What I’m Watching: Psych (Winter Premiere)

Psych: Season 4, Episode 10 “You Can’t Handle This Episode” (B+)

It’s always nice to have this show back, and I’m continually impressed with how deftly this show manages to have its onslaught of guest stars and ensure that they play an important role without overshadowing the lead players. In this case, John Cena, who is definitely not an actor by nature, is incorporated perfectly as a super-spy who also happens to Juliet’s brother and who, in a hilarious twist, finds Shawn to be awe-inspiring. He still manages to be incredibly cool as a character, and while we don’t actually see as much of Juliet as an episode of this might provide the opportunity for, their few interactions are amusing. I enjoyed the fact that Juliet had told Ewen so much about Shawn but absolutely nothing about Gus, and that Gus was so continually bothered by that while no one else seemed to give a damn. Ewen’s identification of him by one of Shawn’s preposterous nicknames was especially funny. What should perhaps be more important is not the fact that Juliet didn’t talk about Gus but rather that she talked Shawn up so much. It’s relevant even more prominently now that Abigail is checking out to head to Uganda for six months or maybe longer, leaving Shawn once again a single man. I think Juliet has been scorned a few too many times and she may not be leaving herself open to any more heartbreak, but it certainly would be nice to see the two of them get together. Or just talking really closely, like they did at the close of that one episode.