Psych: Does Chief Vick Know Shawn isn't Psychic?
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I always thought it was pretty obvious that she knew. several times when it's just Shawn and Vick, she stops him from doing his stupid schtick. Another time he tells her "I better go 'divine' some evidence." Why else would he say it like that unless she knew. Henry clearly said something to her in the pilot.
Yes, Henry said something during the first episode. To summarize this video. My theory is Henry convinced Chief Vick to allow Shawn to work cases as a "fake" psychic because Shawn has so much potential and could be a cop with a request of a criminal waiver. Vick slid in this favor for Henry and they both get what they want, Officer Spencer. Shawn realized the Chief knew he wasn't psychic during their "divine" moment. At the end of Season 6 Episode 16 Henry tells Vick “it’s time” and offers Shawn beer to discuss some things as Shawn jokes around about becoming a cop. However Henry got shot that night which changed everything. Why does this matter?
"It’s not him getting shot that deters the conversation physically. It’s the fact that he becomes disillusioned to what the police badge means to him. His heart and loyalty to police work are shattered when he finds out he was surrounded by dirty cops, and almost dies because of one of them. So he doesn’t push Shawn to be a cop, like he originally intended to" (Samantha Angelovich)
The whole "he said you got it when you turned 18" scene lines up with when Shawn was arrested and no longer allowed to be a cop. Pair that with the fact that he solved a very high profile case right off the bat and it's very plausible her and her friend Henry hatched a plan to help the SBPD solve difficult cases.
@@codylawson4959 Holy smokes, I didn't even realize the age thing. How did I miss that? Let's keep this theory going lol
Yes!
You guys are totally right. Ever
since Henry got shot, Henry & Vic stopped pushing Shawn to be a cop. I always thought it was obvious
i never rly thought about the chief knowing the whole time, but who else shed a tear when lassiter broke the dvd before shawn could admit it
The fact that Lassiter broke the DVD was the single greatest moment of the entire series!
I am dead serious! I thought it was an outstanding series all the way through. However, it was the moment that the DVD was broken I knew it was an incredible series and the true admiration set in.
The entire time Lassiter knew there was SO much more to the story...yet, out of pure respect for Shawn, Lassiter simply let him have it. He..just..let..it..be...then moved on in peace.
@@redlefevre5448 I think there's a bit of a duality there, yes Lassie does obviously know that Shawn isn't being truthful and towards the end of the series definitely does respect him as a cop/detective, but it's also partly that physically acknowledging that Shawn isn't psychic is also physically acknowledging that much of the evidence they used to put all these criminals away was obtained illegally and thus would invalidate all of those cases.
@@ninetailedfox579121yeah, I think the 2nd Movie really demonstrates how Lassie ultimately felt about Shawn. He saw Shawn and Gus as friends that could get him back on his feet and properly reunite with his wife.
That moment was the best.
Lassiter already knew Shawn wasn’t psychic, but they established early on that the only way they’d be able to prove it was if Shawn admitted to it. Or if he was caught in a lie. What Shawn was doing was highly illegal and it would have landed him in prison and undid a whole lot of their prior cases on a technicality.
If Shawn admits he’s not a psychic, Lassiter would have been legally obligated to turn him in. It’s why he broke it. The fact that Shawn was at least willing to maybe admit it, was enough. The rest is plausible deniability.
@@ninetailedfox579121 I mean, not really. Shawn is an advisor, so all evidence still had to follow the proper chain of command. Rather Shawn is actually a psychic or not doesn't matter so long as the police follow evidentiary procedure while collecting and cataloging the evidence. Shawn's pantomime always reveals the killer, but he always discloses the evidence throughout the show. While we may not see a lot of the collection when it comes to the evidence, what Shawn sees HAS to be collected at some point, or they wouldn't have any case. Because Psychics allegations don't carry any water legally speaking. In fact, it would probably look better for the police in court IF it came out that Shawn was just an excellent investigator over a psychic. But Shawn's position as an advisor only allows him to share his opinions with the police. A lot of the times, Shawn makes sure he does operate within the confines of the law. That's one of the best things about the series, the whole Shawn and Gus lie about being Psychics, but tend to operate within the confines of the law so they DON'T Jeopardize the cases. In most cases he finds a way to be invited into the area instead of actually illegally breaking in.
