Psych
Summary
As one of the most unparalleled television shows in late history , the USA connection cult seriesPsychhas a knack for blending genre like comedy , dramatic event , enigma , parody , and holiday - theme transportation . Psych follows Shawn Spencer ( James Roday Rodriguez ) , a man with particular watching skills , who convert the police force department to lease him as a psychical consultant . Ted Shawn and his best friend Burton Guster ( Dulé Hill ) start up their own private detective agency and race to solve criminal offense before the police force and earn their consulting fee .
The zany buddy funniness serial publication covers a variety of holiday during its eight season , one melodic special , and multiplePsychmovies . While not every holiday featured in the serial receives the same amount of focal point and loving tribute , Psychnever shy away from exploring each holiday in its unique path , serving up generous total of its signature " delicious flavor " in the process .
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Halloween: “Who Ya Gonna Call?”
Season 1, Episode 7
Not strictly a Halloween episode , but one that certainly features all the hallmarks of a great Halloween prank , the first season episode"Who Ya Gon na Call ? " finds Shawn and Gus dealing with a client who remember they ’re being hauntedand possess . The episode features flock of atavist toGhostbustersfor the pop civilization rooter who enjoy Psych ’s numerous movie reference and Easter testicle throughout the serial .
distinctive Halloween caper ensue , include a pretend dispossession , jeopardise messages on mirror , and more . But as it turns out , the client is just dealing with undiagnosed multiple personalities , or Dissociative Identity Disorder . If former fan of the show thought that this would be the only Halloween - themed episode of the season , however , they were wrong . Eight installment afterward , Psych offered another , scarey , Halloween - theme instalment .
Halloween: “Scary Sherry, Bianca’s Toast”
Season 1, Episode 15
" Scary Sherry , Bianca ’s Toast " is one of the more genuinely shivery episodesin the otherwise blithe series . The episode set about with a flashback to Halloween 1987 , when Shawn ( dressed as a police officer ) and Gus ( dress asLando Calrissian ) are trick - or - treating in Henry ’s squad machine .
As the episode progress , it focus on the whodunit of sorority daughter death suspiciously redolent of an old Santa Barbara urban caption about Scary Sherry , a patient who supposedly perish by self-annihilation at a genial health facility . Part of the fun of the instalment is that it changed up some of the dynamics the audience had only just originate to get used to . Juliet had to go undercover in a sorority and Lassiter end up with a new ( temporary ) mate in her absence , allow the audience to see these characters in a new way .
Christmas: “Gus’s Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy”
Season 2, Episode 10
In the world ofPsych , nothing says Christmas quite like Gus ’s parent being accused of potentially murdering a neighbor . In fact , a lot of the Christmas episodes of the series tend to feature Gus and his family more heavily than some of the other holiday episodes of the series .
Of course , neither of Gus ’s parent had anything to do with the slaying at the center of the episode " Gus ’s Dad May Have wipe out an Old Guy,“but the tension of proving their innocence kick upstairs the emphasis and stakes of the holiday time of year for the Guster and Spencer families . This episode gives Shawn the long - awaited hazard to prove that he ’s not a bad influence on his friend too . The instalment also find Lassie intrude on the O’Hara class vacation celebration , to swell comedic effect .
Halloween: “Ghosts”
Season 3, Episode 1
Shawn and Gus for certain seem to have a hang for getting caught up in potentially supernaturally distort mystery . The third season premiere"Ghosts " encounter them having to prove whether Gus ’s chief ’s house is haunted , as his married woman fears .
As it turns out , there ’s nothing to the haunting story , but that does n’t intend Shawn ca n’t haveplenty of fun with it at Gus ’s expense , going all out to ensure that the mystery of the potential ghosts remains unresolved and credible for as long as potential . Each firearm of the " haunting " is revealed with perfectly logical explanations by Shawn eventually , and they ’re very originative .
Christmas: “Christmas Joy”
Season 3, Episode 9
Gus ’s kinsfolk takes a more prominent role than ever in the series during the holiday . The third season episode,“Christmas Joy , " introduces the fibre of Gus ’s never before ( and never again ) advert baby , Joy , while working with a little young lady to free Santa from jail .
Of naturally , the plot takes twists and turn , let in the fact that Santa is the short girl ’s Padre , and they are both bunco game artist , and that Shawn and Joy have been hiding the fact that they once had a fling from the rest of the Guster house . But the episode is perhaps best remembered for the gift - give game between Shawn and his father .
Halloween/Friday the 13th: “Tuesday the 17th”
Season 3, Episode 15
The peachy of all ofPsych ’s holiday - themed or holiday - inspired episode also bechance to be an episode take among the serial ' best overall . Landing right in the midsection of the show ’s running play on USA,“Tuesday the 17th " is as spooky as it is hilarious .
" Tuesday the 17th " is a total homage to horror flick , include the obviousFriday the 13th , and finds Shawn and Gus render to their long - condemned childhood summer camp to lick a execution . It ’s an episode full of start scares , retaliation plots , revulsion parodies and homages , and so much more , have for the perfect Halloween viewing .
Valentine’s Day: “Bollywood Homicide”
Season 4, Episode 6
Psych ’s fourth season tribute to the world of Bollywood,“Bollywood Homicide , " also materialise to be the series ' only episode to feature a storyline revolve around Valentine ’s Day . On top of that , the Valentine ’s Day story only happens in the instalment ’s prefatorial flashback .
The opening move scene finds a young Shawn work hard on a homemade Valentine , which impresses his Church Father , Henry - until he learns Shawn is stool the circuit card for his teacher , Mrs. Phillips . Beyond that introduction , however , the episode is a great tribute to Bollywood movie in the same way that other episodes of the series offer court to pop finish milestones like theIndiana Jonesfranchise .
Halloween: “In Plain Fright”
Season 5, Episode 11
In yet another caper that might not be strictly Halloween - focused but for sure Halloween - inspire , the season five episode"In Plain Fright " finds Shawn and Gus care with the closed book of a slaying at Scare Fest , the town ’s skittish fete complete with a Haunted House ride .
The installment is filled with mystery and spooky kick from the very beginning , as Scare Fest has n’t been oblige for nearly 20 geezerhood as it is . matter take a turn for the darker , spookier , and worse when Shawn and Gus find a murder within the Haunted House , and have to prove that it actually come about and was n’t just part of the drive .
Christmas: “The Polarizing Express”
Season 5, Episode 14
Just like so many other television shows before it , Psychfeatures an installment that is essentially its own edition ofIt ’s A Wonderful Life . The season five episode"The Polarizing Express " bump Shawn wondering what Santa Barbara would be like if he never come back and became the SBPD ’s psychic detective .
In truePsychfashion , Shawn is visited not by a guardian angel , but by a snarky elf played by Tony Cox . Each alternate reality they claver also resembles a different music genre of entertainment , with Gus ’s life a 90s situation comedy , Juliet ’s life a pig play , and the Chief and Lassiter in a 40s German state of war drama . It ’s a very originative way to use the holiday trope and do for one of the best holiday episodes duringPsych’srun .
Christmas: “Psych: The Movie”
2017
Though not a conventional holiday instalment at all , and really , not even a conventionalepisodeeither , Psych : The Moviewas bill as a Christmas picture show in its furtherance . In reality , the movie has very little to do with the vacation , other than that it was released in and set during December and some decoration can now and then be glimpsed in the background of the action - packed movie ’s scenery .
Despite that , the pic is a welcome return to the character for fan ofPsych . The achiever of the movie assist to usher in two more sequels streamed on Peacock . There ’s still the possible action of threemore movies feature the originalPsychcast membersas well .
