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Television review: “In Plain Sight” (USA)

Started by Mike Olbinski · 10 months ago

USA Network premiered a brand new crime drama last night called In Plain Sight, a series starring Mary McCormack as a U.S. Marshall named Mary Shannon who is in charge of Witness Protection in the city of Albuquerque.

In the first episode, she deals with a brand new woman from Russia ... Continue reading »

13 comments

  • Robert

    1 year ago

    3 cases? Didn't they get the memo? 2 cases per episode, so you can split characters up and hopefully the viewers will stick through it if 1 of the cases turns out boring.
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  • Richard

    1 year ago

    I liked Mary, I really liked her partner Marshall. I truly, deeply despised how her sister gave her the magic totem to solve the case in the nick of time.

    I've heard that future episodes focus much more on the normal, witness protection aspects of her job and are more focused and better. I'll give it a few more tries to see whether it improves for me.

    Richards last blog post..FSW: Rachael Ray, Terrorist!
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Mary acted fine, but the writing and her attitude just didn't seem authentic. I dunno...it felt like attitude for attitude's sake :)

    I'll give it one more episode.
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  • Robert

    1 year ago

    "future episodes focus much more on the normal, witness protection aspects of her job"

    Cool. I'd really like a show about watching TV and eating takeout food while nothing happens. ;)
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    LOL :)
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  • jina

    1 year ago

    I think the main problem was that all of the acting was really over-done! They can change the story-telling, but I don't know if that will fix the acting, Mary included.
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  • Richard

    1 year ago

    See, I'm not with you guys on that. Take out Leslie Ann Warren (who has been playing the same over-the-top drunken floozy for 20 years) and I thought the acting was fine. I particularly liked the way Mary McCormack seemed uncomfortable in her own skin. Confident one minute, frustrated and bumbling the next.

    I thought the whole sequence in the bar summed her up pretty well. From acting tough with the bartender and being shown up for her ignorance all the way through her final "I hope he calls," McCormack told me who Mary Shannon is and wants to be.

    Richards last blog post..FSW: Rachael Ray, Terrorist!
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    See, that bar scene just seemed hokey to me. Like you said, it showed who she is, but it just really, REALLY didn't make me laugh. That kind of thing should be funny, but it was almost embarrassing in the way it was over-the-top.
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  • Scotty Dub

    1 year ago

    I only saw the preview (800 times, thanks USA), but yet had the same review. Weird. ;-)

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  • Sam Buck

    11 months ago

    I would definitely recommend giving it another shot! I think it has worked out some of the bugs you brought up and it has amazing story-lines. It is one to be tuning into in my opinion. Mary has a depth lacking with a lot of characters these days. There is a lot left to explore.
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  • Sam Buck

    11 months ago

    And I apologize for not reading your updated post. I wish I could delete previous comment. Oh well.
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  • Mike

    11 months ago

    No problem Sam, but thanks for taking the time to persuade me :)

    It is a good show, I like it a lot more now.
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  • Sheila Clinch

    10 months ago

    Very nice and useful post I really appreciate you posting
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