On an average episode of Psych Shawn Spencer is a charming pain in the ass. Not so annoying for someone to punch him in the face, but sassy enough to receive dirty looks or rolling eyes from everyone (okay, maybe just Detective Lassiter). From the viewing audience come smirks and groans since we all know it’s just a ruse.
This week was different. Instead of being a minor p.i.t.a., Shawn was incredibly annoying. Michael Scott from The Office annoying. Someone so annoying that I actually had to turn my head away from the screen one time because it was starting to get embarrassing. And that has never happened before! Which goes to show you how ticked off I was at Spencer.
After four years, we all know that Shawn is not an idiot. Lazy? Absolutely! The man likes to cut corners more corners than Congress to get to the quickest answer and, as we saw at the beginning of the episode, this doesn’t work well for him. But stupid? He has Henry as a father and Cybill Shepherd as a mother. If the smarts haven’t rubbed off on him I’d be shocked.
Clacked by Richard Keller 
on Feb 25, 2010 @ 12:20 EST5EDT
i’m so glad i wasn’t the only that thought that shawn was intolerable. his annoyingness has been building for the last couple of episodes, but this ridiculous.
i’m so glad i wasn’t the only that thought that shawn was intolerable. his annoyingness has been building for the last couple of episodes, but this ridiculous. i hope this doesn’t continue.
Mattel wasn’t going to really market a Hoverboard. They had a joke featurette about it on the BttF2 special features DVD.
I don’t think this episode settled the question of whether or not the Chief believes Shawn’s actually a psychic. Whether he is or isn’t, the department could use someone to rein him in and manage his litigation-provoking antics.
In the past, I’ve never been sure what Vick thought of the matter. Sometimes it seems she treating his psychic abilities with complete solemnity, and at other times it’s as if she’s daring him to admit he’s a fraud. I thought she was being straight with Henry here, not trying to trap him into admitting anything.