reveals her plan for the money she made by investing with Scott.

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Born Identity
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    #13 - The Born Identity

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 6/16/2010

    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 Brandi.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: N/A

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  • WITSEC Stepmother
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    #14 - WITSEC Stepmother

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 6/23/2010

    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.

    Director: Tawnia McKiernan

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Priest Walks Into a Bar
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    #15 - A Priest Walks Into a Bar

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 6/30/2010

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hoosier Daddy
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    #16 - Hoosier Daddy

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 6/8/2008

    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.

    Director: John Fortenberry

    Writer: David Maples

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  • Never the Bride
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    #17 - Never the Bride

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 6/15/2008

    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 engaged and her photo is all over the papers.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: David Maples

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  • Who Shot Jay Arnstein?
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    #18 - Who Shot Jay Arnstein?

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 6/29/2008

    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.

    Director: Tricia Brock

    Writer: N/A

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  • Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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    #19 - Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 7/13/2008

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Trojan Horst
    9.0/10(2)
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    #20 - Trojan Horst

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 6/22/2008

    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 Program.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Constance M. Burge

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  • High Priced Spread
    9.0/10(1)
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    #21 - High Priced Spread

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 7/6/2008

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

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: N/A

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  • Don of the Dead
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    #22 - Don of the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 7/20/2008

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Good Cop, Dead Cop
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    #23 - Good Cop, Dead Cop

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 7/27/2008

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

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: Bruce Miller

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  • To Serge with Love
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    #24 - To Serge with Love

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 8/3/2008

    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.

    Director: Rod Hardy

    Writer: Katherine Butler

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  • Stan By Me
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    #25 - Stan By Me

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 8/10/2008

    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.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Constance M. Burge

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Mark Piznarski and written by David Maples, it aired on 6/1/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Fine Meth".