Psych is an American crime/mystery comedy television series that premiered on July 7, 2006 on USA Network. It is the network's longest running current original series. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer who uses an eidetic memory and the observational and investigative skills his father ingrained in him during childhood to fake being a psychic who consults with the Santa Barbara Police Department to solve cases, as well as running a psychic detective agency called Psych. He is (reluctantly) helped in his charade by his best friend, Burton "Gus" Guster (Dulé Hill), and his father, Henry Spencer (Corbin Bernsen). He generally works with police detectives Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) and Juliet O'Hara (Maggie Lawson) and under the direction of Police Chief Karen Vick (Kirsten Nelson).
Episodes usually begin with a flashback to Shawn's youth, showcasing one of Henry's lessons for his son. These lessons are typically used or applied later in the episode.
A sixth season of the show, consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on October 12, 2011.[1]
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Season | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | DVD release date | |
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1 | 15 | July 7, 2006 | March 2, 2007 | June 26, 2007[2] | |
2 | 16 | July 13, 2007 | February 15, 2008 | July 8, 2008[3] | |
3 | 16 | July 18, 2008 | February 20, 2009 | July 21, 2009[4] | |
4 | 16 | August 7, 2009 | March 10, 2010 | July 13, 2010 | |
5 | 16 | July 14, 2010 | December 22, 2010 | May 31, 2011[5] | |
6 | 16 | October 12, 2011[6] | April 11, 2012[7] | N/A |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Engler | Steve Franks | July 7, 2006 |
2 | 2 | "Spellingg Bee" | Mel Damski | Steve Franks | July 14, 2006 |
3 | 3 | "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" | Michael Zinberg | Steve Franks | July 21, 2006 |
4 | 4 | "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" | Jeff Melman | Steve Franks | July 28, 2006 |
5 | 5 | "9 Lives" | Matt Shakman | Andy Berman | August 4, 2006 |
6 | 6 | "Weekend Warriors" | John Fortenberry | Douglas Steinberg | August 11, 2006 |
7 | 7 | "Who Ya Gonna Call?" | Michael Lange | Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar | August 18, 2006 |
8 | 8 | "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" | John T. Kretchmer | Anupam Nigam | August 25, 2006 |
9 | 9 | "Forget Me Not" | Mel Damski | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 19, 2007 |
10 | 10 | "From the Earth to the Starbucks" | Michael Zinberg | Steve Franks | January 26, 2007 |
11 | 11 | "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!" | Tim Matheson | Andy Berman | February 2, 2007 |
12 | 12 | "Cloudy... Chance of Murder" | Lev L. Spiro | Andy Berman | February 9, 2007 |
13 | 13 | "Game, Set... Muuurder?" | James L. Conway | Anupam Nigam | February 16, 2007 |
14 | 14 | "Poker? I Barely Know Her" | Joanna Kerns | Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar & Douglas Steinberg | February 23, 2007 |
15 | 15 | "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" | John Landis | Steve Franks & James Roday | March 2, 2007 |
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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16 | 1 | "American Duos" | John Landis | Steve Franks & James Roday | July 13, 2007 |
17 | 2 | "65 Million Years Off" | Tim Matheson | Steve Franks | July 20, 2007 |
18 | 3 | "Psy vs. Psy" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman | July 27, 2007 |
19 | 4 | "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds" | Stephen Surjik | Saladin K. Patterson | August 3, 2007 |
20 | 5 | "And Down the Stretch Comes Murder" | Michael Zinberg | Josh Bycel | August 10, 2007 |
21 | 6 | "Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder" | Eric Laneuville | Daniel Hsia | August 17, 2007 |
22 | 7 | "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" | Arlene Sanford | Anupam Nigam | August 24, 2007 |
23 | 8 | "Rob-a-Bye Baby" | Paul Lazarus | Tami Sagher | September 7, 2007 |
24 | 9 | "Bounty Hunters!" | John Badham | Andy Berman | September 14, 2007 |
25 | 10 | "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" | Oz Scott | Saladin K. Patterson | December 7, 2007 |
