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2. Spellingg Bee

Gus is a closet fan of spelling bees. He knows everything there is to know, from the major players to the winning words each year. When Shawn catches him watching the Regional Spelling Bee that he Tivo'd earlier, they see that this year's favorite, Brendan Vu, collapsed while spelling a word. Shawn doesn't think it was an accident. He notices something is wrong with Brendan's inhaler. They get a call from Interim Chief Vick to come down and investigate. This is Gus' dream come true.

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Shawn meets a young woman, Juliet O'Hara, at a local restaurant, where she turns out to be a cop. At a nearby spelling bee, a contestant faints, and Shawn and Gus are brought in to investigate. They interview all of the contestants, getting no leads, until the spellmaster for the bee falls to his death. The case becomes a murder investigation. Gus believes the spellmaster's lunch was poisoned; Shawn takes it to Henry for analysis. After making a deal with Henry, Shawn is injured in a severe car accident. Gus looks into the case while Shawn is recovering, and finds several leads. Henry confirms that the food was poisoned, and after breaking into the spellmaster's booth, Shawn discovers that everything that had occurred was covering up one of the contestants cheating. He reveals this to police, who arrest the cheater and his father.

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