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The Best Episodes of Psych

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Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Psych Season 4 Episode 9 - Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
    9.1/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark

    S4:E9

    While investigating a possible crime, Shawn stumbles upon one of a pair of criminals, gets shot, and is dumped in the trunk of a car.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  2. Psych Season 5 Episode 16 - Yang 3 in 2D
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Yang 3 in 2D

    S5:E16

    The Yin/Yang trilogy comes to a thrilling close as Shawn and Gus race to save a woman kidnapped by Yin. Only this time, they are forced to use Yang's knowledge of Yin to solve the case by allowing her to accompany them on the investigation.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Andy Berman

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  3. Psych Season 5 Episode 12 - Dual Spires
    8.9/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Dual Spires

    S5:E12

    The episode kicks off with Shawn and Gus receiving a mysterious e-mail inviting them to the annual Cinnamon Festival in Dual Spires, a quirky Northern California town nearly invisible on the map. When they arrive the pair quickly find themselves embroiled in the mysterious death of local high school student Paula Merral. As Shawn and Gus unravel the many secrets of the town, they meet several local residents including town doctor/lawyer/veterinarian Donna Gooden, Sheriff Andrew Jackson, proprietors of the local diner Robert and Michelle Barker, the mysterious Woman with Wood and enigmatic bookish beauty Maudette Hornsby. The pool of suspects proves to be deeper than suspected as Shawn and Gus must work to figure out who killed Paula Merral.

    Director:Matt Shakman
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Bill Callahan

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  4. Psych Season 8 Episode 10 - The Break-Up
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #4 - The Break-Up

    S8:E10

    Shawn and Gus help Detective Lassiter enlist the help of Henry and Woody to solve the murder of a real estate executive. Meanwhile, Shawn struggles with a life decision.

    Director:Steve Franks
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  5. Psych Season 3 Episode 15 - Tuesday the 17th
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Tuesday the 17th

    S3:E15

    Shawn and Gus are hired by a childhood friend to find a missing camp counselor who disappeared near their old sleep-away campgrounds. Upon their arrival, spooky activity abounds and they must uncover if the dark past of the abandoned camp has come back to life.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Steve Franks

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  6. Psych Season 3 Episode 16 - An Evening With Mr. Yang
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #6 - An Evening With Mr. Yang

    S3:E16

    After eluding capture and disappearing eight years ago, the famed Yin Yang serial killer is back, and he's set his sights on Shawn.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Andy Berman

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  7. Psych Season 4 Episode 7 - High Top Fade Out
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #7 - High Top Fade Out

    S4:E7

    Shawn and Gus investigate the death of Leonald Callahan, aka Diddle, a computer cryptologist who was the baritone in Gus’s old college a capella group.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Saladin K. Patterson

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  8. Psych Season 6 Episode 6 - Shawn, Interrupted
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Shawn, Interrupted

    S6:E6

    After a billionaire murderer pleas insanity at his trial, Shawn and Gus go undercover at a mental hospital in order to prove that the man is, in fact, sane. While at the hospital, Shawn and Gus receive some hostility from one of the nurses.

    Director:Andrew Bernstein
    Writer:Kell Cahoon

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  9. Psych Season 7 Episode 11 - Office Space
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Office Space

    S7:E11

    After Gus accidentally tampers with the crime where his boss was killed, Shawn helps him find the real murderer before Gus is arrested.

    Director:Andrew Bernstein
    Writers:Andy Berman, Todd Harthan

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  10. Psych Season 4 Episode 1 - Extradition: British Columbia
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Extradition: British Columbia

    S4:E1

    Shawn and Gus spot an art thief whom Lassiter has been trying to arrest for years. So, although they are on a skiing vacation in Canada, they appeal to the local constabulary with mixed results: someone gets axed, another finds himself interrogated and Pierre Despereaux may get away scot-free, once again.

    Director:Steve Franks
    Writers:Steve Franks, Andy Berman

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  11. Psych Season 5 Episode 10 - Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part

    S5:E10

    Shawn and Gus return to Vancouver to visit their old nemesis Despereaux in prison at the felon's request, who then uses them to escape and pull one last job before he is extradited to the United States. Only while he is out, he is framed for the murder of a Crown Attorney and now asks the guys for help clearing his name of this most recent – and frankly unseemly – charge.

    Director:Steve Franks
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  12. Psych Season 5 Episode 1 - Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Romeo and Juliet and Juliet

    S5:E1

    When the daughter of a Chinese Triad family disappears, Shawn and Gus take on the case.

