Psych dramedy television series that premiered on July 7, 2006, on USA Network , and aired its series finale on March 26, 2014. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer , who uses his eidetic memory with the observational and investigative skills that his father ingrained in him during childhood to fake being a psychic who consults with the Santa Barbara Police Department to solve cases, as well as running a psychic detective agency called Psych. He is (reluctantly) helped in his charade by his best friend, Burton "Gus" Guster (Dulé Hill ), and his father, Henry Spencer (Corbin Bernsen ). He generally works with police detectives Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson ) and Juliet O'Hara (Maggie Lawson ) and under the direction of Police Chief Karen Vick (Kirsten Nelson ). Episodes usually begin with a flashback to Shawn's youth, showcasing one of Henry's lessons for his son. These lessons are typically used or applied later in the episode. During the run of Psych , 121 episodes aired.
A film sequel to Psych , titled Psych: The Movie , aired on December 7, 2017, launching the Psych film seriesPsych 2: Lassie Come Home , premiered on Peacock on July 15, 2020, while a third film, Psych 3: This Is Gus , premiered on Peacock on November 18, 2021.
Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released Network 1 15 July 7, 2006(2006-07-07) March 2, 2007(2007-03-02) USA 2 16 July 13, 2007(2007-07-13) February 15, 2008(2008-02-15) 3 16 July 18, 2008(2008-07-18) February 20, 2009(2009-02-20) 4 16 August 7, 2009(2009-08-07) March 10, 2010(2010-03-10) 5 16 July 14, 2010(2010-07-14) December 22, 2010(2010-12-22) 6 16 October 12, 2011(2011-10-12) April 11, 2012(2012-04-11) 7 14 February 27, 2013(2013-02-27) May 29, 2013(2013-05-29) Psych: The Musical December 15, 2013(2013-12-15) 8 10 January 8, 2014(2014-01-08) March 26, 2014(2014-03-26) Psych: The Movie December 7, 2017(2017-12-07) Psych 2: Lassie Come Home July 15, 2020(2020-07-15) Peacock Psych 3: This Is Gus November 18, 2021(2021-11-18)
Episodes Season 1 (2006–07) List of Psych season 1 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 1 1 "Pilot " Michael Engler Steve Franks July 7, 2006(2006-07-07) 6.06 2 2 "Spellingg Bee " Mel Damski Steve Franks July 14, 2006(2006-07-14) 4.71 3 3 "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece " Michael Zinberg Steve Franks July 21, 2006(2006-07-21) 4.69 4 4 "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" Jeff Melman Steve Franks July 28, 2006(2006-07-28) 4.35 5 5 "9 Lives" Matt Shakman Andy Berman August 4, 2006(2006-08-04) 4.72 6 6 "Weekend Warriors" John Fortenberry Douglas Steinberg August 11, 2006(2006-08-11) 4.76 7 7 "Who Ya Gonna Call? " Michael Lange Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar August 18, 2006(2006-08-18) 4.89 8 8 "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" John T. Kretchmer Anupam Nigam August 25, 2006(2006-08-25) 4.64 9 9 "Forget Me Not" Mel Damski Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin January 19, 2007(2007-01-19) 3.78 10 10 "From the Earth to the Starbucks" Michael Zinberg Steve Franks January 26, 2007(2007-01-26) 3.70 11 11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!" Tim Matheson Andy Berman February 2, 2007(2007-02-02) 3.81 12 12 "Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder" Lev L. Spiro Andy Berman February 9, 2007(2007-02-09) 3.60 13 13 "Game, Set... Muuurder?" James L. Conway Anupam Nigam February 16, 2007(2007-02-16) 3.20 14 14 "Poker? I Barely Know Her" Joanna Kerns Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar & Douglas Steinberg February 23, 2007(2007-02-23) 3.74 15 15 "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" John Landis Steve Franks & James Roday March 2, 2007(2007-03-02) 4.48
