If you’re a fan of delicious flavors, you cannot stop yelling Gen-X pop culture references and are pretty sure that you’ve heard them both ways, and if you have, you are a fan of “Psych” or “Psycho” a series from the USA and broadcasts on USA network.
The circular TV series was a bubbling comedy, cozy mystery, and full of mayhem; it gathered a devoted fanbase from the 2006- 2014 run of eight seasons, all thanks to its chemistry among the cast, clever writing, and hilarious gags.
More than a typical rhythm, James Rodriguez plays the character of Shawn Spencer in the show; he is a permanent idler with a photographic memory struggling to find his real place in the world.
To get out of a legal problem, he pretended to be a fake psychic and ended up as a con psychic police consultant and took the place of his dad, a retired cop named Henry, played by Corbin Bernsen.
Fortunately, he has his best friend “Gus” Burton Guster, portrayed by Dule Hill, to keep him anchored, given that he is free from delinquency of Spencer.
So grab your pumpkin pie because it is time to put the top 20 episodes from the “Psych.”
Why was Psych Cancelled?
The show was canceled, and the official announcement was made on 5th February 2014. USA said that the remaining episode would be the last of the front.
The 8th season debuted in January of 2014, and it has been confirmed that the 8th season will be the last.
What’s The Funniest Episode of Psych?
Episode 7 from season 8, “Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up,” was an emotional episode for Lassiter as her wife Marlowe (Kristy Swanson) gave birth to his daughter, but it was a funny episode for others.
20. Scary Sherry: Bianca’s Toast (Season 1, Episode 15)
This episode, “Scary Sherry: Bianca’s Toast,” is based on a holiday Halloween setup and is like none other.
After the mysterious death of a sorority pledge at a mental asylum, Juliet’s episode of going legally blond is here; she goes blond as an undercover to help the investigation.
When she cannot get any clue, she asks Gus and Shawn for help.
As the show is based on a psych odyssey and phenomenon, it haunts Greeks, and Juliet (Maggie Lawson) also gets into her character; Shawn is getting closer to uncovering the mystery. But, unfortunately, the secret was not for long.
Still, this episode is a fan favorite because of the character development, including Shawn’s relationship with his father and the performance of Shanon Woodward as Alice Bundy.
19. Indiana Shawn Spencer and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger (Season 6, Episode 10)
A shipment of artifacts got stolen under Shawn and Gus’s eyes, and they know who to call The Greatest Art Thief, Pierre Despereaux.
After discovering the stolen artifacts belonged to the billionaire who died recently, Despereaux, Shawn, and Gus decide to start their uncharted adventure focused primarily on the low-valued dagger from Civil War.
Unfortunately, the adventure ends with a boat chase and Despereaux’s death in an explosion.
Later it is revealed that the lost dagger is the key to a hidden treasure, and surprisingly, Despereaux, who faked his death, escapes with a Rembrandt.
A guest appearance from John Rhys Davies’s character Sallah from Raiders of the Lost Arc adds to the aura of this episode.
18. A Nightmare on State Street (Season 8, Episode 9)
This episode reveals a creepy horror ode where Gus consults a therapist (Bruce Campbell) to escape the recent nightmares. He guides him, but his dreams get worse as he solves the murder of a gym teacher.
If we say it was a kind episode, we will be lying; from zombies to jump scares, it was terrible for Gus as his nightmares worsened.
17. Santa Barbara Town (Season 6, Episode 16)
It is a duty of a detective series based on pop culture tributes to “Chinatown,” a classic noir flick by Jack Nicholson.
In Santa Barbara Town, Shawn is working on a case that ties him with a chance that his dad was working on 20 years ago; a woman went missing in 1991 and was later found at a homicide scene; Shawn and Gus are investigating it.
When it is disclosed that two victims are linked, Henry asks Chief Vick (Kirsten Nelson) to join the investigation.
The episode showcases multiple points from its source material, including the scene where (SPOILER ALERT) Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) tells Detective Jake (Nicholson) that her sister and her daughter are the same people.
Shawn connects the dots and finds that Henrey’s cop pal is a dirty cop, but it is too late; Henrey gets shot, and Season 6 ends on a cliffhanger.
16. Not Even Close… Encounters (Season 5, Episode 3)
Roys Kessler (Charles Martin Smith), a conspiracy theorist and a kidnapping witness, claims that she has been a party to an alien abduction in episode 3rd of season 5.
Although Lassie dismisses the talk quickly, on other hand, Shawn and Gus (Gurton Busters), who were UFOlogists in their childhood, are curious about the case.
So they decide to investigate the case by constantly ear-flicking each other.
Shawn and Gus took help from their childhood friend Dennis (Freddie Prinze Jr), who was a nerd in the day but is now a cool jock in front of his super hot wife.
Dennis has a secret stash filled out with Battlestar Galactica artifacts, and he is also excited to help Shawn and Gus track down UFO.
After fooling around with Shawn in Adama’s helmet and Gus in Geordi La Forge’s visor, they find that Kessler is the target of the maniac CEO’s takedown scheme, a plot of corporate greed.
