I've been waiting what seems like an eternity for Jason Wiles's guest appearance. It's finally here!

TRASHY!!!

I can't wait to see Jason Wiles again either.

Is this the finale or what? At any rate, I know I've been heading south with the IPS-love, somewhat related to a recent, unexpected obsession over Third Watch but... They've got some multi-level interest lined up here, and I'm psyched to watch next week.

After GOOD COP, DEAD COP there are 2 more left of IPS.

Actually, according to the USA Schedule, there are 3 more episodes after GOOD COP, DEAD COP:
TO SERGE WITH LOVE - August 3
STAN BY ME - August 10
A FINE METH - August 17

IMDB doesn't have "A FINE METH" listed. This is where I was getting my info. Thanks for letting me know about this other esp.

Aw, it would suck to lose you here... C'mon, this show is just as shiny and fun to play with.

There is another possibility. Previews are set up to lie (I learned that from all the LOCI previews). In one scene of the preview she talks about him having a fantasy about her, and there’s a scene where they’re making-out. Maybe it’s his fantasy or maybe not. I hope this show isn’t going to revolve around whose sleeping with whom. If it turns into a soap opera I’m won’t be back for season 2.

I had planned on watching IPS before I new that a certain person was going to be on. This show is very interesting and I enjoy playing the games they have. I will be back for season 2 but not the communty to talk and I will continue playing the games. I just wanted to make friends here and belong and the fact that I new the actors name that people asked about in the preview well it made me feel good and I though I was doing something good well I guess I was not.

Did anyone else get the USA email about this episode yet? I won’t spoil it for anyone, but it explains a little about the time frame.

Can you put it in spoiler tags for us? Thanks!

Another great episode. Jason Wiles was great, I wish he would become a regular on the show.

What is the name of the actress who played Roxie? I was trying to think of her name the whole episode and its driving me crazy! She was not listed as a guest star on any webite that I found. Thanks!

I finally figured it out!!!! She was the oldest brother's wife on 7th Heaven. Her name is Sarah Danielle Madison.

Great eppisode. I loved the banter between Mary and Robert. I loved the expression on Marshall's
face when he realized he was in a gay bar. That was great. Seeing how unsure Mary was about
buying her first house was nice. I dont usually think of her as being unsure about much of anything.

What I found really interesting, is how Jason Wiles, seems to bring out the more vivid emotional responses from whomever he co stars, or guest stars with. Mary, seemed to be "more there" than usual. I think he was good for the show. Perhaps USA could make him a "Character Welcome", he looks like he's ready for another show now, and I'm sure USA would find his multi talents, rewarding.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, I've been searching for 30 minutes, trying to remember where I knew her from. Her voice is so distinct. I didn't really recognize her by looks, but that voice I knew. She looks really different now. Well, my sanity is intact, thanks to you lol!

And, I'm with you all, Jason Wiles and TW both rock. LOVE Bosco!

I have a love-hate thing with this show. One of the things I love is that there is always something going on with nary a dull moment. That is, except for a few Jinx and Brandi scenes in earlier episodes, this show never drags. Conversely, the hate thing is that sometimes the scenes zip along at such a clip, that I find myself thinking that I’ve must have missed something when I can’t join all the plot pieces together.

For example: Why did Epps come up on the radar, in the first place, when that officer was murdered? Did that little tie-in scene just zip by without me noticing it?

I think that I'm done with this show. For the most part, the writing stinks! If there is a season 2, I doubt there will be a season 3 unless they changed the writers or made character changes. They definitely made the mistake of making Mary's skanky, bitchy character the focal point of the show.

That was a good episode, I like how we got to see how Jinx came to stay with Mary. Too bad she couldn't keep her bullet room. I was just confused on one thing, who killed Ramierez?

Sorry, I didn’t see your post until this morning! I was busy all weekend (getting ready for a trip, yard sale, cleaning house, etc). Anyway, sorry about that. I think you can sign up for the IPS newsletter off the main page. I think I signed up for it on the Watch to Win link.