Oh Vick absolutely knew, she's just sometimes baffled at how Shawn can figure out amazing things with very little evidence. She gives him a long leash because she respects his ability and she likes his dad. I don't think she ever really thinks he's a psychic. The joke is almost always on Lassiter.
Also it’s nice having someone not tied down by yellow tape and can operate outside normal police jurisdiction.
Lassiter also knew, when he was drunk he told Spencer he knew he was lying
@@ivanivan2375 lass never knew imo. i am rewatching the series im almost done season 5? i yet to see any reason to suspect he knows.....
but that is my opionion ofc. in the end its all just tv show lol
@@FastDuDeJiunn He always knew, not sure if it shows before season 5/6 but in one of the episodes of season 5.. or the start of season 6 you can tell he knows. Shawn also mentions that towards the end of the last episode of season 8 that lassie always knew
@@ivanivan2375no Lassie was always very suspicious, but could never get any concrete evidence. This point is driven home in the series finale when Shawn gifts him a cd to watch when he leaves. The cd was Shawn explaining he wasn't psychic, but Lassie decided to pause the video right before the admission and destroy the cd. Obviously this was an attempt by Lassie to preserve the idea in his head that Shawn, who he now realized he was quite fond of after being promoted to Chief, was in fact psychic and to deny his intuition and now actual knowledge that he's faking it.
That scene when you find out Henry was just covering for Shawns mom hits so hard cause he realizes how mean he has been to him
Either way Henry was horrible to shawn
@@khloemckenna4506 was he really that bad to him?
@@ejvollkrassalterHenry was very strict, but he was not horrible. Henry wanted shawn to be a cop like him, so he taught him every skill in the book. During his senior year, his mom left his dad. Shawn has always been a rebel, so his dad had to be strict. I think he stole a car and took it for a ride with a girl. Then, his dad had to arrest him.
@@khloemckenna4506And Henry was the one who told Vic he wasn’t psychic but told Vic to give him a chance as a detective, I think it’s call ed tough love ❤️
I just watched that episode. My question is why did he say the dad left them, left him and his mom, but we only see his relationship with his dad growing up... How is it his dad left THEM when his dad was the one that raised him on his own?
That explains why both Henry and Karen are so hard on Shawn especially whenever he gets in over his head. Because they both want him to succeed. It's good that you included the scene between Shawn and Madeleine because that helps to bring it full circle. The police academy was good too, not just because they blew a stakeout in that episode. And you can't help but feel bad for Henry when he left the force again. Declan's analysis of Shawn was PERFECT!! I can't believe Declan would help them on another occasion after that.
I think Chief Vick knew from very early on, but I don't think Henry and Karen were trying to get Shawn to be a police detective. The way the police force operates is not a good match for Shawn, and I think over time, Henry realized that too.
I figured that in the pilot, Karen and Henry's talk was one that had many layers. Like, Henry was outwardly saying that Shawn's "powers" manifested when Shawn turned 18, but he was actually implying that they never existed but that he had good detective skills.
I'm just spit-balling here, but maybe Henry said something like, "Shawn's psychic skills are right 18% of the time since they "manifested" when he was 18, but his memory is right 100% of the time and he knows how to follow the "spirits" to the clues and reason with them to figure out their importance." And Karen's smart so she picked up on the subtext.
She's fine with Shawn's antics in public, but, like in the scene you showed, when it's just the two of them she's telling him to cut the bullshit.
There's also a scene early on where she gives Shawn a case file and he looks at it for a few seconds and goes, "the secretary did it," and she's like, "you barely looked at," and without realizing it, he starts responding by revealing how he got to that conclusion. When Gus nudges him to stop, Shawn goes back into his psychic schtick and Karen just shakes her head a little at him looking annoyed. I feel like if she was on the fence about whether or not he was really psychic, she would have dug into him a bit more, but instead, she just begrudgingly accepts his conclusion and then has regular detectives question the secretary.
Yes, the diamond ring episode where Shawn figures out who stole the computers from the local middle school by just glancing at the file and he is in such a hurry to get on the diamond case he starts talking about his actual reasoning for solving the case and not the psychic mumbo jumbo. "The signatures are obviously fraudu----- I mean I sense something really bad in the ink, the ink is bad"
Yes, 100% agreed. Like others, I had a feeling she knew, but I don't think the end goal was to help him become an officer or a detective. That would take years of Sean's life away from doing what he's already doing.