26 | 11 | "There's Something About Mira" | Joanna Kerns | Josh Bycel | January 11, 2008 |
27 | 12 | "The Old and the Restless" | Jason Ensler | Anupam Nigam | January 18, 2008 |
28 | 13 | "Lights, Camera... Homicidio" | Matt Shakman | Andy Berman | January 25, 2008 |
29 | 14 | "Dis-Lodged" | Mel Damski | Tim Meltreger | February 1, 2008 |
30 | 15 | "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" | Mel Damski | Steve Franks & James Roday | February 8, 2008 |
31 | 16 | "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | February 15, 2008 |
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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32 | 1 | "Ghosts" | Stephen Surjik | Steve Franks | July 18, 2008 |
33 | 2 | "Murder? … Anyone? … Anyone? … Bueller?" | Michael McMurray | Andy Berman | July 25, 2008 |
34 | 3 | "Daredevils!" | John Badham | Anupam Nigam | August 1, 2008 |
35 | 4 | "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Josh Bycel | August 8, 2008 |
36 | 5 | "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" | Mel Damski | Saladin K. Patterson | August 15, 2008 |
37 | 6 | "There Might Be Blood" | John Badham | Kell Cahoon | August 22, 2008 |
38 | 7 | "Talk Derby to Me" | Steve Miner | Tim Meltreger | September 5, 2008 |
39 | 8 | "Gus Walks Into a Bank" | Eric Laneuville | Andy Berman | September 12, 2008 |
40 | 9 | "Christmas Joy" | John Landis | Saladin K. Patterson | November 28, 2008 |
41 | 10 | "Six Feet Under the Sea" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | January 9, 2009 |
42 | 11 | "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing" | Stephen Surjik | Kell Cahoon | January 16, 2009 |
43 | 12 | "Earth, Wind and... Wait for It" | Tim Matheson | Anupam Nigam | January 23, 2009 |
44 | 13 | "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central" | Mel Damski | Josh Bycel | January 30, 2009 |
45 | 14 | "Truer Lies" | Martha Coolidge | Victoria Walker | February 6, 2009 |
46 | 15 | "Tuesday the 17th" | James Roday | James Roday and Steve Franks | February 13, 2009 |
47 | 16 | "An Evening with Mr. Yang" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman and James Roday | February 20, 2009 |
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
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48 | 1 | "Extradition: British Columbia" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | N/A | August 7, 2009 |
49 | 2 | "He Dead" | Michael McMurray | Saladin K. Patterson | N/A | August 14, 2009 |
50 | 3 | "High Noon-ish" | Mel Damski | Kell Cahoon | N/A | August 21, 2009 |
51 | 4 | "The Devil's in the Details... and the Upstairs Bedroom" | John Badham | Bill Callahan | N/A | August 28, 2009 |
52 | 5 | "Shawn Gets the Yips" | Tawnia McKiernan | Kell Cahoon & Bill Callahan | N/A | September 11, 2009 |
53 | 6 | "Bollywood Homicide" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Steve Franks & Anupam Nigam | N/A | September 18, 2009 |
54 | 7 | "High Top Fade-Out" | Stephen Surjik | Saladin K. Patterson & James Roday | N/A | September 25, 2009 |
55 | 8 | "Let's Get Hairy" | Andrew Bernstein | Todd Harthan & James Roday | N/A | October 9, 2009 |
56 | 9 | "Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman | N/A | October 16, 2009 |
57 | 10 | "You Can't Handle This Episode" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman | 4.37[8] | January 27, 2010 |
58 | 11 | "Thrill Seekers and Hell-Raisers" | Mel Damski | Kell Cahoon & Saladin K. Patterson | 2.85[9] | February 3, 2010 |
59 | 12 | "A Very Juliet Episode" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger | 3.57[10] | February 10, 2010 |
60 | 13 | "Death Is in the Air" | Stephen Surjik | Bill Callahan & Anupam Nigam | 2.94[11] | February 17, 2010 |
61 | 14 | "Think Tank" | Stephen Surjik | Andy Berman & Steve Franks | 3.57[12] | February 24, 2010 |
62 | 15 | "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode" | Matt Shakman | Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger | 2.87[13] | March 3, 2010 |
63 | 16 | "Mr. Yin Presents..." | James Roday | Andy Berman & James Roday | 2.95[14] | March 10, 2010 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
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64 | 1 | "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | 3.68[15] | July 14, 2010 |
65 | 2 | "Feet Don't Kill Me Now" | Mel Damski | Saladin K. Patterson | 3.30[16] | July 21, 2010 |
