“Wanna split a pineapple?” 19 August 2020
Shawn and Gus agree to help Juliet investigate the apparent suicide of a young sorority sister who may have thrown herself from the window at a supposedly haunted and abandoned asylum. The girl’s death is eerily similar to one Shawn and Gus witnessed years earlier at the same location. Meanwhile, Lassiter is forced to work with the world’s worst rookie officer.
I’m slowly working my way through Psych for about the third or fourth time. I can’t seem to get enough of it. From Season 1, “Scary Sherry; Bianca’s Toast” just might be my favorite episode. Why? Well, first of all, the subject matter appeals to me. A lot of the horror movie tropes I enjoy are here - a maniac with an axe, a spooky old asylum filled with lit candles, and a ghostly figure. Add to that Shawn and Gus screaming like little girls at the first sight of something weird, Juliet getting too into her undercover persona, Shannon Woodward in a supporting role, the truth behind one of Santa Barbara’s most notorious urban legends, and the clever title, and you end up with a real winner. The comedy here is first rate. For instance, I think I laugh-out-loud everytime I watch the frightened Gus getting trapped all alone in the creepy asylum Finally, there’s the bit with Lassiter and Detective Goochberg. Mercedes Ruehl is a riot! Overall, one of the best.
9/10
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