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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Psych Season 8 Episode 9 - A Nightmare on State Street
    6.2/10(14 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.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Carlos Jacott

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  2. Psych Season 5 Episode 4 - Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is
    6.5/10(10 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.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  3. Psych Season 7 Episode 8 - Right Turn or Left for Dead
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Right Turn or Left for Dead

    S7:E8

    Shawn solves a case involving a mysterious Swedish woman and imagines how the same case would have been solved had he done one thing differently.

    Director:David Crabtree
    Writer:Carlos Jacott

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  4. Psych Season 3 Episode 3 - Daredevils!
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Anupam Nigam

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  5. Psych Season 7 Episode 2 - Juliet Takes a Luvvah
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Juliet Takes a Luvvah

    S7:E2

    Gus gets a girlfriend, and Juliet goes undercover on an online dating site to catch a killer while Shawn tries to holster his jealousy!

    Director:Andy Berman
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  6. Psych Season 7 Episode 12 - Dead Air
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Dead Air

    S7:E12

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

    Director:Saladin K. Patterson
    Writers:Kell Cahoon, Saladin K. Patterson

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  7. Psych Season 7 Episode 14 - No Trout About It
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #7 - No Trout About It

    S7:E14

    An eccentric police consultant is brought into the SBPD to interview Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Juliet about their seemingly poor police work on a tough case.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writers:Bill Callahan, Carlos Jacott

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  8. Psych Season 1 Episode 13 - Game Set... Muuurder?
    6.8/10(13 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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Anupam Nigam

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  9. Psych Season 2 Episode 5 - And Down the Stretch Comes Murder
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Josh Bycel

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  10. Psych Season 7 Episode 6 - Cirque du Soul
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Jennifer Lynch
    Writer:Saladin K. Patterson

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  11. Psych Season 1 Episode 3 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Directors:Michael Engler, Michael Zinberg
    Writers:Steve Franks, Andy Berman

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  12. Psych Season 1 Episode 4 - Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  13. Psych Season 1 Episode 11 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #13 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead

    S1:E11

    The duo's latest case, a gag from Lassiter, turns from an alien abduction investigation to a murder case with the discovery of naked body. Between tanning salons, speed dating and Henry disagreeing with their prime suspects, it's possible Lassiter will solve the case before Shawn and Gus can.

    Director:Lev L. Spiro
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  14. Psych Season 7 Episode 4 - No Country for Two Old Men
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #14 - No Country for Two Old Men

    S7:E4

    Shawn attempts to bond with Juliet's stepfather Lloyd, a seemingly harmless accountant.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Kell Cahoon

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  15. Psych Season 7 Episode 10 - The Santabarbarian Candidate
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #15 - The Santabarbarian Candidate

    S7:E10

    After the Mayor dies in what appears to be a surfing accident, Shawn investigates and ends up running for mayor himself.

    Director:Richard Coleman
    Writer:Tim Meltreger

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  16. Psych Season 6 Episode 13 - Let's Doo-Wop It Again
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Let's Doo-Wop It Again

    S6:E13

    When the founder of "Right Now", Santa Barbara's oldest at-risk youth program, is shot and almost killed, Shawn, Gus and a few members of Gus's a capella group from college investigate to find the culprit.

    Director:Jay Chandrasekhar
    Writers:Kell Cahoon, Saladin K. Patterson

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  17. Psych Season 1 Episode 2 - The Spellingg Bee
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  18. Psych Season 2 Episode 10 - Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Saladin K. Patterson

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  19. Psych Season 4 Episode 2 - He Dead
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Michael McMurray
    Writer:Saladin K. Patterson

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  20. Psych Season 4 Episode 13 - Death Is in the Air
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Death Is in the Air

    S4:E13

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

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writers:Bill Callahan, Anupam Nigam

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  21. Psych Season 5 Episode 11 - In Plain Fright
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Stephen Surjik
    Writers:Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger

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  22. Psych Season 8 Episode 3 - Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Andy Berman
    Writers:Andy Berman, Todd Harthan

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  23. Psych Season 8 Episode 6 - 1967: A Psych Odyssey
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #23 - 1967: A Psych Odyssey

    S8:E6

    Lassiter is determined to be appointed Chief of Police, so he sets out to prove himself worthy of the job by solving the murder of the Mayor’s beloved uncle, Archie Baxter, who was killed back in the 60s but the case was never solved. Meanwhile, Juliet receives some news that tests her relationship with Shawn.

    Director:Kirsten Nelson
    Writers:James Roday Rodriguez, Tim Meltreger

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  24. Psych Season 1 Episode 6 - Weekend Warriors
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Weekend Warriors

    S1:E6

    Shawn and Gus attend a Civil War reenactment rehearsal for the sheer pleasure of watching Lassiter have a nervous breakdown as he runs it. When a scripted death turns real they end up donning uniforms themselves in order to find the murderer and perhaps prevent another.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Kerry Lenhart

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  25. Psych Season 4 Episode 6 - Bollywood Homicide
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Bollywood Homicide

    S4:E6

    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
    Writers:Steve Franks, Anupam Nigam

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Nightmare on State Street" is the worst rated episode of "Psych". It scored 6.2/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by James Roday Rodriguez and written by James Roday Rodriguez, Carlos Jacott, it aired on 3/19/2014. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is".