| 80 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
In Plain Sight is a definite for any summer TV To-Watch list; don't cross it off until you've seen at least one. |
| 80 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Mary doesn't win 'em all, but In Plain Sight is a W for USA. |
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
The plots are often unbelievable. But I like Mary, especially as she's set up in the series premiere, complete with a wacky mom. |
| 70 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Unlike "Monk," which is essentially warmed-over "Columbo" with a more interesting character in the lead, In Plain Sight augments its plain premise with a full cast of colorful characters. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
The plots are a little obvious--you can usually stay a jump or two ahead of the revelations--but the actors keep you well distracted. |
| 70 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
The plot and subplots of the premiere eventually deteriorate into pandemonium, but McCormack remains the steadying center that makes the show intelligible and, more important, involving. And, perhaps more important still, fun. |
| 60 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
This latest hardboiled-but-dedicated babe with a badge follows all the clichés of the genre but knows it and will find ways to twist the formula in novel, interesting ways. |
| 60 |
PopMatters Michael Abernethy
With this shaded tone and careful plotting going for it, In Plain Sight is a welcome addition to USA’s line-up of detective shows. Especially when it keeps focused on the new places and new identities, rather than the old memories. |
| 60 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
The show is entertaining enough on the job that it doesn’t need so-called comic relief. |
| 50 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
It's all a bit ridiculous and the writing is scary, although the stars are first rate and the locales are pretty good too. |
| 50 |
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
McCormack, a rangy actress who looks more comfortable in Mary Shannon's tank tops and casual jackets than she ever did in the lawyerly business suits she wore way back on "Murder One," manages to make all this crankiness intermittently endearing. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
In Plain Sight, in addition to some of the worst character names you'll ever see, has deeper problems in the writing. |
| 50 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
In Plain Sight may not offer the newest characters on the block, but they're diverting, and at least they can spell. |
| 50 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
The writers overplay the banter and allow Mary to become so harsh, you wonder why even the most devoted partner puts up with her. But for the most part, as long as McCormack and Weller are together, or sharing time with their boss (Paul Ben-Victor), the show functions as harmless hot-weather pleasure. |
| 40 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
Ultimately, that episode leaves only a vague sense of the rich territory that In Plain Sight could have explored with better writing. |
| 40 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
In Plain Sight is another attempt at mixing the jokey and the serious within a loose procedural format. But Sight’s writing is distressingly predictable, and McCormack’s character is the least interesting thing about the show. |
| 40 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Apart from its New Mexico setting and its witness protection angle, little stands out here. Stories are less than suspenseful and characters are mainly two-dimensional. |
| 30 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Balancing comedy and drama within this sort of framework requires a delicate touch, and precious little about In Plain Sight achieves that equilibrium. |
| 30 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
In Plain Sight already seems tired with its crime-of-the-week, flawed-protagonist self. |
