PSYCH Pilot

Episode 1, Season 1 When Shawn Spencer calls in a tip to the local police department regarding a crime, he becomes subject to questions about where he is getting his information. Realizing that he cannot convince the detective interrogating him that he is merely hyperobservant, he resorts to the lie that he is psychic. Following this proclamation, the police request Shawn s help on a case regarding the kidnapping of the son of a local textile company owner. Shawn recruits his childhood friend, Burton Gus Guster to help him. Meanwhile, Detective Carlton Lassiter s relationship with Detective Barry is exposed. Shawn and Gus discover the son s cabin, and alert the police. They discover the boy and his friend dead, as an apparent murdersuicide. Shawn doesn t believe this, and goes to his father, Henry Spencer for help. Shawn believes that the boy s father is the killer, and after investigating, proves his theory.