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The Best Episodes Written By Steve Franks

Every TV Episode Written by Steve Franks Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Steve Franks Ratings Summary

"Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" is the best rated episode written by Steve Franks. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Steve Franks. It aired on 2/15/2008 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part".

  • Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
    9.0/105 votes

    #1 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/2008

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
    9.0/105 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Extradition: British Columbia
    8.9/107 votes

    #3 - Extradition: British Columbia

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2009

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
    8.8/104 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Tuesday the 17th
    8.7/107 votes

    #5 - Tuesday the 17th

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2009

    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: James Roday Rodriguez

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion
    8.6/105 votes

    #6 - Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/2008

    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.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Shawn Rescues Darth Vader
    8.5/104 votes

    #7 - Shawn Rescues Darth Vader

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2011

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • The Break-Up
    8.5/1010 votes

    #8 - The Break-Up

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2014

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • A Very Juliet Episode
    8.4/105 votes

    #9 - A Very Juliet Episode

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2010

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Think Tank
    8.4/105 votes

    #10 - 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

  • The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
    8.3/106 votes

    #11 - The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2010

    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.

    Director: Matt Shakman

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • 65 Million Years Off
    8.2/106 votes

    #12 - 65 Million Years Off

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2007

    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.

    Director: Tim Matheson

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Six Feet Under the Sea
    8.0/106 votes

    #13 - Six Feet Under the Sea

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2009

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger
    8.0/106 votes

    #14 - Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 2/29/2012

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

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • From the Earth to the Starbucks
    7.9/107 votes

    #15 - From the Earth to the Starbucks

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2007

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire
    7.9/109 votes

    #16 - Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2014

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

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Ghosts
    7.8/106 votes

    #17 - Ghosts

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/18/2008

    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.

    Director: Stephen Surjik

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
    7.6/1011 votes

    #18 - Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2007

    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.

    Director: John Landis

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Santabarbaratown 2
    7.6/105 votes

    #19 - Santabarbaratown 2

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2013

    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.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Pilot
    7.4/1016 votes

    #20 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2006

    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: Michael Engler

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • American Duos
    7.4/1011 votes

    #21 - American Duos

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2007

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

    Director: John Landis

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Psych: The Musical
    7.3/1011 votes

    #22 - Psych: The Musical

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/2013

    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.

    Director: Steve Franks

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • The Spellingg Bee
    7.0/1012 votes

    #23 - The Spellingg Bee

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2006

    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

  • Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
    7.0/1012 votes

    #24 - 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

    Writer: Steve Franks

  • Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
    6.9/1010 votes

    #25 - 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