"And then we met Mary (McCormack) and I think (executive producer) Paul (G. Stupin) and I both had the same experience the second she walked into the room.... We were both kind of convinced that this is Mary (Shannon) and there were all these weird coincidences."

Mary Shannon is actually the same sort of character we've seen before in a lot of TV shows. But, as McCormack pointed out, "This part usually goes to the boy.

"I couldn't believe it was the girl part. I mean, I just couldn't believe that she got to be like that because I think often women — even if they are sort of capable and have a lot of advanced degrees — they always have to be the moral center of the piece and sort of know right and wrong. I just love that she sort of slips up on that stuff more often than not."

"In Plain Sight" is by no means HBO-esque, but it does contain violence, partial nudity, sexual situations and occasional strong language.

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