| Tiers |
Episodes |
| S (3) |
S2E01 - American Duos |
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S2E13 - Lights, Camera... Homicidio |
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S2E15 - Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion |
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| A+ (4) |
S2E02 - 65 Million Years Off |
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S2E03 - Psy vs. Psy |
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S2E06 - Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder |
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S2E12 - The Old and the Restless |
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| A (6) |
S2E04 - Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds |
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S2E07 - If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead? |
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S2E09 - Bounty Hunters! |
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S2E10 - Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy |
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S2E11 - There's Something About Mira |
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S2E16 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead |
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| B (3) |
S2E05 - And Down the Stretch Comes Murder |
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S2E08 - Rob-a-Bye Baby |
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S2E14 - Dis-Lodged |
Details of the rankings below:
- S2E01 - American Duos
- No notes! Perfect Psych episode. S-tier
- Ok, some notes (of enjoyment!):
- Tim Curry!
- Shawn and Gus singing horrendously badly.
- Juliet getting hardcore about the dancing.
- Blueberry gets named!
- The whole Tim Curry vs Henry Spencer scene is gold!
- S2E02 - 65 Million Years Off
- Solid episode.
- Loved the Shawn vs Carlton angle here. Lassie realized he just can't compete, even if he is on a hot streak.
- Just good fun (with dinosaurs!) A+ tier
- S2E03 - Psy vs. Psy
- Another solid episode.
- Lou Diamond Phillips absolutely perfect in the guest spot here. Comedy delivery <chef's kiss>
- MILDRED device!
- Bianca Kajlich - just amazing.
- Almost S tier, but not quite: A+ tier
- S2E04 - Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds
- Good episode.
- Loved Wally (Malcolm Barrett)'s way of speaking in this show.
- Hilarious Blueberry ride pimping, and a funny commentary on racial profiling.
- Fun episode. A tier
- S2E05 - And Down the Stretch Comes Murder
- Not a lot of notes. After such a strong start to the season, this is the first meh episode.
- B tier
- S2E06 - Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder
- Meat is murder, but murder is also murder - great Gus line!
- Hilarious recap scene where they are hitting each other to pass the lead.
- Lots of other great little jokes with Gus' uncle.
- Loved the montage scene of them trying all the different restaraunts.
- A tier
- S2E07- If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?
- Good. Not one of the great episodes, but I love when Shawn is spouting some malarkey and Gus goes along with it.
- Physisics!
- Also I think first utterance of "I've heard it both ways". He had the I've seen it both ways earlier.
- Juliet fighting to be lead and getting respect, and Lassie actually gives some respect at the end.
- Great "hang a lantern on it" moment when Shawn says to Henry "slap a wig on you, and you're a spitting image of yourself when I was a kid"
- A tier
- S2E08 - Rob-a-Bye Baby
- Great Karen Vick acting, but aside from that, I found the episode pretty tedious.
- B tier
- S2E09 - Bounty Hunters!
- Fun chasing an escaped convict while being chased by a Bounty Hunter.
- Camp Tikihama song was great, especially for the closing credits.
- That almost kiss with Juliet was amazing.
- All the Shawn and Juliet scenes were great.
- A tier
- S2E10 - Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy
- I'm not a fan of Christmas themed episodes in general, but this one was good!
- Get to meet Gus' family, and see all of their ridiculousness.
- Super Smeller!
- A tier
- S2E11 - There's Something About Mira
- Really enjoyed this one, especially Kerry Washington's interactions with Gus.
- Jan!
- Solid A tier
- S2E12 - The Old and the Restless
- Alright, at least that gives us the how, now we just gotta figure out the why, which reminds me Gus, will you please get us those tickets to The Who?” Gus: “Where?” {finger point}.
- Lots of good jokes at the expense of Henry.
- Solid A+ tier
- S2E13 - Lights, Camera... Homicidio
- From the golf cart, Corrrrrrrrine, the prison scenes, the live show with terrible Spanish, the Spanish theme song, just spectacular episode.
- Not a huge fan of the Juliet and officer pasceretti subplot. But it's not bad.
- Lavender Gooms!
- One of the top top tier episodes. Instant classic. Easy S tier
- S2E14 - Dis-Lodged
- Not bad, but not great. Not really my kind of episode. B tier
- S2E15 - Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion
- Another instant classic.
- Not a fan of the final wrap up, but that can be forgiven.
- Also, the "Treat a woman like a person, then a princess, then a Greek goddess, then a person again." quote makes no sense to me.
- And it is treated as if it were part of the wisdom from the Rosetta Stone. Just not a great line.
- Everything else is just great fun. Absolutely S-tier.
- S2E16 - Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
- A night in the museum.
- Shawn's PI work at the beginning pays off at the end.
- Ends on a cliffhanger.
- Good solid episode, A tier
....annnnndd another one done!
A note on my tier list levels - S tier is reserved for something special, something extraordinary. The default Psych episode tier is A. A better than average Psych episode is A+. Something that doesn't quite live up to the high standards of most Psych's is set to B or C tier. C tier will only show up if needed. And none of these tier lists have D or F grades, because I just couldn't do that to a Psych episode.