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Psych S2E7 — If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?

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Psych•Season 2•Episode 7

If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?

7.9/10 · 1,345 votesAug 24, 200743 min

Ranked #12 of 16 in Season 2•−0.3 vs season avg

Shawn and Gus take on academia as lecturers at a school for the gifted where two students suspect a teacher of murder, they just don't know who's been murdered or the murderer's identity. At the precinct, Juliet lobbies hard for lead position on the next

Directed byArlene Sanford

Written byAnupam Nigam

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Cast6

James Roday Rodriguez

James Roday Rodriguez

Shawn Spencer

Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill

Burton Guster

Timothy Omundson

Timothy Omundson

Carlton Lassiter

Maggie Lawson

Maggie Lawson

Juliet O'Hara

Kirsten Nelson

Kirsten Nelson

Karen Vick

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

Henry Spencer

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Arlene Sanford

Arlene Sanford

Director

Anupam Nigam

Anupam Nigam

Writer

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Tim Micsko

Associate Producer

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Geoff Garrett

Co-Producer

Andy Berman

Andy Berman

Executive Story Editor

Anupam Nigam

Anupam Nigam

Executive Story Editor

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Episode Summary

"If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" is episode 7 of Psych season 2. It scored 7.9/10 from 1,345 votes, ranking #12 of 16 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Anupam Nigam, it aired on August 24, 2007.

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