Psych: Season 1

2006 · 15 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 1 of Psych

Thanks to a childhood spent with a police officer father, Shawn Spencer possesses an incredible photographic memory and notices seemingly insignificant details. These traits allow him to spend his jobless days providing the police with mystery-solving tips—but his knowledge soon makes him a suspect. In order to clear his name, the unlikely sleuth declares that he has clairvoyant abilities and launches his own investigative agency, Psych, with his best friend Gus.

15episodes

Jul 7, 2006premiered

Mar 2, 2007Latest episode

11.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Jul 7, 2006 · 66 min · ★ 7.6
When Shawn Spencer is arrested for calling in an accurate tip to the police because only the perpetrator would know the details, his only way out is pretending to be a psychic.It turns out Santa Barbara PD isn't done with him. They ask him to consult on a kidnapping case, and a business is born.
Directing: Michael Engler · Writing: Steve Franks · Starring: Sage Brocklebank, Chelan Simmons, Don S. Davis, Pascale Hutton
1x02 The Spellingg Bee
Jul 14, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.2
When what begins as a little competitive sabotage in a regional spelling bee quickly escalates to murder.Shawn and Gus must investigate the mysterious death of the "Spellmaster" at the regional Spelling Bee.
Directing: Mel Damski · Writing: Steve Franks · Starring: Issey Lamb, Winnie Hung, Alex Bruhanski, Richard Zeman
1x03 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
Jul 21, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
Shawn and Gus become wedding crashers at a posh ceremony in order to retrieve a stolen antique engagement ring inexplicably taken from an inpenetrable vault under surveillance.The theft turns to murder when things start to come unraveled.
Directing: Michael Engler, Michael Zinberg · Writing: Steve Franks, Andy Berman · Starring: Sage Brocklebank, Tom Butler, Christine Chatelain, Gina Holden
1x04 Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets
Jul 28, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.0
Shawn and Gus land their first non-SBPD case when a widow hires them to find some cash that her husband stole from a bank.Shawn is asked to talk to a spirit and help the widow of the thief.
Directing: Jeff Melman · Writing: Steve Franks · Starring: Steve Bacic, Katey Wright, Keith Dallas, Terry D. Stevens
1x05 9 Lives
Aug 4, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
Shawn claims a psychic connection with a cat so he can continue his investigation into a what he believes is a murder, but that the police have labeled a suicide, and the link he finds to a hotline may involve one of SBPD's own officers.
Directing: Matt Shakman · Writing: Andy Berman · Starring: Sage Brocklebank, Scott Michael Campbell, Chris Eastman, Mark McConchie
1x06 Weekend Warriors
Aug 11, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
Shawn and Gus attend a Civil War reenactment rehearsal for the sheer pleasure of watching Lassiter have a nervous breakdown as he runs it.When a scripted death turns real they end up donning uniforms themselves in order to find the murderer and perhaps prevent another.
Directing: Michael Lange · Writing: Kerry Lenhart · Starring: Claire Coffee, Isaah Brown, Liam James, Patricia Drake
1x07 Who Ya Gonna Call?
Aug 18, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
Shawn reluctantly settles for a private client who claims a ghost has it in for him after Lassiter kicks Gus and him off the much more interesting case of a murdered psychologist.The two investigations seem to be running parallel and Shawn may still end up solving the police's case.
Directing: Michael Lange · Writing: Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar · Starring: Sage Brocklebank, Frank Whaley, Tracy Trueman, Aaron Grain
1x08 Shawn vs. the Red Phantom Mid-Season Finale
Aug 25, 2006 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Gus is ecstatic when it turns out the only real clue in his and Shawn's missing-person case is TriCon, the comic book and science fiction convention currently running in Santa Barbara.As bodies start turning up, they must balance their newly-scammed and increasingly onerous duties as George Takei's assistants with finding the killer and saving the teenager.
Directing: John T. Kretchmer · Writing: Anupam Nigam · Starring: George Takei, Bre Blair, Wanda Cannon, Calum Worthy
1x09 Forget Me Not
Jan 19, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
Henry's old captain believes he's solved a murder, but his Alzheimer's has caused him to forget the most important details: the crime, and who committed it.Henry calls in Shawn and Gus who find themselves investigating a murder that happened decades ago and only the faulty memory of the retired officer gives them any hope of closing the case.
Directed by: Mel Damski · Written by: Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin · Starring: Isaah Brown, Karen Kruper, Lisa Banes, Kurtwood Smith
1x10 From Earth to Starbucks
Jan 26, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
When Lassiter doubts his own crime-solving ability, Shawn tries to boost his confidence by helping him solve an astronomer's mysterious death.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Steve Franks · Starring: Isaah Brown, Richard Kind, Nicole Lyn, Tamara Mello
1x11 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead
Feb 2, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
The duo's latest case, a gag from Lassiter, turns from an alien abduction investigation to a murder case with the discovery of naked body.Between tanning salons, speed dating and Henry disagreeing with their prime suspects, it's possible Lassiter will solve the case before Shawn and Gus can.
Directing: Lev L. Spiro · Writing: Andy Berman · Starring: Liam James, Mayte Garcia, Colin Cunningham, Teryl Rothery
1x12 Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder
Feb 9, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst and his lover is charged with his murder despite her claims of innocence.Shawn is intrigued and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case.
Directing: Lev L. Spiro · Writing: Andy Berman · Starring: Sage Brocklebank, Scott Mosenson, Keegan Connor Tracy, Michael Eklund
1x13 Game Set... Muuurder?
Feb 16, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 7.0
Lonely and bored, Shawn convinces Juliet to give him a shot with a case involving a missing tennis star, but first he has to spring an unwilling Gus from a corporate retreat.
Directing: James L. Conway · Writing: Anupam Nigam · Starring: Isaah Brown, Christopher Moynihan, Thomas Kopache, Santo Lombardo
1x14 Poker? I Barely Know Her
Feb 23, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Henry's friend refuses to report his son, Brandon, missing after the son steals 30,000 dollars. Shawn agrees to help locate the son, and finds out that Brandon has been involved in some underground poker.Meanwhile, O'hara tries to surprise Lassiter on his birthday.
Directing: Joanna Kerns · Writing: Kerry Lenhart · Starring: Jason Griffith, Ian Carter, Viv Leacock, Liam James
1x15 Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast Season Finale
Mar 2, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
Juliet asks Shawn and Gus for assistance on her undercover assignment. They're only too glad to help, since it involves sorority sisters. Unfortunately, what's supposed to be an easy case turns out to have ties to their past and may endanger Juliet.Meanwhile, Lassiter locks horns with the oldest rookie the departments has ever trained.
Directing: John Landis · Writing: Steve Franks · Starring: Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Chelan Simmons, Alexandra Breckenridge, Isaah Brown