Buzz McNab

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Buzz McNab
First appearance	Pilot
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Santa Barbara Police officer
Family	Francine (fiance)
Portrayed by	Sage Brocklebank
Created by	Steve Franks & Andy Berman

Officer Buzz McNab is a character in the American dramedy Psych played by Canadian actor Sage Brocklebank. McNab is an officer of the Santa Barbara Police Department. He is engaged to a woman named Francine, and is taking dance lessons to prepare for the wedding; he is also anxious about his wedding-night performance, and asked Detective Lassiter for advice on the subject. Because of Lassiter's own marital history, the detective reacted strongly and negatively to the question, and McNab dropped the issue.

Due to Lassiter's reaction, McNab resorted to calling a 1-800 stress-line instead, which resulted in him becoming a target for serial killer Wes Hiltenbock. Hiltenbock's position as a telephone company technician gave him access to the phone lines leading to the stress-line center, and he intercepted McNab's call, choosing the officer as his next victim. Hiltenbock took McNab hostage in his apartment and was about to force McNab to hang himself at gunpoint, but the officer was rescued by Lassiter on a tip from Shawn Spencer, and received a cat from Shawn (formerly the pet of Mortimer Tilden, Hiltenbock's third victim) as a wedding present.

He first met Shawn when Shawn was called in for questioning regarding his knowledge of several crimes for which he had called in tips. Shawn deduced that McNab was taking dancing lessons and that he was getting married, and McNab accepted the deduction as evidence that Shawn is psychic. He and Shawn have a friendly repartee that allows Shawn to get to scenes he otherwise wouldn't be able to access. McNab seems to genuinely like Shawn.

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Episode list

Shawn Spencer • Burton "Gus" Guster • Henry Spencer Head Detective Carlton Lassiter • Junior Detective Juliet O'Hara • Interim Police Chief Karen Vick