| Psych | |
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| Season 3 | |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network (USA) |
| Original release | July 18, 2008 – February 20, 2009 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of Psych originally aired in the United States on USA Network from July 18, 2008 to February 20, 2009. It consisted of 16 episodes. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen, and Kirsten Nelson reprised their roles as the main characters. James Roday portrayed Shawn Spencer, a fake psychic detective who periodically consults for the Santa Barbara police department. A DVD of the season was released on July 21, 2009.
Cast
edit- James Roday as Psychic detective Shawn Spencer
- Dulé Hill as Shawn's partner, Burton "Gus" Guster
- Timothy Omundson as Head Detective Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter
- Maggie Lawson as Detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara
- Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry Spencer
- Kirsten Nelson as SBPD Chief Karen Vick
Recurring
edit- Sage Brocklebank as Officer Buzz McNab (6 episodes)
- Liam James as Young Shawn (12 episodes)
- Carlos McCullers II as Young Gus (4 episodes)
- Cybill Shepherd as Madeleine Spencer, Shawn's mother (3 episodes)
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Abigail Lytar, Shawn's girlfriend (2 episodes)
- Ally Sheedy as Mr. Yang, an insane serial killer (1 episode)
- Phylicia Rashad as Winnie Guster, Gus's mother (1 episode)
- Keith David as William Guster, Gus's father (1 episode)
Episodes
edit| Series # | Episode # | Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate | |
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| 32 | 1 | "Ghosts" | Steve Franks | Stephen Surjik | July 18, 2008 | |
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Gus is forced to choose between his pharmaceutical sales job and the Psych agency, so Shawn decides to save both jobs by investigating the home of the company's V.P. (Christopher McDonald), which is apparently haunted. In the meantime, Shawn must deal with the return of his mother Madeleine (Cybill Shepherd), a psychiatrist who is in town to evaluate some of Santa Barbara's finest, including Lassiter. This is the only episode in which James Roday plays the younger Shawn, in this case a teenager Shawn. | ||||||
| 33 | 2 | "Murder? … Anyone? … Anyone? … Bueller?" | Andy Berman | Michael McMurray | July 25, 2008 | |
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At first, no one believes Shawn when he claims that a murder took place at his and Gus's high school reunion, mainly because there's no body. As he puts the pieces together, Shawn must also deal with his old flame Abigail (Rachael Leigh Cook), whom he apparently stood up back in high school, and shows a side of himself never seen before. Henry continues to try and reconnect with his ex-wife Madeline (Cybill Shepherd), and in the process shows up at the reunion. Also guest-stars Serinda Swan as Eileen Mazwell. | ||||||
| 34 | 3 | "Daredevils!" | Anupam Nigam | John Badham | August 1, 2008 | |
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Shawn suspects sabotage when he sees a daredevil almost die during one of his stunts. As he and Gus get into his inner circle, however, they come to realize that there is sabotage involved, but it has nothing to do with someone holding a grudge. Also, Vick tasks O'Hara with a near-impossible task: finding Lassiter a girlfriend. Guest-stars Jeff Fahey. | ||||||
| 35 | 4 | "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" | Josh Bycel | Jay Chandrasekhar | August 8, 2008 | |
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What starts out as a treasure hunt turns into a life or death situation when Shawn's uncle Jack (Steven Weber) arrives in town with a map apparently leading to an ancient Spanish treasure. Gus and Henry get involved, as well as the detectives, when all of Jack's ex-partners show up looking for the treasure, and they all have a bone to pick with him. | ||||||
| 36 | 5 | "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" | Saladin K. Patterson | Mel Damski | August 15, 2008 | |
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In 1978, Henry achieved his career bust by arresting a man who was plotting to bomb the SBPD. When his conviction gets overturned, Henry must stay out of sight while Shawn attempts to put the would-be bomber behind bars again, only to realize that the case goes way beyond one man. | ||||||
| 37 | 6 | "There Might Be Blood" | Kell Cahoon | John Badham | August 22, 2008 | |
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A safety inspector's death on an offshore oil rig appears to be accidental, but Vick encounters difficulty with the Coast Guard - of which her sister (Jane Lynch) is a member - over jurisdiction. As Shawn finds himself as an unwitting pawn in their sibling rivalry, he finds out why the inspector was killed, and stumbles upon a missing person's case in the process. | ||||||
