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The Worst Episodes of Psych

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)....

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  1. Background image for A Nightmare on State Street
    6.2/10(1.6k votes)

    #1 - A Nightmare on State Street

    S8:E9

    Gus' nightmares start to feel like reality when he and Shawn work to solve an unlikely case for the SBPD.

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  2. Background image for Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is

    S5:E4

    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.

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  3. Background image for And Down the Stretch Comes Murder
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #3 - And Down the Stretch Comes Murder

    S2:E5

    Gus and Shawn's childhood nemesis, now a horse jockey, asks the duo for help in discovering why his horses never win. But the investigation develops into a murder case after a jockey dies while racing.

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  4. Background image for There's Something About Mira
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #4 - There's Something About Mira

    S2:E11

    Shawn is shocked when he learns that Gus is married after Gus' wife unexpectedly shows up. She asks the men to take on a missing-persons case.

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    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Josh Bycel
  5. Background image for Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
    7.5/10(1.5k votes)

    #5 - Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets

    S1:E4

    Shawn and Gus land their first non-SBPD case when a widow hires them to find some cash that her husband stole from a bank. Shawn is asked to talk to a spirit and help the widow of the thief.

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  6. Background image for Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy

    S2:E10

    Christmas with the Gusters is ruined when Gus' parents' neighbor is killed, a clue leads Lassiter to look at Mr. Guster more closely. Evidence leads the police into arresting Gus' mother too, and Shawn and Gus vow to get them out of jail.

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  8. Background image for Think Tank
    7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #7 - Think Tank

    S4:E14

    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.

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  9. Background image for Game Set... Muuurder?
    7.6/10(1.3k votes)

    #8 - Game Set... Muuurder?

    S1:E13

    Lonely and bored, Shawn convinces Juliet to give him a shot with a case involving a missing tennis star, but first he has to spring an unwilling Gus from a corporate retreat.

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  10. Background image for One, Maybe Two, Ways Out
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - One, Maybe Two, Ways Out

    S5:E9

    When a spy is framed for a crime she didn't commit, she decides to use Shawn and Gus to prove her innocence.

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  11. Background image for In Plain Fright
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #10 - In Plain Fright

    S5:E11

    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.

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  12. Background image for Cirque du Soul
    7.6/10(947 votes)

    #11 - Cirque du Soul

    S7:E6

    After Gus is tasked with taking care of his girlfriend's son Maximus for the day, he jeopardizes their relationship when an innocent trip to the circus turns deadly.

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  13. Background image for Who Ya Gonna Call?
    7.7/10(1.4k votes)

    #12 - Who Ya Gonna Call?

    S1:E7

    Shawn reluctantly settles for a private client who claims a ghost has it in for him after Lassiter kicks Gus and him off the much more interesting case of a murdered psychologist. The two investigations seem to be running parallel and Shawn may still end up solving the police's case.

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  14. Background image for American Duos
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #13 - American Duos

    S2:E1

    Shawn and Gus go undercover as talent show contestants to investigate a number of failed attempts to kill one of the judges.

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    Director:John Landis
  15. Background image for Meat Is Murder, but Murder Is Also Murder
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Meat Is Murder, but Murder Is Also Murder

    S2:E6

    Shawn and Gus are put on the case when a food critic is murdered. However, Gus' Uncle Burton is in town, and due to a misunderstanding, Gus must pretend to be the psychic detective to avoid disappointing his family.

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  16. Background image for Daredevils!
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #15 - Daredevils!

    S3:E3

    Shawn and Gus get hired by the son of daredevil Dutch "The Clutch" Jenkins. They have to figure out what's going on, after "accidents" keep happening to The Clutch.

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    Director:John Badham
  17. Background image for There Might Be Blood
    7.7/10(1.2k votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:John Badham
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    7.7/10(924 votes)

    #17 - Dead Air

    S7:E12

    After Shawn and Gus' favorite radio DJ is murdered, they go undercover as on-air personalities to find his killer.

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  19. Background image for Nip and Suck It!
    7.7/10(868 votes)

    #18 - Nip and Suck It!

    S7:E13

    After a woman dies from what appears to be a plastic surgery mishap, Shawn and Gus believe the killer is her doctor, a woman who happens to be an old flame of Henry's.

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  20. Background image for Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #19 - Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement

    S8:E3

    A star studded cast of Psych ALL STARS joins our crew as they dive back into 2006 and re-tell the story of Sandra Panitch, a woman wrongfully accused of the murder of local weatherman Jackson Hale.

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  21. Background image for Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
    7.7/10(917 votes)

    #20 - Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up

    S8:E7

    Shawn and Gus are bummed to find out the owner of their favorite food truck has been murdered. The two of them go undercover to learn the food truck ropes and find out who the killer is. While working on the case, Marlowe visits them to cure a pregnancy craving and goes into labor at the most inconvenient time.

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  22. Background image for The Spellingg Bee
    7.8/10(2.0k votes)

    #21 - The Spellingg Bee

    S1:E2

    When what begins as a little competitive sabotage in a regional spelling bee quickly escalates to murder. Shawn and Gus must investigate the mysterious death of the "Spellmaster" at the regional Spelling Bee.

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    Director:Mel Damski
  23. Background image for Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
    7.8/10(1.7k votes)

    #22 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

    S1:E3

    Shawn and Gus become wedding crashers at a posh ceremony in order to retrieve a stolen antique engagement ring inexplicably taken from an inpenetrable vault under surveillance. The theft turns to murder when things start to come unraveled.

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  24. Background image for Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds

    S2:E4

    Shawn tracks down Lassiter's car with little difficulty after it's stolen. However, Shawn discovers that there's more to the situation than meets the eye and calls Gus back from vacation to help with the investigation.

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  25. Background image for He Dead
    7.8/10(1.1k votes)

    #24 - He Dead

    S4:E2

    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.

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  26. Background image for Dead Man's Curveball
    7.8/10(1.1k votes)

    #25 - Dead Man's Curveball

    S6:E5

    When the hitting coach of the Santa Barbara Seabirds suddenly dies, the team's manager hires Shawn and Gus to go undercover as the new coach and mascot in order to investigate.

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    Director:Mel Damski

Worst Episodes Summary

"A Nightmare on State Street" is the worst rated episode of "Psych". It scored 6.2/10 based on 1556 votes. Directed by James Roday Rodriguez and written by James Roday Rodriguez, Carlos Jacott, it aired on 3/19/2014. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is".