PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Bollywood Homicide”: It Could Be Bunnies

I’m not entirely sure what to make of “Bollywood Homicide”. I can usually stomach Shawn’s less graceful moments, but some of his, er, cultural insensitivity was a bit much here (I’ll decline to repeat the worst joke at the Holi Festival, thanks). On the other hand, some of the cultural jokes were delightful, including the [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Shawn Has the Yips”: Her Name Was Marie

I know this was supposed to be an unusually tense episode of Psych. There was scary music telling me so. And I enjoyed it on that level–while the plot wasn’t any twistier than usual, it’s nice to have some serious stakes for a change, even if those stakes include the elliptical version of Speed and [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “The Devil’s In the Details…And The Upstairs Bedroom”: What, No Pea Soup?

Oh, admit it–you have to love a show that casts Ray Wise, most recently seen giving an Emmy-worthy performance as the Devil on the late, lamented Reaper, as a priest who’s champing at the bit to perform an exorcism. As lackadasical as Shawn claims to be, Psych often works pretty hard to squeeze in the [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “High Noon-Ish”: They Don’t Need No Stinking Badges

Yep–Psych gets more fun the goofier it goes, with this week’s ludicrous (and delightful) outing that finds Shawn and Gus helping out Lassiter’s father figure delving into Blazing Saddles, Scooby Doo, and High Noon all in one wacky package. Perhaps bringing Lassiter so squarely into the story helped–the peripheral charcters have been, well, awfully peripheral [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “He Dead”: Release the Hounds!

Perhaps Psych’s outlandish sense of humor is best matched with outlandish settings or situations. Put them in a telenovela, have them work the runway, or dangle the murder of a sea lion in front of them and they’re a lot of fun. Put them in a traditional mystery with traditional suspects and they can be a [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Extradition: British Columbia”: Unemployed in Greenland…Er, Canada

Catching up on our pineapple spotting–a new season of Psych, a new round of pineapples. Was it worth the wait?
The season premiere, focusing on an international art thief, was perhaps a little better anticipated than savored. Sure, there was a wonderfully cheesy homage to the greenscreen skiing scenes in Bond movies, Lassiter’s cheap travel plans, Shawn being [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “An Evening with Mr. Yang”: The Two of Us Need Look No More

It’s nice to see that in an extra-serious Psych, they can still cap things off with the great joke of using Ally Sheedy. If you can’t get Gus to join the Breakfast (for Lunch) Club, call up Ally Sheedy. (Or a McPoyle brother.)
Speaking of Gus, this episode underlined the best thing about Psych–the relationship between [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Tuesday the 17th”: Strip Cribbage Gives A Whole New Meaning to “His Nibs”

I’m just sayin’.
I was beginning to think Psych and I actually had a psychic link, what with the John Stockton reference a couple of weeks ago and the fact that I’ve been singing “Flagpole Sitta” in the car all week, but I have to admit I’m not a huge slasher movie fan. This is because [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Truer Lies”: Talk to the Pinky

Dear Psych,
Please forgive me for being unable to love you the way you deserve this week. After crying my little eyes out between Friday Night Lights and Battlestar Galactica (I’ve got my eye on you, Adama), I thought your light, frothy humor would be just the antidote. I think, though, that it’s not you–it’s me. [...]

PSYCH Pineapple Watch “Any Given Friday at 10PM, 9PM Central”: PSYCH Is The Greatest Show Ever Made

I think I just fainted. Among Psych’s myriad 80s and 90s references tonight was a fly-by regarding John Stockton, the greatest point guard ever to play the game (don’t even think about bringing that weak Isiah Thomas crap in here. Just don’t even think about it). In fairness, the reference was actually to Stockton’s shorts, [...]