Psych

Poker? I Barely Know Her

Season 1, Episode 14, Aired 2/23/07

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Henry's friend refuses to report his son, Brandon, missing after the son steals $30,000. Shawn agrees to help locate the son, and finds out that Brandon has been involved in some underground poker. Meanwhile, O'Hara tries to surprise Lassiter on his birthday.

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Corbin Bernsen

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James Roday

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By Psychicflavor, Jan 03, 2011 Report Abuse

This is one of my favorite episodes.I really like the twist in the story line.Especially at the end, when Shawn played at the poker game. I did not see that Burger was cheating through the dealer. It was entertaining and yet very funny at the same time.From the dad crush to the pteradactals, this was one of the best episodes.The best part to me had to be...well...ummm.. had to be, the part where shawn and gus were watching the tape of brandon stealing his fathers money. "Something's bothering me dude, I'm never wrong." "your always wrong, what are you talking about?" Yea, that had to be my favorite part.moreless

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By cube2k8, May 14, 2010 Report Abuse

in this ep of the show psyche shawn and gus are asked to help a friend of shawns dad and not involve the police .and in this ep lasiters partner is trying to pull off a surprise party. shawn gost to invesgate were he used to live at appartment and then soons find out that he tried to break in to get something from his storage. they find a card that has rand ls and they go to a flower shop and they find hiddden in the back a maze and they realize on the back wad directions to a hidden poker party. they then go on guses accont on poker and trick his son into going to meet some where he falls for it and tell him to come clean and they realize that he tricked them to get money from his dads safe. and they go to a casino and find him there and shawn figugres it out at the end of the tourment that the guy was cheating by the help of one of the dealers this was a good epmoreless

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Henry shows up at the boys office and grudgingly admits that he recommended them to a friend. Mr. Peterson says his son has disappeared and wants Shawn and Gus to find him. It seems he forged a 30K check from his fathers checking account.moreless

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By jyarter, Jul 01, 2009 Report Abuse

If you couldn't tell from the title this episode had a lot to do with the game of poker. It seems Shawn who would be very good playing the game was caught and told not to gamble as a young boy. For once it seems he listened to his father.

Brandon Peterson who's father owns Peterson Motors is missing. His father is a long time friend of Henry, Shawn's dad. So when he approached Henry about his problem Henry suggested he go to the police. When he balked at that Henry said why don't you speak with my son.

Shawn and Gus take the case and discover an underground poker club that uses brute force to ensure the gamblers pay their loses. In general you get the feeling there is something fishy going on.

After Brandon literally robs his father of about fifty thousand, Shawn and Gus insist on his father giving Brandon one more chance. Shawn, Gus, Henry, and Brandon's father catch Brandon at a casino entered in a Poker Tour Event. Shawn takes over for Brandon on Henry's recommendation. He makes it all the way until the end against J.P. Berger the bad guy. Shawn notices he is cheating and that the dealer is in cahoots. He proves it and they are arrested and Shawn wins. Ina secondary storyline which could have been fantastic but sort of got thrown away, Juliet wants to celebrate Lassiter's birthday but no one seems to know anything about him. In a really bad case of detective work she finds a book with peoples names in it. She calls everyone with stars and invites them to his house for his party. It turns out those with stars in his book are repeat offenders he has sent to jail multiple times. He's not happy!

Shawn and Gus make a big payday on this case and of course Shawn blows the money on a stupid roulette bet. Unfortunately that is typical. Sort of sad really.