15. Murder?…Anyone?…Anyone?…Bueller? (Season 3, Episode 2)
Class reunions can become hell because of forced interactions and awkward conversations.
Shawn and Gus’s high school reunion becomes completely crazy when Shawn sees a body dropping from a window (or so he believes) and spends the rest of the reunion resolving the murder mystery.
The gang teams up to discover what happened despite having no dead body or suspect.
The episode shakes the slow and highlights the romantic rivalry between Shawn and Abigail (Rachael Leigh Cook), her school love interest.
Other amusing sights of Shawn and Gus include Shawn’s custodial union in high school and Gus being the captain of the pep group.
The episode references John Hughes movies and is also an homage to teen movies. Abigail, played by Rachael Leigh Cook, was also in “She’s All That,” a teen comedy in 1999.
14. American Duos (Season 2, Episode 1)
When Shawn and Gus are tasked to protect wrong, tempted critical judge Nigel St. (Tim Curry) when he gets death threats, Shawn knits a plan to go undetected as a duo Shawn and Gus T.T. Showbiz.
Despite their bad performance, they find their way through the first round as they have to protect the judge. Later, what were only threats turned into killing attempts Shawn and Gus handle working the case with a former cheerleader and enthusiastic choreographer, Juliet.
Other than the funny 80s music from Psych Guys, the episode is famous for the car owned by Gus, and Nigel also yells, “I feel like I’ve been incarcerated inside a blueberry!”
13. 100 Clues (Season 7, Episode 5)
This 5th episode is a tribute to “Clue,” a classic murder movie in 1985. The film revolves around the board game of the same name and is an absolute delight to watch.
The episode features three actors from the movie Martin Mull (Colonel Mustard), Christopher Lloyd (Professor Plum), and Lesley Ann Warren (Miss Scarlett). The episode also features Curt Smith from “Tears for Fears.”
As a reference, in episode 12 of season 6, he describes Gus as Step Anthony Wally Ali. In reply, Gus asks him not to be Willaim Zabaka.
Shawn is asked to join a dinner party at the Santa Barbara mansion by a telegram; things quickly turn when it is revealed that the party’s host is Billy Lipps.
Shawn was the one to put Billy behind bars 5 years ago, and again, Lipp is doing the same thing; Shawn learns that all the party members are linked to the band somehow.
Just as in the movie “Clue,” the lights get dimmed, and one of the guests is killed in the blackout. Jules and Lassie arrive quickly to find the killer, and it gets deeper as everyone present at the party can be a killer.
Just like the movie has several endings, for instance, in ending A, the butler is the killer; in ending B, the biographer is the killer; and in ending C, the manager is the killer.
So to make it more interesting, the showrunners decided fans to vote for their desired ending and the killer.
12. Christmas Joy (Season 3, Episode 9)
The second Christmas episode in the show depicts Gus’s family hiding secrets from him, but he decodes them in no time.
The holiday case, an altered Home Alone, quickly becomes irrelevant when it is revealed that Shawn has a history of sleeping with Gus’s sister, who appears from nowhere and defies his trust and loyalty.
Unfortunately, this episode was too much for the audience.
11. Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part (Season 5, Episode 10)
The show is filled with a notable recurring character. Episode 10th of season 5 brings back one of the best recurring characters from the front, Pierre Despereaux, the world’s greatest art thief.
Jailed Pierre summons Shawn and Gus and declares his intention to prove that he is the world’s greatest thief; he escapes from the prison, uses their car to get away, and steals a notable piece of art.
However, before they can do anything about it, he returns to the prison and leaves their car in the parking lot.
When Gus and Shwan tell him that a dead body was discovered at the crime scene, Pierre claims he is not a murderer but a thief.
They don’t believe him initially but come around and help him prove that a crime lord’s wife framed him.
After all this, Shawn is seen having a walk with Juliet which ends up in their kissing, bringing them together after five seasons. Rotten Tomatoes Rating.
10. Weekend Warriors (Season 1, Episode 6)
Lassiter’s enthusiasm for War gets hindered when one of his soldiers gets killed on the battlefield. Gus and Shawn observe the commotion caused.
Although an insurance scheme turned out to be a fraud, why would a jewelry store have underground tunnels running miles across the town?
9. A Very Juliet Episode (Season 4, Episode 12)
It’s a disgrace Juliet’s backstory involves only daddy (William Shatner) and boyfriend problems. Still, in this episode, she is an enthusiastic woman interested in being a detective.
In this episode, she is seen at Santa Barbara’s train station to get together with her old boyfriend from college, but he doesn’t show up, and also, a search in the police database comes up blank.
Shawn and Gus uncover that his demise was fabricated when he entered a witness-protection program.
8. Office Space (Season 7, Episode 11)
This episode has to be the funniest episode of the series, and it is so good that it demands a second watch. In anger, Gus writes a letter to his boss to quit his job, but later he regrets his doing and decides to get the letter back before his boss finds out.
When he arrives at the office, he finds a letter in a fist of a dead man; he panics and tries to eat the letter and accidentally touches everything in his office.
When he asks his best friend to clean up the mess, he makes things worse by leaving Gus and Shawn’s DNA all over the office while cleaning it.
