Psych - General Discussion

[tv echo]

Creation Entertainment's Reuniting the Cast of Psych: A Fan Experience, June 8-9, 2024 (Chicago, IL)
https://www.creationent.com/psychcon/ 

[Writing Wrongs]

I started re-watching the show since I never finished it during it's initial run. I'm up to Season 4.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I really can't stand Gus. I know people think Shawn is annoying, but I find Gus way more annoying. 

[Eindestand]

If you haven't heard Maggie Lawson's podcast, The Psychologists Are In,  then check it out. Loads and loads of insight. If you're a fan, then you must.  If you aren't, then suck it. I've heard it both ways.

Top tip: If you open, EpGuides Psych, you can copy titles and paste them into Spotify search and it'll bring up the ep. It's maddening to click, scroll, click, scroll, click, scroll... and it loses your place if you aren't logged in. So, paste the title into search and it'll give you the link or you can log in.

Maggie, Tim and guests chat about Psych, which must be nostalgic for them and it's nice to hear them reminisce about something that turned out to be a success.
Franks and Roday-Rodriguez have a seemingly endless wealth of knowledge about the show. Plus, you get to hear from production people you never knew anything about. I mean, I didn't know who Andy Berman was (other than, "He had no honey.") and had no idea about his nuts.
It never struck me how these people lived in Vancouver (Hollywood North) for a goodly portion of the year and were away from family. Tim eventually bought a house and brought his family up there.

I like Psych ('cuz it rhymes).
An eventual classic, if not one already.

Edited June 26 by Eindestand
Linky no worky.

[andromeda331]

17 minutes ago, Eindestand said:

If you haven't heard Maggie Lawson's podcast, The Psychologists Are In,  then check it out. Loads and loads of insight. If you're a fan, then you must.  If you aren't, then suck it. I've heard it both ways.

Top tip: If you open, EpGuides Psych, you can copy titles and paste them into Spotify search and it'll bring up the ep. It's maddening to click, scroll, click, scroll, click, scroll... and it loses your place if you aren't logged in. So, paste the title into search and it'll give you the link or you can log in.

Maggie, Tim and guests chat about Psych, which must be nostalgic for them and it's nice to hear them reminisce about something that turned out to be a success.
Franks and Roday-Rodriguez have a seemingly endless wealth of knowledge about the show. Plus, you get to hear from production people you never knew anything about. I mean, I didn't know who Andy Berman was (other than, "He had no honey.") and had no idea about his nuts.
It never struck me how these people lived in Vancouver (Hollywood North) for a goodly portion of the year and were away from family. Tim eventually bought a house and brought his family up there.

I like Psych ('cuz it rhymes).
An eventual classic, if not one already.

Sounds great!

[GHScorpiosRule]

Laid up this weekend and decided to watch the first movie and then started watching from season one again.

The show holds up well for me. Shawn and Gus are hilarious and I’m loving Smart Shawn! Excited when Liam shows up as Young Shawn.

Up to season two now.

And as always: Shawn and Gus are the One and TRUE ❤️💕❤️💕❤️OTP❤️💕❤️💕❤️

[andromeda331]

2 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Laid up this weekend and decided to watch the first movie and then started watching from season one again.

The show holds up well for me. Shawn and Gus are hilarious and I’m loving Smart Shawn! Excited when Liam shows up as Young Shawn.

Up to season two now.

And as always: Shawn and Gus are the One and TRUE ❤️💕❤️💕❤️OTP❤️💕❤️💕❤️

It really does. It's so funny. Season two started out just as good and funny with American Duos.

[GHScorpiosRule]

Just now, andromeda331 said:

It really does. It's so funny. Season two started out just as good and funny with American Duos.

[Zaffy]

I started watching Psych this summer on Netflix. I liked the lighthearted tone, some of the humor, the cast and the locations. I think it is perfect for summer binge watching.
I am  now finishing season 5. There are some gems, like the Twin Peaks episode - I had no idea and it was so much fun watching it.
However, it seems that Shawn has turned to be from eccentric, immature  and tad selfish to an almost insufferable character. He was always the show's weakest link for me, but still mostly enjoyable. It is not the case anymore. What really annoys me is his inability/unconcern to realize he can put the lives of loved ones in danger, like Gus and Jules. And it also doesn't make sense anymore that Police still tolerates him. Yes it is a comedy, yes it is fiction, but last time I checked it wasnt sci-fi or fantasy.
I just watched the "Police Academy episode with Ralph Macchio" and I ended up fast forwarding most of it. 

Anyway, I am hopeful things will get better in the seasons following, or at least not get even worst! 

[andromeda331]

7 hours ago, Zaffy said:

I started watching Psych this summer on Netflix. I liked the lighthearted tone, some of the humor, the cast and the locations. I think it is perfect for summer binge watching.
I am  now finishing season 5. There are some gems, like the Twin Peaks episode - I had no idea and it was so much fun watching it.
However, it seems that Shawn has turned to be from eccentric, immature  and tad selfish to an almost insufferable character. He was always the show's weakest link for me, but still mostly enjoyable. It is not the case anymore. What really annoys me is his inability/unconcern to realize he can put the lives of loved ones in danger, like Gus and Jules. And it also doesn't make sense anymore that Police still tolerates him. Yes it is a comedy, yes it is fiction, but last time I checked it wasnt sci-fi or fantasy.
I just watched the "Police Academy episode with Ralph Macchio" and I ended up fast forwarding most of it. 

Anyway, I am hopeful things will get better in the seasons following, or at least not get even worst! 

