Psych

7.9
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Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

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Seasons

15 Episodes • Premiered 2006

Thanks to a childhood spent with a police officer father, Shawn Spencer possesses an incredible photographic memory and notices seemingly insignificant details. These traits allow him to spend his jobless days providing the police with mystery-solving tips—but his knowledge soon makes him a suspect. In order to clear his name, the unlikely sleuth declares that he has clairvoyant abilities and launches his own investigative agency, Psych, with his best friend Gus.

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1. Pilot

7.4

When Shawn Spencer is arrested for calling in an accurate tip to the police because only the perpetrator would know the details, his only way out is pretending to be a psychic. It turns out Santa Barbara PD isn't done with him. They ask him to consult on a kidnapping case, and a business is born.

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2. The Spellingg Bee

7.1

When what begins as a little competitive sabotage in a regional spelling bee quickly escalates to murder. Shawn and Gus must investigate the mysterious death of the "Spellmaster" at the regional Spelling Bee.

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3. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

6.9

Shawn and Gus become wedding crashers at a posh ceremony in order to retrieve a stolen antique engagement ring inexplicably taken from an inpenetrable vault under surveillance. The theft turns to murder when things start to come unraveled.

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4. Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets

6.9

Shawn and Gus land their first non-SBPD case when a widow hires them to find some cash that her husband stole from a bank. Shawn is asked to talk to a spirit and help the widow of the thief.

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5. 9 Lives

7.5

Shawn claims a psychic connection with a cat so he can continue his investigation into a what he believes is a murder, but that the police have labeled a suicide, and the link he finds to a hotline may involve one of SBPD's own officers.

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6. Weekend Warriors

7.2

Shawn and Gus attend a Civil War reenactment rehearsal for the sheer pleasure of watching Lassiter have a nervous breakdown as he runs it. When a scripted death turns real they end up donning uniforms themselves in order to find the murderer and perhaps prevent another.

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7. Who Ya Gonna Call?

7.4

Shawn reluctantly settles for a private client who claims a ghost has it in for him after Lassiter kicks Gus and him off the much more interesting case of a murdered psychologist. The two investigations seem to be running parallel and Shawn may still end up solving the police's case.

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8. Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

7.9

Gus is ecstatic when it turns out the only real clue in his and Shawn's missing-person case is TriCon, the comic book and science fiction convention currently running in Santa Barbara. As bodies start turning up, they must balance their newly-scammed and increasingly onerous duties as George Takei's assistants with finding the killer and saving the teenager.

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9. Forget Me Not

8.2

Henry's old captain believes he's solved a murder, but his Alzheimer's has caused him to forget the most important details: the crime, and who committed it. Henry calls in Shawn and Gus who find themselves investigating a murder that happened decades ago and only the faulty memory of the retired officer gives them any hope of closing the case.

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10. From the Earth to the Starbucks

7.9

When Lassiter doubts his own crime-solving ability, Shawn tries to boost his confidence by helping him solve an astronomer's mysterious death.

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11. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead

6.9

The duo's latest case, a gag from Lassiter, turns from an alien abduction investigation to a murder case with the discovery of naked body. Between tanning salons, speed dating and Henry disagreeing with their prime suspects, it's possible Lassiter will solve the case before Shawn and Gus can.

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12. Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder

8.2

A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst and his lover is charged with his murder despite her claims of innocence. Shawn is intrigued and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case.

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13. Game Set... Muuurder?

6.8

Lonely and bored, Shawn convinces Juliet to give him a shot with a case involving a missing tennis star, but first he has to spring an unwilling Gus from a corporate retreat.

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14. Poker? I Barely Know Her

8.0

Henry's friend refuses to report his son, Brandon, missing after the son steals 30,000 dollars. Shawn agrees to help locate the son, and finds out that Brandon has been involved in some underground poker. Meanwhile, O'hara tries to surprise Lassiter on his birthday.

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15. Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast

7.8

Juliet asks Shawn and Gus for assistance on her undercover assignment. They're only too glad to help, since it involves sorority sisters. Unfortunately, what's supposed to be an easy case turns out to have ties to their past and may endanger Juliet. Meanwhile, Lassiter locks horns with the oldest rookie the departments has ever trained.

Cast

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Dulé Hill

Burton Guster

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Timothy Omundson

Carlton Lassiter

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Maggie Lawson

Juliet O'Hara

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Kirsten Nelson

Karen Vick

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Corbin Bernsen

Henry Spencer

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Reviews

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showlover1233

10/10

I've seen all the episodes of psych at least 16 times, you get so addicted to this show and you can't stop watching it!!!! Me and my little sister watched it all the time when it was on Netflix then they took if off which was super upsetting I strongly recommend this show it's hilarious and suspenseful !!!

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

Roday and Hill are probably the best comedic duo in modern history. The way they play off of one another means that you are going to laugh at something in every episode, and you can't that about, well, almost any other television show in modern history.

But, it goes beyond that, the show makes you feel bad for Maggie Lawson, it really does. She has her moments. She has her one liners, she has her laughs, but she is the straight man in a cast that's hysterical. She has to keep a straight face and be the relatable character when she's surrounded by hilarity.

That has to be hard, especially given that her partner is his own kind of funny. The M.E. is hysterical, and even Bernson has his moments.

Start to finish the series is hysterical.

You've reached the end.