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11* At the end of the pilot episode Henry bluntly tells Shawn that he's not okay with Shawn's decision to pose as a psychic detective, "not okay with any of it"... then Shawn's powers of observation notice the newspaper on the passenger seat of Henry's car, open to a big picture of Shawn and a banner headline describing how he solved the big case. Awww, secret man-pride.
12* One of my favorite things about Shawn is how his finer characteristics have always been there, even in the pilot. He's guilt-stricken when he thinks he could have prevented the deaths at the cabin, and he uses his HyperAwareness to figure out the characteristics of the girl he has a crush on and like her for her personality.
13** He also makes a point of using his "psychic powers" to convince the police officer who believes in spiritualism to stop spending her money on (obviously fraudulent) psychics.
14* In The Spellingg Bee Lassiter actually looks concerned for about a second and a half when Shawn catches his injured leg on a chair. He's also less antagonistic for the rest of the scene.
15* Shawn and Juliet conspiring to give Lassiter a confidence boost after he drunkenly spilled his guts to the former about the separation with his wife. Shawn solves the case, convinces Lassiter that the detective was the one who solved it, and does it all without losing his snarky, here-to-annoy edge.
16** At the beginning of the episode, Shawn is on a date with a girl. He uses his observation to deduce that she has just gotten out of a relationship, and she admits that she just found out her boyfriend was cheating on her, describing all the behavior he's been exhibiting to prove it. Shawn puts together the clues and tells her that the boyfriend's not cheating on her -- he's getting ready to ask her to marry him, and convinces the girl to call and confirm it. One scene later, the girl runs through the bar screaming that she just got engaged and hugs Shawn, sobbing "Thank you, oh thank you!"
17* In the opening flashback of "Forget Me Not," Henry's boss Captain Connors is a lot nicer to Shawn than Henry is, believing Shawn's claims that he didn't throw a tennis ball into an animal cage. He also seems appreciative when he realizes Shawn is covering for Connors' daughter due to feeling partially responsible for what happened. In the present, Shawn is quick to return the favor by believing Connors' claim to have solved a murder when no one else does.
18** Lassiter, normally the tough as nails, no nonsense... asshole, does his limited best to be gentle with Connors when the latter, in an Alzheimer's induced fog walks into the station and sits down at his old (now Lassiter's) desk. It doesn't last long, what with Connors punching him in the nose, but at least it starts well.
19--->'''Lassiter:''' Sir, maybe there's someone we should call...
20** And later...
21--->'''Connors:''' Detective, arrest this woman. And while you're at it, issue a warrant for John [=DeSoto=] for the murder of Zoe Sharp and Mike [=McMillan=].\
22'''Lassiter:''' Officers, you heard the Captain.
23* Another small one in "9 Lives": when the killer aims his gun at Gus during the climactic standoff with the police, Shawn sidles in front of Gus to shield him with his body. The completely casual, subtle way he does it makes it even better, as though it were a completely obvious move for Shawn to make.
24* In "From Earth to Starbucks", Shawn has like five in the first 10 minutes. Or three. First, he refuses to take advantage of a heartbroken woman, informing her that her boyfriend wasn't cheating on her, but intending to propose. Second, he grits his teeth and gradually warms up to a drunk Lassiter as the latter opens up about his failed marriage and despair about his career. Third, he decides to take on a case, free of charge, where he will make sure Lassiter gets all the credit and never know he had a helping hand, just because a good man needs a win.
25* "Cloudy With A Chance Of Murder" has a good one. Despite being the one to get the suspect, Lassiter actually thinks she's ''innocent.'' He subtly encourages Shawn to find out what happened and when he did, it's implied he ended up getting Shawn's motorcycle back (Shawn along with help from Gus, Henry and their new lawyer friend were originally gonna try and bid for it back).
26** Another one from this episode: when Shawn confronts Henry about getting his motorcycle taken away, we get one of the first serious moments of the series - Henry angrily confesses that he's terrified that one day he'll get a call to say Shawn's motorcycle has killed him. It's also one of the first times we see that Henry really does love Shawn, and Shawn is visibly shocked for a moment.
27** Lassiter intended to get Shawn's motorcycle returned to him anonymously.
