In Plain Sight (TV Series)

Provo-Cation (2011)

Mary McCormack: Mary Shannon

Quotes 

• Major Lucas Provo : Inspectors, as much as your input is appreciated, military protects military. On this operation, I'm running point.

  Mary Shannon : Major, I'm... I'm no lawyer, but I've got a pretty good handle on matters of jurisdiction. Stan, back me up here.

  Stan McQueen : Well, actually...

  Mary Shannon : No, not the "actually" face.

  Marshall Mann : Not my favorite face.

• Mary Shannon : [trying to find a secure location for her witness]  We're trying to get these people settled. You know, calm. And the wife, she's not calm. She's about two minutes away from guys in white suits with butterfly nets.

  Major Lucas Provo : And those fishbowl windows may as well have a sign saying "Welcome, snipers". An interior unit on the middle floor would be optimal.

  Mary Shannon : Yeah, fine, if there were a direct threat. But we have our witnesses secured in a safe city that only a handful of people know about, two of them us and none of them snipers. So trust me, unless someone's calling an ex or using an old credit card, this is as optimal as it gets.

  Major Lucas Provo : [pointing at the ceiling]  You see a skylight, right? You know what I see?

  Mary Shannon : Oh, boy. I have a feeling I'm about to.

  Major Lucas Provo : Two rangers hovering in a whisper-silent 500P helicopter. They rappel down and breach this place in thirty seconds flat, extract John before Sue can say "One Mississippi." Look, I know we're just Army, but we do top secret pretty well, too.

  Mary Shannon : Really? WikiLeaks says "hi."

  Major Lucas Provo : SEAL Team Six and Osama bin Laden tells a slightly different story. Look, inspector, I really want us to work together on this. So when I tell you John's not safe here, it's not hyperbole. He's not safe here.

• Mary Shannon : Hey. What's up?

  Brandi Shannon : I just wanted to make sure that you knew I invited Abigail to the wedding.

  Mary Shannon : Abigail.

  Brandi Shannon : Yeah.

  Mary Shannon : Marshall's Abigail?

  Brandi Shannon : Yeah.

  Mary Shannon : You know she arrested you, right?

  Brandi Shannon : She was just doing her job.

  Mary Shannon : God, you're like a shark. You only move forward.

• Mary Shannon : Sue, have you ever seen a movie of the week? If he was violent with you once, trust me, he'll do it again.

  Major Lucas Provo : She's right. He will. But this isn't about domestic violence.

  Mary Shannon : Really? 'Cause it looks just like it.

  Major Lucas Provo : From what Marshall said, this is a clear case of PTSD.

  Mary Shannon : PSTD's a diagnosis, Provo. That's the "why". Right now, I care about the "what". And if you think the "what" isn't domestic violence...

  Sue Shears : Uh, I... I need to be with my husband.

  Major Lucas Provo : John was in a dissociative state, triggered, at least initially, by the movie blasting on TV.

  Marshall Mann : "All Quiet on the Western Front".

  Major Lucas Provo : Couple that with the stress of Sue pushing on Afghanistan, it's not unreasonable to think that's why he snapped. Marshall, when you got here, John was yelling "They will kill you", right? "They", not "I."

  Marshall Mann : Yeah, "they". Right.

  Mary Shannon : So?

  Major Lucas Provo : Well, according to Sue, he's been battling insomnia. Emotional detachment, disproportionate outbursts of anger. Guess what those are symptoms of.

  Marshall Mann : [ribbing Mary]  Pregnancy?

  Mary Shannon : Who made you the spokesman for post-traumatic stress?

  Major Lucas Provo : Two thousand Iraqis. At one point during Desert Storm, my unit engaged the Republican Guard for four days of sustained combat. I watched thousands of them die. Literally thousands of Iraqis. In four days.

  Marshall Mann : Jesus.

  Mary Shannon : That's gotta take its toll.

  Major Lucas Provo : [heavy sigh]  You have no idea.