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Mar 5, 2014 · Shawn and Gus go undercover to find the murderer of their favorite food truck owner.
Mar 5, 2014 · Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up: Directed by David Crabtree. With James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson. Shawn and Gus go undercover to find the murderer of their favorite food truck owner.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- David Crabtree
- 2014-03-05
Shawn and Gus discover that the owner of their favorite food truck has been murdered.
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"Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up" is the seventh episode of Season Eight. Shawn and Gus work on a food truck to get close to a case, and Lassiter and Marlowe's baby comes at the worst ever time.
Shawn and Gus investigate the murder of Mauricio Sanchez, owner of their favorite taco food truck in Santa Barbara.
The first round of possible suspects they interview are the food truck owners who park their trucks near and next to Mauricio's. Unfortunately, no one is able to provide any useful information regarding the murder. So, in order to get an insider's perspective on what happened, Shawn and Gus go undercover as owners and operators of their own food truck. Lassiter wants nothing to do with the food truck because he deems them unsanitary "roach coaches." In fact, he hates them so much that he recently impounded one.
Shawn and Gus have plans to use to the impounded food truck for when they go undercover.
But before Shawn and Gus leave the station to set up their food truck, they see Marlowe, who is now 8 months pregnant, and learn that because of a heavy workload, she and Lassiter haven't had much time to properly prepare for the baby's arrival. This worries Lassiter and Marlowe, so they do everything they can to make up for lost time; like baby-proofing the house, signing up for parenting classes, and carrying around a practice baby.
Shawn and Gus arrive at the same circle of food trucks where Mauricio was found dead. They have their own truck called "Mash & Grab." Menu items like "ice cream jerky" and "pork tarts" are among their specialties. While working the line, Shawn notices a busy Mexican food restaurant across the way. He thinks the owner there could be a suspect because his restaurant was losing profit to Mauricio's taco truck. They call up Lassiter and together the three of them go to question the owner. There, the owner does admit that he and Mauricio were bitter rivals, but says he didn't kill him. Plus, he has an alibi.
Shawn and Gus' next move is to walk around the food truck vicinity handing out free samples because they think it will make it easier to question potential suspects. They meet one guy, Jake, owner of the gym "Handles" for overweight men, across from the food truck circle who isn't pleased that fatty foods are being peddled right outside his business' door. He threatens Shawn and Gus, so they move on.
•Initially the writers were split on whether Lassiter and Marlowe's baby should be a girl or a boy.
•The working title of this episode was simply "Food Truck", and it was one of the scripts for Season 8 put up for a fan vote. Even though it lost to the "A Nightmare on State Street" script, it was still produced.
•During a summation, Shawn makes a comment to Lassiter about having dug himself "a-hole-from-Holes-sized hole". This is a nod to the movie Holes starring Dulé Hill.
•The fake baby used was from a specialty prop company.
•High School Musical star Corbin Bleu guest-stars as "Smokey".
•This was the fifth episode directed by Psych editor David Crabtree, and the sixth in which Kristy Swanson appeared as Marlowe.
Mar 5, 2014 · Shawn and Gus discover that the owner of their favorite food truck has been murdered; Marlowe visits and goes into labor.
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