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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 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.2/10(338 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 6 - High Priced Spread
    7.3/10(181 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 8 - Don of the Dead
    7.3/10(170 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 2 - Crazy Like a Witness
    7.4/10(120 votes)

    #4 - Crazy Like a Witness

    S4:E2

    Mary's paranoid witness wants to reconnect with his son.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 2 - Hoosier Daddy
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 3 - Never the Bride
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 5 - Who Shot Jay Arnstein?
    7.5/10(189 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 9 - Good Cop, Dead Cop
    7.5/10(183 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 10 - Miles to Go
    7.5/10(140 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 4 Episode 7 - I'm a Liver Not a Fighter
    7.5/10(103 votes)

    #10 - I'm a Liver Not a Fighter

    S4:E7

    A terminally ill father wants to reconcile with his children.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Michael Reisz

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  11. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 6 - One Night Stan
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 11 - Jailbait
    7.6/10(145 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 14 - Once a Ponzi Time
    7.6/10(132 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 4 - Whistle Stop
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 7 - Iris Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    7.7/10(184 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 3 - A Stand-Up Triple
    7.7/10(160 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 8 - A Frond in Need
    7.7/10(151 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 5 - Fish or Cut Betta
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 4 - Meet the Shannons
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    #19 - Meet the Shannons

    S4:E4

    A beauty pageant queen finds out that she's spent most of her life in witness protection.

    Director:Jan Eliasberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. In Plain Sight Season 1 Episode 10 - To Serge with Love
    7.8/10(171 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 13 - Let's Get It Ahn
    7.8/10(158 votes)

    #21 - Let's Get It Ahn

    S2:E13

    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 Alcalá
    Writer:David Maples

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  22. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 7 - Love's Faber Lost
    7.8/10(123 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 5 - Second Crime Around
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Second Crime Around

    S4:E5

    Mary works with an unapologetic con artist.

    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. In Plain Sight Season 2 Episode 2 - In My Humboldt Opinion
    7.9/10(169 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. In Plain Sight Season 3 Episode 3 - Coma Chameleon
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "In Plain Sight". It scored 7.2/10 based on 338 votes. Directed by Mark Piznarski and written by David Maples, it aired on 6/1/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "High Priced Spread".