History YMMV / Psych

** ''Psych: The Movie'': [[BigBad Allison Cowley]] is the [[BastardUnderstudy apprentice]] of Mr. Yin. In her first appearance in the season 5 finale, she passed herself off as a helpless victim of Yin to Shawn, only to lure them into one of Yin's traps. Beaten by Juliet, Cowley returns for revenge in the movie, and proves that even without her mentor's influence she can still be just as monstrous. Ordering her men to [[CopKiller gun down Juliet's partner]], Cowley later kidnaps Chief Vick's teenage daughter to lure the heroes to Alcatraz. When she reveals herself to the Psych crew, she coldly shoots her right-hand man dead, claiming that [[DisproportionateRetribution his accent was getting on her nerves]]. Telling the gang that she has strapped a bomb to Vick's daughter that will go off in twenty minutes and kill them all unless they find it, Cowley orders her remaining minions to kill the heroes as slowly as possible before finally getting her rematch with Juliet. Unapologetically psychotic and willing to hurt others just to spite her rival, Cowley managed to [[KnightOfCerebus darken the tone]] of the show with each appearance she made.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In "You Can't Handle This Episode" a guard at a military base reacts with awe when he sees that Juliet's brother has DOD-TS security clearance. While the mistake is understandable -- the acronym stands for Department of Defense-Top Secret -- it's not actually a particularly high or exclusive level of security clearance (just working at a company that contracts with the military is enough to get you DOD-TS clearance). The weapons [[spoiler:being smuggled out of the armory by the bad guys]] aren't actual US military weapons - they're visibly H&K [=G36Ks=], which are of German design. While it's possibly an in-character mistake by Shawn, he credits getting caught trying to sneak into the base as being caught on radar. Radar does not work that way. He would likely have been picked up by a guard, on camera, or on a thermal sensor.

** "Dead Air" had "Bob" a, {{Crazy Jealous Guy}} who was targeting radio hosts who his Ex Girlfriend got too close with. The psych team comes to the conclusion that "Bob" is really just a split personality of his girlfriend (who's bipolar). [[spoiler:It turns out there really is a Bob and he shows up at Gus's house with a gun!]]

** Subverted in "Shawn and the Real Girl", about a reality dating show being hosted by Creator/WayneBrady and produced by [[{{Series/Heroes}} Matt Parkman]]. [[spoiler:It's the cameraman.]]
** Also subverted in the movie. Creator/ZacharyLevi was well publicized as the villain "Thin White Duke", but in the end the true mastermind was [[spoiler:Mena Suvari, returning as Allison Cowley]], though they were hidden the whole movie.

** Sort of. Lassiter only gets one scene in the film, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot owing to Timothy Omundson suffering a stroke]] but it's been remarked upon as the most emotional scene of the entire film.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: In "Lights, Camera, Homicidio" Juliet attempts to befriend a new female cop, which culminates in the cop filing a complaint against Juliet for harassment. This is supposed to be a lesson to the friendly, bubbly Juliet that she needs to be more professional in the workplace, a useful Aesop. However, the cop is unnecessarily rude to Juliet from the beginning, and the complaint seems to indicate that the cop is overly paranoid and shows that she can't healthily interact with her own coworkers.

** Woody the Coroner, to the point that he was not only listed as a Special Guest Star in later seasons, but also had an entire episode focused on him in the final season and, naturally, returned for both movies.

** During a car chase in the season 4 episode "Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark", Shawn makes a joke that he'd "rather not be Paul Walker right now". Paul Walker died in a car accident in 2013.

** The killer in "Juliet Takes A Luvvah" was a man who murdered women whom he saw as shallow for not being sexually or romantically interested in him. The man's MotiveRant is disturbingly similar to the one in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings Ellior Rodger's manifesto]].

* BrokenBase: The remake of "Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder", "Remake AKA Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement", is pretty divisive among the fanbase.
** Some fans love it since its a step-up from the original with much more hilarity and stakes, while also being a refreshing episode, revisiting the characters in their early Season 1 development.
** Some other fans hate because they try ''too hard'' to make it funnier and is intentionally written bad to prove the point Shawn lampshaded in the beginning of it, that some remakes are bad.

** Yeah, like they were going to kill [[spoiler:Henry]]. Ditto with [[spoiler:Gus]] in the Season 5 finale and [[spoiler:Juliet]] in the Season 4 Finale.

* MemeticPsychopath: Jules is teased as one in "Think Tank", due a scene where she and Lassie enter a room with guns in their hand... and Jules' gun points towards Lassie's head and her finger is on the trigger. Fans joke that Jules was "gunning for Lassie's position". It doesn't help that this scene is used in season 6's Opening TitleMontage, making it even more noticeable to those who missed it the first time.

