User blog:Mrdaimion/Rant: Why Psych is Better Than You All Will Ever be

(For those of you wondering, "Rant" blogs don't just apply to issues I have with people/stuff, they pretty much qualify as any blog where I don't think it through very much or try to provide valid points, just me pretty much typing whatever I feel on a subject that I, for one reason or another, wanna talk about.)

Hello, everyone. Some of you may have heard of a show called Psych- and, of course, by "some of you", I mean the people who heard me talk about how amazing it is but never bothered to watch it. Well, today, I'm here to calmly explain to you all why Psych is the greatest thing ever and none of the shows any of you like can even begin to compare to it.

1. James Roday
James Roday is the guy playing Shawn Spencer, and this is pretty much the best thing of the show. I'm serious. Just watch this video and tell me honestly that you don't fall in love with the guy (or, at the least, you could imagine anyone else playing the character):



2. The Story
The story is another really, really creative thing about the show that I love: Basically, Shawn Spencer (an incredibly hyper-observant guy) has to pretend to be psychic and he works for the police department in a psychic detective agency called "Psych" (called that since, to quote the show, "the best way to get people to believe you is to tell them you're lying") with his best friend, Gus. He usually has to go to his father (who he has issues with) for help, and also battles it out with head cop Lassider, who's paired with Shawn's love interest, Juliet.

That set-up is not only incredibly original, but with all of the characters chemistry and what-not, it's probably one of the most enjoyable stories I've ever seen in television.

3. The Cases
The cases are usually really creative and original, handled in a bit of a similar set-up to the show Monk, for those of you who've seen that. The best example of a really cool case would probably be the Yin/Yang trilogy.

Since I don't want to spoil the second and third part of it, basically, the trilogy revolves around a killer called Mr. Yang (and in 2nd and 3rd parts Mr. Yin) who leaves the cops riddles whenever she feels someone worthy to challenge him is in the force (in the episode's case, Shawn). If they don't suceed in time, he kills an innocent girl.

Though that's not one of the "creative" cases, the episode's are done tremendously well and the three are some of my favorites. There are creative cases, though, such as one where a mummy seems to have gotten up and walked out of it's mueseum.

(cause I'm lazy, yeah, there's only three reasons)

So, yeah. If you have Netflix or, really, any means to watch this masterpiece of a show, do it or you're dead to me.