The BEST episodes of Psych season 1
Every episode of Psych season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Psych season 1!
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 - Cloudy...With A Chance Of Murder
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/9/2007
A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst and his lover is charged with his murder despite her claims of innocence. Shawn is intrigued and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case.
#2 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/2/2007
The duo's latest case, a gag from Lassiter, turns from an alien abduction investigation to a murder case with the discovery of naked body. Between tanning salons, speed dating and Henry disagreeing with their prime suspects, it's possible Lassiter will solve the case before Shawn and Gus can.
#3 - Forget Me Not
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/2007
Henry's old captain believes he's solved a murder, but his Alzheimer's has caused him to forget the most important details: the crime, and who committed it. Henry calls in Shawn and Gus who find themselves investigating a murder that happened decades ago and only the faulty memory of the retired officer gives them any hope of closing the case.
#4 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2006
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.
#5 - Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2007
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.
#6 - Poker? I Barely Know Her
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/23/2007
Henry's friend refuses to report his son, Brandon, missing after the son steals 30,000 dollars. Shawn agrees to help locate the son, and finds out that Brandon has been involved in some underground poker. Meanwhile, O'hara tries to surprise Lassiter on his birthday.
#7 - 9 Lives
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2006
Shawn claims a psychic connection with a cat so he can continue his investigation into a what he believes is a murder, but that the police have labeled a suicide, and the link he finds to a hotline may involve one of SBPD's own officers.
#8 - The Spellingg Bee
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2006
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.
#9 - Shawn vs. The Red Phantom
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/2006
Gus is ecstatic when it turns out the only real clue in his and Shawn's missing-person case is TriCon, the comic book and science fiction convention currently running in Santa Barbara. As bodies start turning up, they must balance their newly-scammed and increasingly onerous duties as George Takei's assistants with finding the killer and saving the teenager.
#10 - From the Earth to Starbucks
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2007
When Lassiter doubts his own crime-solving ability, Shawn tries to boost his confidence by helping him solve an astronomer's mysterious death.
#11 - Game Set... Muuurder?
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2007
Lonely and bored, Shawn convinces Juliet to give him a shot with a case involving a missing tennis star, but first he has to spring an unwilling Gus from a corporate retreat.
#12 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2006
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. And theft turns to murder when things start to come unraveled.
#13 - Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2006
Shawn and Gus land their first non-SBPD case when a widow hires them to find some cash that her husband stole from a bank. Shawn is asked to talk to a spirit and help the widow of the thief.
#14 - Weekend Warriors
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2006
Shawn and Gus attend a Civil War reenactment rehearsal for the sheer pleasure of watching Lassiter have a nervous breakdown as he runs it, but when a scripted death turns real they end up donning uniforms themselves in order to find the murderer and perhaps prevent another.
#15 - Who Ya Gonna Call?
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2006
Shawn reluctantly settles for a private client who claims a ghost has it in for him after Lassiter kicks Gus and him off the much more interesting case of a murdered psychologist, but the two investigations seem to be running parallel and Shawn may still end up solving the police's case.