by Emma Loggins

In Plain Sight follows the story of a Federal Marshall with the Witness Protection program who must hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family. To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job is much more dangerous. She must oversee federal witnesses who have been relocated through the Witness Protection program and make sure that they stay safe.



We had the honor of sitting down with one of the stars from the series, Paul Ben-Victor. Here's what he had to say:

Can you tell us just a little bit more about your character on In Plain Sight?

It's an interesting character because, in the first season, I'm sort of sprinkled in around the show. I'm not as present as I think I'm going to be in the second season. But basically, it's a comedic character. It's definitely geared toward the comedy of the show; there's a lot of terrific banter between the two leads. I'm sort of Mary's reluctant boss and I think I probably have some sort of fatherly kind of, parental caring for her. I'm sort of like a dad figure and he's very caring and very careful for Mary, but she definitely wears the pants in the office and we're all sort of tip-toeing around waiting for her emotional levels to change. So, we're sort of following her lead.

Now the show is filmed in Albuquerque compared to Los Angeles or New York. I'm sure there were some differences and I wondered if you could just talk about that, what it was like going to Albuquerque and doing the show there, compared to the other places?

Most of the work I've done over the years has been on the road. I enjoy being on the road. It's a calming place to be. You're away from home; you can really focus on your work. There are so many interruptions when I'm at home with phone calls and meetings and stuff like that, so it's kind of a pleasant get away to be on the road and working on a show. And Albuquerque, as you may know, you're right near Santa Fe-beautiful country there and beautiful places to visit - so I enjoyed New Mexico quite a bit. Like I said, I just love being on the road. But the other great thing is that it's also just a hop, skip, and a jump back to LA. So, it's definitely a convenient place to be as opposed to shooting in Canada somewhere, or Europe, or god knows where you could be sent in this business. It's definitely a wonderful place to shoot and I'm looking forward to it again.

With the cast being a bit isolated from LA and New Mexico, have you found that you guys have gotten a chance to bond a little bit more, and spending more time together away from home?

Definitely, we have a great time. That's the most important thing, if you're doing a series, that you chum up with your cast mates, because you are isolated, as you say, and you're tucked away. You're not really with your family and your best friends who you hang out with every day, so you hope to have some chemistry with them. We've had some great parties, some great nights out and some great dinners together. Mary is an incredible host, hostess, I don't know what the politically correct term is these days, but she's great. And we've had some wonderful times in our house in New Mexico.

Fred and I laugh all day long and do Christopher Walken impressions... sort of dueling Chris Walken's, that's our little game.

Nicki and I have become good friends as well. Nichole Hiltz. She's a blast. She's definitely the life of any party. And we've remained friends and have been hanging out here in Los Angeles as well, along with everybody else. But definitely good friends with Nicki, Mary, and Fred; on the set, we're having a good time.