28* In the season finale, Lassie is assigned with an absolute nightmare of a partner, and [[JerkassRealization is distraught to learn that the department considers him similar to her]]. After a few unsuccessful attempts at mingling, Shawn tosses him a fortune cookie, while He, Gus, and Jules smile warmly at him. Even Lassie is touched by this gesture
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32* At the end of the last episode of the second season, Interim Chief Vick has been confirmed as the permanent Chief and everyone is very happy for her. Even Lassie gives her a non-ironic, heartfelt congratulations. She learns that the mayor was pressured into it as a result of being caught cheating, and the photo credit tells her it was Shawn who did it and they just share a look that just screams "thank you" on the one hand and "you deserve it" on the other.
33* "You treat a woman like a person, and then a princess, and then a Greek goddess, and then a person again." Partially because of it being a sweet philosophy that shows Shawn is not just a player, and partially because of it being a Henry/Shawn moment (and one of the few pieces of fatherly advice Shawn took seriously).
34** The little moments of real concern from Shawn are the best. At the end of "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion", when Shawn is talking to [[spoiler:Emily Bloom]], who is in the hospital after almost dying, and shows legitimate concern that she's all right (and regret that he has to leave when he figures out the mystery) I always want to say "Awwww."
35* NiceGirl Emily is a bundle of heartwarming moments in ''Black and Tan, Crimes of Fashion.'' She has some friendly and encouraging interactions with Jules (whose investigation she doesn't resent) and Shawn. And after inheriting the company, she has it go green, end animal testing, and put money aside for breast cancer research.
36* In "Bounty Hunters", Shawn and Gus negotiate with an antagonistic bounty hunter to hand over a prisoner who escaped from Juliet.
37-->'''Shawn''': It's not about the money, it's about the girl.
38* "Bounty Hunters": when an officer asks how it was possible the team to have lost track of such a dangerous criminal, Lassiter snaps that it's irrelevant how he got loose--rather than inform the assembled officers that it was Juliet's fault. And after Juliet fesses up to it herself, Lassiter again snaps that the priority is catching the guy rather than placing blame for his escape.
39** And then Lassiter reluctantly calls in Psych and tells them to take this case seriously, because "the reputation of one of our own [Juliet] is at stake."
40* At the end of "There's Something About Mira," when Shawn, Jules, and Lassiter are rushing to save Gus, and Shawn begs them to give him a gun--Gus is in danger!
41** Shawn is also very upset to learn that Gus had been married and Shawn never knew.
42* In "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead", Shawn is upset to see that the museum forgot to co-credit Gus for the discovery of the dinosaur skeleton earlier in the season. When Gus finds out about this, Shawn promises to rectify this. The end of the episode also sees Gus being co-credited for finding the mummy.
43* In "Meat Is Murder... But Murder Is Also Murder", Gus' uncle (who believes that Gus is the lead psychic) comes to visit. Shawn does his best to help Gus maintain this facade.
44** The montage where Shawn, Gus, and Burton are visiting restaurants the critic has reviewed. While it's all for the case, they do seem to have a genuinely good time.
45** Shawn notably gets a lot more serious and sympathetic when the deceased food critic's wife reveals his emotionally-abusive behavior.
46* In "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?", Gus learns that the school accepted his application, but his parents turned it down and lied about it. At the end of the episode, when Henry asks if he should "tell Gus that he ran over his dog", Shawn says no, because "he's gone through enough".
47* In ''Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy'', Gus delivers an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to his parents, angry that they're still treating him like a child and how he's a lot more responsible than they are at this point. In the middle of it he also defends Shawn.
48-->'''Gus:''' Shawn may not have always been the best influence on me, but he's always believed in me, even when I didn't believe in myself, and right now I believe in him.
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52* In 3.01: Henry let Shawn hate and resent him, for ''years'', so that Shawn wouldn't resent his mother for leaving.
53* "Which do you think they'd rather have? One million dollars, or 6 more months with you? You know damn well what they will choose, and they won't have to think about it for a second."
