The worst episodes of Psych
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Gus and Emanuelle's relationship is on the rocks and Gus, she won't return his calls and he's totally distressed. When Gus begins to lose sleep over the recent nightmares in his life, he heads to a therapist who claims that he can help him.
- 02
Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement
This episode is a remake of Cloudy With A Chance Of Murder, an episode that originally aired in Season 1. Mirroring the case in the original Cloudy, Shawn and Gus try to solve the murder of local weatherman, Jackson Hale.
- 03
Chief Vick is still serving her six month suspension, and the very offbeat consultant, Harris Trout, is the Interim Chief at the SBPD. Lassiter has been demoted to beat cop, with Juliet replacing him as Interim Head Detective, and Trout still has no interest in hiring Shawn and Gus to help the department solve any cases.
- 04
Shawn and Gus investigate the murder of Mauricio Sanchez, owner of their favorite taco food truck in Santa Barbara. Meanwhile, Lassiter and Marlowe's baby comes at the worst ever time.
- 05
After years of trying, Shawn and Gus are finally invited to be panelists at the Cutting Edge Consultants Convention hosted by Professor Bob Stein, a Paranormal Forensics Expert, but things go awry when a murder occurs. Meanwhile, Lassiter is trying his best to be rid of his new head detective, Betsy Brannigan, who he intensely dislikes.
- 06
Woody the Coroner is taken hostage by a desperate ex-con who claims he's being set up for murder, and Shawn, Gus, Lassiter, and Juliet try carefully to resolve the situation without bloodshed. However, Interim Chief Trout has a plan of his own... and he's not all that bothered how it goes down.
- 07
Gus becomes obsessed with solving the apparent suicide of a man who's life is a deeply unsettling mirror image of his own. Meanwhile, Shawn decides to try and make up for his mooching ways.
- 08
Lassiter is determined to be appointed Chief of Police, so he sets out to prove himself deserving of the job by solving the murder of the mayor's beloved uncle, Archie Baxter, who was killed back in the 60s, although the case was never solved. Meanwhile, Juliet receives some news that tests her relationship with Shawn.
- 09
Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire
Shawn and Gus recount their adventure in London through a "Guy Ritchie" style Voiceover. We learn that Gus is in London for a Harry Potter convention called "Pottercon" and that Shawn has been summoned by Interpol to help on an undercover sting.
- 10
A plastic surgery patient is dead and Shawn and Gus suspect a local surgeon who, inconveniently or otherwise, happens to be someone whom Henry used to date.
- 11
Shawn and Gus go undercover as radio personalities to find out who murdered their favorite DJ.
- 12
Shawn is wrapping up a case at a pizza parlor, breaking it down for Vick, Lassiter, and Juliet in front of the suspects and a room full of witnesses, when Henry rushes in and quietly tells Shawn he's got the wrong guy. Shawn realizes Henry is right, and must switch suspects mid-stream. Vick overhears Henry talking to Shawn about how much his son comes to him for advice, but she's not the only one there interested in Shawn. Walter Snowden, a man who runs a private security firm, wants to hire Shawn to be part of a think tank working with billionaire businessman Ashton Bonaventure to prevent his assassination.
- 13
While on the haunted house ride at Santa Barbara's Scare Fest, Shawn and Gus witness a murder and are soon led to believe that the person who committed it is the ghost of a man who fell to his death at Scare Fest 15 years ago.
- 14
The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap-Man, Issue #2
A local drug syndicate known as the Caminos falls under attack by a masked vigilante called The Mantis, and Lassiter is soured by this since The Mantis has already made more progress than the police. Shawn is also put off, due to Juliet expressing an admiration for The Mantis' efforts. Shawn and Gus believe that a new cop is the vigilante, but as they put the pieces together, they start to believe that the Mantis' efforts may not be altruistic.
- 15
When the hitting coach of the local minor league baseball team suddenly dies with amphetamines in his system, the team's manager believes it to be foul play, so he hires Shawn and Gus to go undercover as the new coach and mascot in order to investigate.
- 16
Unfolding in the style of the film Sliding Doors, Shawn experiences two separate timelines set off by a "what if?" scenario. One timeline shows what would have happened if Juliet never found out that Shawn wasn't psychic; happy, in love and thinking about the next step in their relationship. The other timeline shows what really happened -- that Juliet did in fact find out Shawn wasn't a psychic. Shawn, Gus, Juliet, Lassiter, and Chief Vick follow the same murder case in both timelines, and arrive at the same conclusion in both timelines, but the investigative beats they each take to get there are presented differently.
- 17
When the Santa Barbara Mayor, Gavin Channing, dies in an apparent surfing accident, Shawn decides to run for office to delay Channing's interim successor from pushing through a proposal to lift developmental restrictions on the protected Santa Barbara wetlands.
- 18
When Gus inadvertently tampers with a crime at his office, Shawn must find the murderer before Gus is arrested.
- 19
A businessman named Jerry Kincaid is conned and robbed by a couple named Barbie and Clive. After Barbie and Clive flee the scene of the robbery, they arrive at a swanky resort hotel where we learn that Juliet and Shawn have just checked into — with the help of Shawn stealing Gus's credit card, naturally. Juliet and Shawn are there for a romantic weekend getaway — one they have promised will be completely devoid of police work and instead, filled with the opportunity to take their relationship to the next level.
- 20
Shawn tries to get Henry to bond with Juliet's stepfather, Lloyd French. Things don't turn out as planned when Henry and Lloyd disappear without a trace.
- 21
Lassiter's new relationship with a mysterious and beautiful woman is placed in jeopardy when Shawn and Gus are convinced she is a murderer -- the same murderer responsible for the blood-drained body the SBPD is investigating.
- 22
Shawn and Gus are at the SBPD waiting to pick up their check when they spot an attractive, ethereal woman named Nicole, telling the police that she witnessed a murder in an ally on a busy street at the height of lunch hour. Given the circumstances, Lassiter and Juliet are unsure whether or not she is telling the truth. Her story sounds unbelievable even to Shawn, but Gus is really attracted to Nicole and wants to further investigate.
- 23
As Henry lays struggling for his life in a Santa Barbara hospital, Shawn is determined to catch his father's shooter - at all costs.
- 24
After Gus is tasked with taking care of his girlfriend's son Maximus for the day, he jeopardizes their relationship when an innocent trip to the circus turns deadly.
- 25
After kicking Shawn out of their apartment, Juliet gets a new roommate - who is more than she seems.
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