Psych
Psych
TV ShowEnded

Psych

Fake psychic. Real detectives.

7.9 / 10
2006
8 seasons
120 episodes
DramaComedyCrime

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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Cast

Seasons

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.

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.5
    07-07-200666m

    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...

  • The Spellingg Bee

    2.The Spellingg Bee

    7.1
    14-07-200643m

    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"...

  • Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

    3.Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

    6.9
    21-07-200643m

    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. Th...

  • Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets

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

    6.9
    28-07-200643m

    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...

  • 9 Lives

    5.9 Lives

    7.5
    04-08-200643m

    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 f...

  • Weekend Warriors

    6.Weekend Warriors

    7.2
    11-08-200643m

    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 en...

  • Who Ya Gonna Call?

    7.Who Ya Gonna Call?

    7.4
    18-08-200643m

    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....

  • Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

    8.Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

    7.9
    25-08-200643m

    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 Barb...

  • Forget Me Not

    9.Forget Me Not

    8.2
    19-01-200743m

    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 a...

  • From Earth to Starbucks

    10.From Earth to Starbucks

    7.9
    26-01-200743m

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

  • He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead

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

    6.9
    02-02-200743m

    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...

  • Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder

    12.Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder

    8.2
    09-02-200743m

    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 consu...

  • Game Set... Muuurder?

    13.Game Set... Muuurder?

    6.8
    16-02-200743m

    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.

  • Poker? I Barely Know Her

    14.Poker? I Barely Know Her

    8.0
    23-02-200743m

    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...

  • Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast

    15.Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast

    7.8
    02-03-200743m

    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 ea...

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