54** This is immediately followed up by another. Dutch The Clutch has been spending the episode [[spoiler: attempting suicide by sabotaging his own stunts because he has terminal cancer and the only way he can get a massive insurance payout for his family is if he is killed during a stunt]] when Shawn gives him that speech. [[spoiler: Dutch is about to perform the life-ending stunt. After listening to the speech, he corrects Shawn about a BrickJoke (he ''was'' the kid who squirted milk from his eye) as he undoes the sabotage and proceeds to succeed in the stunt.]]
55* The speech Shawn makes in 3.02.
56--> '''Shawn''': Burton Guster has been my best friend since we were five. And maybe, just maybe, if any of you can look yourselves in the mirror and know that you've been half as good a friend to someone else as Gus has been to me, well you too can be considered "Great." Give it up for my best friend, Burton Guster.
57* In "Gus Walks into a Bank", when Shawn realizes Gus is being held hostage, he ''immediately'' tries to vault the car and run into the bank. Lassiter and Juliet have to physically restrain him.
58** Gus telling Shawn that he loves him, and clinging to him in a tight bear hug for several seconds while visibly holding back tears.
59** Later in the same episode, Shawn's first word to the wife of Stubbins (the man forced to rob the bank) are, "I have a message from your husband". Stubbins ''did'' send a message to his wife. No doubt Shawn delivered it word for word.
60** Near the end of the episode, Shawn sees how the bad guys have made their escape and immediately sends Luntz in the wrong direction so he can give Lassiter a big win. Lassiter barely questions it and agrees to follow Shawn's lead.
61* In "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing":
62** Even though it's in their standard obnoxious, immature, lackadaisical way, Shawn and Gus are determined to clear Lassiter's name, and even though there's no love lost between them, Shawn pulls out all the stops to get to the truth. Lassiter even appears to gain a little bit--the smallest possible bit--of respect for Shawn's methods along the way.
63*** Chief Vick immediately expresses absolute faith in Lassiter's innocence--he says he didn't do it, and she believes him.
64** Lassiter showing a very rare moment of concern for Shawn after he's pistol-whipped by Drimmer. Lassiter isn't above handling Shawn a little roughly himself--in fact in the very next episode he shoves Shawn to his knees hard enough to make him shout--but he's on Shawn's side when the chips are down.
65** Juliet is insistent that Lassiter is still her partner after he is suspended and replaced with Drimmer. While it's not fair for Gus and Shawn to criticize her for it, even they consider it too soon.
66** Shawn asking Henry for a personal favor to look after a despondent Lassie, "a fellow cop in need of help."
67* In "Christmas Joy", Gus' parents forgive each other for their respective secrets and vices. Even though everything falls apart when Joy reveals her fling with Shawn, they have all made up the next time we see them.
68** Henry wasn't a perfect dad, but he sure as shit gave Shawn a perfect Christmas once upon a time.
69* Shawn's utterly unstrung, frantic, babbling panic when he's trying to pull the limp figure who he mistakes for Gus out of the shallow water of the reservoir in "Tuesday the 17th".
70* After 14-year-old Shawn informs a quarterback about how the other team intercepted seven of his passes, the man walks off expressionlessly. Henry starts to lecture Shawn about his bluntness when the quarterback comes back and gives Shawn the game ball, to Shawn and Henry's [[{{Squee}} awestruck glee.]]
71* Lassiter signs his divorce papers without qualms and very calmly and sweetly tells his ex-wife that he's going to let her go because that's what she wants.
72-->'''Lassiter:''' Let's skip this part. I signed them while you were in the bathroom.\
73'''Victoria:''' Two years ago you would have thrown them in the fire.\
74'''Lassiter:''' Two years ago I would have ''lit'' them on fire and put them back in your purse.
75* In the third season finale, Shawn tells Gus that [[spoiler: he has to act the fool to avoid all the pressure and terror of the case and the general misery of detective work crush him.]] When Gus realizes how close Shawn is to breaking down, he immediately turns around and says inappropriate jokes, drawing the ire of everyone around them and giving Shawn some space. He continues to do this throughout the episode to help Shawn when it's been clearly established that in normal circumstances, he wouldn't dare neglect his own dignity - and Shawn wholeheartedly thanks him for it.
