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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 5 Episode 8 - All's Well That Ends
    8.5/10(173 votes)

    S5:E8

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

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 11 - Stan by Me
    8.4/10(186 votes)

    S1:E11

    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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  3. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 11 - The Born Identity
    8.4/10(141 votes)

    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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  4. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 12 - A Fine Meth
    8.3/10(200 votes)

    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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  5. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 2 - When Mary Met Marshall
    8.3/10(166 votes)

    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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  6. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 9 - Death Becomes Her
    8.3/10(149 votes)

    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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  7. In Plain Sight Season 5 Episode 7 - Sacrificial Lam
    8.3/10(118 votes)

    S5:E7

    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 James' escape, places Mary under investigation, but when he refuses to listen to her suggestions about the possible whereabouts of her father, the manhunt ends in tragedy.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 4 - Rubble with a Cause
    8.2/10(178 votes)

    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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  9. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 5 - Aguna Matatala
    8.2/10(178 votes)

    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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  10. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 13 - A Priest Walks Into a Bar
    8.2/10(141 votes)

    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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  11. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 4 - Trojan Horst
    8.1/10(237 votes)

    S1:E4

    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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  12. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 7 - Duplicate Bridge
    8.1/10(182 votes)

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Lynne E. Litt

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  13. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 9 - Who's Bugging Mary?
    8.1/10(167 votes)

    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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  14. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 12 - Training Video
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    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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  15. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 15 - Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    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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  16. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 8 - Son of Mann
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    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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  17. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 3 - Love in the Time of Colorado
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    S4:E3

    Mary is caught between a witness and a suspect.

    Director:Michael Schultz
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 11 - Provo-cation
    8.1/10(142 votes)

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Barbara Nance

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  19. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 13 - Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    S4:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. In Plain Sight Season 5 Episode 6 - The Medal of Mary
    8.1/10(129 votes)

    S5:E6

    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, Mary's "favorite" FBI agent, demands her assistance to get James to provide critical information regarding his old partner-in-crime, Cormack “Sully” Sullivan, one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 1 - Gilted Lily
    8.0/10(180 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Stephen Hopkins
    Writer:David Maples

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  22. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 1 - Father Goes West
    8.0/10(162 votes)

    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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  23. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 6 - No Clemency for Old Men
    8.0/10(132 votes)

    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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  24. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 10 - Her Days Are Numbered
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    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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  25. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 1 - The Art of the Steal
    8.0/10(137 votes)

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"All's Well That Ends" is the best rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored 8.5/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Dan Lerner and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/4/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Stan by Me".