Psych
PSYCH is a quick-witted dramedy following young police consultant Shawn Spencer who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute that Santa Barbara PD detectives think he's psychic.
- Metascore60
- 2006-2014
- 8 seasons
- USA Network
- Comedy, Suspense
- TV-PG
PSYCH is a quick-witted dramedy following young police consultant Shawn Spencer who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute that Santa Barbara PD detectives think he's psychic.
Season 8 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire
Wed, Jan 8, 2014 47 mins
Shawn is delighted to be invited to help out with a case by the English Interpol HQ, even after it turns out he's not wanted as consultant but merely on account of his physical resemblance to the arrested driver of master criminal Ronnie Ives. Gus came along to attend a Harry Potter convention and disbelieves their supervisor, master jewel thief Pierre Despereaux, claiming that's his elaborate cover but employing only rookies who knew him nor his alleged Dutch superior Wim Stuyvesant. Doubts abound as the pair is taken along on a ride of compounded crimes and deceit.
Episode 2
S.E.I.Z.E. the Day
Wed, Jan 15, 2014 43 mins
Desperate for income while suspended by interim SBPD chief Harris Trout, as their side-business life coaching isn't taking off, Shawn and Gus are eager to wriggle into a bust gone sour where demoted Lassie saved Harris from an attempt at his life, puzzled why Carton hired them, so his shifty behavior leads to the theory he's terminal, while in fact his wife is pregnant. Getting Lassiter promoted back by solving the case proves hard, as their suspects prove innocent or dead, alas after calling the case.
Episode 3
Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 42 mins
Clumsy attorney Adam Hornstock hires Psych as 'legal consultants' to defend the prime suspect in the TV station murder of weatherman Jackson Hale. Grumpy judge Horace Leland gives the trio surprising room to sleuth for alternative suspects, even after the first one, Hale's successor, is poisoned, requiring a whole other motive .
Episode 4
Someone's Got a Woody
Wed, Jan 29, 2014 43 mins
Paroled ex-con Cyrus Polk takes coroner Woody Strode hostage, claiming he's being set up for the murder in his home on a criminal he threatened in jail despite DNA evidence. Trout sidetracks Lassiter and any attempt to curb his cocky intent to end the case by needlessly bloody SWAT intervention. Psych sets out to save Woody and find out the truth about the murder. Checking up on the halfway house where Rocoo rules the roost and parole officer Edward Tripp above him, they discover a probably related second killing, while O'Hara joins Polk pretending to be his daughter.
Episode 5
Cog Blocked
Wed, Feb 5, 2014 43 mins
Apparently suicidal insurance company work bee John Russell's life resembles Gus's besides Psych so scarily he desperately maintains it must be murder even before Woody rules it might be poisoning. Shawn is actually desperate for income as the SBPD still doesn't hire them, yet must accept Gus's foppish offer to take the case for free. While fishing for jobs in vain all the way, Shawn digs into Insurance fraud and deals with people already on that trail, firm nerd Quan Phung and Em, the brutish PI John hired, facing the Russian mob while firm boss Latrek refuses to work with them.
Episode 6
1967: A Psych Odyssey
Wed, Feb 26, 2014 43 mins
Trout is out of the picture and old chief Vick already accepted a job elsewhere and offers O'Hara a promotion if she joins, so Lassiter hopes to be picked. The mayor however interviews candidates who stand a better chance due to networking and Lassie makes a pitiful impression. His last hope is solving the old murder of the mayor's uncle Archie Baxter. Psych digs into the past (where regular cast doubles as late characters), a saucy nightclub scene with convoluted intrigues with staff and customers. When they crack it, Lassie gets second thoughts.
Episode 7
Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
Wed, Mar 5, 2014 42 mins
Psych's favorite food truck owner Maurico has been murdered in at night. The boys bicker going undercover running the truck to explore wildly different theories. Those include competitive rivalry, embarrassment to the nearby gym, various complications with the dodgy health inspector and racketeering street gang, yet they stumble upon further surprises. Meanwhile Lassiter is turned into a nervous wreck by his wife Marlowe about to give birth.
Episode 8
A Touch of Sweevil
Wed, Mar 12, 2014 43 mins
After years of frustration for being left out, Sean gets his invite to professor Stein's paranormal convention for police consultants, only the find him poisoned on stage. Suspects include his academic assistant Randall and several psychics, presumed frauds and James Earl Craig, who protested not being invited and becomes the next victim. Lassiter wants to use the crazy case to scare off his new, mayor- imposed detective Betsy Brannigan, but that backfires.
Episode 9
A Nightmare on State Street
Wed, Mar 19, 2014 43 mins
Gus' nightmares start to feel like reality when he and Shawn work to solve an unlikely case for the SBPD.
Episode 10
The Break-Up
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 49 mins
Shawn and Gus help Detective Lassiter enlist the help of Henry and Woody to solve the murder of a real estate executive. Meanwhile, Shawn struggles with a life decision.
