1. Pilot — Episode — Psych

1. Pilot

Shawn Spencer is always moving on to the next fun thing and has never held a job for more than six months. He also has an incredible eye for detail and a near photographic memory, a skill drilled into him since he was young by his overbearing cop father. It's this ability that enables him to solve crimes just by watching the stories on the news. But as he goes in to pick up his reward check for one such helpful tip, he's hauled into questioning by Detective Lassiter for being in on the crime. No one could have that kind of information and not be on the inside. Backed into a corner, accused of being a partner in the crime, Shawn talks his way out of incarceration by claiming he got the information psychically. Since there's no way to disprove his claim, the police have to let him go.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

When Shawn Spencer offers 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 murder-suicide. Shawn does not 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.

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