This week episode opens at an event honoring Deacon Jones, a man who runs an organization that helps at-risk youth and put them on the right path. Shawn, Gus, and Gus’s friends from college, Tony and Drake (his fellow Blackapella members) are there to perform, because Tony and Drake were two of his success stories. Shawn is standing in as …

Inspired by The Bachelor, we open to a Psych-styled parody of the series, Paths of Love. The bachelor being selected to give a heart necklace (in place of a rose) doesn’t respond when the bachelorette calls his name, resulting in chaos on the set. The show’s producer goes ballistic, ranting about how much money this is costing him, and everyone …

Walter is preparing for a hurricane. It’s supposed to come aground some distance away from them, but it’s name is Katherine and Walter has an ex with that name, he knows it’s gunning for him. Willa’s probation officer, Christina, drops by to check on her, narrowly missing discovering Timo hiding in the bathroom of Willa’s trailer. Willa keeps him hidden …

Heeeeere’s Lassie, the title of this episode, conjures up images of Lassiter in a Nicholson-like pose from The Shining, and that alone is worth two thumbs up before the opening credits roll. We start with Gus dismayed to find Shawn and Juliet hosting a yard sale in the Psych offices. There haven’t been any cases and Shawn is trying to raise …

It’s been a long break, too long. When we left off before the holidays, a shocked Gus had found an engagement ring in Shawn’s Nintendo. An event that Gus didn’t seem likely to just let slide. We pick up in the spring premiere with a flashback to Shawn’s childhood. It’s 1991 and his pet lizard has died. Much as Henry …

Peter and Lincoln search Olivia’s apartment for any clues. Nina denied having been involved, but they don’t believe her. Peter is sure Olivia has been watched and he eventually finds the camera, hidden in a smoke detector. Lincoln has taken Walter’s place in shaming Peter for projecting his memories and feelings onto Olivia. Or maybe he’s just jealous because he’s …

Dr. Hodgins, from fellow Fox show Bones, calls Walter to DC because he wants to hire him on behalf of a third party. A couple of shuttle astronauts saw something unusual while on a mission, moving at 34,000 MPH. They didn’t report it, there is an unspoken rule that if you see something you can’t explain, you keep your mouth …

Fringe show runners Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner recently participated in a conference call with media and bloggers about this Friday‘s episode “The End of All Things” and gave their perspective on the show’s less than certain future. What about the “The End of All Things” were you most excited to share with viewers? Jeff: “It was designed to tell …

Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a conference call with Psych stars James Roday and Dule’ Hill, in anticipation of the February 29, 2012 winter season premiere, “Indiana Shawn and the Temple of Kinda Crappy Rusty Old Sword.” They give us a little taste of what we have to look forward to over these final seven episodes of season six. There’ve …

Walter searches for a female high school student who went missing during a hurricane. Isabel finds clues that link the disappearance to foul play, while Walter, Willa, Leo, and Willa’s probation officer end up stranded at the Ends of the Earth Bar in the “Eye of the Storm” episode of THE FINDER, airing Thursday, March 8 at 9/8c.