The BEST episodes of Psych season 4

Every episode of Psych season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Psych season 4!

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.

Last Updated: 9/4/2024Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
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Mr. Yin Presents...
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8.20
1411 votes

#1 - 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?

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Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
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7.92
1153 votes

#2 - Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/2009

While investigating a possible crime, Shawn stumbles upon one of a pair of criminals, gets shot, and is dumped in the trunk of a car.

Directors: Mel Damski
Writer: Andy Berman
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Extradition: British Columbia
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7.89
1151 votes

#3 - Extradition: British Columbia

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2009

Shawn and Gus spot an art thief whom Lassiter has been trying to arrest for years. So, although they are on a skiing vacation in Canada, they appeal to the local constabulary with mixed results: someone gets axed, another finds himself interrogated and Pierre Despereaux may get away scot-free, once again.

Directors: Steve Franks
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Death is in the Air
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7.80
1299 votes

#4 - Death is in the Air

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2010

Shawn and Gus must recover a deadly pathogen before a thief releases it into the city.

Directors: Stephen Surjik
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The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode
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7.76
1381 votes

#5 - The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2010

After Lassiter takes a page out of Shawn's book and claims a shark attack victim was actually murdered, the guys must then scramble to find the fish and prove him right.

Directors: Matt Shakman
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Thrill Seekers and Hell-Raisers
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7.71
1184 votes

#6 - Thrill Seekers and Hell-Raisers

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/2010

When Shawn and Gus join Gus’ new girlfriend on a rafting trip, a member of the group goes overboard, but Shawn quickly realizes it was no accident.

Directors: Mel Damski
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A Very Juliet Episode
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7.71
1185 votes

#7 - A Very Juliet Episode

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2010

In 2003, Juliet made a pact with her boyfriend Scott Seaver (Josh Braaten) to meet up in seven years. After he fails to show up, Shawn finds him, and by extension endangers his life since he was a key witness against mobster J.T. Waring (Arnold Vosloo), who was convicted for the murder of a U.S. Marshall. When Waring denies killing the Marshall, Shawn must prove him right in order to protect Scott.

Directors: Steve Franks
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High Top Fade Out
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7.68
1286 votes

#8 - High Top Fade Out

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2009

Shawn and Gus investigate the death of Leonald Callahan, aka Diddle, a computer cryptologist who was the baritone in Gus’s old college a capella group.

Directors: Stephen Surjik
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Let's Get Hairy
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7.66
1240 votes

#9 - Let's Get Hairy

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2009

Shawn and Gus attempt to protect Stewart Grumbley from himself because the poor man believes he may be a sheep-killing werewolf who may soon enough begin killing humans.

Directors: Andrew Bernstein
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You Can't Handle This Episode
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7.65
1088 votes

#10 - You Can't Handle This Episode

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/27/2010

Abigail is disappointed when Shawn accepts a case at the Army base instead of going on a date with her, but he and Gus are intrigued by a death they believe shouldn't have been ruled a suicide and the thought of working with Juliet's brother.

Directors: Mel Damski
Writer: Andy Berman
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Bollywood Homicide
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7.64
1032 votes

#11 - Bollywood Homicide

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2009

Raj, a young East Indian man whose serious girlfriends have all met with suspicious accidents, is convinced that he is the victim of a curse, but Shawn and Gus aren't buying the supernatural explanation. They are convinced that a mysterious assailant is actually responsible and they're out to catch the culprit.

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Shawn Gets the Yips
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7.63
1178 votes

#12 - Shawn Gets the Yips

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2009

After a cop bar is shot up in an apparent robbery during Officer McNab's birthday celebration, Shawn realizes the shooter was actually targeting Lassiter.

Directors: Tawnia McKiernan
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Think Tank
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7.58
1398 votes

#13 - Think Tank

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/2010

Shawn and Gus are recruited into a think tank to help prevent the murder of a business tycoon, but once the group has disbanded, they realize that one of the members plans to use the assassination ideas to kill the client instead of save him.

Directors: Stephen Surjik
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The Devil's in the Details... And in the Upstairs Bedroom
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7.54
1150 votes

#14 - The Devil's in the Details... And in the Upstairs Bedroom

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2009

When a college girl at a Catholic university commits suicide, Gus and Shawn are brought in because one of the professors at the school believes the girl was demon-possessed.

Directors: John Badham
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High Noon-ish
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7.46
1290 votes

#15 - High Noon-ish

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2009

Lassiter reluctantly asks Shawn and Gus for help when his surrogate father, sheriff of Sonora, thinks a ghost is wreaking havoc in his town. And even though this Wild West re-creation town is bigger on show than facts, it turns out a real crime is being planned and the murder of the Sheriff's business rival is only the beginning.

Directors: Mel Damski
Writer: Kell Cahoon
He Dead
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7.42
1184 votes

#16 - He Dead

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2009

A billionaire hedge fund manager asks Shawn and Gus to find his murderer – a last request Shawn can't resist. So he and Gus step into a world of privilege that's rivaled only by the depths of betrayal it contains.

Directors: Michael McMurray