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Jul 7, 2006 · Pilot: Directed by Michael Engler. With James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Anne Dudek. The police department in Santa Barbara hires someone they think is a psychic detective.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Michael Engler
- 2006-07-07
Shawn Spencer ( James Roday) has never kept a job for more than 6 months. He helps the Santa Barbara Police Department prove a man guilty, while watching a news program he used his keen powers of observation and his near perfect photographic memory to determine who committed the crime.
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"Pilot" is the first episode of Season One, as well as the first episode of the overall show. Faced with a headline kidnapping case, the police reluctantly hire Shawn Spencer, the city's newest psychic detective, to assist with the investigation.
Shawn Spencer is always moving on from one fun thing to another and hasn't kept a job for more than six months, having had fifty-seven in total since high school. With the art of observation drilled into him since he was young by his policeman father, he has an incredible eye for details. He uses this special gift to solve crimes just by watching the stories on the news. Soon, he's hauled into questioning by Detective Carlton Lassiter for being in on the crime as he goes in to pick up his reward check for one such helpful tip. The police believe that he was in on the crime, because the information he gave them could have only come from one place – the inside. Out of options, Shawn lies, saying that he is a man with an amazing gift – he is psychic. Detective Lassiter refuses to believe him, but Junior Detective Lucinda Barry does. After his alibi checks out, he is free to go.
Leaving the station, he is approached by the Interim Chief Karen Vick, who tells him about a kidnapping case that the department could use a miracle on. The Chief hires him to help find Camden McCallum, Jr., the sole male heir to the McCallum textile fortune. She also told him if this is a scam, she will prosecute.
When Shawn realizes that he has a new (but false) career on his hands, he drags his best friend Burton "Gus" Guster, a pharmaceutical salesman, along on the adventure. Gus is less than thrilled, but joins the hunt on the McCallum case.
After doing some research, Shawn and Gus figure out that Camden used to be a wild party boy. About 18 months ago, he went straight. Shawn figures he wouldn't just change his ways without something happening to make him. Camden was at a park when he disappeared along with his dog, which he never did anything without. Shawn quickly figures it out – Camden kidnapped himself. Exactly 18 months ago, his father threatened to cut him off if he didn't clean up his act. At about the same time, Camden stopped hanging out with his best friend, Malcolm Orso. Camden and Malcolm have been planning this "kidnapping" from the beginning for the ransom money.
Shawn and Gus head to the Orsos' family cabin, where they spot Camden's dog. This is were Camden and Malcolm have been hiding. Now all Shawn and Gus have to do is lead the police there without arousing suspicion. At the police station, Shawn has a "psychic vision" that leads the police to the cabin.
At the cabin, the police find Camden and Malcolm dead in what appears to be a murder suicide. Shawn is not convinced and believes that there is more to the case than it seems. Shawn and Gus head to the McCallum home and meet Mr. McCallum, who now has a strange cut on his wrist. It was rumored that Mr. McCallum had tried to kill himself, but Shawn is not convinced.
•James Roday Rodriguez improvised the "pineapple" scene, and it became a recurring gag, and motif, for the show.
•A pineapple appears in this episode when Shawn offers to cut one up for the road to the lakehouse.
•As Gus mentions, "Psych" is a double meaning. While it is a proper noun referring to their detective agency, it also refers to the fact that, sike!, Shawn isn't actually a psychic.
•This premiere episode was the highest rated premiere episode on cable in 2006, receiving 6.06 million viewers.
1.http://www.usanetwork.com/psych/episodes/1-1-6
May 19, 2024 · Anne Dudek's character, Lucinda Barry, was quickly replaced by Juliet due to not testing well with audiences in the Psych pilot. Dudek's departure was due to her character having an affair with Lassiter, which viewers did not react positively to.
"Psych" Pilot (TV Episode 2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Santa Barbara Police Department hires a psychic detective to help solve a case. NBC.com. NBC Quick Links. Watch Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1) of Psych or get episode details on NBC.com.
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.
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