I think the agreement was something like: he's a good man, he'll solve a lot of cases for you and he'll be able to help people out, just pretend he's a psychic and it will make lives easier.
Completely agree. Real police work would not be for Shawn and the SBPD gets away with operating outside of the lines by letting Shawn do his thing. When Vick is suspended, she said as much - she doesn't follow the rules, she gets results.
You mean he would not be able to illegally break and enter to solve a case? That would change how he worked completely.
Psych was an incredible show. I love it. I'm so glad that they are making full movies with the actors to expand on the story.
They all know. The only one that ever actually fell for it was Juliet. They just needed to maintain it as fact so he could legally solve cases
McNab never knew. He was totally convinced.
And I'm not sure Lassie knew. He didn't want to believe, but that's different from knowing.
@@nickdejager8873
There are quite a few times where Lassie picks up on what Shawn notices. It's just that Shawn normally notices it first or what Shawn picked up seems so small Lassie dismisses it.
However there are quite a few times where he makes it clear that Spencer is just a damn good detective. Which is probably why he gets so jealous.
Lassie is never 100% sure. Sure he is pretty sure but then Shaun pulls something out of no where and he can’t explain
This is a great analysis! Never crossed my mind that Chief Vick knew the whole time he wasn’t Psychic, and I totally forgot about that scene where she and Henry are meeting in her office. I do think the “waiving his record to send him to the police academy “ theory is far fetched though. Even with Henry shot, once he recovered he still could have revealed that to him. Also Vick could have told him the plan instead. But the rest is a great lookback at the earlier episodes!
It was Juliet's idea to send him to the police academy
It’s not him getting shot that deters the conversation physically. It’s the fact that he becomes disillusioned to what the police badge means to him. His heart and loyalty to police work are shattered when he finds out he was surrounded by dirty cops, and almost dies because of one of them. So he doesn’t push Shawn to be a cop, like he originally intended to.
@@samanthaangelovich8507 Ding Ding Ding!
Its blowing my mind, I've seen Psych like 4 times now, and I never really thought much of it. It's a fun and light-hearted show. Amazing video!
My first time watching the series I always figured she was at least skeptical but just didn’t further investigate or question it because he actually solved cases and just lets him do his thing and plays along with it.
Been rewatching the show so many times, and the more I watch, the more I see that Vick knows that he’s just a good detective rather than psychic
I wouldn’t call him a good detective since he breaks about 80 laws an episode, but hes an excellent investigator
@@RobertsonIsland Exactly! That's why she would never hire him as an actual detective or police officer; because he has a knack for breaking every law and protocol in place, but is still damn good at finding evidence and putting pieces together
@@RobertsonIsland But in one episode Juliet and Lassi are arguing over who had the higher Detective Test Score, and Vick tells them both that Shaun had the higher score. NOW that I'm hearing this theory that the chief might have known the entire time, Shaun with the higher score is just the icing on the cake.
@@lasersailor184 no, Shawn tells them that he took the test unofficially when he was 16 and got a perfect score. Vick just laughs/smiles because he completely shows up Lassie and Jules after them bickering all episode
I'm almost 100 percent sure Henry told her the truth in the pilot and she just rolled with it because he gets results
My thought always was that Henry explained that even though he wasn't psychic his results can be trusting because of how he was taught growing up
I think Cheif Vick and Henry made a deal to let Shawn work for the department as a Consultant instead of a Cop (because he had a criminal past which would prevent him from doing so). But either way that makes a lot of sense and goes along with the theme song quite well. Though I think my favorite part was the last episode where Lassie closed the laptop before Shawn could finish his confession
most states criminal past doesnt matter. to become a cop. i have to see what state- city they are supposedly in. i never realy pay attention to that stuff... lol
but i do knw police law etc..
show just used it as an easy excuse to make being psych legitimate.
The lyrics to the opening make a lot more sense now
I'd say it's his mom's fault on his relationship with his dad.
Dad lied to protect his feelings for his mom.
Somewhat. A lot of the time the parent who stays really wants the kid to not view the parent who left negatively but it always causes a strain on them
It broke my heart to see how much Henry didn’t want Shawn to hate his mom even if Shawn would resent him for being seen as the bad guy.
