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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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  1. Background image for Sacrificial Lam
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    #1 - Sacrificial Lam

    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.

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    8.5/10(159 votes)

    #2 - All's Well That Ends

    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.

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    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Stan By Me
    8.4/10(173 votes)

    #3 - Stan By Me

    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.

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  4. Background image for A Fine Meth
    8.3/10(204 votes)

    #4 - 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. Season 1 Finale

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    Director:John Badham
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    8.3/10(146 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Death Becomes Her
    8.3/10(148 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. Background image for The Born Identity
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for A Priest Walks Into a Bar
    8.3/10(128 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(156 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    8.2/10(170 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Leslie Libman
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    8.2/10(156 votes)

    #11 - Duplicate Bridge

    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.

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    8.2/10(130 votes)

    #12 - Provo-cation

    S4:E11

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

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  14. Background image for The Merry Wives of WITSEC
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #13 - The Merry Wives of WITSEC

    S5:E4

    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.

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    8.2/10(119 votes)

    #14 - The Medal of Mary

    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.

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    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Trojan Horst
    8.1/10(233 votes)

    #15 - Trojan Horst

    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.

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  17. Background image for Gilted Lily
    8.1/10(161 votes)

    #16 - Gilted Lily

    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.

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    8.1/10(146 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.1/10(136 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
    8.1/10(141 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    8.1/10(116 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.

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    Director:Anton Cropper
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Love in the Time of Colorado
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    #21 - Love in the Time of Colorado

    S4:E3

    Mary is caught between a witness and a suspect.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    #22 - Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up

    S4:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Father Goes West
    8.0/10(143 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for No Clemency for Old Men
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Her Days Are Numbered
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Sacrificial Lam" is the best rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored 8.5/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Michael W. Watkins and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/27/2012. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "All's Well That Ends".