The BEST episodes of Psych
Every episode of Psych ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Psych!
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
#1 - The Break Up
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2014
Shawn, Gus and Juliet handle one last case in the series finale.
#2 - Deez Nups
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2013
The gang spends the weekend at a casino resort for a wedding and crosses paths with a local crime boss whose presence jeopardizes the impending nuptials.
#3 - Office Space
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2013
After Gus accidentally tampers with the crime where his boss was killed, Shawn helps him find the real murderer before Gus is arrested.
#4 - Yang 3 in 2D
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/2010
The Yin/Yang trilogy comes to a thrilling close as Shawn and Gus race to save a woman kidnapped by Yin. Only this time, they are forced to use Yang's knowledge of Yin to solve the case by allowing her to accompany them on the investigation.
#5 - Mr. Yin Presents...
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/2010
A serial killer targets Shawn using scenarios from classic Hitchcock films. Has Mr. Yang returned? Will everyone make it out alive?
#6 - Last Night Gus
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2011
A night of partying which no one remembers that turned deadly sets Shawn, Gus, Woody and Lassiter on the trail of their deeds and a way to clear their names of suspected murder. Unfortunately, they may have to depend on Shawn's "psychic" memories of the night's events.
#7 - We'd Like to Thank the Academy
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/2010
When they solve a case without following proper protocols, Shawn and Gus are ordered by the Chief to take a crash course at the police academy in order to learn the correct way to handle cases, but the two resort back to their old ways.
#8 - Dual Spires
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/2010
Shawn and Gus receive a mysterious e-mail inviting them to the annual Cinnamon Festival in Dual Spires, a quirky Northern California town nearly invisible on the map. When they arrive the pair quickly find themselves embroiled in the mysterious death of local high school student Paula Merral.
#9 - 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.
#10 - This Episode Sucks
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2011
A body is discovered, and appears to have been killed by a vampire. Meanwhile, Lassiter becomes romantically involved with a woman whom Shawn suspects is the murderer.
#11 - Santabarbaratown
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/11/2012
A body relating to a 20-year-old case is finally found, and Shawn, Gus, and Henry revisit all the old suspects in order to solve the case
#12 - 100 Clues
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2013
On the 100th episode of Psych... Shawn and Gus attend a party hosted by an aging rockstar named Billy Lipps, a man the SBPD arrested years ago for a murder he doesn't remember committing.
#13 - 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.
#14 - No Country For Two Old Men
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2013
Shawn attempts to bond with Juliet's stepfather Lloyd, a seemingly harmless accountant.
#15 - Lassie Jerky
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2013
Shawn and Gus join a pair of college students in the woods who are filming a documentary on Bigfoot.
#16 - Heeeeere's Lassie!
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2012
Lassiter hires Shawn and Gus to get to the bottom of strange occurrences at his new condo.
#17 - 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.
#18 - The Polarizing Express
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/2010
Due to an unlawful entry into a criminals property, Shawn gets suspended from his consultant postition and gets Henry fired from his position at the SBPD at the same time. Shawn has a series of Scrooge type dreams where Tony Cox is his 'spirit guide'.
#19 - No Trout About It
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/29/2013
An eccentric police consultant is brought into the SBPD to interview Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Juliet about their seemingly poor police work on a tough case.
#20 - Not Even Close... Encounters
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2010
Shawn and Gus get themselves hired onto the case when an unstable lawyer claims his assistant was abducted by aliens.
#21 - Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/2011
Shawn and Juliet's romantic getaway vacation to a spa gets interrupted by robberies and a dead body at a nearby winery.
#22 - An Evening with Mr. Yang
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2009
After eluding capture and disappearing eight years ago, the famed Yin Yang serial killer is back, and he's set his sights on Shawn.
#23 - Cirque du Soul
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2013
After Gus is tasked with taking care of his girlfriend's son Maximus for the day, he jeopardizes their relationship when an innocent trip to the circus turns deadly.
#24 - The Tao of Gus
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2011
After a woman tells the SBPD she witnessed a murder happen in broad daylight, Shawn and Gus are the only ones who believe her, and therefore protect her by hiding her at a remote commune called Box Canyon Ranch, a place whose inhabitants label themselves as progressive intellectuals.
#25 - The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue #2
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2011
Shawn and Gus investigate the whereabouts of a mysterious, masked vigilante named The Mantis, who is trying to take down a local drug syndicate called The Caminos. The SBPD is also trying to take down The Camino syndicate, however The Mantis always seems to be one step ahead of everyone's game.
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