@@whiskeymarie9560 in my experience u are very wrong. most the time, espeically the women weaponize the children against the husband.......
it is so horrible and it is child abuse. and i really wish they put women in jail for that shit. so much bs women get away with in america.
shaws mom was nothing but a hoe.....selfish bi.00........ henry should of got restraining order on her honestly.
Psych is such an underrated show
I always thought the same about Vick. What you said instead, about Henry's plan i never thought about that, didn't know it was even possible but it's a nice idea.
I still wouldn't know if Shawn would've followed the plan. We know how Shawn hates following protocol and following rules, he is good at solving crimes but he wants to have fun with his best friend while doing it.
My interpretation was always that she knew from the beginning--however, Chief Vick is a smart woman, and recognizes how incredible Shawn is at solving crime. So she lets him do his schtick
Also, as Interim Chief, she has a serious reason to think "outside the box" when it comes to getting cases solved.
I like the idea of Shawn being a private agent for them going uncover missions or helping them out with more hard case files.
Now I have to watch this show all over again with this in mind because I believe this so much
You bring some points I actually never thought about before, and it does all make sense.
But Shawn could never be a cop.
Cops need plausable evidence, and records as to how they got it. A cop can't break and enter, or eavesdrop private conversations, or do any of the morally gray stuff Shawn does on the daily.
I always thought that Vic did know Shawn wasn't psychic, but she went along with it because he could do all that stuff (as long as he wasn't caught), and while the cops can't say "I eavesdropped on their conversation where they admitted it", they can say, at least in the show's universe, "a psychic tipped us off and that's enough reason for us to investigate that person".
If Vic ever had any evidence of Shawn not being a psychic, she'd be duty-bound to present it, nullifying all the cases he worked on.
That's also the reason, i think, for why Lassiter broke the confession DVD in the last episode. He always knew, he just couldn't have any evidence.
I know it’s been a while since you commented, but I think Lassie snapped the DVD because Lassie ended up really caring about Shawn, if you notice he doesn’t snap the evidence after viewing the entire thing, he cuts it short. I think lassie couldn’t fathom Shawn lying the whole time because he cared too much and since he snapped the DVD early he would not know for certain that Shawn was going to say he wasn’t Psychic. There would always be a place for Lassie to rationalize that Shawn was going to say he was not a fraud or something to that effect even though to the viewers he was obviously going to confess to not being psychic because it’s important that we watching know for sure what he was going to say.
lol. I like how you say "Cops need plausable evidence, and records as to how they got it. A cop can't break and enter, or eavesdrop private conversations, or do any of the morally gray stuff Shawn does on the daily." Yet none of that is actually true. Cops do that kind of shit all the time.
Cops do occasionally break and enter, primarily if they have "probable cause", but there's no such law that prevents them from eavesdropping on private conversations. Basically, if it's loud enough for them to hear, it ain't that private. Think of it this way, would you commit a crime in your house, but stand in front of an open window while you do it?
@@dallinfredericks4309 In the early seasons, Lassie had nothing in his life besides police work. That's why he hated Shawn so much - Shawn was effortlessly better at the thing that defined Lassie, at least in his own eyes. When he met Marlowe, he realized there was a lot more to life than his job, and he started to appreciate that Shawn, for all his antics, did care about the law & did have Lassie's back on numerous occasions.
I watched this show maybe 20 times over and missed all of this.
It all makes sense now.
Shawn's "powers" didn't appear until he turned 18 according to his dad.
His "powers" appeared the moment he became ineligible to become a cop after he got that criminal record. This whole time I thought it was just a "haha, they didn't get the story straight and had to play it off" moment.
I've rewatched this show a few times now and *_still_* gain new insights on how in-depth the writing of the show is.
I was always convinced that everyone knows, Shawn is just so good that they dont care. But I never considered that Henry told Karen first episode. I just figured the writers got tired of writing Shawn hiding the fact he wasn't psych so at some point she figured it out and it just became a plot hole.
I mean, Juliet certainly didn't know, otherwise Deez Nups would have gone a heck of a lot differently lol But I think most of them are either on the fence, or know the truth and just let him do his thing cause he does get results.
I think it is a mixed bag. The people that needed to know, knew he wasn't (minus Jules of course), while those who were lower on the "totem pole", like McNabb and that one black lady that Shawn convinced he talked to her grandmother in the pilot (forgot her name, but she is in a few episodes), actually believed he was.
