IN PLAIN SIGHT SEASON 2 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER ON DVD NOW!

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Universal Playback will be releasing the new hit series "In Plain Sight" season 2 in the UK on DVDthis week

Mary Shannon is the main protagonist of "In Plain Sight". She is played by award winning actress Mary McCormack. Mary Shannon lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and works as a U.S. Marshal in the witness protection program, she spends her life relocating federal witnesses and trying to protect them from themselves and others, they are literally "hiding in plain sight". Mary works with her partner, Marshall Mann played by Fred Weller, they give criminals and innocent witnesses new lives.

When not putting her life on the line to protect federal witnesses, Mary attempts to manage her dysfunctional family, including overly dependent mother, Jinx played by Lesley Ann Warren, and younger sister, Brandi played by Nichole Hiltz, both of whom live with her. Between work and family, Mary has little time for boyfriend Raphael Ramirez played by Christian de la Fuente who plays minor league baseball.

Mary McCormack will be familiar to a british audience from her work on another Playback release the miini series Traffic, she also had a regular role on ER as Debbie and The West Wing as Kate Harper. The character of Mary Shannon appeared in one cross over episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent last year.

Lesley Ann Warren is also a familiar face to british audiences having appeared in a multitude of TV shows and feature film since the last 1960's. Most recently you will probably have seen her in Desperate Houswives, The Practice, Will & Grace and Crossing Jordan.

The first series of "In Plain Sight" appeared in shops on DVD on the 18th of January, the second series was released this week on DVD on the 1st of March, this is available for order from Amazon, click here

meet the characters

• Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) Mary is a capable officer, a nonconformist, often disrespectful of authority, and disinterested in typical feminine wiles. Known to her witnesses as Mary Shepard, she has a soft spot for them that extends long past the time she should traditionally break ties. The product of a difficult childhood resulting from her father's alcoholism and gambling, Mary has trust and abandonment issues that lead her to have difficulties with relationships. McCormack described Shannon as "not a superhero" and "flawed and real." After her ordeals in the season one finale, Mary has begun recuperating with her family as they approach their lives looking for a fresh start.


• Marshall Mann (Fred Weller) A fifth-generation Deputy U.S. Marshal. Marshall is Mary's partner, as well as her best friend, though recently has appeared to desire more than her friendship. This was especially evident in episodes such as Let's Get it Ahn, during which Marshall discovered that Mary was engaged to Rafael and was visibly upset. Later on, he made a toast declaring, "Here's to the best friend I've ever had, the best friend I could ever hope to have, the girl for whom no man will ever be good enough. I hope you know that I love you, and I wish for you nothing but a lifetime of happiness." He seems to know a little about everything: what Mary calls "useless information". There is friction between Marshall and Mary at times, often due to Marshall's cerebral approach and Mary's gut instinct, though both are extremely protective of witnesses and each other. Though Mary and Marshall have occasionally disagreed about the proper course of action regarding policies, Marshall has typically backed down after taking time to get a perspective and will adopt Mary's position if her cause is right—even when her attitude is not. Having bonded with Det. Robert "Bobby D" Dershowitz during Mary's disappearance, the two have become friends, now freely extending professional courtesies between their respective offices. To his witnesses, he is known as Marshal Miller.


• Stan McQueen (Paul Ben-Victor) As chief inspector for WITSEC's Southwest region, Stan is Marshall and Mary's boss. Stan is a flexible boss and stand-up guy, quickly backing up both Marshall and Mary when they hit trouble. He also appears to have had romantic feelings for Mary at one time, though this subsided after he tried to buy her a pair of stylish shoes. Stan likes to stick to official WITSEC doctrine as often as possible and is reluctant to bend the rules without authorization. However, doing so has mostly made his division above reproach and he enjoys a direct open channel to federal authorities in the Department of Justice. In recent episodes, Stan has made an effort to recreate the professional distance in his office, presumably as a way to shield his team from FBI fallout. He and Eleanor had an intimate encounter.


• Jinx Shannon (Lesley Ann Warren) Mary's mother, who was abandoned by her alcoholic husband to raise her two daughters alone. Although she adores her daughters, she has never been a traditional, supportive, job-holding maternal figure. She recognizes that Mary is the stable member of their family, and this has inspired her to live up to her daughter's example and attempt to start over. Even so, she harbors a great deal of resentment against her strong-willed daughter, though this only comes to the surface when she is under great emotional duress. Firmly on the path to recovery, Jinx is slowly growing into her own woman apart from the conniving lifestyle she once enjoyed while being an alcoholic. Now on the path to sobriety, she still follows Mary's lead, but is slowly becoming more reliable.


• Brandi Shannon (Nichole Hiltz) Mary's younger sister is very much her mother's daughter and the baby of the family. She lives in the moment, has a limited education, preferring to get by on her charms, and was involved with a shadowy man named Chuck. Despite this, she looks up to Mary and, at times, sees her as an example. She also tends to be the more mature figure in her relationship with her mother. Brandi is loyal to a fault, but is slowly developing a conscience independent of others' approval. Moved by seeing a young infant in the hands of a meth addict and a drug-dealing boyfriend, Brandi backed out of a drug deal initiated by Chuck so that child services would protect the baby. Later, once Mary has been rescued from her abduction (which was fallout from this decision), Brandi later admits privately that if she had known how the events would play out, she would have killed Chuck herself rather than let her sister come into harm's way from her actions. She is now dating a man she met in Alcoholics Anonymous, who later turns out to be a very rich man (Mary stated he "owns half of Albuquerque"). However, Brandi takes this information differently, believing that she is just "one of his girls" with him being rich and tries to act selfishly to have him break up with her. After he stays with her (even offering hang-over remedies), he states he hopes they can continue to date, to which she agrees. Mary's nickname for Brandi is "squish."


• Detective Robert Dershowitz (Todd Williams) A homicide detective, known as Bobby D, who is occasionally assigned to cases involving Mary's witnesses. He has deduced that Mary is a U.S. marshal working for WITSEC, and doesn't hide his disgust for the branch of law enforcement that puts known criminals back on the street. This attitude has softened as Dershowitz becomes involved in cases associated with the marshal service's witnesses. While his rapport with Mary had been antagonistic at times, he appreciates the friction. After her disappearance, he and Marshall bonded during the subsequent investigation, resulting in a respect for the two marshals, even though he occasionally disagrees with the less savory part of their jobs.


• Raphael Ramirez (Cristián de la Fuente) Mary's fiance. Raph played minor league baseball for the Albuquerque Isotopes and volunteers at a youth center. Right after being called up to the Florida Marlins, he tore the ACL in his knee and returned to Albuquerque to enter physical therapy. His relationship with Mary was complicated for a time when he becomes close to her sister Brandi when helped him through his rehabilitation and was clearly attracted to him. He disposed of a suitcase full of drugs Brandi brought to Albuquerque that lead to Mary being kidnapped. Raph and Mary have grown closer in the aftermath of her kidnapping. He has retired from professional baseball, and has taken a job as a car salesman working for Peter Alpert.