"Psych"
Lights, Camera... Homicidio (2008)

Director:

Matt Shakman

Writers:

Steve Franks (creator)
Andy Berman (written by)

TV Series:

"Psych" (2006)

Original Air Date:

25 January 2008 (Season 2, Episode 13)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Shawn and Gus investigate a murder on the set of a popular Spanish soap opera. |

Plot Keywords:

Pharmaceuticals | African American | Psychic | Fake Psychic | Best Friends

Cast

James Roday	...	Shawn Spencer
Dulé Hill	...	Burton 'Gus' Guster
Timothy Omundson	...	Carlton Lassiter
Maggie Lawson	...	Juliet O'Hara
Kirsten Nelson	...	Karen Vick
Corbin Bernsen	...	Henry Spencer
Saul Rubinek	...	Lance
Matt Cedeño	...	Jorge Gama-Lobo (as Matt Cendeno)
Alex Meneses	...	Quintessa Gabriel
Liam James	...	Young Shawn
Gizza Elizondo	...	Anita
Sage Brocklebank	...	Buzz McNab
Tosha Doiron	...	Kelly
Robin Mossley	...	Stage Manager
Stephen Dimopoulos	...	Gelbart

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

North Shore Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Trivia:

Shawn mentions that he based his soap opera character, Chad, on "the El Pollo Loco guy." Matt Cedeño, who plays Jorge, has been the spokesman for El Pollo Loco since 2004.

Quotes:

Henry Spencer: First off, your accent is terrible. It's disgraceful, really. You sound like that El Pollo Loco guy. And then, there you go, turning your back on Reynaldo even after he defended you when you were accused of Maria's kidnapping. Come on!
Shawn Spencer: First of all, I am *trying* to sound like the El Pollo Loco guy. And secondly, Reynaldo turned his back on me when he slept with Maria in the first place.
Henry Spencer: Oh, come on, he would have given you half the reward money. Where's your integrity? It makes you look like such a bad person!
[...]

Mui Bueno!

While the entire series is quite enjoyable, this particular episode of 'Psych' is especially funny, clever, and entertaining. Using the murder of a star on a hit Spanish soap opera as the main story, the episode mixes multiple comedic elements: bad acting, high school Spanish, over-the-top soap opera clichés, and colorful characters.

The episode felt very much like a play, in much the same way that "Soap Dish" was done. If you buy episodes (for example, from Apple iTunes or Amazon Unbox), then this is definitely a keeper.

I even loved how they cross-promoted the episode on the sister network to USA, Telemundo. That, in itself, is hilarious.