When Psych debuted in the summer of 2006, I thought it could be an interesting show. As the season continued, snarky 80s pop culture references, an excellent but barely use Dule Hill (who plays Gus), and an interesting father (Corbin Bernson does crotchety well)/young Shawn dynamic did very little to make the childish antics of an older Shawn (played like a bottle of shaken up pop by James Roday) funny to me.
Because I have a slight obsession with watching series I start all the way through (unless they are rubbish) I finished out the Psych season (which only lasted like 13 or 15 episodes). I was sure would not be following James Roday into a second season.
Yet on a particularly boring Friday in the summer of 2007, I found myself turning back to Psych. The second season presented a toned down Shawn, more of an appearance from Gus as he moves into the Psych offices, an expansion of the other characters (played with silly charm by Kirsten Nelson, Timothy Omundson, and Maggie Lawson) who received an extra dimension, bringing them each to 3 dimensions total, and a storyline that forced Shawn to contront his own childishness (don't worry, he didn't change). Without Shawn acting like he was auditioning for the next Bozo (God rest his soul), the humour became funnier, subtler, bearable. It is still, at best, a mediocre show, yet is deserves the space on your DVR for a lazy Sunday afternoon viewing. Psych Season 3 premiers Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10pm.
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