Season 2 (2007–08) List of Psych season 2 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 16 1 "American Duos " John Landis Steve Franks & James Roday July 13, 2007(2007-07-13) 4.33 17 2 "65 Million Years Off" Tim Matheson Steve Franks July 20, 2007(2007-07-20) 3.90 18 3 "Psy vs. Psy" Mel Damski Andy Berman July 27, 2007(2007-07-27) 4.81 19 4 "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds" Stephen Surjik Saladin K. Patterson August 3, 2007(2007-08-03) 3.73 20 5 "And Down the Stretch Comes Murder" Michael Zinberg Josh Bycel August 10, 2007(2007-08-10) 4.43 21 6 "Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder" Eric Laneuville Daniel Hsia August 17, 2007(2007-08-17) 3.81 22 7 "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" Arlene Sanford Anupam Nigam August 24, 2007(2007-08-24) 4.25 23 8 "Rob-a-Bye Baby" Paul Lazarus Tami Sagher September 7, 2007(2007-09-07) 3.73 24 9 "Bounty Hunters!" John Badham Andy Berman September 14, 2007(2007-09-14) 4.15 25 10 "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" Oz Scott Saladin K. Patterson December 7, 2007(2007-12-07) 3.67 26 11 "There's Something About Mira" Joanna Kerns Josh Bycel & Daniel Hsia January 11, 2008(2008-01-11) 4.69 27 12 "The Old and the Restless" Jason Ensler Anupam Nigam January 18, 2008(2008-01-18) 3.86 28 13 "Lights, Camera... Homicidio" Matt Shakman Andy Berman January 25, 2008(2008-01-25) 4.66 29 14 "Dis-Lodged" Mel Damski Tim Meltreger February 1, 2008(2008-02-01) 4.07 30 15 "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" Mel Damski Steve Franks & James Roday February 8, 2008(2008-02-08) 3.51 31 16 "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" Steve Franks Steve Franks February 15, 2008(2008-02-15) 4.70
Season 3 (2008–09) List of Psych season 3 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 32 1 "Ghosts" Stephen Surjik Steve Franks July 18, 2008(2008-07-18) 4.89 33 2 "Murder? … Anyone? … Anyone? … Bueller?" Michael McMurray Andy Berman July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) 4.48 34 3 "Daredevils!" John Badham Anupam Nigam August 1, 2008(2008-08-01) 4.29 35 4 "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" Jay Chandrasekhar Josh Bycel August 8, 2008(2008-08-08) 3.40 36 5 "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" Mel Damski Saladin K. Patterson August 15, 2008(2008-08-15) 3.66 37 6 "There Might Be Blood" John Badham Kell Cahoon August 22, 2008(2008-08-22) 3.96 38 7 "Talk Derby to Me" Steve Miner Tim Meltreger September 5, 2008(2008-09-05) 4.23 39 8 "Gus Walks into a Bank" Eric Laneuville Andy Berman September 12, 2008(2008-09-12) 4.02 40 9 "Christmas Joy" John Landis Saladin K. Patterson November 28, 2008(2008-11-28) 3.71 41 10 "Six Feet Under the Sea" Steve Franks Steve Franks January 9, 2009(2009-01-09) 4.14 42 11 "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing" Stephen Surjik Kell Cahoon January 16, 2009(2009-01-16) 3.65 43 12 "Earth, Wind and... Wait for It" Tim Matheson Anupam Nigam January 23, 2009(2009-01-23) 3.83 44 13 "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central" Mel Damski Josh Bycel January 30, 2009(2009-01-30) 4.32 45 14 "Truer Lies" Martha Coolidge Victoria Walker February 6, 2009(2009-02-06) 4.46 46 15 "Tuesday the 17th" James Roday Steve Franks & James Roday February 13, 2009(2009-02-13) 4.27 47 16 "An Evening with Mr. Yang" Mel Damski Andy Berman & James Roday February 20, 2009(2009-02-20) 4.83
Season 4 (2009–10) List of Psych season 4 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 48 1 "Extradition: British Columbia" Steve Franks Steve Franks August 7, 2009(2009-08-07) 3.98 49 2 "He Dead" Michael McMurray Saladin K. Patterson August 14, 2009(2009-08-14) 4.20 50 3 "High Noon-ish" Mel Damski Kell Cahoon August 21, 2009(2009-08-21) 3.87 51 4 "The Devil's in the Details... and the Upstairs Bedroom" John Badham Bill Callahan August 28, 2009(2009-08-28) 4.08 52 5 "Shawn Gets the Yips" Tawnia McKiernan Kell Cahoon & Bill Callahan September 11, 2009(2009-09-11) 4.03 53 6 "Bollywood Homicide" Jay Chandrasekhar Steve Franks & Anupam Nigam September 18, 2009(2009-09-18) 3.74 54 7 "High Top Fade-Out" Stephen Surjik Saladin K. Patterson & James Roday September 25, 2009(2009-09-25) 3.69 55 8 "Let's Get Hairy" Andrew Bernstein Todd Harthan & James Roday October 9, 2009(2009-10-09) N/A 56 9 "Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark" Mel Damski Andy Berman October 16, 2009(2009-10-16) 3.68 57 10 "You Can't Handle This Episode" Mel Damski Andy Berman January 27, 2010(2010-01-27) 4.37 58 11 "Thrill Seekers and Hell-Raisers" Mel Damski Kell Cahoon & Saladin K. Patterson February 3, 2010(2010-02-03) 2.86 59 12 "A Very Juliet Episode" Steve Franks Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger February 10, 2010(2010-02-10) 3.57 60 13 "Death Is in the Air" Stephen Surjik Bill Callahan & Anupam Nigam February 17, 2010(2010-02-17) 2.94 61 14 "Think Tank" Stephen Surjik Steve Franks & Andy Berman February 24, 2010(2010-02-24) 3.57 62 15 "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode" Matt Shakman Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger March 3, 2010(2010-03-03) 2.87 63 16 "Mr. Yin Presents... " James Roday Andy Berman & James Roday March 10, 2010(2010-03-10) 2.95
Season 5 (2010) List of Psych season 5 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 64 1 "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" Steve Franks Steve Franks July 14, 2010(2010-07-14) 3.68 65 2 "Feet Don't Kill Me Now" Mel Damski Saladin K. Patterson July 21, 2010(2010-07-21) 3.30 66 3 "Not Even Close... Encounters" John Badham Bill Callahan July 28, 2010(2010-07-28) 3.74 67 4 "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is" Jay Chandrasekhar Andy Berman August 4, 2010(2010-08-04) 3.48 68 5 "Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)" Mel Damski Kell Cahoon & Tim Meltreger August 11, 2010(2010-08-11) 3.78 69 6 "Viagra Falls" Andrew Bernstein Todd Harthan August 18, 2010(2010-08-18) 4.11 70 7 "Ferry Tale" Reginald Hudlin Kell Cahoon & Saladin K. Patterson August 25, 2010(2010-08-25) 3.63 71 8 "Shawn 2.0" David Crabtree Bill