I agree Shawn became insufferable. For me it started in season four the first episode where he's half fun chasing after Despauex and have I wanted to kill him for paying for the entire thing on Gus's credit card and taking Gus's one phone call from him. This starts Shawn never paying for anything but making Gus and later also Juliet. And never pays anyone back. Hell, Carlton even asks how Shawn can be broke since he has no bills. 

[tv echo]

From two weekends ago...

Psych Cast Q&A | GalaxyCon San Jose 2024
GalaxyCon  posted Aug 28, 2024

[GHScorpiosRule]

@tv echo

Since topics are now full threads, I created a media thread where we can post news and interviews. 
 

[GHScorpiosRule]

On 8/20/2024 at 2:02 PM, andromeda331 said:

I agree Shawn became insufferable. For me it started in season four the first episode where he's half fun chasing after Despauex and have I wanted to kill him for paying for the entire thing on Gus's credit card and taking Gus's one phone call from him. This starts Shawn never paying for anything but making Gus and later also Juliet. And never pays anyone back. Hell, Carlton even asks how Shawn can be broke since he has no bills. 

James Roday Rodriguez is such a talented writer, and both he and Dulé became producers starting in season 3, I think? Definitely by season 4. So I don’t understand why they let Shawn turn into a moocher and a loser, not to mention stupid. When he was so cunning, smart, and intelligent.

That said, despite the down turn, the one constant that never deviated was Shawn’s love and loyalty to Gus. And he always stepped up whenever Gus was hurting or in danger. It’s why I never turned on him.

I’m up to season five and watching “Viagra Falls” and 😂🤣😂😂😂 at James’ impersonation of William Devane’s Peters.

[andromeda331]

12 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

James Roday Rodriguez is such a talented writer, and both he and Dulé became producers starting in season 3, I think? Definitely by season 4. So I don’t understand why they let Shawn turn into a moocher and a loser, not to mention stupid. When he was so cunning, smart, and intelligent.

That said, despite the down turn, the one constant that never deviated was Shawn’s love and loyalty to Gus. And he always stepped up whenever Gus was hurting or in danger. It’s why I never turned on him.

I don't either. The reason I didn't watch Psych when it first came out was because I thought Shawn would be moocher, loser and stupid. When I finally did I was surprised by how wrong I was. He was a real great character.  He was smart and funny. He was silly at a lot of times but also fun. He was also nice enough to help out someone like Carlton who didn't really deserve it because he was down.

I love his loyalty to Gus. Especially the last episode when Shawn thinks he ruined Gus's life and kept him from living the life Gus really wanted.

 

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I’m up to season five and watching “Viagra Falls” and 😂🤣😂😂😂 at James’ impersonation of William Devane’s Peters.

I love that episode. When the two guys are whispering to each other but Shawn and Gus can hear them and wonder if people hear them when they do the same thing. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

I don't know if I should go ahead and create season threads, since we tend to just talk about all of them at the same time? Let me know if it's a good idea?

In the meantime, I've finished season seven. Slogged through it; hate it hate hate it (except for the premiere: "Santa Barbara Town, Part II"); and I especially HATED the retcon Show did of turning Jules' happy family-parents happily married, that we got in her first appearance and again in the first Christmas episode. Nary a mention of a deadbeat father or unhappy childhood.

I loathed Jeffrey Tambor as her step father-until the news about his creepiness-he's always given me the creeps. And then the shift to "darkness" with Jules in Season 4 with her brother, BLECH. So, I hated how the fall out of her finding out about Shawn happened. I remember the back and forth on TWoP, so I don't want to rehash it. But I hate the destruction of Shawn's character.

That said, the cold open in "Office Space" never fails to make me laugh my ass off🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣 and hold my tummy, with Shawn and Gus ending up at Henry's, saying they did a very, bad, bad thing and needed help.

[Zaffy]

On 9/1/2024 at 7:51 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:

James Roday Rodriguez is such a talented writer, and both he and Dulé became producers starting in season 3, I think? Definitely by season 4. So I don’t understand why they let Shawn turn into a moocher and a loser, not to mention stupid. When he was so cunning, smart, and intelligent.

Maybe because JRR is not such a talented writer after all?
The show was in decline since season 3 I think.
After the first 2 seasons I was watching the show on TV while working on PC. After season 5, I skipped dozens of episodes cause at that poing I found the show stupid and frustrating.  
I watched the last episode, it was nice that at least Lassiter had some character development, something that our two man-children, Shawn and Guss never  really did. 

And I really cannot understand why people talk about the amazing friendship between Gus and Shawn. What friendship? This was an abusive relationship. A narcissistic and selfish person was treating his friend like his personal puppet-toy, constantly lying to him, stealing from him, using him, manipulating him, not respecting him at all. 

And the whole excuse that he was like this because he had daddy and mommy issues was ridiculous. We are not just talking about someone who was refusing to become an adult, but someone who didn't really care about anyone except  himself. I really do not understand the fixation of the writer with a man-child persona. He thought it was a vehicle for comedy? he thought he was making somekind of a social comment? He was trolling us?

Imagine having to deal with someone like Shawn in real life. I doubt anyone here would manage to tolerate him more than 10 mins. 

Now that I finished the series (not gonna watch the movies) I would give it a 6/10 for the first two seasons, 3/10 for the rest and overall 2/10 cause I did not like how hard it tried to make  likeable a faulty character like Shawn.

 

p.s.
edited to add
I forgot how badly also Gus was treated by the writers.
Apart from being weak and emotionally depended on Gus, he was also transformed to some kind of a really creepy ugly flirting dude  looking at women like a sex offender would.
I wasn't surprised that at the end of the series he decided to leave everything to keep being Shawn's puppet. It was really sad actually...

Edited September 6 by Zaffy