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79* In the flashback of 4.02 "He Dead," Shawn's father lectures him for trying to get out of visiting a neighbor family because they're "weird."
80-->'''Henry:''' Shawn, there's something weird about every family. That's what makes America great.
81* The entire premise of "High Noon-Ish" is that Lassiter is determined to save an old west tourist trap because he practically grew up there and the man who owns/runs it was more of a father to him than his own.
82* "Shawn Gets the Yips"
83** The episode opens with the entire SBPD (alongside Shawn and Gus) celebrating [=McNab=]'s birthday. Everyone is enjoying themselves till the killer shows up and things go south.
84** When Shawn is on the elliptical (which he thinks is rigged with a bomb), he confesses to Gus that he was paid $800 for his involvement in the Petrovich case (Gus found out about this earlier in the episode and Shawn told him he was paid only $500). Gus (who also believes that the elliptical was rigged, and that his friend could die any time), forgives him for withholding the information. Any other time, he would have been pissed.
85* The shot of Lassie hugging a crying Juliet [[spoiler:after she was almost killed by Mr. Yin.]]
86** Also, Lassie's determination to go and save her after they've found out Abigail was taken too, and the latter has become the priority.
87** The fact that she was resigned to her fate when Lassiter and Gus arrived, after willingly sacrificing herself in order for Abigail to be saved in her stead, is pretty heroic. Which makes her breakdown all the more heartrending.
88** [[spoiler:How Lassie saves Juliet: He shoves his ''gun'' in the clockwork to stop it from moving. Lassie loves his guns (remember his half-shrieked "my baby!" in "Last Night Gus"?), but he sacrificed it to protect his partner.]]
89* "A Very Juliet Episode", most stuff with Lassie.
90* This:
91--> '''Mary:''' [[spoiler: ''(As he's dying)'' Do you think they have racquetball in heaven?]]
92--> '''Shawn:''' I know they do.
93** In that same episode, [[spoiler: Shawn and Gus at Mary's funeral, placing racquets on his coffin while wearing gym shorts and sweat bands. Also heartbreaking when you take a moment to realize that apart from the priest and a woman who is presumably Mary's mother, they were the only ones there. The poor guy didn't even have any friends.]]
94* During the exorcism in "The Devil's in the Details...and the Upstairs Bathroom" when Shawn repeats "You're all right, you're all right," to the girl being exorcised--whose mental state nobody else seemed to worry about.
95* From "Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark", this one also counts as a CMOA. After Shawn has [[ItMakesSenseInContext shot the front of a truck while on the hood of Lassie's car going 80 mph]] and now the day is saved, Lassie gives us this gem as he slaps the cuffs on the suspect
96--->Lassie: Nice shooting, Detective.
97** The moment when Shawn says "Dad!" as he moves forward to rest on top of the car while Henry rushes to him to help him get there. Plus, the "If you could just mail me back to my dad, that would be awesome."
98** A minor one, but once Gus, Juliet, and Lassiter realize that Shawn has been shot and kidnapped, Lassiter refers to Shawn by his first name, something he almost never does. He may not particularly like Shawn at this point, but he certainly respects him.
99** For that matter, Lassiter doesn't disparage Shawn in front of Henry while the two of them are hunting him down.
100** When Shawn tells Henry he has a clear shot, Henry doesn't hesitate to hand him the gun--even though Shawn's clinging to the hood of a speeding car, shooting at another speeding car with his kidnapper firing back at them, is shooting with his non-dominant hand, has an open and untreated bullet wound in that same shoulder, and has the sun in his eyes. He knows that his son is a damn fine marksman, and he trusts him without hesitation when the chips are down.
101* In "He Dead" Shawn asks Henry what he would say if he only had a few seconds to live. Henry starts bumbling so Shawn gets impatient and leaves. After he leaves Henry replies, "I love you."
102* In "Let's Get Hairy", after spending the episode being annoyed at Gus for flirting with their client's sister, he sets him up on a date with her after the case is solved. However, she is never mentioned again, so it presumably didn't work out.
103* "High Top Fade Out":
104** Shawn shows a surprising level of restraint and respect while attending the funeral of one of Gus' college friends (even though he gets up and yells "Hallelujah" at one point). When Gus is singing, he is clearly impressed and excited.