Callahan September 1, 2010(2010-09-01) 3.70 72 9 "One, Maybe Two, Ways Out" Mel Damski Andy Berman & Todd Harthan September 8, 2010(2010-09-08) 3.11 73 10 "Extradition II: The Actual Extradition Part" Steve Franks Steve Franks November 10, 2010(2010-11-10) 2.79 74 11 "In Plain Fright" Stephen Surjik Steve Franks & Tim Meltreger November 17, 2010(2010-11-17) 2.99 75 12 "Dual Spires " Matt Shakman Bill Callahan & James Roday December 1, 2010(2010-12-01) 3.54 76 13 "We'd Like to Thank the Academy" Tawnia McKiernan Bill Callahan & Todd Harthan December 8, 2010(2010-12-08) 3.09 77 14 "The Polarizing Express" James Roday Saladin K. Patterson & James Roday December 15, 2010(2010-12-15) 2.43 78 15 "Dead Bear Walking" Andy Berman Andy Berman December 15, 2010(2010-12-15) 2.53 79 16 "Yang 3 in 2D " Mel Damski Andy Berman & James Roday December 22, 2010(2010-12-22) 2.90
Season 6 (2011–12) List of Psych season 6 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 80 1 "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader" Steve Franks Steve Franks October 12, 2011(2011-10-12) 3.00 81 2 "Last Night Gus" Andy Berman Andy Berman October 19, 2011(2011-10-19) 2.48 82 3 "This Episode Sucks" James Roday Todd Harthan & James Roday October 26, 2011(2011-10-26) 3.28 83 4 "The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue #2" Mel Damski Saladin K. Patterson November 2, 2011(2011-11-02) 3.08 84 5 "Dead Man's Curve Ball" Mel Damski Bill Callahan November 9, 2011(2011-11-09) 2.45 85 6 "Shawn, Interrupted" Andrew Bernstein Kell Cahoon November 16, 2011(2011-11-16) 2.46 86 7 "In for a Penny..." Mel Damski Todd Harthan November 30, 2011(2011-11-30) 3.17 87 8 "The Tao of Gus" John Badham Tim Meltreger December 7, 2011(2011-12-07) 2.70 88 9 "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat" Brad Turner Carlos Jacott December 14, 2011(2011-12-14) 3.03 89 10 "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger" Steve Franks Steve Franks February 29, 2012(2012-02-29) 2.46 90 11 "Heeeeere's Lassie" James Roday Todd Harthan & Tim Meltreger March 7, 2012(2012-03-07) 2.86 91 12 "Shawn and the Real Girl" Timothy Busfield Andy Berman March 14, 2012(2012-03-14) 2.57 92 13 "Let's Doo-Wop It Again" Jay Chandrasekhar Saladin K. Patterson & Kell Cahoon March 21, 2012(2012-03-21) 2.73 93 14 "Autopsy Turvy" Jennifer Lynch Andy Berman & James Roday March 28, 2012(2012-03-28) 2.36 94 15 "True Grits" Reginald Hudlin Saladin K. Patterson April 4, 2012(2012-04-04) 2.64 95 16 "Santabarbaratown" David Crabtree Bill Callahan April 11, 2012(2012-04-11) 2.71
Season 7 (2013) List of Psych season 7 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 96 1 "Santabarbaratown 2" Mel Damski Steve Franks & Bill Callahan February 27, 2013(2013-02-27) 2.94 97 2 "Juliet Takes a Luvvah" Andy Berman Andy Berman March 6, 2013(2013-03-06) 2.81 98 3 "Lassie Jerky" James Roday James Roday March 13, 2013(2013-03-13) 3.04 99 4 "No Country for Two Old Men" Mel Damski Kell Cahoon March 20, 2013(2013-03-20) 2.45 100 5 "100 Clues" Matt Shakman Todd Harthan March 27, 2013(2013-03-27) 2.93 101 6 "Cirque Du Soul" Jennifer Lynch Saladin K. Patterson April 3, 2013(2013-04-03) 2.41 102 7 "Deez Nups" James Roday Bill Callahan & James Roday April 10, 2013(2013-04-10) 2.25 103 8 "Right Turn or Left for Dead" David Crabtree Carlos