Apparently, I am in the minority with respect to this episode. I hated it. I thought that the basic premise of IPS was that Mary was very good at her job, but not very good at handling her private life. Sleeping with your witness hardly qualifies as good job performance. Aside from morality and upholding the integrity of the U.S. Marshal Service, how can Mary adequately protect a witness whom she studiously avoids coming into contact with (in an effort to save her job) in the aftermath of the one-night stand? Furthermore, her choice of a hook-up leaves something to be desired. She tumbles into bed with a man who has just confessed to her that he is unrepentant about planting evidence and providing false court testimony against defendants that he and his fellow corrupt cops considered a danger to society – how noble is that? Maybe if Epps and his buddies had spent more time doing their job and less manufacturing cases, Chicago would have been better off. To endorse conduct like this, by having the lead character in this series fall in lust with Epps, is irresponsible. Corrupt cops lend fuel to jurors who then refuse to convict guilty defendants because they so distrust the system (e.g., that’s why people like O.J. are still roaming the streets). Also, I was very disappointed that at the end of the episode, after sending Raphael a voicemail of reconciliation, she offered to drive Epps home – with the clear implication that she wouldn’t mind a re-play of their previous “date.” How could she still be interested in an arrogant jerk like Epps, who stated in his interrogation that pairing men and women together was the biggest mistake in law enforcement, because they were destined to either sleep together or kill one another or both. Attitudes like this have kept women from progressing as they should in law enforcement and other professional fields.
On another brief point, I resented the false advertising in the preview for this episode -- the early-on office scene with the “looks” between Mary and Marshall. It clearly appeared that there was serious tension between these characters that would be explored in the episode. Instead, Marshall immediately capitulated and offered to help Mary. The writers should at least have included a scene where Marshall lectures Mary on keeping her job duties separate from her private life.

I had great expectations for this series -- oh well. . . .

Great points, but I think you are expecting too much from St. Mary. She is a flawed human being; just like the rest of us. What did Marshall say about protecting her from everyone and everyone from her? Sound like he was talking work-related, not personal. A person can be dedicated, good at his/her job and still use bad judgment (think, Slick Willie).

As for Epps being arrogant, in his line of business, I don’t think humble would have cut it. I’m not condoning what he did, but lets remember that Mary is not above cutting procedural corners herself. So, she is not going to find someone who also cut corners necessarily repugnant. Loved that he decided to shake free of the program. I can understand his thinking. “If this is the best they can do for me—I can do better by myself”. (Arrogant? Self-assured? Whose to say?)

Didn’t think that we needed some kind of you’ve-been-a-bad-girl-Mary lecture from Marshall so that we can feel that she has been somehow “punished” for what Mary did. Of course, I didn’t care for that, “need a ride” comment either. Shows a lack of self-restraint (not one of her strong suits, anyway) and that Mary has some self-destructive leanings that are probably going to continue to cloud her judgment.

As for previews/trailers. Learned a long time ago, that they are meant to entice and intrigue—never expect one to tell me what’s really going to happen on a show. Therefore, I never take them at face value. The show handlers are in the business of selling the show, so the previews/trailers do what they are supposed to do—get folks to watch.

I don’t think that you need to be a saint to show some restraint and judgment in your choice of bed partners – particularly when you’re on the job. Furthermore, cutting corners is not the same as repeatedly breaking the law and flagrantly flaunting defendants’ rights – even if they are scumbag defendants. Again, a cynical view that holds that people in Epps “line of work” don’t have to follow the “rules” only hurts the innocent and society in the end. Frankly, his arrest provided Epps with just a small taste of his own medicine. He was lucky, since he was exonerated. How many innocent defendants did he and his buddies send to jail or how many guilty defendants have been released because so many citizens distrust the enforcers of the law? He's no hero in my book, nor is he very cool. (Nothing aginst the actor prtraying him -- he's not bad looking.)

My main point is that Mary shouldn’t be bedding down one of her witnesses. But if she does, she should choose more wisely and then transfer his case files to another less compromised Inspector.

But if she does that then we've lost part of the entertainment of this show. If it was all by the book on the show then we might as well watch reality tv.

I hope to see more of him in future shows, and I felt they left the ending wide open. Him leaving the program right as she and Chico break up is too convenient. I hope he becomes a regular.
I recorded the episode and couldn't BELIEVE the chemistry between the two of them. HOLY COW! I must admit I watched it over and over
I'd watch more of the show just to see more of that AND their flirty banter.

My point was not that because of his line of work he has the right to break rules. My point was that in his line of work arrogance (as you called), or self-confidence (as I see it) is an asset. Shrinking violets don’t have any business on the street doing police work. That was my point. No more—no less.

As for Mary sleeping with a witness, I'm not debating right or wrong here, I saying that we have a complicated, reckless, sometimes self-destructive person who does not always do the right thing. If we all did as we should, the churches would be full and the prisons empty, but they are not. Should she show more restraint-Yes? Is she going to—Probably not?

Every time they put a “criminal” in the witness protection program—IT’S A TRADE OFF. A tradeoff between what he did to get him there and what the government got for putting him there. The government is looking out for its best interest, he for his.

You can think of him as someone who did what he thought he had to do to get garbage of the street. He said he planted evidence to get scrums of the street, not railroad innocents to jail. A good thing—No? Erodes public confidence--Yes? Did he rat out his friends—Yes? My advice to him—feel bad about it and then get over it. After all, they were already crooks. There is an old saying “Never stand between your friends and a firing squad”.

