Talk:Shawn Spencer

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[edit] who protrays the younger shawn at the begining of most episodes

Shouldn't that be in the article

[edit] Photographic/Eidetic Memory vs Powers of Observation

Are we absolutely certain that Shawn has a photographic memory? USA Network website does not specifically say so, they just say "extraordinary powers of observation", and many of his Shawnvision moments uncover items that are simply overlooked by the police (or whoever); rather than him recalling something from memory. For example, when he first meets Maggie and stuns her with what he knows about her, that's not a photographic memory at work. Nor when he solves the stolen computer case in a matter of seconds in the third episode. At the end of the pilot episode, Shawn tells Gus that he's already been given another case (one which we don't actually get to see), and he has difficulty remembring the exact name of the drug that was used in committing the crime.

--yes, but in the civil war episode, he recreates the entire battle scene from memory. Even if he had excellent observation, I still doubt that he would be able to memorize the entire miniature battle scene without having a photographic memory.