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Psych 

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A novice sleuth is hired by the Police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers which help solve crimes. With the assistance of his reluctant best friend, the duo take on a series of complicated cases.

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Steve Franks
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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 30 nominations. See more awards »

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Series cast summary:
James Roday ...  Shawn Spencer / ... 121 episodes, 2006-2014
Dulé Hill ...  Burton Guster / ... 121 episodes, 2006-2014
Timothy Omundson ...  Carlton Lassiter / ... 121 episodes, 2006-2014
Maggie Lawson ...  Juliet O'Hara / ... 120 episodes, 2006-2014
Corbin Bernsen ...  Henry Spencer / ... 120 episodes, 2006-2014
Kirsten Nelson ...  Karen Vick 119 episodes, 2006-2014
Liam James ...  Young Shawn 60 episodes, 2006-2010
Sage Brocklebank ...  Buzz McNab / ... 57 episodes, 2006-2014
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Storyline

Think you are psychic? Shawn Spencer (James Roday) makes his living pretending to be. Shawn and his best friend Burton "Gus" Gu ster (Dulé Hill) own a business called "Psych". They are able to stay in business only because of the cases they work with the Santa Barbara Police Department as psychics. Shawn and Gus go through many ups and downs trying to keep the ruse up. Can they pretend forever? Or is the world they built going to come crumbling down? Written by Joshua Peterson

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Fake Psychic. Real Detectives. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Certificate:

14A | See all certifications »

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Trivia

In season seven, episode five, "100 Clues", Christopher Lloyd said "Great Scott!" This was his catchphrase from the Back to the Future trilogy. Lloyd's name in the episode also happened to be "Marty". See more »

Goofs

Gus's company car is a Toyota Echo hatchback, which was only made available to Canadian consumers. See more »

Quotes

Carlton Lassiter: I need to get something off my chest.
Shawn Spencer: Is it your shirt? Please say no.
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Crazy Credits

Each time a guest performer sings the theme song, they sing the entire song as opposed the shorter version in normal episodes. See more »

Alternate Versions

As of 2018, unlike the ION channel reruns which left the episodes uncut, the Hallmark Channel censors some of the language and suggestive humor despite it being mild. See more »

Connections

Referenced in That Guy... Who Was in That Thing (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

I Know You Know
Written by Steve Franks
Performed by The Friendly Indians
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User Reviews

 
Clever and absolute fun to watch!
8 July 2006 | by Merang0See all my reviews

The first episode was a delight and so much fun to watch. They have managed to pick a fantastic buddy team that has perfect timing. Plenty of hearty laughs with this one.

It's unusual for a pilot to have well developed characters, but Psych does dispose of this stereotype.

The series does give us (the audience) a chance to think for ourselves and allows us to figure out "who dun it?" before Sean does. There are even little kinks here and there to throw us off. I like that.

I can't wait to see more episodes, and I'm setting up a season pass on the DVR.

Good job USA!


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Official Sites:

USA Network [United States]

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Language:

English

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (USA) See more »

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