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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 Worst Episode
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    In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 14 - Once a Ponzi Time
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Once a Ponzi Time

    S2:E14

    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

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  2. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 4 - Trojan Horst
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Constance M. Burge

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  3. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 6 - High Priced Spread
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - High Priced Spread

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 8 - Don of the Dead
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Don of the Dead

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 9 - Good Cop, Dead Cop
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Good Cop, Dead Cop

    S1:E9

    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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  6. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 10 - To Serge with Love
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - To Serge with Love

    S1:E10

    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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  7. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 11 - Stan by Me
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Constance M. Burge

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  8. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 1 - Gilted Lily
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Stephen Hopkins
    Writer:David Maples

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  9. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 7 - Duplicate Bridge
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Lynne E. Litt

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  10. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 8 - A Frond in Need
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - A Frond in Need

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown

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  11. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 2 - Hoosier Daddy
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Hoosier Daddy

    S1:E2

    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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  12. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 3 - Never the Bride
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Never the Bride

    S1:E3

    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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  13. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 5 - Who Shot Jay Arnstein?
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Who Shot Jay Arnstein?

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  14. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 7 - Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 12 - A Fine Meth
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 2 - In My Humboldt Opinion
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 3 - A Stand-Up Triple
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 4 - Rubble with a Cause
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 5 - Aguna Matatala
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 6 - One Night Stan
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 9 - Who's Bugging Mary?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 10 - Miles to Go
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 11 - Jailbait
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 12 - Training Video
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Once a Ponzi Time" is the worst rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dan Lerner and written by John Mankiewicz, it aired on 8/2/2009. This episode scored 9.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Trojan Horst".