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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 8 Episode 10 - The Break-Up
    8.9/10(19 votes)

    S8:E10

    Shawn and Gus help Detective Lassiter enlist the help of Henry and Woody to solve the murder of a real estate executive. Meanwhile, Shawn struggles with a life decision.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - Tuesday the 17th
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    S3:E15

    Shawn and Gus are hired by a childhood friend to find a missing camp counselor who disappeared near their old sleep-away campgrounds. Upon their arrival, spooky activity abounds and they must uncover if the dark past of the abandoned camp has come back to life.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    S5:E10

    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:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Extradition: British Columbia
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    S4:E1

    Shawn and Gus spot an art thief whom Lassiter has been trying to arrest for years. So, although they are on a skiing vacation in Canada, they appeal to the local constabulary with mixed results: someone gets axed, another finds himself interrogated and Pierre Despereaux may get away scot-free, once again.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    S5:E1

    When the daughter of a Chinese Triad family disappears, Shawn and Gus take on the case.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Shawn Rescues Darth Vader
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S6:E1

    Shawn stumbles across a dead body at the British consulate's home while working a case to recover a stolen "Star Wars" collector's item. In order to get the police on the case, Shawn claims he had a vision of the murder and puts his reputation as a psychic on the line.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    S2:E16

    Lassiter and Juliet get called to a museum to investigate the disappearance of a 3,000-year-old mummy. Lassiter insists it's just a prank that's not worth his time. He's busy working on another case involving the death of philanthropist William Wyles III. However, the assistant curator insists that something weird is going on, something possibly supernatural that requires special help. Shawn is then brought in on the case, and he declares that the mummy was not stolen, iit walked away on its own.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 10 - Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    S6:E10

    Shawn and Gus team up with Despereaux to locate a mythical dagger rumored to be the key to unlocking a dead billionaire's treasure.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - 65 Million Years Off
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    S2:E2

    The discovery of a washed-up body sparks a debate between Shawn and the police, who both disagree as to how the man died. While Shawn believes that the man was killed by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the police believe the killer is a little less... extinct.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S4:E15

    After Lassiter takes a page out of Shawn's book and claims a shark attack victim was actually murdered, the guys must then scramble to find the fish and prove him right.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - A Very Juliet Episode
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    S4:E12

    In 2003, Juliet made a pact with her boyfriend Scott Seaver to meet up in seven years. After he fails to show up, Shawn finds him, and by extension endangers his life since he was a key witness against mobster JT Waring, who was convicted for the murder of a US Marshall. When Waring denies killing the Marshall, Shawn must prove him right in order to protect Scott.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  12. undefined Season 8 Episode 1 - Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    S8:E1

    Stylish art thief Pierre Despereaux summons Shawn to London to help on an undercover operation.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    S2:E15

    It's Gus' birthday, so Shawn takes him to the launch party for Ciao clothing's new fall line. While Gus tries to make a move on his favorite model, one of the owners of Ciao is suddenly electrocuted via the stage's microphone. Shawn is certain that his death was no accident, so Shawn and Gus move in to the loft where the Ciao models live.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Think Tank
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  15. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Santabarbaratown 2
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    S7:E1

    After Henry takes a bullet to the chest and is rushed to the hospital, a spiteful Shawn seeks revenge on the shooter and everyone else involved in the scandal.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Badass Cop
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E7

    After thwarting an armored truck robbery on a busy highway, Detectives Carter and Lee discover it may have been a dry run for a bigger heist but disagree who the suspects are.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - From Earth to Starbucks
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E10

    When Lassiter doubts his own crime-solving ability, Shawn tries to boost his confidence by helping him solve an astronomer's mysterious death.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Six Feet Under the Sea
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    S3:E10

    When Shabby the sea lion is found dead after being released into the wild, Shawn sets out to prove it was murder and stumbles onto a bigger mystery.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    S1:E15

    Juliet asks Shawn and Gus for assistance on her undercover assignment. They're only too glad to help, since it involves sorority sisters. Unfortunately, what's supposed to be an easy case turns out to have ties to their past and may endanger Juliet. Meanwhile, Lassiter locks horns with the oldest rookie the departments has ever trained.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - American Duos
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    S1:E1

    When Shawn Spencer is arrested for calling in an accurate tip to the police because only the perpetrator would know the details, his only way out is pretending to be a psychic. It turns out Santa Barbara PD isn't done with him. They ask him to consult on a kidnapping case, and a business is born.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 15 - Psych: The Musical
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S7:E15

    This musical extravaganza follows Shawn and Gus' search for an escaped playwright who was declared criminally insane following a suspicious fire. Complicating matters, a person who may have important evidence is an enemy from Shawn's past.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Captain Cole's Playlist
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E3

    When a young graffiti artist witnesses the murder of an LAPD Detective, Carter and Lee must track him down so they can prove that a well-known criminal is responsible.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Steve Franks

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Ghosts
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    S3:E1

    Gus' supervisor, Frankjim Ogletree, demands that he quit moonlighting at Psych, lest he face termination. The vice-president of Gus' pharmaceutical company, however, decides to hire the duo as his wife believes that their home is haunted.

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    Writer:Steve Franks

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Spellingg Bee
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    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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    Writer:Steve Franks

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Steve Franks Ratings Summary

"The Break-Up" is the best rated episode written by Steve Franks. It scored 8.947/10 based on 19 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 3/26/2014 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Tuesday the 17th".