Desperately they reach for Henry Spencer, but by the time they return, Lassie and Juliet are already on the crime scene.
Undoubtedly, Dulé Hill steals the limelight with his performance, and the episode has a terrific role from David Koechner (The Office, Anchorman).
No doubt all the actors made it a great episode, and the entire episode was full of stress busters and comedic relief. Tap man ta
7. Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing) (Season 5, Episode 5)
This episode has good potential because of the Fast and Furious arc, but it was quickly forgotten.
A shooter shoots a Lambo driver and runs away; Shaw and Gus walk in and pretend to be gearheads and investigate who can be a potential killer. “You’ve got the kamikaze in you,” the guy tells Shawn before being sent to jail, which we can believe.
6. Heeeeere’s Lassie (Season 6, Episode 11)
Episode 11 of season 6 is a tribute to “The Shining”; it also includes references from horror movies like “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Poltergeist.” When strange things happen in Lassie’s new apartment, he asks Gus and Shanwn’s help, who are eager to unravel the mystery.
As the episode continues, Lassie goes all in thanks to a drug given by the homicidal nurse; later, it is revealed that she is no nurse. The episode feature various
The Shining references include Room 237, creepy twins, a maze, a boiler room, and a tricycle kid. With special appearances from William Shatner, Sara Rue, Louis Gossett, and tripping camera positions, the whole damn episode was full of surprises and moments.
5. Dual Spires (Season 5, Episode 12)
This show episode is a tribute to “Twin Peaks” from the show’s opening scene that, features a chocolate bunny and Shawn’s comment to Gus that some women have invented silent window shades in the 90s.
Later Gus opened a shady email that contained a copy of The Great Northern Newspaper; it had an article about a forthcoming cinnamon festival in the small town of Dual Spires.
The show has various content from the source material. The episode also features appearances from “Twin Peaks.” Even the music in the episode is inspired by “Twin Peaks.”
The murder of Paula, inspired by Laura Palmer, breaks down the people of the town; Shawn and Gus are here to catch the bad guys and eat pie.
It is a great episode, an excellent tribute to the Mark Frost and David Lynch series. Former “Twin Peaks” actors Dana Ashbrook, Sheryl Lee, Robyn Lively, and others also joined the episode.
4. The Breakup (Season 8, Episode 10)
The season finale shows almost the breakup of our British Gus and amazing psych man Shawn. When Gus takes the new job with additional perks from a luxury company car to office snacks, Shawn also plans to move to San Francisco to be with Juliet.
But he has to break things with his pal; on Lassie’s advice, he works on the last case before moving on. After they complete the case, Gus watches the good clip Shawn made for him; Shawn also confesses that his pal’s life would’ve been better if he hadn’t asked him to be the detective.
He also made a disc for Lassie in which he confessed that he is not a real detective, but Lassie immediately ejects it. Shawn realizes that he had the best moments of his life with Gus.
So Gus quits his job and decides to move to San Francisco to continue their work there. Shawn also makes a big move on Juliet by proposing to her.
3. Mr. Yin Presents (Season 4, Episode 16)
The second episode from the Yang Trilogy would bring back the infamous Mary Lightly (Jimmi Simpson) and killer Yang (Ally Sheedy).
After the events of the last episode, Yang penned a tell-all, but Mary was convinced that Yang was not working alone and was lurking around the Santa Barbara police department since they caught her.
Unfortunately, the waiter serving them was also found dead, so Shawn realized that Mary was right, and they began to see him.
A Hannibal Lecter-inspired scene was set up when the guys visited the mental hospital.
Yang says that he has a partner, and later, Shaw begins to think that Mary is Yin, but she got killed by the absolute Yin. Looking at the sheer intensity, this episode is one of the best in the lot.
2. An Evening With Mr. Yang (Season 3, Episode 16)
This episode brings the madness of Barbara, the Yin-Yang killer who was inactive for a long. The game lover is back, looking for a new competitor, and has her eyes fixed on our amazing psych man.
Shawn quickly becomes suspicious of Mary. The scene where she says that her father’s name was Mary and his father’s name was also Mary and his father before he was called Craig is a highlight.
Gus elevates the aura as the treasure hunt starts, but Shawan asks him t,o lighten the mood.
Yang upped the stake by grabbing Shawn’s mother but was saved by them in time. It turns out Yang was a woman (Cybill Shepherd). This is the first episode of the yin-yang plot.
1. Last Night Gus (Season 6, Episode 2)
The episode Last Night Gus is everything that makes Psych a crazy fun show; this episode is a shout-out to “The Hangover.” Like the source, it begins with Gus, Shawn, Lassie, and Woody having fun; quickly, it cuts out to the next scene, and the gang has to piece the memories together to find out what happened to them last night.
Unfortunately, things go south when they are called to the precinct to get questioned about the death of a guy in a Hawaiian Shirt.
To make it worse, Juliet asks Shawn about the phone call he made her last night, which he cannot recall.
The episode is filled with laughter from start to end and has all the cylinders fully fired up.
It also shows a full-blown conversation between Shawn and Juliet about moving in together. All in all, it was one of the best episodes worth revisiting.
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