What I’m Watching: Psych

Psych: Season 4, Episode 13 “Death Is in the Air” (B+)

This episode was a whole lot more serious than most, but it just shows how this show is so effective at drama as well as comedy, and at mixing the two. One such instance included the serious music was Shawn was on the phone with Juliet in the hotel, and only moments later, in response to the maid saying “this room’s not clean,” he proclaimed, “that’s okay, neither are we.” The doctor helped provide much of the comic relief, starting with his affirmation that if Lassie were to grow out his hair, his ears wouldn’t stick out as much. His obsession with analyzing Shawn’s DNA and dissecting Gus’ round head was funny, and Shawn’s reply of “Weird. Uncomfortable. Yes” was great. Shawn and Gus certainly had their fair share of fun with this potential virus outbreak, pretending to be ground control before they started to interview the hospital patients. Shawn shampooing his hair while getting hosed down was almost the funniest part of that scene, though Lassie’s aggressive bantering certainly gave him a run for his money. All of the hair-related conversations with entertaining, especially the fact that Juliet was the one who told Shawn that he was just jealous of Patrick Dempsey’s hair. Lassie confessing to having practiced figure skating and then changing it to ice hockey was terrific, especially because no one was listening. Shawn’s analogy of cereal boxes when almost confessing his love for Juliet was a wonderful moment, and I absolutely loved Gus’ face when he realized Shawn was about to go through with it. It’s a shame that Shawn didn’t actually tell her, but it will happen eventually. And he still had the best line of the episode, talking to Gus: “don’t be Nic Cage’s accent from ‘Con Air.’”