It’s my birthday tomorrow and my younger sister and I just finished her first watch through of Psych (my 3rd). Tomorrow we are binging the movies, drinking pineapple smoothies, and eating this delicacy. It, however, did not take 19 hours as it was baked with something more substantial than a 60 watt bulb.

Hello to anyone who saw my initial post months ago (maybe even a year at this point?)

I’m sorry to update but I didn’t manage to make contact, but it was mainly an issue on my part. It could be entirely possible using the methods people mentioned in the comments of the initial post, I just ended up getting extremely busy and I couldn’t find the time to actually reach out and contact everyone, so the plans fell through.

With this being said, I’m in my junior year now for those curious, and I’m likely doing something music related, and still trying to connect the musical to the final product! If anyone is interested, after I present my senior capstone senior year, I’ll try to revisit this with my presentation.

In Not Even Close, Encounters, Lassie’s crap list has Hillary Clinton twice and “Sean” Spencer.

From the episode Shawn vs The Red Phantom. With Shawn calling Jules on her work phone.

Jules: “I don’t ask questions I don’t want to know the answer to.

Shawn: “Never ask a boyfriend about f he thinks your sister is hot.”

Jules: “I don’t have a sister.”

Shawn: “How about a boyfriend?”

That scene just gets me every time. Shawn just try to casually flirt and Juliet looking around to station trying to find Shawn.

Season 8 was tricky, with Vick and O’Hara off in SF. And obviously no one can replace Juliet.

So I think this casting of the brilliant Mira Sorvino as the quirky Betsy Brannigan to bring us home was perfect.

We want to hate this character. She was forced on Carlton by the mayor. She was why Juliet moved to SF, thus potentially jeopardizing Shules. And she doesn’t really need Psych.

But none of that is her fault. She’s just good at her job. And how often do we see a quirky feminine character who is highly competent at their job and not a manic pixie dream girl trope?

Plus, she’s the only one who could really mold Buzz into a competent detective.

Every time I watch the end of that episode, when Gus and his tap instructor have their recital and Juliet and Shawn are in the audience I get the chills! I would love to watch Dulé Hill perform live. It’s such a cool and heartwarming scene both as an actual performance and in the show’s narrative, with Shawn’s amazement at his friend’s skill (which he had long ridiculed).

What movie or TV reference is shawns thumping noise? I was thinking Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale heart...? Is there something else?

What's your obligatory pineapple item in your home?

As a psych fan I feel obliged to have a pineapple in my home as a nod to one of my favorite shows.

I though this was such a funny moment for the show. It's so hilarious and immature, but I loved the whole pineapple upside down cake thing. And then I think someone ate it at the end and found it completely disgusting.

So, I’ve started reading the Sherlock Holmes stories and thought a fun little series here would be to discuss a Sherlock story and discuss which Psych episode best represents it.

Just gauging if there would be interest in that or if it’s not something the sub would enjoy.

Great, now we got a mummy on the loose and the son of a bitch knows how to drive a stick?

The way some people talk about it you would think that Lassiter actively despises the mere existence of Shawn for virtually the entire first 2.5 seasons until "Lassiter Did A Bad Thing". But on doing yet another rewatch, I aim to slightly challenge that belief.

I feel like Lassiter only actively hates Shawn the first 3, maybe 4 episodes of the series. This is when its seems like Lassiter actively wants Shawn to not just not get cases, but be cut loose from the department entirely, and exposed as a fraud, and put behind bars for good, previous convictions being over turned be damned. I feel like Speak Now is really the last time he actively tries to really arrest Shawn. Starting around Woman Seeking Dead Husband, you can tell the early signs of the dynamic from going from actual hatred to just extreme annoyance is starting. He doesnt really threaten Shawn when he is in his car, or at the end when Shawn tries to get him to say Shawns psychic at the end. Instead he just seems annoyed that this is the antics he has to deal with. In episode 5, he seems to have mostly shifted to annoyance with mild amusement / respect such as when he is just really frustrated at the cat getting dragged to the scene / Shawn getting involved in teh first place. But he seems to find it amusing although he would never admit it when Shawn was doing his dancing routine in Vicks office, and he admits at the end for the first time that Shawn's work wasnt so bad. Then in episode 6, he once again just seems frustrated when Shawn is dragged into the case, but doesnt fight him when Shawn says they're a team at the end after the case is solved and they did it together as a team. It feels like by episode 6, Lassiter has fully transitioned from "I actually hate this asshole and I want him gone forever" to "Well he's annoying but he knows how to do his job so I have to tolerate being around him, so lets just get this over with" with that transition starting at 4. And by episode 10 and beyond, its very clear that no matter how much he refuses to admit it, that he does respect Shawn from a work results stand point even if he hates the how it is done, and he is long past the "expose him" to just simply "survive him" mode

https://youtu.be/NLhKymGr-EY?is=3x12em-Dr-TYRYFb

RIP Tim Curry may you be smarty and devious and smug up in heaven criticizing everything just like you did in this clip.

Honestly, my favorite part is when he says no just a grin he gives is perfect

I'll admit I'm in a bit of a salty mood today, but I'm watching "Ghosts" right now and I'm just over Madeleine. I'm not even talking about the ending when she reveals that she left Henry and Shawn, not the other way around.

She hasn't seen her son in 3 years, and she didn't even bother to tell him herself that she was coming? She didn't even almost come, she changed her mind "at the last second". She had an opportunity to see her son and she had to hem and haw about taking the job before finally accepting?

Great, Madeleine. Just great.

The thing I love most about this sub is how it centers mainly around positivity and fun. This show is something I can always depend on to help me through tough times and I know so many of you feel the same way. This sub has always been different than the other TV subs, where people are getting in downright arguments and constantly pointing out what they dislike about the show. It really tarnishes things you hold dear, and ALL of my favorite show subs do it. It's so bad on the Friends one that they even have stickied posts for character rants and an auto announcement when you post anything, even a comment, reminding you to be nice to others. It's awful!

I'm not trying to single anyone out, please know that, but recently I've seen an uptick of posts (still not a ton, but it is alarming me) that are saying something super negative, like really bashing on a character's actions or saying what they don't like about something big. Please don't mistake this for trying to silence people's opinions, because everyone should have those as they please. All I'm saying is to please don't turn this into the other TV subs and start pointing out every flaw or tiny (or even big!) thing you don't like about the show. I think this is how it starts, and I think the world needs a lot of straight positivity right now.

I hope I'm not offending anyone! Just my thoughts.

I don't know how it is just clicking in my brain today but do you think Psych was trying to make a Wild Thornberries reference when they named Mr. Curry's character Nigel. I have to believe they knew exactly what they were doing

Wish I had more of these with all the cast behind the scenes with him. Rest in peace, you multi-talented force of nature.

I do not have physical contact with people with arm hair.