This column follows the USA show “Psych,” which airs at 9 PDT on Wednesdays. Check here regularly for a synopsis and commentary on each episode.
Late Night Gus (Ep. 2)
After attending a department party held at a bar for Jim Dubois (Allan Thain) a retiring member of the police force, Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Woody the coroner wake up in the Psych office in an incredible state of disarray, with no recollection of the previous night. Gus?s car has been wrecked; Lassiter?s car is missing and he suffers from a black eye. Shawn, who is wearing someone else?s sandals, discovers a video of a stranger in a Hawaiian shirt on his phone. Lassiter notices his gun sitting in the office fish tank and pulls it out to find that it has recently been shot three times.
A call from the chief brings the four confused men to the morgue, where they see a John Doe who washed up onto a beach after receiving three bullet wounds to the chest; this man is the same as the one who was recorded on Shawn?s phone. Shawn notices Gus?s phone in the pants pocket of the body and alarmingly realizes that the sandals on his feet also belonged to the deceased man. The deceased man?s phone is obtained by Lassiter, who discovers what appears to be pictures of a blonde woman being stalked.
Circumstantial evidence leads Lassiter to believe that he is responsible for the murder, so the quartet scrambles to ascertain what occurred the previous evening so they can simultaneously solve the murder and clear their own names. Of course, the latter of these endeavors must be accomplished in secret because if the chief knew of the curious circumstances that seemingly incriminate them, they would become the number one suspects in this investigation.
As Shawn is leaving the morgue, Juliet mentions something about the very serious phone call she received from him last night and tells him that they need to discuss it further because it is very important. Shawn has no idea of what she is referring to and manages to postpone their conversation.
The four guys head back to the bar to question the bartender, as they have just been informed by Woody that they all have drugs in their systems, which is why they cannot remember anything. Their questioning is interrupted when an attractive woman