Scripted series · USA Network
Psych
Fake psychic. Real detectives.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
James Roday Rodriguez
Shawn Spencer
120 eps
Dulé Hill
Burton Guster
120 eps
Timothy Omundson
Carlton Lassiter
120 eps
Maggie Lawson
Juliet O'Hara
120 eps
Kirsten Nelson
Karen Vick
120 eps
Corbin Bernsen
Henry Spencer
120 eps
Sage Brocklebank
Buzz McNab
57 eps
Phylicia Rashād
Winnifred Guster
3 eps
Rachael Leigh Cook
Abigail Lytar
6 eps
Chelan Simmons
Bianca
2 eps
Jaleel White
Tony
2 eps
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Daphne
2 eps
Ally Sheedy
Mr. Yang
4 eps
Jimmi Simpson
Mary Lightly
4 eps
Isaah Brown
Young Gus
5 eps
Cybill Shepherd
Madeleine Spencer
5 eps
Andrew McIlroy
Hahn
2 eps
Guyle Fraizer
Officer Fraizer
2 eps
Sarah Edmondson
Gina
2 eps
Carlos McCullers II
Young Gus
24 eps
Corey Sevier
Bryan Frou
2 eps
Cary Elwes
Pierre Despereaux
4 eps
Jerry Ray Shea
Ken
2 eps
Calum Worthy
Shockley
2 eps
Alan Ruck
Ruben Leonard
2 eps
Janet Varney
Connie Camp
2 eps
Paul Lazenby
James Earl Vest
2 eps
Katharine Isabelle
Priscilla Morgenstern
2 eps
Nestor Carbonell
Declan Rand
2 eps
Jeffrey Kaiser
Valet
2 eps
Gabe Khouth
Luke Bauer
2 eps
Viv Leacock
Police Officer
5 eps
Chris Gauthier
Juror #3
2 eps
Peter Benson
Lester Beacon
2 eps
Ben Cotton
Barlow
2 eps
Arden Myrin
Chelsea
2 eps
William Shatner
Frank O'Hara
2 eps
Ocean Bloom
Body Builder Speed Dater
2 eps
Max Gail
Jerry Carp
2 eps
Jerry Wasserman
Jack Atwater
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Psych actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Psych reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved.
Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 120 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200724 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200615 episodes
7.5IMDbThanks to a childhood spent with a police officer father, Shawn Spencer possesses an incredible photographic memory and notices seemingly insignificant details. These traits allow him to spend his jobless days providing the police with mystery-solving tips—but his knowledge soon makes him a suspect. In order to clear his name, the unlikely sleuth declares that he has clairvoyant abilities and launches his own investigative agency, Psych, with his best friend Gus.
Best episode · S01E09 Forget Me Not
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200716 episodes
7.9IMDbBest episode · S02E16 Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200816 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S03E15 Tuesday the 17th
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200916 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S04E09 Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201016 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S05E16 Yang 3 in 2D
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201116 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S06E06 Shawn, Interrupted
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201315 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S07E11 Office Space
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201410 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S08E10 The Break-Up
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E09
Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
While investigating a possible crime, Shawn stumbles upon one of a pair of criminals, gets shot, and is dumped in the trunk of a car.
- Directed by Mel Damski
- Written by Andy Berman
S05E16
Yang 3 in 2D
The Yin/Yang trilogy comes to a thrilling close as Shawn and Gus race to save a woman kidnapped by Yin. Only this time, they are forced to use Yang's knowledge of Yin to solve the case by allowing her to accompany them on the investigation.
- Directed by Mel Damski
- Written by Andy Berman, James Roday Rodriguez
S08E10
The Break-Up
Shawn and Gus help Detective Lassiter enlist the help of Henry and Woody to solve the murder of a real estate executive. Meanwhile, Shawn struggles with a life decision.
- Directed by Steve Franks
- Written by Steve Franks
S04E07
High Top Fade Out
Shawn and Gus investigate the death of Leonald Callahan, aka Diddle, a computer cryptologist who was the baritone in Gus’s old college a capella group.
- Directed by Stephen Surjik
- Written by James Roday Rodriguez, Saladin K. Patterson
S03E16
An Evening With Mr. Yang
After eluding capture and disappearing eight years ago, the famed Yin Yang serial killer is back, and he's set his sights on Shawn.
- Directed by Mel Damski
- Written by Andy Berman, James Roday Rodriguez
S03E15
Tuesday the 17th
Shawn and Gus are hired by a childhood friend to find a missing camp counselor who disappeared near their old sleep-away campgrounds. Upon their arrival, spooky activity abounds and they must uncover if the dark past of the abandoned camp has come back to life.
- Directed by James Roday Rodriguez
- Written by James Roday Rodriguez, Steve Franks
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E24
Psych After Pshow
S08E09
A Nightmare on State Street
- Directed by James Roday Rodriguez
- Written by Carlos Jacott, James Roday Rodriguez
S08E08
A Touch of Sweevil
- Directed by Richard Coleman
- Written by Kell Cahoon, Todd Harthan
S08E07
Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
- Directed by David Crabtree
- Written by Saladin K. Patterson
S08E06
1967: A Psych Odyssey
- Directed by Kirsten Nelson
- Written by Tim Meltreger, James Roday Rodriguez
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Steve Franks
Showrunner
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Kelly Kulchak
Executive producer
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Bill Callahan
Executive producer
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Mel Damski
Executive producer
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Chris Henze
Executive producer
Andy Berman
Writer
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Tim Meltreger
Writer
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Brittany Hilgers
Writer
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Kell Cahoon
Writer
John J. Sakmar
Writer
Todd Harthan
Writer
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Tory Walker
Writer
Carlos Jacott
Writer
Anupam Nigam
Writer
Daniel Hsia
Writer
James Roday Rodriguez
Writer
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Kerry Lenhart
Writer
Tami Sagher
Writer
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William Rabkin
Writer
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Lee Goldberg
Writer
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Josh Bycel
Writer
Saladin K. Patterson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Dulé HillProducer
- Andy BermanProducer
- Tim MeltregerProducer
- Tracey JeffreyProducer
- Gordon MarkProducer
- Kelly KulchakExecutive Producer
Writing
- Andy BermanWriter
- Tim MeltregerWriter
- Brittany HilgersWriter
- Kell CahoonWriter
- John J. SakmarWriter
- Todd HarthanWriter
Direction
- Arlene SanfordDirector
- Michael ZinbergDirector
- Timothy BusfieldDirector
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Brad TurnerDirector
- Andy BermanDirector
Music
- Adam CohenOriginal Music Composer
- John Robert WoodOriginal Music Composer
- Brandon ChristyOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 9 nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)2010
Psych · Psych
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
No wins yet · 5 nominations
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series2014
Psych · Psych
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series2012
Psych · Psych
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series2011
Psych · Psych
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series2010
Psych · Psych
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series2008
Psych · Psych
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series2013
Psych · Psych
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series2009
Psych · Psych
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeSatellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy2006
Psych · Psych
Where to watch
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