Re: Psych 3X11

[stillane]

 
Did they really just go there? Like, really? I may be a Shawn/Gus girl at heart, but that was awesome. Between the cuddling in the boat bottom last week and the Big Gay Love Story that Lassiter doesn't even blink at... God, I love this show. *g*

I mean, the whole episode was like a condensed little package of this season so far: still full of the goofball fun, but with that serious undercurrent that's made it so much cooler. It's always been a blast, but this season's also been really, honestly, objectively good.

Stuff I Loved In Particular: 

- What's always made this show work for me is that left turn it took way back near the beginning where formula said the cops should be the good natured enemy, forever the hounds to Shawn's fox, and instead they just... got over it. They're all one big team. It's like the writers said, "Okay, we like these guys, too. We won't make you choose," and so together they fight crime.

- I love that there were Kenny Loggins jokes side by side with the sincere worry that one of their own was in trouble.

- I love that Tim Omundsun managed to be just a little bit heartbreaking every time he showed up on screen. He and Roday just rocked the hell out of this whole thing. And oh, I love that scene outside Lassiter's house. The music was over the top, but they all played it straight and painful, a smidge desperate around the edges. I love Gus awkwardly taking the groceries, and Shawn's dead serious reassurance. I kept expecting some fake-out to cut the moment down, but they didn't go there.

- I love Henry every time he goes into protective dad mode, and this one is no exception. That weird way they just synch up as father and son when they're in that groove is so cool, with Roday losing twenty years and Bernsen exuding dad-ness like it's going out of style.

- And then Drimmer went cold and creepy and attacked Shawn, and I went holy shit. I mean, what? I knew Drimmer was the bad guy the moment he met up with Shawn (and totally suspected before, because the giant puppy role on this show is already taken), but I did not expect that at all. In the words of Danny Butterman (and Bad Boys II), "This shit just got real."

- AND THEN IT GOT BETTER. I love that I really expected Lassiter to jump Drimmer when he whacked Shawn. This is not the show I generally go to when I want my heart in my throat, but you know what? I sat up and took notice. I flinched. I did victory arms, people. I mean, I giggled too, but there was genuine thrill there. Whee!

So, yeah. Warm fuzzies abound for this one.

Comments

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I also couldn't believe that they went there with the "fomer lovers" stuff \o/ In that moment? Me = dolphin! That was so made of win. And there was actual h/c on the show! And Henry in his Dad!mode! This episode couldn't have been better if it tried.

I also like it that it's still a comedy show but they actually solve cases now, it's not a slapstick comedy anymore!

[stillane.livejournal.com]

I also couldn't believe that they went there with the "fomer lovers" stuff

What killed me was the fact that the bad guy went straight for that, like he didn't think anyone in the world who knew these guys would find that one unbelievable. And then that Lassiter didn't find it that unbelievable himself. The correct cliche line there was totally "You'll never get away with this!" and nobody said it. *g*

And there was actual h/c on the show!

I know! That punch wasn't the heehee-fade-to-black knockout moment that you expect from comedy; they actually went for the damn-that-looked-painful option, and I totally didn't see that coming.

I also like it that it's still a comedy show but they actually solve cases now

This show should just be this simple little formulaic thing, and instead it's got these moments that really make you go huh right next to the crack. I remember thinking the same thing when they first introduced Henry (and Shawn's issues), and when Vick had her baby and they all stood around like a dysfunctional but adoring family, and when Shawn confronted the Evil Kinevil guy with that earnest sense of desperation at the beginning of this season. I'll give USA credit: they definitely have their money where their mouth is when they claim it's all about the characters.

*glees some more*