** Season 8 in general tends to be divisive. Many fans lament the extreme {{Flanderization}} of Shawn and Gus, the departure of Chief Vick, and her replacement.

** Season 8 in general tends to be divisive. Many fans lament the extreme Flanderization of Shawn and Gus, the departure of Chief Vick, and her replacement.

** Season 8 in general tends to be divisive. Many fans lament the extreme [[Flanderization Flanderization]] of Shawn and Gus, the departure of Chief Vick, and her replacement.

** Season 8 in general tends to be divisive. Many fans lament the extreme Flanderization of Shawn and Gus, the departure of Chief Vick, and the horrible new replacement Chief.

** Season 8 in general tends to be divisive. Many fans lament the extreme [[Flanderization]] of Shawn and Gus, the departure of Chief Vick, and the horrible new replacement Chief.

* CultClassic: The Show ended in 2014 after 8 seasons and while well received during its run, didn't receive the same level of critical appreciation as sister shows such as ''Monk'' and ''Burn Notice''. However, the fan-base remained strong enough for it to receive a TV movie in 2017, followed by two sequels in 2020 and 2021 (with three more to come). Both NBCUniversal and Peacock consider it an important mini franchise on par with ''The Office''.

* ToughActToFollow: ''An Evening with Mr. Yang'' and ''Mr Yin Presents'' are considered two of the best episodes of the show (especially the latter), causing ''Yang 3 in 2D'' (the third episode of the Yang trilogy) to suffer from this. While it is far from hated, it is generally considered an unnecessary third part to a story that ended perfectly with ''Mr. Yin Presents''.

* SeasonalRot: It is generally agreed that Season 8 is the worst season of the series, due to Harris Trout replacing Karen Vick, Karen and Jules being absent for half the season, and the plots themselves not being as compelling or entertaining. ''A Nightmare on State Street'' in particular is often singled out as the worst episodes of the show for being a confusing MindScrew. It didn't help when USA Network cancelled the show while the season was still airing. Luckily, they stuck the landing with the series finale ''The Break Up'', which is considered one of the best episodes, and the subsequent movies were also well received by fans.

* SeasonalRot: It is generally agreed that Season 8 is the worst season of the series, due to Harris Trout replacing Karen Vick, Karen and Jules being absent for half the season, and the plots themselves not being as compelling or entertaining. ''A Nightmare on State Street'' in particular is often singled out as the worst episode of the show for being a confusing MindScrew. It didn't help when USA Network cancelled the show while the season was still airing. Luckily, they stuck the landing with the series finale ''The Break Up'', which is considered one of the best episodes, and the subsequent movies were also well received by fans.

* SeasonalRot: It is generally agreed that Season 8 is the worst season of the series, due to Harris Trout replacing Karen Vick, Karen and Jules being absent for half the season, and the plots themselves not being as compelling or entertaining. ''Cloudy With a Chance of Improvement'' and ''A Nightmare on State Street'' are often singled out as two of the worst episodes of the show (the former for being a remake well liked episode, the latter for being a confusing MindScrew). It didn't help when USA Network cancelled the show while the season was still airing. Luckily, they stuck the landing with the series finale ''The Break Up'', which is considered one of the best episodes, and the subsequent movies were also well received by fans.

* HarsherInHindsight: There was an episode arc where Shawn and Juliet broke up. Their actors Creator/JamesRoday and Creator/MaggieLawson broke up after dating during the show's run.

* SeasonalRot: It is generally agreed that Season 8 is the worst season of the series, due to Harris Trout replacing Karen Vick, Karen and Jules being absent for half the season, and the plots themselves not being as compelling or entertaining. ''Cloudy With a Chance of Improvement'' and ''A Nightmare on State Street'' are often singled out as two of the worst episodes of the show (the former for remaking a well liked episode, the latter for being a confusing MindScrew). Luckily, they stuck the landing with the series finale ''The Break Up'', which is considered one of the best episodes, and the subsequent movies were also well received by fans.

** The Cranberry in ''Santabarbaratown Part II''. Gus uses the car as a temporary ride after The Blueberry is ripped in half, and it gets blown up less than a minute after being introduced. It's destruction serves as the last scene in the Season 7 TitleMontage.

* OneSceneWonder: Sort of. Lassiter only gets one scene in the film, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot owing to Timothy Omundson suffering a stroke]] but it's been remarked upon as the most emotional scene of the entire film.

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