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"Psych" Season 4- 8/7/09

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10/10/09 at 10:04am
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I googled it after you mentioned that, and apparently yes, she did play the goth sister, according to a (sort of creepily obsessive ) fansite.

... Though admittedly, even more creepy is the fact that Google's search suggestions popped up "larisa oleynik murdered" as soon as I finished typing her name.

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10/10/09 at 9:29pm
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This show has a major horror fetish. And was that Larisa Oleynik as the goth sister? If so, this show also has a thing for resurrecting discarded female leads from 90's teen comedies.

Neither is a bad thing, in my book.
 

Yep, Alex Mack.  I couldn't get used to seeing her with that color hair (although my daughter loved it).  We've completed the first season of TSWOAM on DVD, and recognized her right away.

I really thought that Shawn's father was going to win the truck.  And, I was dead wrong about the other guy -- I figured he had to be telling a lie to get Shawn's father to give up.
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10/11/09 at 4:55am
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I only vaguely remembered The Secret World of Alex Mac from catching bits and pieces if something caught my eye while I was flipping around the TV dial)  (But as I recall it was more low-rent SF than horror, since she got her powers from a chemical spill and there were no supernatural overtones that I remember.)

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I really thought that Shawn's father was going to win the truck.  And, I was dead wrong about the other guy -- I figured he had to be telling a lie to get Shawn's father to give up.

I wasn't sure if he'd get it or not.  I could see the writers going either way.  But I absolutely thought the orphan story was totally bogus.  Even after the nun and kids showed up I figured they would turn out to be actors hired for the job or his own wife and kids.

Their arrival did make a nice capper to the running "You did that impossibly fast" gag. 

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Joe

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10/11/09 at 3:55pm
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I really thought that Shawn's father was going to win the truck.  And, I was dead wrong about the other guy -- I figured he had to be telling a lie to get Shawn's father to give up.

In a way, it's sort of worse that he wasn't lying. Instead of being angry at his nemesis for deceiving him, he has to live with his nemesis's cause being more worthwhile than his own selfish desire for a new truck. One of those things that helps ground Shawn's father as adult, one of only two on the show really (with the Chief).
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10/11/09 at 6:02pm
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...he has to live with his nemesis's cause being more worthwhile than his own selfish desire for a new truck. One of those things that helps ground Shawn's father as adult, one of only two on the show really (with the Chief).

Two excellent points.  Underneath all the snarky one-liners this show has both a bran and a heart, and that's part of what makes it so good. 

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Joe

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10/14/09 at 8:38am
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In a way, it's sort of worse that he wasn't lying. Instead of being angry at his nemesis for deceiving him, he has to live with his nemesis's cause being more worthwhile than his own selfish desire for a new truck. One of those things that helps ground Shawn's father as adult, one of only two on the show really (with the Chief).

And in another way, perhaps this is the best thing that could have happened to Shawn's father as he may mature considerably from the experience and gain more wisdom as a result.

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10/19/09 at 8:45pm
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Usually a "fall finale" on USA Network just means that the show has burned through it's first eight episodes; if you watch the season straight through on DVD you'd never know there was a pause. This show has always embraced the eight episodes, holiday special, seven episodes format, and Friday's episode felt like a game changer. Much like "An Evening with Mr. Yang" last season, it was a treat getting to see Shawn operating seriously and showcasing his brilliance out in the open. I think this was the first episode since the pilot that we got a glimpse of where Shawn lives. I'd begun to think he just crashed at the Psych office.
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10/21/09 at 11:40pm
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I wasn't sure if he'd get it or not.  I could see the writers going either way.  But I absolutely thought the orphan story was totally bogus.  Even after the nun and kids showed up I figured they would turn out to be actors hired for the job or his own wife and kids.

Their arrival did make a nice capper to the running "You did that impossibly fast" gag. 

Regards,

Joe

The nemesis (Butch Solinski) was played by Thomas F. Wilson who I recognized immediately as Biff from Back to the Future.  Hard to picture him as a good guy.  I thought for sure the nun & kids were part of a con.
 


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