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.
The best episode of "In Plain Sight" season 2 is "Gilted Lily", rated 8.1/10 from 156 user votes. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by David Maples. "Gilted Lily" aired on 4/19/2009 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "In My Humboldt Opinion".
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
A northern California marijuana mastermind cannot testify without using the drug to neutralize his anxiety disorder.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: David Maples
A witness finds herself having difficulty in managing her own brood of children, so Mary offers to babysit the trio of problem kids.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Angeli
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: N/A
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
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
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
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.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: N/A
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: N/A
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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
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: N/A
A world-class counterfeiter witness is suspected in a murder; Mary and Marshall realize they may be hiding a witness from the government.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: David Maples
When a Wall Street blue blood rats on his boss' investment fraud and hides out in WITSEC, something from his past life comes calling.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: John Mankiewicz
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