That being said, how does Mary see Epps? I think that on some level she understands what he did.

As for having the case transferred. How would that work? Stan, I slept with one of my witnesses would you please have me brought up on charges, disgraced, and fired. Kidding aside, since there is so much secrecy involved in handling a case, probably would take a truckload of red tape to offload a case. AND, I’m pretty sure that you would have to have a darn good reason for wanting to do so. Please don’t say she should have thought about that before she broke the rules. We are talking about Mary here, and yes her self-discipline slip is showing.

Love Love Love Jason Wiles on Good Cop Dead Cop episode. Hope he has recurring roles. Maybe he should be in the contest for best couple with Mary.

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Yeah! Jason Wiles. He really did add more authenticity to the show in my opinion. True blue Third Watch fan that I am,
love seeing him back on screen. Hope he gets to make more episodes - or just a regular!.

I have really enjoy watching "In Plain Sight", but like Phillywatch... I didn't much like this particular episode and the direction the writers seemed to be going with the characters of Mary, Raphael, and Brandi. Problematic as their lives were, each of these characters (in their own way) seemed to evidence a noticeable amount of integrity. Even Brandi, probably the most challenged of the three, seems to be improving her life. There was a certain continuity with their characterizations which now has abruptly been changed.

Suddenly, Mary is cheating on Raphael with Eps... who doesn't come across as the greatest person. Raphael, (seemingly a very moral and caring person) is sleeping with his physical therapist... and possibly Brandi. Brandi, who's becoming less selfish and more likable by the episode, is now reverting and probably well on her way back to her former druggie-boyfriend (Chuck).

It's like the writer's started to change horses in mid-stream. If I wanted to watch a soap opera... I'd just tune-in to one. The actor portraying Eps seems popular with viewers from his other film roles, but to me his character just seemed obnoxious. Are the writers simply in the process of eliminating Raphael and Brandi from the series... and in doing so - trying to make them less appealing? Well, in this episode, even Mary didn't appeal to me all that much.

In most of the shows that I regularly watch, I want to like at least some of the characters being portrayed. I didn't find much to like with anybody in this episode. I hope this isn't the direction the show is taking, or I may have to start watching something else. I realize that the writers may be trying something edgier, but it's not working for me. For the record, I like the characters of Raphael and Brandi, and hope they aren't being eliminated.

This episode has generated so much “strong” discussion, that I’m almost ashamed to admit that my favorite scene involved the druggie in the cop-shooting-cop incident at the top of the show. (Epps has the guy cornered at gunpoint, throws drugs on the ground, and is trying to force him to pick up the drugs and plant them on himself.) Instead of taking off after the cops shoot each other, the druggie takes the time to grab up the drugs of the ground. I found it amusing that he was not about to leave such a windfall behind, not even under these circumstances. It struck me as a real-world move.

As this discussion seems to prove.........no one knows where this show is headed. And that, I believe, is a good thing. Why would anyone watch a show that they know what was going to happen 5 episodes in advance?

There are people out there that would like Mary and Marshall to get together. (I think that would end the show looking at past shows that did that)

Some want to see Mary and Rafe really get together and not just a night of sex.

SOme even want to see Mary and Eps get together (now that he's no longer in Witsec).

So, which way are the writers going? Who knows. ANd whether we like an episode or not, we're going to watch it to see what the heck Mary is going to do.

Thing is, as much as we may or may not like a character......they are pretty real based. Yeah, people sleep with their bosses all the time. That's not supposed to happen. Yeah cops dirty deal. It happens. Yeah women cheat with their sister's boyfriends and boyfriends cheat with anyone. That's real.


I have favorite episode and not so favorite. But I'll still watch until it gets predictable and boring.

I am usually NOT a person who corrects someone when they are mistaken, BUT, Mary was not cheating on Raphael, If you noticed the time frame--it was 16 months in the PAST--and Mary made mention that she had NO BOYFRIEND, worked too much and was unsure of the house she just bought. As you may know, in the episodes before this one she was WELL ESTABLISHED in her home.

My biggest complaint about this ep is the same as my biggest complaint about this series: Not enough Marshall.

I enjoyed this episode, or at least parts of it. The early scene where Mary is unpacking in her new house with Marshall showed a new side to her. I am wondering how Jinx knew Mary bought a house. Doesn't seem like Mary would have told her.

I liked the fact that they portray Mary as a person who has made mistakes. Didn't really care for Eps. His comment to Marshall during his processing was bordering on cruel. A bit true, but cruel nonetheless. What really irked me about him was how he said that male-female partnerships was the worst idea. Could it be he was said it to get a reaction from Roxanne, and not because he truly beleived it?