I love your analysis. I rewatched it because I was bored and wondered why they allowed him in the police department so many types after the first episode and noticed more details going into college studying psychology, law and just bunch or random stuff.
Psych is one of my favorite shows of all time. I even have the entire show and first movie on DVD (as far as I know, none of the other movies have made it onto home video). This is an interesting theory. I always suspected Chief Vick knew because of some of her interactions and the way she looks at Shawn, but I always just figured she saw right through the act but never came clean about it because his crime-solving was such a boon to the department. But her knowing from the start because Henry told her would put things into a different perspective.
There only on blu ray with the complete series
Don't get me wrong, I love Psych but I find it a shame that Chief Vick hasn't been developed more (only 2 episodes: the babysitter and her sister (played by Jane Lynch)). I really like Karen and Kirsten Nelson who was credited in the main cast 😕
Yeah, you're right🤔 I'd never noticed that before. I mean, did we ever see her husband or her baby/kid? I would have loved to see more of Jane Lynch!
@@sweetfreeze5528 It would have been nice to see Lynch as a recurring actress (like Cybill Shepherd, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ally Sheedy, Kristy Swanson, Cary Elwes)…but I think she was on Glee around the same time. Karen's husband never appeared on the show. her daughter reappeared in the first TV movie.
She knew and obviously Henry and Gus knew but I’m also sure Lassiter knew. No he wasn’t just being a pertinacious POS, he knew deep down shawn was full of it but Shawn got the job done and was a great detective. I think it happened the most in the “65 million years off episode.I think that’s when he really knew, he was just trying to find proof, like lassy always does but never could, til the finale. But yes, I agree with your theory
Here’s what I thought
Chief: suspected it and had proof
Lassiter: suspected it, but didn’t have proof
Juliet: had proof, but didn’t suspect anything
Everyone else: neither suspected nor had proof
Both Chief and Lassie (at least towards the end) didn’t actually want to know for sure because as long as Shawn didn’t directly tell them, they wouldn’t have to feel guilty for the under the table stuff he did to put the criminals in jail.
That was a really great take on Chief Vick and Henry! Nice job!!
I'm on my 9,006,325th rewatch of the show and just today did I catch that "Don't do that" moment between Vick and Shawn and realized that she definately knew the whole time.
I genuinely am in bits right now this is so heartwarming at parts
This is awesome. You should do a similar video like this - but questioning whether or not Peter knew Neil did a lot more than he claimed on the tv show White Collar
Also a great show
Agreed
well the theme song of the series tell this basically
I know, you know, that I'm not telling the truth.
I know, you know, they just don't have any proof.
Embrace the deception, learn how to bend,
Your worst inhibitions tend to psych you out in the end!
At the end of the "Think Tank" episode Cheif Vick says she saw Henry at the pizza parlor. Henry said: He missed a lot of Shawn's games as a kid and just wanted to see him work. She asked Henry "exactly how much input he has in Shawn's cases. Henry replies "I get involved in the process I guess and Shawn's psychicness takes over"
Why would she ask and Henry say that if they already talked about Shawn not being psychic? Good video, but I just think she knew like lassie always knew.
Don't remember that but she could have asked him because if like it's said here she's giving him a chance before she gives him the waver she wants to make sure he's doing the work and not relying on his dad. And by saying his psychiness takes over could just be his way of saying she knows that's not how he does things and Shawn is actually doing the work himself.
Edit: plus they're both smart and know there's always a chance someone can be listening so even when they're alone they're careful what they say.
Thought that too but when I remember correctly, henry says it with a very specific "we both know the truth" face.
The reason why vick might ask is just because she wants to get henry back to the SBPD to see, if he's still into solving crimes.
Both could be true. But at the end, almost everyone knew that he wasn't telling the truth but there was no way to proof otherwise.
Remember the context, she’s offering him a job in this conversation… she’s asking how regularly he helps on the cases because she’s wondering if he really misses police work or just helped Shawn cause it was a rare mess up
Henry didn't die when he got shot in that episode. That episode ended as a cliffhanger and the next episode consisted of him in the hospital while Shawn desperately tracked down his shooter.
