What I’m Watching: Psych

Psych: Season 4, Episode 11 “Thrill Seekers & Hell Raisers” (B+)

First of all, I cannot express my joy at being able to see Sarah Shahi back on television in something other than her role on NBC’s “Life.” She was fantastic for two seasons on “The L Word” and her subsequent part didn’t do her justice at all. This role is a whole lot better, though I still wish she would stick around for much longer. She’s wonderfully skilled at deftly handling humor and handling Shawn, and that was very fun to see. One of her more amusing lines was her emphasis of the trust circle, and I really do hope she’ll be back one day. Couldn’t she become a regular? I’d be more than on board with that move. In any case, the rest of the cast was certainly in top form as well. Gus’ response to Shawn’s theory that his secret girlfriend might be involved – “the only thing she’s involved in is being awesome” – was hilarious. Shawn’s confusion about the notion of the trust circle/trust triangle was funny, especially when he got so hung up on the fact that you can’t have a circle with two people. Shawn confusing all of the cases and being immediately corrected after each one by Gus was fantastic and completely typical in the best way for this show. Henry got a great line too, in response to Shawn’s question about how drunk he was: “more than a little and less than a lot, but I still make sense, don’t I?” I’d like to officially welcome the chief back even if it was only for a minute, and she still did a great job of handling those two women yelling at each other. Lassiter’s closing line was at the same time hilarious and creepy, which is no surprise for the socially awkward detective.