The weakest part of the show is easily the problems in procedure. How was Roxanne even involved in the investigation concerning her partner's death? She's too involved to act objectively, even if it was allowed. Also, how was Bobby D even allowed to arrest Eps? He found the ex-cop through Mary's forgotten Blackberry. Being in witness protection, there was no way Alb. PD would have known he was a cop from Chicago without Mary's info.

So there was a reason that Brandi threw the suitcase onto the shore of the lake. She unconsciously wanted to leave a way out if things degraded with her sister like they did.

Eh, I didn't think that Mary and Eps had that great of chemistry.

Yeah, I was wondering how on earth they could have arrested Eps. This episode really made me dislike Bobby D. even more than I already did.

Lets show Bobby D just a little understanding. In his eyes this guy is a cop killer. In Witness Protection I would think that you leave liability for your old crimes behind. And, any new wrongdoings will get your &^% burned.

Even if the guy is a cop killer, the only connection was that the two were from the same city. Not enough to arrest someone.

Bobby D. was being highly unprofessional.

Really, really need to see this episode again. Still trying to figure out how Epps came up on the radar in the first place when the cop was murdered. Know that Bobby D tracked him through Mary’s cell phone. Can understand Bobby D’s thought progression in the case. Mary is all up in the case—the last person she called didn’t exist until 13 months ago—what is she so anxious to check with him about—lets follows this and see where it leads.

As for Bobby D’s hostile behavior, I think that he not only believed that Epps was a cop killer, but he was also peeved because he had taped Mary and Epps discussing their one-night bodily tête-à-tête. He perhaps figured since she had put personal ahead of professional she was probably shielding Epps for that reason. Plus, I’m pretty sure police officers/departments in general have a little love for Witness Protection. Can imagine it must really sting to risk life and limb, spend hundred of hours (even years) and thousands and thousands of dollars to capture a criminal, AND THEN have him/her make a deal with the Feds and get whisked away to a new life.

I've got an offbeat question: what was the name of the song playing when Mary and Eps were making love? I've GOT to get that on my iPod!

Wow - professional or not, how could you pass up Epps? Wow! They could drop a couple of characters to add him to the mix. Delicious! I'd take him and let the sister have the baseball player any day. Chemisty's better all the way around. Jason Wiles every week -- that's what we need.

I know I'm in the minority, but I think Eps was a thoroughly dislikeable character. He was arrogant and rude during his initial processing into WITSEC. I couldn't believe he told Marshall to "get used to other men looking at Mary or you'll go nuts." I can see this as an example of Marshall protecting her from the world in his keeper of an exotic animal metaphor.

What pushed him over the line into being a waste of oxygen to me was him telling Roxanne the detective that male-female partners are the worst thing to happen to law enforcement. He claimed that 9 out of 10 times they either sleep together or kill eachother. Or both. As a woman, nay person, I find that offensive.

Eps was a witness and ethically should not have approached Mary in such an unproffesional way. Wait a minute--Eps had no ethics to begin with. He was corrupt and would plant evidence on suspects to have them jailed. Basically everything he did was on false pretenses, from calling her to pick him up at the restaraunt to not returning her call so she had to come to him.

I admit that Mary didn't handle herself well. She, quite honestly, screwed up by sleeping with Eps. He was her witness. I can understand why she did it--the lack of satisfaction in her life, the loneliness of no boyfriend, and her mother moving in without a "may I." Later in the episode, she narrates that sometimes she needs human contact so much her skin tingled. Eps just happened to show interest when she was desperate for contact. She wouldn't (or couldn't) confide in Marshall and so she was at fate's mercy.

I don't see the chemistry between them--it's just physical attraction, if that. More like desperation on her end.

While I'm a Marshall & Mary shipper at heart, I like Mary and Raph a heck of a lot better than Mary and Eps. Mary was just a notch on Eps' bedpost. Raph shows an interest in Mary and her life, and is willing to support her emotionally while she tries to improve herself. He cares about her family, to the point of saying Mary may have misjudged Brandi and he believed in her. And then there's Marshall, and his virtues have been extolled plenty elsewhere.

Another thing with this episode that bothers me is.....

Mary slept with Eps when he was still in the apartment within days of first moving there....thus 13 months before the murder. The cops know she slept with him because it's on tape.

Why would a brandy new witness be taped?

He wasn't taped when he arrived in New Mexico. He was taped in "present day" when he was sitting on his front porch. They set up the tap after they found Eps's number on Mary's phone when she dropped it at the station.

Or was Eps just a notch on Mary's bedpost?

Well in the restaraunt when she asked what he thought would happen, he replied along the lines of "laugh at my enemies and brag I slept with a hot WITSEC inspector." I'd say that's notch on the bedpost.