PSYCH Recap
Season 2 - Episode 2: “65 Million Years”
Recap by: Mel

As usual, we open in 1987, where Mini-Gus walks into the classroom wearing a gigantic, hollow T-Rex head that he made. And since he’s, like, 8, you’d probably think it’s all ugly and messy and paper-mache-y and, like, brontosaurus-shaped, right? WRONG. IT’S PRETTY AND T-REX-SHAPED. I love Mini-Gus. Mini-Shawn made -ahem, more like bought- a T-rex, too, which is like eight inches tall and strapped to a remote-control car, and everyone forgets about Mini-Gus. Sad.

Present day, and Lassie is staring down some dude who finally confesses, and apparently this is his eight billionth confession in a row and all his po-po compadres are way proud of him. By the way, Lassie’s first name is CARLTON. As in The CARLTON Dance on ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’?! HA! Remember when they broke William Shatner’s tooth, and Carlton was all, “Don’t worry, Captain. We’ll get you to the dentist, WARP SPEED!” I love Carlton. Anyways, Shawn is feeling cast aside, and hits on Jules some, then follows Lassie to a crime scene on the beach. He sees the puncture wounds on the body, and does his spazzy and constipated psychic schtick, drawing a surprisingly well-shaded and happy-looking T-Rex portrait. Lassie, Jules, and Chief pretty much ignore him, which makes me a little sad. Segue to Gus, WHO IS VERY AND I MEAN VERY UPSET WITH SHAWN, and refuses to accompany him to the morgue to view Dead Punctured Guy.

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Everyone is always ranting and raving about USA’s show PSYCH. GMMR can’t get enough of it and she talks about it non-stop on our TV Podcast so while I’ve not yet watched it, I’ve found someone to talk about it for my site.

You may know her already from always hysterical and often insightful comments. Her name is Mel and she’s wonderfully funny and entertaining and I hope you’ll all give her PSYCH Recap a read and give her big props in the comments section.

Take it away Mel…

The episode opens in 1987, where Mini-Shawn and Mini-Gus are dressed as Roland Orzabal (one half of Tears for Fears) and Michael Jackson, respectively, and I die from the cuteness of it all. Apparently, they’re performing for a talent show or something, and Mini-Shawn is upset that Mini-Guss went with MJ instead of Billy Ocean, and I immediately remind myself to download “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” as soon as this episode ends. He tells Mini-Gus that he’d better learn how to moon walk, and it cuts to present day, where Shawn and Gus are watching some awful singing show, entitled “American Duos”. Sound familiar? Good.

The guys watch as several couples- and I use this term hesitantly- sing, and Shawn is understandably horrified that Gus is way into it. God, I missed James Roday and Dule Hill over the break. These two are so great together. We see the judges, two of which seem to be blatantly hysterical rip-offs of Simon and Paula, played awesomely by Tim Curry and Gina Gershon, and the other is some Latin guy with skeevy facial hair named Zapato. Nigel (Curry) bitches at two girls before they even start singing, and can I just say that I am a sucker for a clipped British accent? Damn. The parody is completed by a Ryan Seacrest-like host named Lester who rocks the pink shirt almost as well as our favorite snotty Simon-lover. Gus fully geeks out about how American Duos is so much better than just a knock-off of that knock-off of the original knock-off of that one show. He even goes so far as to demand that Shawn not answer his phone, even though it’s Jules (played by one of my favorite girl crushes, Ms. Maggie Lawson), who is a junior detective at the police station. Shawn, of course, ignores him, and tells Gus that they have a case.
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