TV-Reviewed

USA Network is busy right now airing summer finales for three of their biggest shows, PSYCH, Monk, and Burn Notice. PSYCH's finale was better than I expected it would be thanks to clever writing. Sometimes you're not sure which will win out on this show: the comedy or the drama. After a silly little spat in the car about who would go into the bank to deposit a check for their detective work, Gus ended up going inside while Shawn stayed ... Read More

PSYCH has had its share of episodes which break up the typical format of the show, but "Talk Derby to Me" returns us to a fairly typical set-up, Shawn and Gus working a regular case, as opposed to the fellas just stumbling into a case. Here, they work with O'Hara and Lassiter to crack a number of robbery cases. It initially looks like a group of former soldiers has been responsible for a number of jewelry heists, but things aren't ... Read More

The episode title for this week's episode was taken straight out of the movie There Will Be Blood, a twisted thriller about greed, family, greed, oil, and did I mention greed? It was rather fitting to have an episode about oil have the name that it did. Whoever is responsible for naming each episode does a good job. I know episode titles don't get mentioned much in reviews, but PSYCH has some pretty creative episode names. One of the reasons ... Read More

The trip back to the 70's this week was quite a... trip. It was only a matter of time until we got to see an episode like this, Shawn and Gus helping out with one of Henry's old cases. To be frank, this is something I'd like to see more of, not necessarily the donning of the old clothing and whatnot, but more plots involving Henry, his old cases, and possibly old co-workers. Not so long ago, we met ... Read More

The title for the fourth episode of this season would have many viewers expecting a phenomenal episode, but this was frankly the most misleading episode title I've seen in a while. It's true that some of the episodes in the series could be described as an adventure, but a treasure hunt episode like this one is definitely an adventure. When I first saw that black-and-white security camera footage of Shawn, Gus, and Henry sitting in a police interrogation room, bad things came ... Read More

Just last week, the boys found themselves in a murder investigation when they were at their high school graduation reunion and now, they're in a similar situation this week. I'm not against this sort of thing, Shawn and Gus investigating a crime that they happen upon, but it's certainly not something I'd like to see happen every week. It seemed pretty obvious that someone on the team was trying to kill Dutch the Clutch (what a silly name), but I never would ... Read More

When I first saw that episode title, I began to expect a few Ferris Bueller references, but never would I have expected an entire episode full of John Hughes movie references. And they all worked so well here. The episode took us to Shawn and Gus' high school reunion. Which one? Their 13th, of course. It seems a little silly, but it had to be made convenient for TV. What started out as a normal reunion turned into ... Read More

PSYCH won me over right from the pilot two years ago with its odd eighties references and general hilariousness. There's always been one thing missing from this show, and its Shawn's mother. In the pilot, we learned that Shawn's father, Henry, is back in town after the divorce. Shawn was said to have spent more time with his mother than his dad. What happened in the divorce was never really explained and until tonight, we were never introduced ... Read More

USA Network will be bringing back two of their most popular detective shows this evening, Monk and PSYCH. If you don't want to wait until tonight to see them, you're in luck. Amazon has both season premieres available for purchase RIGHT NOW. The sixth season of Monk has us watching Adrian (Tony Shalhoub) get introduced to a new therapist and also buying his own house. He's been a renter for quite a while now, so it should be interesting to ... Read More

"In Sickness and in Health" is the one episode I've been waiting to see in the Fear Itself anthology series. The reason for this is PSYCH's James Roday and Maggie Lawson star in the episode. Regardless of the season, PSYCH is always in my top five shows on television. It's a very well-written show. I was hoping for some of that great writing would come into play here, thinking that maybe Roday would have a hand in the script like ... Read More