Overall a good episode that was enjoyable except for some over the top acting by James Roday which is to be expected. Sometimes it can get to be a little too much. You see Roday almost smirking like it's an inside joke. Clever storyline and good writing hurt just a little by that over the top acting. Thanks for reading...moreless

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By SweetMissJaye, Jun 12, 2008 Report Abuse

Another great episode. I was laughing like an idiot. I loved the scene of Shawn as a child, playing poker with his father's police buddies. Shawn really is brilliant when you think about it. He beat the crap out of those cops in poker. LOL I also liked the next scene with Shawn and Gus playing paper basketball. :-) Shawn made his shot and Gus asked him how he did it. He said something about "It's the sweetness" and he even had a swagger. I loved the look on his face, silly and adorable. Shawn was a little obnoxious towards the poker players at the casino. He never should have "admitted" that he was a psychic. But his admission didn't hurt the case. If I had to play with a person acting as obnoxious as that, I'd probably refuse to play. LOL Shawn is too funny. I can't believe Henry finally checked out the Psych office. I liked how he asked to be invited in and Shawn questioned Gus, asking "Don't vampires need to be invited in?" The little argument with Gus was funny. Gus must really like The Lost Boys! Henry vouched for Shawn. He "referred" Shawn to his friend after his friend refused to get the cops involved. Then, at the casino, he vouched for Shawn again, admitting that Shawn would win. Juliet's surprise party for Lassiter really backfired. I feel kind of bad for her, since she went to so much trouble to plan it. I liked the case, but Shawn's "premonitions" seemed a bit forced this time. Maybe he was performing a little more since his father was there? I didn't like how Shawn and Gus took Brandon at his word when he said he'd talk to his father. They didn't even wait around to see if he went into the dealership. That's really not like them. Some great lines from the ep:
Shawn to Henry: "You have a dad crush on me"
Shawn to Gus: "Gus don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie"moreless

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By WolfTigerG, Mar 28, 2007 Report Abuse

When a big time car dealer owner comes to ask for Shawn's and Gus's help to find his son... who has stolen 30,000 dollors. Shawn's father tells him to tell the owner to go to the poilce department. Shawn and Gus follow the leads and these leads lead them to a secret and underground poker gaming. But when they find him it turns oiut taht Brandon the misisng son has quite the debt. When they find him they take him back only to find out in the morning that Brandon has robbed his father again. Shawn and Gus find out agian where he is... at a poker convention.moreless

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Trivia
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- Trivia: According to this episode, Lassiter has been working for the SBPD for at least 15 years.
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- Psych-Out: Lassiter and Juliet perform "Leaving on a Jet Plane" but not without some background noise from Shawn and Gus. Edit
- Nitpick: When Shawn is trying to read the cards on his floor, he grabs a jack of hearts, but when the camera shifts back to the floor it is still there. Edit
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- International Airdates Germany 26 February 2008 on RTL Czech Republic 27 August 2008 on Prima Finland 06 April 2009 on MTV3 Edit
Quotes
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- Henry: So, this is how you spend your days. Shawn: Oh my God. Dad, what are you doing here? Henry: Nice. Is that the way you treat all the people who come through you door? Shawn: That's exactly how I greet everyone. Maybe that's why business is down. Edit
- Shawn: That's very Cameron Frye of you Brandon: Cameron who? Shawn: Wow, are we that much older than you? Edit
- Shawn: Look, here's some brutal truth. We're the reasons you're not in jail, or worse. Your Dad's done. It took someone cashing in a very old favor to get us involved at all, and you're not going to be able to play your way out of this hole, baby boy. So pack it in, pull the plug, shut it down, leave the dead meat in the freezer and put on your Sunday best cause it's Arbor Day Baby! Edit
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- Shawn: Chips. Ponch. Jon. Ponch and Jon are the names of two characters from the television series CHiPs. Edit
- Gus: The buzzer upstairs says his is 227. Shawn: 227. Marla Gibbs. Gus: Regina King. Shawn: Jackee. Gus: Hal Williams as Lester Jenkins. 227 is the name of a sitcom from the late 1980s, staring Marla Gibbs, Regina King, Jackee and Hal Williams. Edit
- Shawn: Gus, you've seen Lost Boys 14 times. Lost Boys is a movie released in 1987 about vampires living in California. Edit