    Director:Steve Franks
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  13. Psych Season 5 Episode 2 - Feet Don't Kill Me Now
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Feet Don't Kill Me Now

    S5:E2

    When a woman is found dead with a bottle of pills that are lab trial samples, Lassiter and Gus, who are taking the same tap class, team up to dance their way to catching a murderer

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Saladin K. Patterson

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  14. Psych Season 5 Episode 6 - Viagra Falls
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Viagra Falls

    S5:E6

    Shawn and Gus work with two retired police officers to solve the murder of a police chief.

    Director:Andrew Bernstein
    Writer:Todd Harthan

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  15. Psych Season 6 Episode 8 - The Tao of Gus
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #15 - The Tao of Gus

    S6:E8

    After a woman tells the SBPD she witnessed a murder happen in broad daylight, Shawn and Gus are the only ones who believe her, and therefore protect her by hiding her at a remote commune called Box Canyon Ranch, a place whose inhabitants label themselves as progressive intellectuals.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Tim Meltreger

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  16. Psych Season 6 Episode 11 - Heeeeere's Lassie!
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Heeeeere's Lassie!

    S6:E11

    Lassiter hires Shawn and Gus to get to the bottom of strange occurrences at his new condo.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writers:Tim Meltreger, Todd Harthan

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  17. Psych Season 2 Episode 16 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead

    S2:E16

    Lassiter and Juliet get called to a museum to investigate the disappearance of a 3,000-year-old mummy. Lassiter insists it's just a prank that's not worth his time. He's busy working on another case involving the death of philanthropist William Wyles III. However, the assistant curator insists that something weird is going on, something possibly supernatural that requires special help. Shawn is then brought in on the case, and he declares that the mummy was not stolen, iit walked away on its own.

    Director:Steve Franks
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  18. Psych Season 5 Episode 3 - Not Even Close... Encounters
    8.5/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Not Even Close... Encounters

    S5:E3

    Shawn and Gus get themselves hired onto the case when an unstable lawyer claims his assistant was abducted by aliens.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Bill Callahan

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  19. Psych Season 5 Episode 8 - Shawn 2.0
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Shawn 2.0

    S5:E8

    Shawn has to face serious competition when a talented criminal profiler named Declan Rand comes to Santa Barbara to help solve the murders of donors on a liver-transplant list.

    Director:David Crabtree
    Writer:Bill Callahan

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  20. Psych Season 2 Episode 2 - 65 Million Years Off
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #20 - 65 Million Years Off

    S2:E2

    The discovery of a washed-up body sparks a debate between Shawn and the police, who both disagree as to how the man died. While Shawn believes that the man was killed by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the police believe the killer is a little less... extinct.

    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  21. Psych Season 3 Episode 4 - The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #21 - The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable

    S3:E4

    Henry's brother, Jack, claims that he has a map that leads to buried treasure. Shawn and Gus assist Jack in his search for the treasure, but it turns out that Jack has got more going on than meets the eye.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writer:Josh Bycel

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  22. Psych Season 3 Episode 6 - There Might Be Blood
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #22 - There Might Be Blood

    S3:E6

    Shawn and Gus investigate the death of a safety inspector aboard an offshore oil rig. The investigation is complicated by the commander of the coast guard, Barbara Dunlap, Chief Vick's sister.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Kell Cahoon

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  23. Psych Season 3 Episode 8 - Gus Walks into a Bank
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #23 - Gus Walks into a Bank

    S3:E8

    Gus is taken hostage at the Santa Barbara Savings and Loan Bank while making a deposit for Shawn. Shawn, still in the car and oblivious to the hostage situation, questions Lassiter and Juliet about the cops' sudden arrival. Learning that his best friend is in trouble, Shawn is desperate to help and realizes he needs to get inside the bank to question the gunman. However, the SWAT team soon shows up, and its negotiator will not easily satisfy Shawn's request.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  24. Psych Season 4 Episode 5 - Shawn Gets the Yips
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Shawn Gets the Yips

    S4:E5

    After a cop bar is shot up in an apparent robbery during Officer McNab's birthday celebration, Shawn realizes the shooter was actually targeting Lassiter.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writers:Bill Callahan, Kell Cahoon

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  25. Psych Season 4 Episode 15 - The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #25 - The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode

    S4:E15

    After Lassiter takes a page out of Shawn's book and claims a shark attack victim was actually murdered, the guys must then scramble to find the fish and prove him right.

    Director:Matt Shakman
    Writers:Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger

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Best Episodes Summary

"Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark" is the best rated episode of "Psych". It scored 9.1/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Mel Damski and written by Andy Berman, it aired on 10/16/2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Yang 3 in 2D".