Sorry if I made it seemed like Henry died. Some users elaborated more here on the pinned comment section. Here is a quote from Samantha Angelovich, from the comments, that basically supports the theory of why Henry discontinued to push Shawn to be a cop,
"It’s not him getting shot that deters the conversation physically. It’s the fact that he becomes disillusioned to what the police badge means to him. His heart and loyalty to police work are shattered when he finds out he was surrounded by dirty cops, and almost dies because of one of them. So he doesn’t push Shawn to be a cop, like he originally intended to"
It always fascinated me about whether Karen Knew since by the end of the show everyone technically Knows but they’ve been friends with him for so long it doesn’t matter
In the pilot Shawn gives it away. She knows she's just a really cool person and clearly the Police are already inept because SANTA BARBARA SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT MANY MURDERS
The only thing I liked about the Tromp episodes is when he said "And you still get a murder a week; so much for a deterrent". Such a good 4th wall joke.
subbed and liked for more of Psych.
please do another on the series, will click the notification bell for updates.
love the theory, ditto
It’s really touched at my strings I’m trying not to cry beautiful thank you
i dont think his dad did it to get shawn a foot in the dooror at least that wasnt the main reason. i personally think he saw that shawn was doing somthing that was actually benificial for his life. and used the gifts henry had trained. it gave shawn a chance to do somthing good instead of spending the time fucking around and sleeping around with differnt women. he saw an oppertunity for his son to have a chance to actually grow up. or at least grow up as much as shawn could
I think Karen always had suspicions and knew but never said anything, but I don't think Henry and Karen had a master plan to make Shawn a cop that fell through. I think Henry knew by then that private detective would be the closest Shawn would want to get to a cop.
Fantastic video!! Would love to see one about Lassiter too, that series finale where he closed the laptop before he could see Shawn's confession is so subtly telling!
The way they ended with Lassie declining to listen to Shawn's confession was perfect. It did a great job showing the growth in their relationship.
She definitely knew, but I’m not sure where you get this idea that Shawn would have entered the Academy, had Henry not gotten shot. Shawn was a free-spirit; he wanted to be his own boss and use his talents to help people in his way.
Even Lassy finds out in the end, which I thought was just perfect.
Excellent analysis.
This is one of the best Psych videos of all time!
great analysis, Psych is my favorite show of all time this kinda made me emotional and I think this angle makes me love it even more
Great video, Great job!
Thanks...
Really great video man ❤️
You are spot on👍👍
Why the hell was there never a monk vs psych!?
To be fair, we kinda got the hint in the series finale by Chief Vick and Jules.
"Shawn is highly intelligent and a walking genius "
Just like most geniuses surely lmao ??
I literally just thought about this question a few hours ago. I can’t believe this video popped out
While it’s probable that she knew (if only because she’s a realist and psychics are absurd) I think it’s more like she never really put too much thought into it because her concern was entirely with his results. As long as he got collars she never was gonna go down that road. Let sleeping dogs lie.
But Vick and Henry did sent Shawn and Gus to the police a enemy and they failed miserably. Shawn kept losing all his equipment. Ralph Macchio from Karate Kid played the instructor.
But that was a crash course for Shawn & Gus. Completing that does not qualify someone as a police officer. Civilians can take a crash course in most popular police academies for fun or experience. but that's cool the instructor was from karate kid. I never knew that.
@@moonyvibes9709 Yeah, the instructor was the original Karate Kid. He doesn’t age. He’s is 60 and still looks like he’s 28.
But the way they failed the crash coarse, I can’t imagine that they would be like “yup, he’s ready for the real thing. He’ll do great.”
I can't wait to see the next movie they are working on. I really wish Peacock would bite the bullet and put up the money to bring the team back for more seasons. This is hands down one of my FAVORITE series. I go back and rewatch it periodically, or I just watch a random episode when I can't find anything else to watch.
Great video. It had me choking up a little because beneath the laughs in this show, its foundation is the relationships. I was doubtful of the show when it started its run, not sure they could pull it off. But, wow, did they ever.
I always assumed she knew. But I think the idea that she and Henry had this plan to make Shawn a cop is reading too much into it. Also, Vick has another reason to not acknowledge that she knows: it throws every case he's solved into question.
I love this!
This helps! Thanks!! DD
Excellent video
I'll agree with the whole parent does a lot of stuff in secret to protect you. No matter the age, they're always pulling some tricks to keep you afloat, things that they couldn't care the slightest about people knowing they did it for their kid.
The moments when shawn gets serious, I.E. talking to his mom, are some of the best moments in this show and Roday is an underrated actor
She obviously knows that, but she also knows that shawn is amazing detective
Dang. This video made me cry!
