High School Reunion

Having just attended a high school reunion (Mr. TVFan's, not mine), I found the subject matter of this week's Psych to be rather timely. Thankfully, no one was murdered at the one I attended, but at the same time, it wasn't quite as entertaining as this one. Everything is a trade off, I guess. Shawn has a hard enough time convincing the Santa Barbara police department that he has a psychic ability that helps him solve crimes (he doesn't), so convincing them that a murder took place when there's no body ("No body, no crime"), left him with quite the conundrum. Gus was so concerned about the reunion going off without a hitch (he planned it) that he refused to believe it. Lassie was on a date which turned into an arrest (fraud and identity theft). And Jules was preoccupied with her non-prom dress/prom dress (with a "slight poof") to help Shawn figure out who was murdered and by whom. Shawn's uncanny attention to detail won out once again and he solved the who and the by whom and managed to kiss the girl in the end. Apparently, that uncanny ability was not alive and well while he was in high school. He failed to notice that the school had a football team (which won a state championship while he was in school). Of course, that was due to the games being on Friday nights when Shawn was home watching Step By Step (how awesome was that reference, by the way?? I totally watched this show. It starred Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Sommers and they each had their own kids and they got married and became one big happy blended family. Now that I've typed this, it suddenly occurred to me that the premise was identical to The Brady Bunch -- how did I never notice this back in the 90s??!! And whatever happened to Patrick Duffy and everyone else on that show (minus Suzanne Sommers)?).

This episode also made great use of some classic 80s brat pack films. Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club and anything and everything starring Jud Nelson was well represented. Unfortunately for Shawn, the references were lost on his classmates and dad. Of course, Dad was a little distracted by his trip through the nostalgic halls of his alma mater and with his confusion over his feelings for his ex-wife. That steak scene was hilarious! And I couldn't believe Shawn needed him to call her back about that box! But having them show up at the reunion was too funny ("Nobody else's parents are here!"). Classic Psych!

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