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The Best Episodes of Psych Season 4

Every episode of Psych Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Psych Season 4!

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)....
Genres:ComedyDramaMysteryCrime
Network:USA Network

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Extradition: British Columbia" is the best rated episode of "Psych" season 4. It scored 8.7/10 based on 1263 votes. Directed by Steve Franks and written by Steve Franks, Andy Berman, it aired on 8/7/2009. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "He Dead".

  • Extradition: British Columbia
    8.7/101,263 votes

    #1 - Extradition: British Columbia

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2009

    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

    Writer: Steve Franks, Andy Berman

  • He Dead
    7.8/101,054 votes

    #2 - He Dead

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2009

    A billionaire hedge fund manager asks Shawn and Gus to find his murderer – a last request Shawn can't resist. So he and Gus step into a world of privilege that's rivaled only by the depths of betrayal it contains.

    Director: Michael McMurray

    Writer: Saladin K. Patterson

  • High Noon-ish
    7.9/101,123 votes

    #3 - High Noon-ish

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2009

    Lassiter reluctantly asks Shawn and Gus for help when his surrogate father, sheriff of Sonora, thinks a ghost is wreaking havoc in his town. And even though this Wild West re-creation town is bigger on show than facts, it turns out a real crime is being planned and the murder of the Sheriff's business rival is only the beginning.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Kell Cahoon

  • The Devil's in the Details... and in the Upstairs Bedroom
    8.0/101,131 votes

    #4 - The Devil's in the Details... and in the Upstairs Bedroom

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2009

    When a college girl at a Catholic university commits suicide, Gus and Shawn are brought in because one of the professors at the school believes the girl was demon-possessed.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Bill Callahan

  • Shawn Gets the Yips
    8.1/101,046 votes

    #5 - Shawn Gets the Yips

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2009

    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

    Writer: Bill Callahan, Kell Cahoon

  • Bollywood Homicide
    8.0/101,144 votes

    #6 - Bollywood Homicide

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2009

    Raj, a young East Indian man whose serious girlfriends have all met with suspicious accidents, is convinced that he is the victim of a curse, but Shawn and Gus aren't buying the supernatural explanation. They are convinced that a mysterious assailant is actually responsible and they're out to catch the culprit.

    Director: Jay Chandrasekhar

    Writer: Steve Franks, Anupam Nigam

  • High Top Fade Out
    8.6/101,261 votes

    #7 - High Top Fade Out

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2009

    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

    Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Saladin K. Patterson

  • Let's Get Hairy
    7.9/101,072 votes

    #8 - Let's Get Hairy

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2009

    Shawn and Gus attempt to protect Stewart Grumbley from himself because the poor man believes he may be a sheep-killing werewolf who may soon enough begin killing humans.

    Director: Andrew Bernstein

    Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Todd Harthan

  • Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
    9.0/101,530 votes

    #9 - Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/2009

    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

  • You Can't Handle This Episode
    7.9/101,096 votes

    #10 - You Can't Handle This Episode

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/27/2010

    Abigail is disappointed when Shawn accepts a case at the Army base instead of going on a date with her, but he and Gus are intrigued by a death they believe shouldn't have been ruled a suicide and the thought of working with Juliet's brother.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Andy Berman

  • Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers
    8.0/101,060 votes

    #11 - Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/2010

    When Shawn and Gus join Gus’ new girlfriend on a rafting trip, a member of the group goes overboard, but Shawn quickly realizes it was no accident.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Saladin K. Patterson, Kell Cahoon

  • A Very Juliet Episode
    8.1/101,049 votes

    #12 - A Very Juliet Episode

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2010

    In 2003, Juliet made a pact with her boyfriend Scott Seaver to meet up in seven years. After he fails to show up, Shawn finds him, and by extension endangers his life since he was a key witness against mobster JT Waring, who was convicted for the murder of a US Marshall. When Waring denies killing the Marshall, Shawn must prove him right in order to protect Scott.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger

  • Death Is in the Air
    8.4/101,073 votes

    #13 - Death Is in the Air

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2010

    Shawn and Gus must recover a deadly pathogen before a thief releases it into the city.

    Director: Stephen Surjik

    Writer: Bill Callahan, Anupam Nigam

  • Think Tank
    7.5/101,027 votes

    #14 - Think Tank

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/2010

    Shawn and Gus are recruited into a think tank to help prevent the murder of a business tycoon, but once the group has disbanded, they realize that one of the members plans to use the assassination ideas to kill the client instead of save him.

    Director: Stephen Surjik

    Writer: Steve Franks, Andy Berman

  • The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
    7.9/10994 votes

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

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2010

    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

    Writer: Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger

  • Mr. Yin Presents...
    9.4/101,937 votes

    #16 - Mr. Yin Presents...

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/2010

    A serial killer targets Shawn using scenarios from classic Hitchcock films.

    Director: James Roday Rodriguez

    Writer: Andy Berman, James Roday Rodriguez