This was amazing . Great vid. This should be cannon
Great vid !
The music just makes this sad and emotional
the must insulting writing for Juliet was the episode where she "found out" meaning she was the only one of the main characters who actually believed it.
In the 6th movie they need to confirm that Chief Vick knew all along
She for sure knew. But she also knew that he was effective and that playing along was the only way to really guarantee his help since he would never become a cop.
Since this show is now on Netflix, I can’t wait to rewatch it!
Astute observation.
henry is such a handsome man. i love all the actors of this show.
Beautiful essay wow
I like this theory. I ALWAYS thought that somehow chief Vick knew/knows the truth. I never thought of the henry angle before but I could buy it. Only one problem with your theory though. You said that Henry's gun shot was the reason he never revealed the plan. But henry survived the shot so why couldn't he have done it later. So maybe it has nothing to do with henry but she just never really believed shawn and is just pretending he is psychic because she believes he is a great detective.
Dude this just flipped all I knew of psych on it’s head
The fact the question can asked shows how good and subtle writing is. Bad writing would lean heavily one way or the other so it is apparent. Off top of my head the only episode that makes me believe she doesn’t know is when she tasks Shaun with finding her a nanny
The new movies make it pretty obvious that she knows.
Bought it on xbox a few weeks ago for like$30. Totally worth it. Loved it then and still now
Vick: Certainly knows, but plays along because it works out for the better
Lassie: Doesn't want to believe it, but some of Shawn's "visions" are too eerily insightful to ignore
Jules: Doesn't have a strong opinion on believing it, but believes it because it makes sense
McNab: Believes in Santa
Psych is probably the best TV Show I've ever watched. I will never forget it ever.
I have always thought that in the pilot when she is talking with Henry he said, Karen, my son is not a psychic but if you play along he’ll be a damned good detective. I raised him to do this and he’ll solve your worst crimes if you can put up with his bullshit.
Welp, now I have to binge psych.... third or fourth time can't remember
I always felt the theme lyrics gave it away:
I know, you know, I'm not telling the truth.
I know, you know, they just don't have any proof.
Embrace the deception - learn how to bend.
Your worst inhibitions tend to psych you out in the end.
They know the other knows, but they embrace the deception and learn how to be flexible with protocol and the official rules to get the job done. Sean's inhibitions psyched him out from being the cop he should have been, but he did find his own way, which his dad's help and the chief. That's how I look at it.
Fun video and analysis. It's only missing a well timed pinky conversation.
this very sentimental video is very good but as soon as henry said he a cop it’s like…. maybe shawn was into to smth with that firefighter business lmao
the thumbnail reminds me of the "does he know?" meme
I was convinced from episode 1 Henry explained everything to her then basically said there’s the facts, take it or leave it, it’s something he wants to do but he might get bored of it quickly.
At that point in the arc it doesn’t feel like he’d lie to the chief rather than be straight up about the eccentric genius thing
Bad ass analysis.
How so? 😂
Don't forget that in one episode, Juliet and Lassiter were arguing about who had the higher Detective Exam Test, and Chief Vick tells them that Shaun beat them both...
You mean 0:44 😂
You can still be a cop with something like that on your record. lol 😂 good video tho.
I forgot which episode, but there was episode in which chief vick seemed to sincerely ask shawn to use his psychic powers🤷🏻♂️
My mind is blown. It was so obviously hiding in plain sight and I didn’t even pick up on it
If you watch Season 7, Episode 7 & 8, it is clear that Chief Vick thinks Shawn is physic. There is also some other large clues like when she asks them to psychically find her a nanny.
Why did this make me cry?
Pretty evident that she didn't believe him and figured his abilities had to do with his intelligence and being raised by Henry, a fantastic cop, but played along since he actually rendered results.
i think everyone knew except for the side cast like McNab and the other cops / people he would meet. i also think that Juliet "didn't" know but not because she was clueless but because she believed in Shawn so much that she had no reason to not believe him.
she knows, for sure. but she is smart and wants to solve crimes to make her city safer, so she knows how good Shawn is so she wants to use all the tools available to her, Shawn being one of those tools (literally and figuratively). and as long as he can help her department solve crimes, she'll play along.
This theory is amazing truly mind-blowing
The Moment Shawn realised his dad Lied about who left the Family, Hit Hard