Fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his best friend Gus (Dulé Hill) are cracking the case – and cracking up audiences everywhere – in all 16 Season Three episodes from the quick-witted detective series Psych. After earning a reputation for taking on the unusual cases that leave most sleuths scratching their heads, Shawn and Gus are in for more mayhem this season as they tackle mysteries that range from the decidedly abnormal to the hauntingly paranormal. Join guest stars Cybill Shepherd (The L Word), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun) and many more in this fresh and funny show that Maureen Ryan of Chicago Tribune declares, “Roday and Hill have the kind of chemistry you just can’t manufacture.”As Psych‘s second year drew to a close, Gus (Dulé Hill) had become a pharmaceutical rep and Shawn (James Roday) welcomed his long-lost mother, Madeleine (Cybill Shepherd), back to town. In all other respects, the show remains the same. Gus just has two jobs instead of one, and the detecting continues. Later, Shawn reconnects with his treasure-hunting Uncle Jack (Steven Weber) and former flame Abigail (Rachael Leigh Cook), who seems likely to return in the future. The same goes for Chief Vick’s sister, Coast Guard Commander Dunlap (Jane Lynch), who has eyes for the still-married Lassie (Timothy Omundson).
Other highlights include “Talk Derby to Me,” in which Jules (Maggie Lawson) infiltrates a roller-derby team in order to catch some thieves, “Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing,” in which Shawn and Gus race to protect their uptight colleague’s good name, “Tuesday, the 17th,” a surprisingly scary take-off on Friday the 13th, and “Murder?… Anyone?… Anyone?… Bueller?,” a high school reunion episode filled with references to the generation-defining films of the late John Hughes. And just to keep the fan worship going, Ferris Bueller‘s Alan Ruck and The Breakfast Club‘s All Sheedy make guest appearances during the season.
If this 16-episode set drags a little in the middle, Psych continues to bring the funny, and the entire cast has an appealing chemistry (we even find out a little more about Kirsten Nelson’s Vick, such as her affection for Phil Collins). Like previous sets, this one includes a gag reel, above-average deleted scenes, and 12 commentary tracks split three ways: audio, podcast (without show dialogue), and video (on-screen interviews with the writers about specific episodes). Granted, the doubling of overcast Vancouver for sunny Santa Barbara remains completely unconvincing, but you can’t win ‘em all. –Kathleen C. Fennessy
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February 22, 2006
#1
It came with 2 of the disks loose and they were scratched. We didn’t know how scratched they were till we tried to watch them and they would skip. I am hopeful to be able to return them and get a new undamaged copy
February 22, 2006
#2
I have to say I am surprised others haven’t mentioned that the video transfer of the regular DVD set (not the BlueScreen) is not so good. The episodes were unwatchable on my plasma, so I used the Blu Ray machine on my hd lcd to watch these and even then the quality was very poor for much of half the episodes. I returned the first set and received a replacement from Amazon with THE SAME EXACT FLAWS… the first episode of each disc has as much as half the episodes totally grainy, like some really bad vhs copy was used to burn the dvd. And parts of other episodes have the same thing going on. If I didn’t get this on sale, I would return it again for refund. Now I don’t know if this is some mistake or an attempt to “encourage” us to go to blue screen, but this is the worst quality dvd I’ve seen… even worse than home movies!
February 22, 2006
#3
The first two seasons had a certain format they followed as far as the base story board goes. This season doesn’t follow that same format. The third season is also not quite as light hearted/care-free as the first two seasons. The third season is still great.
February 22, 2006
#4
This is great fun to watch. I didn’t like every epidsode but over-all it is a riot. The two stars are fantastic. This series shows no signs of slowing down.
February 22, 2006
#5
After so many crime shows and their copy like clones shows such as CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and so on it’s definitely nice to see a lightly touched drama with a dose of comedy and entertainment to switch over to. The cast for this show are amazing in their roles with the six main characters being James Roday as Shawn Spencer a young talented man with a keen photographic memory and a keen eye for details without a true agenda with his life who after solving a case for the police with the pretense of being a supposed psychic starts his own detective agency with his best friend Burton ‘Gus’ Guster played by Dule Hill, also Shawn will ask for help from his sometimes overbearing but also talented father a former police officer Henry Spencer played by Corbin Bernsen, but what show wouldn’t be complete without the standard police duo one who is Shawn’s and Gus’s friend Juliet O’Hara played by Maggie Lawson and her partner an older police detective who sees the psychic duo as his personal thorn in the side Carlton Lassiter played by Timothy Omundson, and finally the police chief who seems to have a soft spot for the psychic duo gives Shawn and Gus their jobs Karen Vick played by Kirsten Nelson. The situations the psychic detectives find themselves in each episode is extremely hilarious and enjoying to watch, especially as you see Shawn play the psychic using his supposed abilities to solve the case at the end and also get his paycheck for the job. The cast again are incredible and their characters and seeing how they connect so well on the show is a joy to see, the series while it does deal with some hard scenarios like murder for the most part keeps the show pretty light so you won’t find some hardcore serial killer or rapist that has to be caught and with heart wrenching scenes like the shows CSI or Criminal Minds. So if you’re a fan of the show Monk and are looking for something similar or just getting tired of all these cloned shows that keep coming out here’s a great series to get for your home library…