Series synopsis
Psych is an American drama comedy crime television series that premiered on USA Network on July 7, 2006. It ended on March 26, 2014. It was created by Steve Franks. It stars James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson and Maggie Lawson.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: Fake psychic. Real detectives.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer
- Dulé Hill as Burton Guster
- Timothy Omundson as Carlton Lassiter
- Maggie Lawson as Juliet O'Hara
- Kirsten Nelson as Karen Vick
- Corbin Bernsen as Henry Spencer
- Sage Brocklebank as Buzz McNab
Guest cast
- Sarah Lind as Ada
- Steve Bacic as David Wilcroft
- Tom Butler as Attorney General Maxwell
- Tim Henry as Farmer Walker
- Malcolm Barrett as Wally
- W. Earl Brown as Dwayne Tancana
- French Tickner as Carl
- Curtis Armstrong as Jervis
- Saul Rubinek as Lance
- Philip Baker Hall as Irving Parker
- Amanda Pays as Susan B
- Todd Stashwick as Frankjim Ogletree
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 144 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 24 | January 1, 2007 | March 26, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 15 | July 7, 2006 | March 2, 2007 |
| Season 2 | 16 | July 13, 2007 | February 15, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 16 | July 18, 2008 | February 20, 2009 |
| Season 4 | 16 | August 7, 2009 | March 10, 2010 |
| Season 5 | 16 | July 14, 2010 | December 22, 2010 |
| Season 6 | 16 | October 12, 2011 | April 11, 2012 |
| Season 7 | 15 | February 27, 2013 | December 15, 2013 |
| Season 8 | 10 | January 8, 2014 | March 26, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
International Pilot 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. This international version ran for an extended 78 minutes and features many deleted and alternative scenes to the domestic version. |
January 1, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus The animated adventures of grade schoolers Shawn and Gus as they work together solving crimes. |
January 1, 2007 |
| 3 |
100 Clues - Alternate Ending On the 100th episode of Psych... Shawn and Gus attend a party hosted by an aging rockstar named Billy Lipps, a man the SBPD arrested years ago for a murder he doesn't remember committing. |
March 27, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot 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. |
July 7, 2006 |
| 2 |
The Spellingg Bee 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. |
July 14, 2006 |
| 3 |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece 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. |
July 21, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American Duos Shawn and Gus go undercover as talent show contestants to investigate a number of failed attempts to kill one of the judges. |
July 13, 2007 |
| 2 |
65 Million Years Off The discovery of a washed-up body sparks a debate between Shawn and the police, who both disagree as to how the man died. While Shawn believes that the man was killed by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the police believe the killer is a little less... extinct. |
July 20, 2007 |
| 3 |
Psy vs. Psy The FBI employs their own psychic in a search for a counterfeiter, causing the department to work together in an effort to prove that Shawn is the better psychic. |
July 27, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ghosts Gus' supervisor, Frankjim Ogletree, demands that he quit moonlighting at Psych, lest he face termination. The vice-president of Gus' pharmaceutical company, however, decides to hire the duo as his wife believes that their home is haunted. |
July 18, 2008 |
| 2 |
Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller? Shawn and Gus attend their high school reunion. Shawn sees a body fly past a window, but on further inspection the body has vanished. When Gus assumes the worst, and Lassiter refuses to help, Shawn seeks assistance from Juliet. |
July 25, 2008 |
| 3 |
Daredevils! Shawn and Gus get hired by the son of daredevil Dutch "The Clutch" Jenkins. They have to figure out what's going on, after "accidents" keep happening to The Clutch. |
August 1, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Extradition: British Columbia Shawn and Gus spot an art thief whom Lassiter has been trying to arrest for years. So, although they are on a skiing vacation in Canada, they appeal to the local constabulary with mixed results: someone gets axed, another finds himself interrogated and Pierre Despereaux may get away scot-free, once again. |
August 7, 2009 |
| 2 |
He Dead A billionaire hedge fund manager asks Shawn and Gus to find his murderer – a last request Shawn can't resist. So he and Gus step into a world of privilege that's rivaled only by the depths of betrayal it contains. |
August 14, 2009 |
| 3 |
High Noon-ish Lassiter reluctantly asks Shawn and Gus for help when his surrogate father, sheriff of Sonora, thinks a ghost is wreaking havoc in his town. And even though this Wild West re-creation town is bigger on show than facts, it turns out a real crime is being planned and the murder of the Sheriff's business rival is only the beginning. |
August 21, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Romeo and Juliet and Juliet When the daughter of a Chinese Triad family disappears, Shawn and Gus take on the case. |
July 14, 2010 |
| 2 |
Feet Don't Kill Me Now When a woman is found dead with a bottle of pills that are lab trial samples, Lassiter and Gus, who are taking the same tap class, team up to dance their way to catching a murderer |
July 21, 2010 |
| 3 |
Not Even Close... Encounters Shawn and Gus get themselves hired onto the case when an unstable lawyer claims his assistant was abducted by aliens. |
July 28, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shawn Rescues Darth Vader Shawn stumbles across a dead body at the British consulate's home while working a case to recover a stolen "Star Wars" collector's item. In order to get the police on the case, Shawn claims he had a vision of the murder and puts his reputation as a psychic on the line. |
October 12, 2011 |
| 2 |
Last Night Gus A night of partying which no one remembers that turned deadly sets Shawn, Gus, Woody and Lassiter on the trail of their deeds and a way to clear their names of suspected murder. Unfortunately, they may have to depend on Shawn's "psychic" memories of the night's events. |
October 19, 2011 |
| 3 |
This Episode Sucks A body is discovered, and appears to have been killed by a vampire. Meanwhile, Lassiter becomes romantically involved with a woman whom Shawn suspects is the murderer. |
October 26, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Santabarbaratown 2 After Henry takes a bullet to the chest and is rushed to the hospital, a spiteful Shawn seeks revenge on the shooter and everyone else involved in the scandal. |
February 27, 2013 |
| 2 |
Juliet Takes a Luvvah Gus gets a girlfriend, and Juliet goes undercover on an online dating site to catch a killer while Shawn tries to holster his jealousy! |
March 6, 2013 |
| 3 |
Lassie Jerky Shawn and Gus join a pair of college students in the woods who are filming a documentary on Bigfoot. |
March 13, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire Stylish art thief Pierre Despereaux summons Shawn to London to help on an undercover operation. |
January 8, 2014 |
| 2 |
S.E.I.Z.E. the Day Lassiter receives some life-changing news and begins to lose his nerve on the job. As a result, he enlists Shawn and Gus to help him take down a dangerous criminal who tried to kill the SBPD’s Interim Chief while he was giving a speech at a press conference. |
January 15, 2014 |
| 3 |
Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement A star studded cast of Psych ALL STARS joins our crew as they dive back into 2006 and re-tell the story of Sandra Panitch, a woman wrongfully accused of the murder of local weatherman Jackson Hale. |
January 22, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | USA Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 7, 2006 |
| Last aired | March 26, 2014 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 21:00:00 |