"Psych" Season 4 - Page 2

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.

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.

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.)


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

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. 

Regards,

Joe

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.

 Don't forget Psych is back tonight!!!!

^^^

Thanks for the reminder.  I've been watching for it every week, but not on Wednesdays.  I've been checking Friday evenings for the past month.

USA revamped their schedule with White Collar on Tuesdays, Psych on Wednesday, Burn Notice on Thursday.

^^^

Thanks.  I am going to have to remember this! :)

I liked how Abigail said she would be back on Feb 24th, which just happens to be on a Wednesday.
I think this is the best Rachael Leigh Cook has looked on Psych.

I recall very vividly being 16 and seeing the TV ad for Tom & Huck and thinking to myself that I thought the movie looked terrible, but that girl was the cutest/hottest girl around my age I had been fortunate to see (I'm 7 months older than her).

Every episode of Psych she's in brings it all back to the forefront.

As an aside, the third Psych novel came out a couple of weeks ago (by William Rabkin -- all evoke the show pretty well actually) and advertises Psych as airing on Fridays.  Guess they changed the day after the print deadline.

The opening scene with Shawn lying on the couch, and saying he memorized the Army jingle, reminds me so much of my childhood... watching a lot of TV and getting commercial jingles stuck in my head.

Really liked last night's episode. I wonder if they're gonna get Shawn to fully spit out his feelings for Juliet by the end of this season or not. I can see his lack of being able to say it fully at the hospital biting him in the ass a bit.

I've missed every episode of the most recent season of Psych thus far.  I really don't like it on Wednesdays.  I have to remember to tape it.

I have to say that I didn't really like last weeks episode (the security consultant). I hope tonights is better. Last week Sean came across more jerky and less funny. He was starting to make me really dislike him.

I hope it was just because he lost his mojo for a while and he will be himself when he gets it back.

Yeah, it's kind of crazy how a show that's 99% a comedy can suddenly jump into a serious situation, and have it work really well, like these two episodes did.  They didn't seem to show who he is, no.  They showed Yin in a house, and then reaching down to stroke a picture frame, that zoomed in to show I believe it was Yang with a young Shawn, though I couldn't tell for sure.  Sounds like you might have seen that part, though I think it was a warehouse of some kind, it looked more like cardboard boxes on the shelf.  Then it faded out and they did the Psych-out, so I don't think you actually missed anything.

Steve Franks has said that his inspirations for "Psych" were light detective shows from the 80s such as Moonlighting and Magnum P.I.  The latter is probably fair to be called "light", but would also tweak the formula by throwing in some pretty heavy episodes from time to time. I have liked the two Ying-Yang episodes, but I would not want things to tilt completely in that direction because then it would be too much like other gloomy procedurals that are all over the dial these days.

Regards,

Wholeheartedly agree, Ken. It's the comic episodes being the norm that allows for the occasional serious episode to be such a nice contrast.

So, it appears that Abigail is officially gone. Can't say I blame her, but it'll be interesting to see how they handle Shaun having put himself on the line like that only to get rejected, and to see how they handle Juliet reacting to being chosen second. Obviously she'll be able to understand it from a police procedural perspective, but on a personal level that's gotta feel hard. Last year the show creators stated that seeing Shaun within a relationship was one side of a the same coin, and that Shaun might have to see what it's like to see Juliet in a serious relationship in the future. So her boyfriend from a few episodes ago will likely re-appear next season, especially since they planned another meeting one year later.

Loved all the Hitchcock references. The remote control crop duster was awesome!

As for who Mr. Yin is - if we're going with the premise that both Yang (in the photo with Shaun from 1989-ish) and Yin were friends of the family back then some serious things could go down when Yin returns. It's probably Yang's husband, but the why and the how should be interesting. Perhaps a former partner/associate of his father?

I really miss Psych being on Friday evenings.  I haven't been able to catch one episode of the newest season yet.

So, this Friday night, we watched the pilot of Psych, which fans know is included on Monk, season five.  I liked it a lot.  And I had completely forgotten that Jules isn't in the pilot.  I kept seeing this blonde with Lassiter, and it wasn't Jules -- LOL.

There really is only one solution.  The DVDs must be purchased. :)