The Best Episodes of Psych Season 5
Every episode of Psych Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Psych Season 5!
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 him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
Season 5 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Psych" season 5 is "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet", rated 8.1/10 from 1077 user votes. It was directed by Steve Franks and written by Steve Franks. "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" aired on 7/14/2010 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Feet Don't Kill Me Now".
8.1/10 1,077 votes#1 - Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2010
When the daughter of a Chinese Triad family disappears, Shawn and Gus take on the case.
Director: Steve Franks
Writer: Steve Franks
8.4/10 1,138 votes#2 - Feet Don't Kill Me Now
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/2010
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
8.8/10 1,260 votes#3 - Not Even Close... Encounters
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2010
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
7.8/10 974 votes#4 - Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/2010
A wealthy widow's young date is murdered, pitting Shawn and Gus against a dirty rotten scoundrel they are convinced trained the victim to be a con artist.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Andy Berman
8.0/10 996 votes#5 - Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2010
When a member of a gang of car thieves turns up dead, Shawn and Gus must infiltrate a drag racing ring to find the killer. Shawn soon finds himself enjoying the fast lane too much, which not only endangers the investigation but also their lives.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Tim Meltreger, Kell Cahoon
8.6/10 1,164 votes#6 - Viagra Falls
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2010
Shawn and Gus work with two retired police officers to solve the murder of a police chief.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Todd Harthan
7.7/10 960 votes#7 - Ferry Tale
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2010
Shawn and Gus help a prison guard locate his escaped inmates while on a ferry boat headed to the Channel Islands.
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson, Kell Cahoon
8.5/10 1,086 votes#8 - Shawn 2.0
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2010
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
8.4/10 1,058 votes#9 - One, Maybe Two, Ways Out
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/2010
When a spy is framed for a crime she didn't commit, she decides to use Shawn and Gus to prove her innocence.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Andy Berman, Todd Harthan
8.9/10 1,194 votes#10 - Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2010
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
8.0/10 964 votes#11 - In Plain Fright
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/2010
While on the haunted house ride at Santa Barbara's Scare Fest, Shawn and Gus witness a murder and are soon led to believe the person who committed it is the ghost of a man who fell to his death at Scare Fest 13 years ago.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger
9.3/10 2,522 votes#12 - Dual Spires
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/2010
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
Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Bill Callahan
8.4/10 1,055 votes#13 - We'd Like to Thank the Academy
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/2010
When they solve a case without following proper protocols, Shawn and Gus are ordered by the Chief to take a crash course at the police academy in order to learn the correct way to handle cases, but the two resort back to their old ways.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Bill Callahan, Todd Harthan
7.7/10 1,062 votes#14 - The Polarizing Express
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/2010
Due to an unlawful entry into a criminals property, Shawn gets suspended from his consultant postition and gets Henry fired from his position at the SBPD at the same time. Shawn has a series of Scrooge type dreams where Tony Cox is his 'spirit guide'.
Director: James Roday Rodriguez
8.0/10 976 votes#15 - Dead Bear Walking
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/2010
When a polar bear trainer is found dead, Shawn works to prove the bear's innocence.
Director: Andy Berman
Writer: Andy Berman
8.7/10 1,178 votes#16 - Yang 3 in 2D
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/2010
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
Writer: Andy Berman, James Roday Rodriguez