History WMG / Psych

Think about it. Regardless of his record, in RealLife Shawn ought to be written off as a crackpot, and yet many people seek him out deliberately [[InfallibleBabble because they take his claim to be a psychic seriously]]. My guess is that the general populace knows that [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Espers, Psychics and Time Travelers]] exist, probably from watching the local equivalent of Franchise/{{Superman}} rescue people on television.

Think about it. Regardless of his record, in RealLife Shawn ought to be written off as a crackpot, and yet many people seek him out deliberately [[InfallibleBabble because they take his claim to be a psychic seriously]]. My guess is that the general populace knows that [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Espers, Psychics and Time Travelers]] exist, probably from watching the local equivalent of {{Superman}} rescue people on television.

** I always thought it was more autism than ADHD. Mostly because Shawn is shown to not be a very social person and he seems to think in pictures

** Shawn having ADHD is confirmed in episode 4x09 where he says "I'm having a hard time concentrating on anything but the gun. Could be my A.D.D. acting up.".

* Given how most NoFourthWall characters act *cough* {{Deadpool}} *cough* this might explain why he acts the way he does. Given how lazy Shawn is, you'd think by now he would've given up the whole routine. He's established his credibility after all.

I'm thinking that she might have either been one of his first girlfriends. She saw some of the training from hell that Shawn got from Henry. Something caused them to separate, maybe she moved away, or Shawn broke a promise to her that caused something in her mind to break. Or maybe Henry was worried about her as a bad influence on Shawn and so lied to her and did something to drive a wedge between them. Her first killings were with the goal of getting back at Shawns father, or maybe getting Shawn himself involved (as she might have thought he'd be a cop by then). With the lack of involvement or interest from Shawn she got bored with it and stopped, only returning later because she found out about Shawns psychic detective agency aiding the police.

And an effective one at that explaining how she was able to effective predict their moves and allude the cops. She probably got very little credit or attention dispite her own capabilities because of her being a woman in a very male dominated field(assuming she's in her forties or fifties, if and when she was a cop could probably be around a time when such treatment was commonplace). She switched sides because she got sick of her treatment and started to challenge fresh talent and try and prove herself superior but eventually truly wanted someone to match her after the others failed to meet her expectations.

In the first season episode Weekend Warriors Shawn and Gus investigate a murder at a Civil War reinactment. It is the history of the battle being reinacted which gives the link. In the battle Lassiter's ancestor, Muscomb Lassiter leads an army to stop the army of Captain Quantrel. During the episode we learn the history of this individual and how the link to Supernatural comes about. He is killed during the battle by a nurse on the opposite side who lost a husband and two sons because of Quantrel. Captain Quantrel burned the town of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. It was here that the husband and two sons of nurse Jenny Winslow died. Shawn describes him as "the evil Captain Quantrel" and this leads me to believe he was possessed by a demon or simply into some dark magic stuff. Shawn also says that when Lassiter stopped his army cold at the bridge in the battle that it was like a "noble calling". Sounds like stopping some evil supernatural stuff to me.

Shawn has stated at least twice that he has some doubts that Henry Spencer is his biological father. It is unlikely that two such light blond haired parents would have a child with dark brown hair, and while shawn and Henry share few character or physical traits in common, Shawn and Jack are very alike in appearance and personality.

*** Debatable, Henry states in multiple episodes that Shawn was a troublemaker as a child; and in one episode Shawn worries (in typical Shawn fashiomn) that Gus's faily thinks Shawn was a bad influence on Gus.

This is an idea I've been kicking around for a while now, but the more it rolls around in my head, the more it makes sense. We know Lassiter's home life wasn't great, but we don't know much beyond that. We know he spent a lot of time at that Old West town with its proprietor, and considered him a father figure this suggests Lassiter and his father didn't have a great relationship...possibly because his father was never around. We also don't know what specifically led to Henry and Madeline's divorce, could it have been infidelity, or perhaps Lassiter was conceived before Henry and Madeline got together. If you look at Lassiter, he could very easily be Henry's son. He's an acerbic, workaholic, occasionally JerkAss cop who takes pride in his detective skills and his marksmanship and has an unflinching belief in the law. His marriage has fallen apart, just like his father. They both have a very keen interest in fishing. Also, even though he and Shawn are obviously unaware of this connection, Lassiter and Shawn have settled into a very natural sibling rivalry between one another. Also Henry's new job as department liason would allow him to keep a closer eye on both his sons.

[[WMG: Lassie is a [[ImageBoards /k/ommando]]]]

[[WMG: Shawn is a MirrorUniverse counterpart of Ned from ''PushingDaisies'']]

It's established at the end of the season 5 finale that [[spoiler:she's innocent of all the murders (except Yin)]], and her personality fits in with the ''{{Psych}}'' world in a way even Despereaux's doesn't. Even if she stays in custody, she seems perfectly suited to being the TokenEvilTeammate.

Furthermore, both boys end up at [[WellDoneSonGuy]]s, but eventually distance themselves from their fathers. This is mirrored by both dads's eventual disgust with the way the boy uses his acquired skills.

[[WMG: Henri Spencer was in Miami just before the beginning of the show to visit one of his friends' son, Morgan.]]
Harry (from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Dexter Dexter]]) and Henri have some similarities in their educations styles, like teaching their boys how to catch murderers and how to deceive anyone about how they do that...