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“Gus, don’t be the B from Apartment 23. You’re better than that! We’re all better than that! Or at least I think we are.”
– Shawn Spencer (James Roday) after Gus locks him in another room on Psych
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[Warning: Don't read on if you haven't seen the season finale of Psych.]
One of many things I love about Psych is how after a fun season of excellent Gus (Dule Hill) and Shawn (James Roday) tomfoolery, the show can still pull back the veil of silly and have some really earnest moments. They did that in a major way during the season finale, “SantaBarbaratown,” which saw Shawn and his dad (Corbin Bernsen) tried in a major way by a case-of-the-week. Over the years, I’ve loved watching Shawn and his dad’s relationship grow, and I loved that despite the challenges in the episode, it ended on a positive note with the two — or so I thought. READ FULL STORY »
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Psych is back! Season 6 of USA’s buddy comedy/police procedural premiered last night with an episode that brought murder and mayhem and found Shawn Spencer taking a lie detector test.
Last season left off with a cliff-hanger of sorts. After finally apprehending the elusive and deadly Mr. Yin, the gang went back to the station where Carlton saw secret lovers (and secret-lovers?) Shawn and Juliet sharing a kiss. The final shot was Carlton, wide-eyed in shock, turning and walking away. READ FULL STORY »
Image Credit: Greg Gayne/NBC; Justin Lubin/NBC; Brian Bowen Smith/Fox; Mitchell Haaseth/NBC; Bob D'Amico/ABC (2)Last week, PopWatch asked readers to name the TV character they’d date in real life. After tallying more than 2,000 nominations (yes, we read them all), we’re ready to take it to a vote. We’ve put your top picks — 25 men, and 29 women (there was a tie for that last spot) — in two polls below. Vote now through Tuesday at midnight ET. Come back Friday when we’ll reveal the results. Remember: You can’t change anything about the character you’re picking, other than that he or she will no longer have feelings for his or her show love interest. (Second rule: Do not feel guilty.) Note: The order the characters are listed in the polls below is how they ranked during the first round, when you could be indecisive. What will happen when you can only pick one? READ FULL STORY »
Image Credit: Alan Zenuk/USA NetworkIf you’re a sucker for funny men turning into serious sweethearts, then you loved last night’s Psych. Shawn and Gus helped a framed spy, Nadia (The Bourne Identity‘s Franka Potente), clear her name. They didn’t believe she was innocent, which is why Shawn wore a wire when he had one last meeting with her. She hit on him, and he rebuffed her advances. Gus asked why since Shawn had been lusting after her (maybe because she was obviously playing him?), and that’s when Juliet, who was “watching the van” as Lasse and the military special ops suits (led by C. Thomas Howell!) made their move, overheard how Shawn truly feels about her. Shawn told Gus that Juliet dating Declan (Lost‘s Nestor Carbonell as Shawn 2.0, a fake criminal profiler who confessed his fraud to Juliet), was killing him. He knew he had no right to stand in her way. “You think I don’t want her to be happy? I want her to be happy. But… serious Shawn moment here. I want to be happy, too. For some reason, I can’t imagine that happening without Juliet. How crazy is that?” (Why didn’t Mr. Observant Shawn realize he still had a mic on and that Juliet wasn’t at the bust? Cut them some slack!) READ FULL STORY »
Image Credit: Williams & Hirakawa/USA Network“We have been slacking a little bit this year, so I do apologize on behalf of all of us here at Psych. But they are coming,” Dulé Hill says, when asked what ’80s songs we can expect performed in Psych-Outs this season. So far, they’ve filmed one, with upcoming guest star Curt Smith from Tears for Fears. Songs that may make the cut: “Maybe ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart.’ Maybe ‘We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” by Jermaine Stewart. Maybe. Maybe is always the key word.” Here, Hill answers more questions from EW readers (and reveals that he auditioned for Cop Rock). You’ll find Part 1 of the interview here.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: LYDIA asks, “Which nickname that Shawn has given you is your favorite?”
DULÉ HILL: My favorite is from season 1, and that’s Gus Sillypants Jackson. That’s always stayed with me because it’s kinda close to Stoney Jackson, from The Insiders. Sillypants and Stoney. I feel like we could be related in some way.
The show is famous for its pop culture references. KAYLEIGH asks, “Anything you want referenced that hasn’t been yet?”
[Laughs] If anything, it would probably be Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. He had this line, “What’s all this ‘we’ s—?” I would love to be able to say that, but obviously that’s gonna happen. Really and truly, most of the pop culture stuff that happens on the show, I have no idea what I’m talking about. That’s the writers and James Roday and Steve Franks. I’m not really into the ’80s like that. Michael Jackson, the 49ers and the Lakers — that’s what I know about the ’80s. READ FULL STORY »
Image Credit: Alan Zenuk/USA Network“I spent the last six hours being duct-taped to James Roday and laying on asphalt. So that shows how my morning’s been going,” Dulé Hill says, laughing and apologizing for phoning EW a few minutes late on a recent lunch break. “But it’s all good. We have a good time.” Hill is definitely not complaining, not after getting to tap dance in tonight’s episode (USA, 10 p.m. ET) with his good friend Jason Samuels Smith, another vet of Broadway’s Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk. Gus (Hill) and Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) somehow end up in the same tap class, taught by Smith, and team up to solve a crime together before their dance recital. “Tim was good for what he needed to do. Gus turns out to be pretty fabulous, if I must say so myself,” Hill says. “I’ve always wanted to get to dance on the air, to find the right way to work tap into this show, but it’s not always easy. So I’m thankful that the producers and the writing staff came together to make it happen. There’s so many wonderful tap dancers out there that just don’t have the avenue for the light to be shown on them and for the public to know who they are, so I was glad to be able to have Jason come out so people could see the genius that he is. And then, of course, I got my Jamaican roots,” he adds, “so we got to touch into that a little bit, and Jason and I end up dancing to the Nas-Damian Marley song ‘As We Enter.’“
Can Hill tap dance around EW reader questions? Let’s find out. READ FULL STORY »
Image Credit: Alan Zenuk/USA NetworkPsych is back, and as much as I enjoy the endless pop culture references in Shawn and Gus’ banter, the physical comedy still gets me. While investigating the kidnapping of what ultimately became a young couple who happened to be the children of the leaders of two rival Chinese Triad gangs, Shawn took a wushu class to do some surveillance. Naturally, he thought he was awesome at it and suddenly had the skills to do things he never should have attempted. Below, a few clips.
As for actual character development, Juliet, in a desk job at City Hall while she recovered from her near-death experience in last season’s finale, got back on the horse in time to save Shawn from getting his ass kicked by the brother who’d taken his sibling and the pregnant girlfriend to start a gang war. She also darkened her hair a bit, which unlike Gus, I’ve yet to fully warm to. Oh, and she and Shawn nearly shared a hug. I’m all for seeing more of Corbin Bernsen on the show, but his new job as liaison for the police department (which means he gets to choose when to hire Shawn and Gus as consultants), has him wearing suits. I prefer Henry in casual wear. Discuss. READ FULL STORY »
