"In Plain Sight" (2008) TV series 2008-????

Creator:

David Maples

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

1 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Mary Shannon is a U.S. Marshal in the witness protection program who spends her time relocating federal witnesses....

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Mary McCormack	...	Mary Shannon (27 episodes, 2008-2009)
Fred Weller	...	Marshall Mann (27 episodes, 2008-2009)
Nichole Hiltz	...	Brandi Shannon (27 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Stan McQueen (24 episodes, 2008-2009)
Cristián de la Fuente	...	Raphael Ramirez (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Jinx Shannon (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Todd Williams	...	Detective Robert Dershowitz (15 episodes, 2008-2009)
Holly Maples	...	Eleanor Prince (14 episodes, 2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Trivia:

The prop police cars used for Albuquerque Police vehicles have the same color and graphic scheme as real APD vehicles, however the seal on the rear fender is not the real APD seal, however it is the same shape as the real thing.

Quotes:

Mary Shannon: [intro] Since 1970, the Federal Witness Protection Program has relocated thousands of witnesses, some criminal, some not, to neighborhoods all across the country. Every one of those individuals shares a unique attribute, distinguishing them from the rest of the general population. And that is, somebody wants them dead.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Contract (#7.12)" (2008)

Mary makes the show

I have to catch up with the beginning of the first episode, but what I saw tells me USA has a winner on its hands with IN PLAIN SIGHT. The main character, a rather fetching but ball-busting federal marshal played by Mary McCormack, is a swipe of Karen Sisco from Elmore Leonard's OUT OF SIGHT, crossed with Jordan Cavanaugh of CROSSING JORDAN and even Adrian Monk of MONK, to name just a few influences. McCormack racks them and stacks them with the best of her male counterparts. Predictably, she has a troubled personal life and a ditzy mother, played winningly by Leslie Ann Warren, 62, but not looking a day over 50. In the opener, it's her birthday and she just knows Mom has planned a surprise party. She also has a murder to solve and some people to put into witness protection. By the end, all is well, of course. And so on to the next episode. McCormack, a TV and movie veteran, is the whole show. The majority of the supporting cast is made up of your basic generic TV actors, looking a little too young and too clean cut and too thin. Sounds like WITHOUT A TRACE, don't it? McCormack does a post-coital nude scene in the opener, clearly to keep the guys watching. My theory is that we will never see her naked again. But that's OK. She's just fun to watch.