The Worst Episodes of Psych
Every episode of Psych ranked from worst to best. Explore 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). 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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Psych" is "A Nightmare on State Street", rated 6.2/10 from 1419 user votes. It was directed by James Roday Rodriguez and written by James Roday Rodriguez, Carlos Jacott. "A Nightmare on State Street" aired on 3/19/2014 and is rated 1.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets".
6.2/10 1,419 votes#1 - A Nightmare on State Street
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2014
Gus' nightmares start to feel like reality when he and Shawn work to solve an unlikely case for the SBPD.
Director: James Roday Rodriguez
Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Carlos Jacott
7.5/10 1,416 votes#2 - Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2006
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
7.5/10 1,001 votes#3 - 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
7.6/10 1,166 votes#4 - Game Set... Muuurder?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2007
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
7.6/10 868 votes#5 - Cirque du Soul
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2013
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
7.7/10 1,312 votes#6 - Who Ya Gonna Call?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2006
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.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar
7.7/10 1,149 votes#7 - Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2007
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.
Director: Stephen Surjik
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.7/10 1,123 votes#8 - Rob-a-Bye Baby
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/7/2007
Shawn and Gus want to be put on Lassiter's burglary case, but a sleep-deprived Chief Vick orders them to find her a nanny instead. Unfortunately, at least from Lassiter's view, the two teams keep crossing paths, and Shawn sees an opportunity to horn in on the more interesting case.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Tami Sagher
7.7/10 1,052 votes#9 - Dis-Lodged
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2008
Henry bails on his weekend outing with Shawn, stating that he's too ill to leave the house. Shawn is nowhere near upset until he and Gus catch Henry driving by, clearly not sick at all. Naturally, they follow him and discover he used to be a member of the Monarch Lodge, a clandestine society. They barge inside looking for an explanation and are surprised to find one of the Lodge members lying dead before them. Shawn suspects murder, and in order to conduct an inside investigation, he becomes a member of the society.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Tim Meltreger
7.7/10 1,151 votes#10 - Daredevils!
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/2008
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
7.7/10 1,075 votes#11 - There Might Be Blood
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/2008
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.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Kell Cahoon
7.7/10 960 votes#12 - 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
7.7/10 1,062 votes#13 - 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
7.7/10 838 votes#14 - Dead Air
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2013
After Shawn and Gus' favorite radio DJ is murdered, they go undercover as on-air personalities to find his killer.
Director: Saladin K. Patterson
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson, Kell Cahoon
7.7/10 788 votes#15 - Nip and Suck It!
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/2013
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.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Tim Meltreger, Carlos Jacott
7.7/10 1,194 votes#16 - Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2014
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
Writer: Andy Berman, Todd Harthan
7.7/10 825 votes#17 - Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2014
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.
Director: David Crabtree
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.8/10 1,572 votes#18 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2006
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.
Director: Michael Engler, Michael Zinberg
Writer: Steve Franks, Andy Berman
7.8/10 1,119 votes#19 - And Down the Stretch Comes Murder
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2007
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
7.8/10 1,034 votes#20 - 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
7.8/10 974 votes#21 - 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
7.8/10 827 votes#22 - Juliet Wears the Pantsuit
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2013
Shawn bonds with Woody, and Juliet befriends a girl who Shawn believes to be a killer.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Brittany Hilgers
7.8/10 843 votes#23 - Someone's Got a Woody
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2014
A man enters the morgue and tells Woody that he was framed for the murder of the person lying dead on the slab. When Woody won’t let him take the body, the man pulls a gun on him and holds Woody hostage in order to get what he wants. Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Juliet try to resolve the situation calmly and carefully, but Interim Chief Trout has a plan of his own.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Andy Berman, Saladin K. Patterson
7.8/10 862 votes#24 - 1967: A Psych Odyssey
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2014
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
Writer: James Roday Rodriguez, Tim Meltreger
7.8/10 795 votes#25 - A Touch of Sweevil
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2014
Shawn is ecstatic when he discovers he’s finally been invited to a prestigious paranormal convention for police consultants. As the main event begins, the leader collapses on stage, and it is clear he has been murdered. All of the police consultants on the panel jump to solve the murder, and everyone’s unorthodox crime solving skills are put together to catch the culprit.
Director: Richard Coleman
Writer: Kell Cahoon, Todd Harthan