Fake Psychic Shawn Spencer, and sidekick Burton Guster are back for season 5 of the USA Networks hit series, Psych. Beforehand, you need to catch up with season 4, and ask yourself one question, "are you a fan of delicious flavor?" As a huge fan of Psych, I loved season 4, but lets see if it's worth a Ulysses S Grant ($50).
The episode has some great hits, and revolves around Juliet and Shawn working out their awkwardness, and Shawns feeling for Juliet, while Shawn is dating Abigail (guest star Rachael Leigh Cook). The season had several guest stars, like Carey Elwes, Heroes star Sendhill Ramamurthy, James Brolin, Ally Sheedy, Jaleel White and the infamous Judd Nelson, among others. Lets look at some of my favorite episodes.
The first episode that got my funny bone is "The Devil's in the details...and in the upstairs bedroom." It guest stars Ray Wise, and is a take on the movie The Exorcist, with Shawn being skeptical, and Gus believing a girl is truly possessed. The episode is known for Shawn's commercial theme "bum bum bum, muffins!"
Another great episode is "You can't handle this episode," with guest stars Robert Patrick, and John Cena, as Juliet's brother, Ewan. Shawn is investigating a murder, and starts to suspect Ewan being linked to some shady military dealings. Cena and Shawn played so well off each other, but it also had a bit of a wall between Shawn and Juliet.
The last episode I had to talk about was the season finale. As was last season, the episode forgoes some of the comedy for the more seriousness. The episode is called "Mr. Yin Presents..." and has guest stars Ally Sheedy and Cook as Shawn is hunting the famous Mr. Yin, the opposite of Sheedy's Yang serial killer. The episode was Psych's take on Alfred Hitchcock, and fans will see plenty to love about this episode. Besides the great mystery, and a conclusion to Abigail's storyline, it leaves the killer completely mysterious, and Juliet nearly killed. This was one of the best episodes in Psych history.
While the season was great, the special features were only alright. I admit, I was bummed there weren't any of the famous Psychouts you see at the end of some of the episodes. There was a gag reel, which is really funny, along with some deleted scenes on several episodes, along with four episodes having audio commentary. The commentary was very good, and as entertaining as the episodes.
I loved this season of Psych, and as such recommend this to any Psych fan, or any fan of delicious flavor, or good television. USA has hit gold with this show, and I can't wait for more Psych.
EDITORS NOTE: This was also on Creative Loafing's site. Click HERE to see it.
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