66 | 3 | "Not Even Close... Encounters" | John Badham | Bill Callahan | 3.74[17] | July 28, 2010 |
67 | 4 | "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is" | Jay Chandrasekhar | Andy Berman | 3.48[18] | August 4, 2010 |
68 | 5 | "Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)" | Mel Damski | Kell Cahoon & Tim Meltreger | 3.78[19] | August 11, 2010 |
69 | 6 | "Viagra Falls" | Andrew Bernstein | Todd Harthan | 4.11[20] | August 18, 2010 |
70 | 7 | "Ferry Tale" | Reginald Hudlin | Kell Cahoon & Saladin K. Patterson | 3.63[21] | August 25, 2010 |
71 | 8 | "Shawn 2.0" | David Crabtree | Bill Callahan | 3.70[22] | September 1, 2010 |
72 | 9 | "One, Maybe Two, Ways Out" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman & Todd Harthan | 3.11[23] | September 8, 2010 |
73 | 10 | "Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | 2.79[24] | November 10, 2010 |
74 | 11 | "In Plain Fright" | Stephen Surjik | Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger | 2.99[25] | November 17, 2010 |
75 | 12 | "Dual Spires" | Matt Shakman | Bill Callahan & James Roday | 3.54[26] | December 1, 2010 |
76 | 13 | "We'd Like to Thank the Academy" | Tawnia McKiernan | Bill Callahan & Todd Harthan | 3.09[27] | December 8, 2010 |
77 | 14 | "The Polarizing Express" | James Roday | James Roday & Saladin K. Patterson | 2.43[28] | December 15, 2010 |
78 | 15 | "Dead Bear Walking" | Andy Berman | Andy Berman | 2.53[28] | December 15, 2010 |
79 | 16 | "Yang 3 in 2D" | Mel Damski | Andy Berman and James Roday | 2.90[29] | December 22, 2010 |
Psych was renewed for a sixth season, which began in October 2011. Malcolm McDowell appeared as a British diplomat in the premiere episode, entitled "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader". Kristy Swanson appeared in a vampire-themed episode, entitled "This Episode Sucks", while Molly Ringwald portrayed a nurse at a mental hospital in yet another theme episode based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. A baseball-themed episode was produced, guest starring Danny Glover, Wade Boggs, and Michael Trucco. William Shatner appeared in one episode as Juliet's father. Joey McIntyre guest starred as a new cop in the department who may also be a vigilante. Tony Hale played a businessman and Jason Priestley and Jennifer Finnigan guest starred as a con artist couple who appear during Shawn and Juliet's spa resort weekend.[30] The season may also contain a sequel episode to the Twin Peaks-inspired fifth season episode "Dual Spires" (5.12).[31] Production for the season began in late March, 2011.[32] The first half of the season, consisting of nine episodes, concluded on December 14, 2011, while the remaining seven episodes are expected to air from February 29 to April 11, 2012.[7]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
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80 | 1 | "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | 3.00[33] | October 12, 2011 |
81 | 2 | "Last Night Gus" | Andy Berman | Andy Berman | 2.48[34] | October 19, 2011 |
82 | 3 | "This Episode Sucks" | James Roday | Todd Harthan & James Roday | 3.28[35] | October 26, 2011 |
83 | 4 | "The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue #2" | Mel Damski | Saladin K. Patterson | 3.08[36] | November 2, 2011 |
84 | 5 | "Dead Man's Curve Ball" | Mel Damski | Bill Callahan | 2.45[37] | November 9, 2011 |
85 | 6 | "Shawn, Interrupted" | Andrew Bernstein | Kell Cahoon | 2.46[38] | November 16, 2011 |
86 | 7 | "In for a Penny..." | Mel Damski | Todd Harthan | 3.17[39] | November 30, 2011 |
87 | 8 | "The Tao of Gus" | John Badham | Tim Meltreger | 2.70[40] | December 7, 2011 |
88 | 9 | "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat" | Brad Turner | Carlos Jacott | 3.03[41] | December 14, 2011 |
89 | 10 | "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Sword"[1][7] | Steve Franks[7] | Steve Franks[7] | February 29, 2012[7] | |
90 | 11 | "Heeeeere's Lassie"[7] | James Roday[7] | March 7, 2012[7] | ||
91 | 12 | "Shawn and the Real Girl"[7] | March 14, 2012[7] | |||
92 | 13 | "Let's Doo-Wop It Again"[7] | March 21, 2012[7] | |||
93 | 14 | "Autopsy Turvy"[7] | March 28, 2012[7] | |||
94 | 15 | "True Grits"[7] | April 4, 2012[7] | |||
95 | 16 | "Santabarbaratown"[7] | April 11, 2012[7] |
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