The Best Episodes Written By Steve Franks

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

  1. Background image for Tuesday the 17th
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Tuesday the 17th

    Missing info
    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.

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  2. Background image for Extradition: British Columbia
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Extradition: British Columbia

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  3. Background image for Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part

    Missing info
    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:Steve Franks
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  4. Background image for Romeo and Juliet and Juliet
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Romeo and Juliet and Juliet

    Missing info
    S5:E1

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

    Director:Steve Franks
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  5. Background image for The Break-Up
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #5 - The Break-Up

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  6. Background image for Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  7. Background image for Shawn Rescues Darth Vader
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Shawn Rescues Darth Vader

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  8. Background image for The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
    8.4/10(10 votes)

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

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Matt Shakman
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  9. Background image for 65 Million Years Off
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #9 - 65 Million Years Off

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Tim Matheson
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  10. Background image for A Very Juliet Episode
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #10 - A Very Juliet Episode

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  11. Background image for Think Tank
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Think Tank

    Missing info
    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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  12. Background image for Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger
    8.2/10(10 votes)

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

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  13. Background image for Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Mel Damski
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  14. Background image for Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire
    8.1/10(13 votes)

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

    Missing info
    S8:E1

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

    Director:Steve Franks
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  15. Background image for Santabarbaratown 2
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Santabarbaratown 2

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Mel Damski
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  16. Background image for From the Earth to the Starbucks
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #16 - From the Earth to the Starbucks

    Missing info
    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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  17. Background image for Six Feet Under the Sea
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Six Feet Under the Sea

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  18. Background image for Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:John Landis
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  19. Background image for American Duos
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #19 - American Duos

    Missing info
    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:John Landis
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  20. Background image for Psych: The Musical
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Psych: The Musical

    Missing info
    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.

    Director:Steve Franks
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  21. Background image for Pilot
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Pilot

    Missing info
    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.

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  22. Background image for Ghosts
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Ghosts

    Missing info
    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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  23. Background image for The Spellingg Bee
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #23 - The Spellingg Bee

    Missing info
    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
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  24. Background image for In Plain Fright
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #24 - In Plain Fright

    Missing info
    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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  25. Background image for Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

    Missing info
    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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Steve Franks Ratings Summary

"Tuesday the 17th" is the best rated episode written by Steve Franks. It scored 8.833/10 based on 12 votes. It was directed by James Roday Rodriguez. It aired on 2/13/2009 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Extradition: British Columbia".