| 38 | 7 | "Talk Derby to Me" | Tim Meltreger | Steve Miner | September 5, 2008 | |
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Juliet goes undercover as a roller derby skater after Shawn deduces that a string of robberies have been committed by one of the teams. The case takes a turn when one of the robbers (Mickie James) botches a drop, and Shawn learns that the robberies were a cover for something bigger. In the meantime, Gus is studying to get re-certified for his pharmaceutical sales job. | ||||||
| 39 | 8 | "Gus Walks Into a Bank" | Andy Berman | Eric Laneuville | September 12, 2008 | |
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Gus ends up in a hostage situation after he walks into a bank. As Shawn attempts to negotiate with the gunman (Alan Ruck), he realizes that the situation was not meant to be a bank robbery, and not only does he butt heads with the chief negotiator (Gary Cole), he discovers something about Juliet that he would rather just forget. | ||||||
| 40 | 9 | "Christmas Joy" | Saladin K. Patterson | John Landis | November 28, 2008 | |
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Gus's sister Joy comes to town for the holidays, and she seems very intent on continuing a past relationship with Shawn, who doesn't want Gus to know about it. When a little girl comes into Psych and asks Shawn and Gus to get a local Santa out of jail, they begin to think they've been conned, until a dead body turns up. Phylicia Rashad and Keith David guest star. | ||||||
| 41 | 10 | "Six Feet Under the Sea" | Steve Franks | Steve Franks | January 9, 2009 | |
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Shawn is none too pleased when Gus drags him to a funeral for local celebrity 'Shabby the Sea Lion' who was found dead after being released into the wild. Shawn sets out to prove it was murder and stumbles onto a bigger conspiracy. | ||||||
| 42 | 11 | "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing" | Kell Cahoon | Stephen Surjik | January 16, 2009 | |
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Lassiter has never liked the presence of Shawn and Gus since they became consultants in solving cases, but he finds himself in need of their help when he is the main suspect in a murder committed in his own precinct. Shawn is already certain that Lassiter is not guilty, and deduces that the killing was an inside job. | ||||||
| 43 | 12 | "Earth, Wind and...Wait for It" | Anupam Nigam | Tim Matheson | January 23, 2009 | |
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An arson investigator (Milena Govich) gets no help when she suspects that a recent fire was the result of arson and not an accident, but all it takes is Shawn's intervention to reveal that an arsonist/murderer - he comes up with his own names for it - is on the loose, so he and Gus infiltrate the firehouse that put out the fire to find out how deep the case really goes. Also guest stars Bruce McGill. | ||||||
| 44 | 13 | "Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central" | Josh Bycel | Mel Damski | January 30, 2009 | |
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Shawn and Gus go undercover at a professional football training camp - whose coach (Mykelti Williamson) has a history with Shawn - when the foot of the team's missing kicker is discovered. At first it appears that he was killed by Russians to whom he owed a lot of money, but as Shawn keeps digging, he learns that the case is not at all what it seems. | ||||||
| 45 | 14 | "Truer Lies" | Victoria Walker | Martha Coolidge | February 6, 2009 | |
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A pathological liar Ryan (Jonathan Silverman) with a history of lying to the police is suspected of killing his super, and also claims to know about an assassination plot. Shawn is able to figure out that this liar is actually telling the truth, which leads him and Gus to an amnesiac, Tom Lieber (Jared Hillman), and the truth behind the case. | ||||||
| 46 | 15 | "Tuesday the 17th" | Steve Franks | James Roday | February 13, 2009 | |
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Shawn and Gus are hired by a childhood friend named Jason Cunningham (MacKenzie Astin) to find a missing camp counselor who disappeared near their old sleep-away campgrounds. After Jason reveals the truth behind the incident, everyone present is trapped there, and at the mercy of a killer. As all of this happens, Lassiter has dinner with his estranged wife Victoria (Justine Bateman), but it's a meeting he would rather forget. | ||||||
| 47 | 16 | "An Evening With Mr. Yang" | Andy Berman | Mel Damski | February 20, 2009 | |
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Shawn decides to ask his high school crush Abigail (Rachael Leigh Cook) out on a real date, but he soon finds himself the target of the mysterious Mr. Yang (Ally Sheedy), a notorious serial killer who has been in exile since 1995. The feud becomes personal when Madeleine Spencer (Cybill Shepherd) is kidnapped, and Shawn must push himself to his limits to solve this case. Also guest starring Jimmi Simpson. | ||||||