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

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" is the best rated episode of "Psych" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1109 votes. Directed by Steve Franks and written by Steve Franks, it aired on 7/14/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Feet Don't Kill Me Now".

  • Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
    8.1/101,109 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

  • Feet Don't Kill Me Now
    8.4/101,168 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

  • Not Even Close... Encounters
    8.8/101,292 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

  • Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is
    7.8/101,002 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

  • Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)
    8.0/101,026 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

  • Viagra Falls
    8.6/101,196 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

  • Ferry Tale
    7.7/10987 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

  • Shawn 2.0
    8.5/101,114 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

  • One, Maybe Two, Ways Out
    8.4/101,092 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

  • Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
    8.9/101,222 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

  • In Plain Fright
    8.0/10995 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

  • Dual Spires
    9.3/102,588 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

  • We'd Like to Thank the Academy
    8.4/101,090 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

  • The Polarizing Express
    7.7/101,092 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

    Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Saladin K. Patterson

  • Dead Bear Walking
    8.0/101,003 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

  • Yang 3 in 2D
    8.7/101,207 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