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The Best Episodes of In Plain Sight

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    10.0/10(348 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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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  2. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 12 - A Fine Meth
    10.0/10(192 votes)

    #2 - A Fine Meth

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:David Maples

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  3. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 2 - In My Humboldt Opinion
    10.0/10(173 votes)

    #3 - In My Humboldt Opinion

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:David Maples

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  4. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 3 - A Stand-Up Triple
    10.0/10(165 votes)

    #4 - A Stand-Up Triple

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  5. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 4 - Rubble with a Cause
    10.0/10(169 votes)

    #5 - Rubble with a Cause

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 5 - Aguna Matatala
    10.0/10(170 votes)

    #6 - Aguna Matatala

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writer:David Slack

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  7. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 6 - One Night Stan
    10.0/10(165 votes)

    #7 - One Night Stan

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:John Mankiewicz

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  8. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 9 - Who's Bugging Mary?
    10.0/10(159 votes)

    #8 - Who's Bugging Mary?

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 10 - Miles to Go
    10.0/10(147 votes)

    #9 - Miles to Go

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 11 - Jailbait
    10.0/10(154 votes)

    #10 - Jailbait

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Lynne E. Litt

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  11. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 12 - Training Video
    10.0/10(153 votes)

    #11 - Training Video

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 15 - Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
    10.0/10(154 votes)

    #12 - Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Michael Morris
    Writer:Jessica Butler

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  13. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 1 - Father Goes West
    10.0/10(155 votes)

    #13 - Father Goes West

    S3:E1

    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:Unknown

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  14. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 2 - When Mary Met Marshall
    10.0/10(160 votes)

    #14 - When Mary Met Marshall

    S3:E2

    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:Unknown

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  15. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 3 - Coma Chameleon
    10.0/10(151 votes)

    #15 - Coma Chameleon

    S3:E3

    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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  16. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 4 - Whistle Stop
    10.0/10(132 votes)

    #16 - Whistle Stop

    S3:E4

    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:Unknown

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  17. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 5 - Fish or Cut Betta
    10.0/10(128 votes)

    #17 - Fish or Cut Betta

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown

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  18. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 6 - No Clemency for Old Men
    10.0/10(130 votes)

    #18 - No Clemency for Old Men

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown

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  19. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 7 - Love's Faber Lost
    10.0/10(128 votes)

    #19 - Love's Faber Lost

    S3:E7

    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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  20. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 8 - Son of Mann
    10.0/10(133 votes)

    #20 - Son of Mann

    S3:E8

    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:Unknown

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  21. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 9 - Death Becomes Her
    10.0/10(147 votes)

    #21 - Death Becomes Her

    S3:E9

    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
    Writers:David Maples, Kim Newton

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  22. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 10 - Her Days Are Numbered
    10.0/10(129 votes)

    #22 - Her Days Are Numbered

    S3:E10

    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:Unknown

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  23. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 11 - The Born Identity
    10.0/10(139 votes)

    #23 - The Born Identity

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown

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  24. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 12 - WITSEC Stepmother
    10.0/10(124 votes)

    #24 - WITSEC Stepmother

    S3:E12

    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:Unknown

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  25. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 13 - A Priest Walks Into a Bar
    10.0/10(138 votes)

    #25 - A Priest Walks Into a Bar

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored 10/10 based on 348 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".