Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque
| "Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque" | |
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| In Plain Sight episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 15 (#27 overall) |
| Directed by | Michael Morris |
| Written by | Jessica Butler |
| Production code | 2_215 |
| Original air date | Part 1 - August 9th, 2009 Part 2 - March 31, 2010 ("Father Goes West") |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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J.C. MacKenzie |
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J.C. MacKenzie
Luis Moncada
John Dennis Johnston
Angelica Castro
Juan-Carlos Guzman
Eric Martinez
Manuel Chavez
Jacob O'Brien Mulliken
Vivian Nesbitt
Arthur Wooldridge
Matt Sanford
"Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque" is the second-season finale episode of In Plain Sight and the 27th episode overall. Originally designed to be the first of a two-part season finale, the show's creators decided to end the season in cliffhanger fashion. The companion episode was slated as the third-season premiere and aired on March 31, 2010 ("Father Goes West").
Thanks to the State Department, Mary's new "best friend" is a feisty South American woman, Francesca Leandra (guest star Angelica Castro): a revolutionary leader whom the U.S. government has agreed to hide in the states while they help agitate her countrymen toward rebelling against their dictator. To stir the pot even more, the CIA is quietly spreading the word that Francesca, who is beloved by the working-class citizens, has been captured by El Presidente's men and is being tortured. Her country of origin is never specified.
Mary and Francesca are established in a mansion in Albuquerque with top-of-the-line security and every possible amenity. Francesca, fearing that her people will discover that she was living in luxury while they suffered under El Presidente, talks the State Department liaison into allowing her to move into a house in one of Albuquerque's barrios (Latin/Hispanic slum). When Marshall and Mary confront her about this, citing the drug-dealing gang across the street from Francesca's new 'safe' house, Francesca insists they are her 'people' and are just like the boys she grew up with in South America. Mary makes a call into APD dispatch and pretends to be an ordinary citizen calling in a disturbance, hoping that a police cruiser driving past will disperse the gang and head off the trouble she senses is coming. The cruiser doesn't come, however, and Mary's instincts are dead-on.
Mario, one of the dealers that had come across and flirted with Mary and Francesca earlier, comes back across the street and tries to get the girls to let him in so they can 'party'. Francesca says to ignore him, but Mary knows that won't work. She has already called Bobby Dershowitz to try to get another cruiser to come by; Dershowitz comes himself to try to defuse the situation. Mary exits the house and pushes Mario off the porch when Dershowitz is becoming outnumbered by Mario's compadres, and when Mario draws, Mary draws her own weapon and is shot in the abdomen. The dealers scatter after the shot as Dershowitz is shouting 'Officer down!', realizing that Mary is a cop or fed and all hellfire is about to break loose as a result.
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