Jacott April 17, 2013(2013-04-17) 2.77 104 9 "Juliet Wears the Pantsuit" Jennifer Lynch Brittany Hilgers April 24, 2013(2013-04-24) 2.46 105 10 "Santa Barbarian Candidate" Richard Coleman Tim Meltreger May 1, 2013(2013-05-01) 2.35 106 11 "Office Space" Andrew Bernstein Andy Berman & Todd Harthan May 8, 2013(2013-05-08) 2.29 107 12 "Dead Air" Saladin K. Patterson Saladin K. Patterson & Kell Cahoon May 15, 2013(2013-05-15) 2.31 108 13 "Nip and Suck It!" Mel Damski Carlos Jacott & Tim Meltreger May 22, 2013(2013-05-22) 2.48 109 14 "No Trout About It" Brad Turner Bill Callahan & Carlos Jacott May 29, 2013(2013-05-29) 2.18
The Musical (2013) List of Psych season 7 episodes No. overall Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 110 Psych: The Musical Steve Franks Steve Franks December 15, 2013(2013-12-15) 2.23 111
Season 8 (2014) List of Psych season 8 episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 112 1 "Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire" Steve Franks Kell Cahoon & Steve Franks January 8, 2014(2014-01-08) 2.28 113 2 "S.E.I.Z.E. the Day" David Crabtree Todd Harthan January 15, 2014(2014-01-15) 1.51 114 3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement" Andy Berman Andy Berman & Todd Harthan January 22, 2014(2014-01-22) 1.61 115 4 "Someone's Got a Woody" Mel Damski Andy Berman & Saladin K. Patterson January 29, 2014(2014-01-29) 1.73 116 5 "COG Blocked" Brad Turner Carlos Jacott February 5, 2014(2014-02-05) 1.79 117 6 "1967: A Psych Odyssey" Kirsten Nelson Tim Meltreger & James Roday February 26, 2014(2014-02-26) 1.53 118 7 "Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up" David Crabtree Saladin K. Patterson March 5, 2014(2014-03-05) 1.56 119 8 "A Touch of Sweevil" Richard Coleman Kell Cahoon & Todd Harthan March 12, 2014(2014-03-12) 1.36 120 9 "A Nightmare on State Street" James Roday Carlos Jacott March 19, 2014(2014-03-19) 1.53 121 10 "The Break-Up" Steve Franks Steve Franks March 26, 2014(2014-03-26) 1.93
Film series (2017–21) List of Psych films No. film Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers (millions) 1 Psych: The Movie Steve Franks Steve Franks & James Roday December 7, 2017(2017-12-07) 1.26 2 Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Steve Franks Steve Franks & James Roday Rodriguez & Andy Berman July 15, 2020(2020-07-15) N/A 3 Psych 3: This Is Gus Steve Franks Steve Franks & James Roday Rodriguez November 18, 2021(2021-11-18) N/A
Viewing figures Seasons 1–4 Season Episode number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 6.06 4.71 4.69 4.35 4.72 4.76 4.89 4.64 3.78 3.70 3.81 3.60 3.20 3.74 4.48 – 2 4.33 3.90 4.81 3.73 4.43 3.81 4.25 3.73 4.15 3.67 4.69 3.86 4.66 4.07 3.51 4.70 3 4.89 4.48 4.29 3.40 3.66 3.96 4.23 4.02 3.71 4.14 3.65 3.83 4.32 4.46 4.27 4.83 4 3.98 4.20 3.87 4.08 4.03 3.74 3.69 3.34 3.68 4.37 2.86 3.57 2.94 3.57 2.87 2.95
Seasons 5–8 Season Episode number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5 3.98 3.30 3.74 3.48 3.78 4.11 3.63 3.70 3.11 2.79 2.99 3.54 3.09 2.43 2.53 2.90 6 3.00 2.48 3.28 3.08 2.45 2.46 3.17 2.70 3.03 2.46 2.86 2.57 2.73 2.36 2.64 2.71 7 2.94 2.81 3.04 2.45 2.93 2.41 2.25 2.77 2.46 2.35 2.29 2.31 2.48 2.18 2.23 – 8 2.28 1.51 1.61 1.73 1.79 1.53 1.56 1.36 1.53 1.93 –
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