Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
- Episode aired Mar 2, 2007
- TV-PG
- 43m
While Juliet is undercover, she asks for psychic help at a sorority; back at the station, Lassiter is paired with a most challenging partner.While Juliet is undercover, she asks for psychic help at a sorority; back at the station, Lassiter is paired with a most challenging partner.While Juliet is undercover, she asks for psychic help at a sorority; back at the station, Lassiter is paired with a most challenging partner.
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- Shawn Spencer
- (as James Roday)
- Eden
- (as Crystal Lowe)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first instance of Shawn saying "I've heard it both ways."
- GoofsWhen the lamp falls on the floor, there are sparks from the light bulb shattering. The power was out and there wouldn't have been any sparks as there was no power.
- Quotes
Henry Spencer: Scary Sherry Kratic was rehabilitated and I'm pretty sure she's married and living in Fresno. Come on, guys, give me some more credit here! I have no idea how that ridiculous urban legend got started in the first place.
[Henry walks away]
Shawn Spencer: [to Gus] You got a big ass mouth.
Burton 'Gus' Guster: I wanted to keep it a secret! You're the one who was broadcasting it at the lunch table.
[pause]
Shawn Spencer: I can't believe this.
Burton 'Gus' Guster: We actually started an urban legend.
Shawn Spencer: That's dope!
- ConnectionsReferences The Omen (1976)
- SoundtracksI know you know
(uncredited)
Performed by Friendly Indians
I mentioned in my review of season 2 of Psych that season 1 hadn't really worked for me but, tellingly, I also said that I watched it in a very "non-committed" way. The end of season 3 and the lack of new episodes of fun light entertainment made me and my girlfriend pick up season 1 and many things about it surprised me. The first thing that surprised me was how much of the season that neither of us had seen (although I suppose this is why I never reviewed it before) despite both quite liking the show. The second thing that impressed me more than surprised me was how it hit the ground running – pretty much doing all the things that I like about it two seasons later, but from the pilot stage. I am used to some shows taking one season to bed in (Battlestar Galatica being the most recent example I can think of) but here we have everything from the theme music to the overall approach of the show in place.
The irreverent tone is the thing that makes it for me and, although season 1 is a bit more careful and guarded with it, it is still present and still works. The heavy stream of references and confidence in its own comedy is not quite there yet though and some of the episodes rely on the cases more than they do the fun swagger of the show. This makes for some weaker episodes where the "fun" isn't quite there even if they are still quite entertaining. The cast are a big part of taking this fun from the page and putting it onto the screen. I'm sure at some point Roday will have to find another job and struggle to build on his success here but at the moment Shawn is a role he fits like a glove, making it all seem so easy and effortless. He is charmingly funny and he takes the viewer with him. Hill is just as good and it is hard to imagine the show without both of them together. Omundson plays it simple in season 1 but is quite effective for it, while Lawson turns out to be a more fitting bit of casting in regards the "light, fun" style of the show than Dudek would most likely have made. Nelson is so-so and lumbered with a seemingly unnecessary pregnancy for most of the season. Bernsen is fun in the flashbacks and the modern setting, even if the kid doing Gus in the flashbacks is not as good as in later seasons.
Season 1 of Psych is a pleasant surprise looking back but also a very good start for anyone coming to the show. Although seasons 2 and 3 come harder with the confidence, references and swagger than makes the show such fun, season 1 does still have them as a firm base that makes the majority of the season really enjoyable. One or two weaker episodes tend to come from the script not putting enough material onto Shawn and Gus but regardless it is a surprisingly "on-point" season that hits the ground running in terms of formula and fun.
- bob the moo
- May 22, 2009