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Psych Season 6 Episode 8

The Tao of Gus

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AIRED: Dec 07, 2011

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Gus may have found his Utopia when he and Shawn hide a witness to a murder no one believes occurred at a commune for "progressive intellectuals."

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By thefanof, Dec 13, 2011

This episode really showed you how much Psych has evolved: Shawn was the more normal one tonight. It is not a blip though, it's a trend because Gus used to be the more balanced one, but lately he has been as goofy as Shawn on a weekly basis and to me that is poor writing bya show, opting for lame jokes rather than creating humor through conflicting personalities.

The episode just did not do it for me. They've done a lot of plots like this, and more often than not they have done it better than this. Predictable outcome, and unusually unamusing tonight.moreless
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Let's just say, my roomate had to knock on my door in the middle of the night and tell me to "stop watching whatever's making you laugh so loudly."

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By AmeliaCaine, Dec 12, 2011

The Tao of Gus is not only a seriously funny episode, it's got an interesting case as well.

This episode gets back to the Psych formula that works so well:Take Shawn and Gus, throw in some crazies, some explosions, and some angry Lassiter, and blend well.

The humor was well placed throughout the episode, and the actual case held my attention this week. If I have one complaint about Psych it's that the cases can sometimes be a bit boring or too confusing. This week's case was great. It was interesting and well-paced. The Tao of Gus loses a few points because the clue-dropping early in the episode made the outcome a bit obvious.

Thisepisode was just chalk full of great moments and I'm pretty sure my friends and I will be quoting it all week.

Also, as a bonus, we got to see Shawn kick some butt (for about a second, then he got his butt kicked.)

Great, great stuff. Psych is proving that it's a show that improves with age.moreless
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James Roday	Shawn Spencer
Dule Hill	Burton Guster
Timothy Omundson	Carlton Lassiter
Maggie Lawson	Juliet O'Hara
Kirsten Nelson	Karen Vick
Corbin Bernsen	Henry Spencer

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Diora Baird	Nicole	Guest Star
Diedrich Bader	Eli	Guest Star
Carlos Jacott	Jeff	Guest Star

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- Gus: Your silhouette should be on a mud flap.
  Shawn: Weirdest flirting I've ever heard.
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- Shawn: We're so far off the grid I think we may be back on the grid.
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- Although credited, Kirsten Nelson (Karen Vick) does not appear in this episode.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  
  Canada – July 16, 2012 on Global
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- Eli: This is a fully functioning farm.
  Lassiter: Oh, I bet it is, Cheech.
  Cheech Marin is one-half of the famous comedy duo "Cheech and Chong," known for their stand-up routines and movies which almost always related to their love of cannabis.
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- Shawn: We may have a Children of the Corn situation here, Gus.
  Children of the Corn is a 1984 film where a cult-like group of children murder any adults who come through their town. It is based on the novella by Stephen King.
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