105** After spending most of the episode antagonistic towards Gus, Tony and Joon are glad to see him alive and well after the latter two were kidnapped.
106** Leonard encrypted the video to be opened by music because he wanted to get his band-mates together again. Granted, he didn't live to see this, but it worked.
107** While Gus never maintained contact with Tony and Joon, he did stay in touch with Leonard.
108** Shawn calling out Juliet and Lassiter for not caring that Gus' life might be in danger, after he and his bandmates are nearly blown up by a car bomb.
109* In "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode", Shawn immediately gets behind Lassiter's shot in the dark, supports him whole-heartedly. Gentle ribbing, of course, but full support.
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113* It's a small one but it's nice to see Gus not only encourage but tutor Lassie in his tap-dancing.
114* "You kill him, I kill you," delivered in a completely serious tone. Might also counts as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
115** That line is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, and the Heartwarming is just before that:
116-->'''Shawn''': I can't watch him die. You'll have to kill me first.
117-->'''Gus''': You must be outta your damn mind if you think I'm gonna sit here and die after watching you die...I don't blame you, Shawn. I want you to know that if I had the chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing. You're my best friend, and we got a chance to live out our childhood dreams. I DON'T BLAME YOU. Okay? And I'm sorry if I couldn't always cut loose the way you wanted me too.
118* "Not Even Close... Encounters":
119** It turns out that Molly is just as big a nerd as her husband Dennis, who has been hiding his true personality fearing that she will reject him.
120** Despite (presumably) not seeing them for 20 years and becoming a completely different person, Dennis still remembers Shawn and Gus when they knock at his door.
121* Henry tells Shawn that he's ruined his fair share of relationships by not communicating and tells him to get off his duff and share it. This is immediately followed by Shawn sharing this with [=McNab=].
122* Juliet and Shawn have just had this tough case. Juliet is upset over Shawn being a goof and runs outside crying. Shawn intercepts her outside and starts to ramble about how much he loves his motorcycle because of how it's singular, and the freedom, etc.
123--> '''Juliet:''' I get it, I get it. You love your motorcycle. Get to the point.
124--> '''Shawn:''' Ever since I met you, I've been thinking about buying a car.
125** So Shawn, and so much "I love you".
126* Shawn's ReasonYouSuckSpeech to the VillainOfTheWeek in "Shawn and Gus In Drag (Racing)," an adrenaline junkie street racer who killed the victim for leaving his crew and kidnapped Gus.
127--> "You've got it all wrong, man. God's greatest gift isn't adrenaline, it's friendship. I would never do anything to hurt Gus, even if he betrayed me."
128* In Season 5, Episode 14 "The Polarizing Express" at the end. Henry's fallen asleep and Shawn puts a (pineapple) blanket over him. Furthermore, this is just after Shawn asks Chief Vick to give Henry his job back.
129* When Shawn goes to Lassiter to try to make things right in the Czarsky case in "The Polarizing Express," Lassiter is even angrier and more impatient with him than usual. But instead of being his normal flippant and obnoxious self, Shawn admits that he screwed up royally, and tells Lassiter that he admires his discipline and dedication. They have a brief moment of mutual respect, and for the rest of the case, the two treat each other with a little less hostility than they normally do.
130* The entire premise of "The Polarizing Express" is an inversion of ItsAWonderfulPlot. Instead of looking at how good his life is, he's looking at how much the people in his life have helped him become a better person and how he doesn't appreciate them.
131** Lassiter: His drive and dedication really do make him an excellent detective and Shawn doesn't respect him enough.
132** Juliet: Also an excellent detective, albeit with insecurities, and Shawn's too focused on her as a pretty girl and not enough as a competent professional.
133** Gus: The solid rock in Shawn's life, who he's turned into a figure of mockery and dismissal.
134** Henry: His dad took the liaison job to protect Shawn, yes, but he also loves his son and enjoys working with him.
135* Next episode, "Dead Bear Walking" has a subtle one - the whole episode, Lassiter has been embarrassing himself in front of his sister; she just confessed to Shawn that she doesn't look up to him any more. What does he do? [[spoiler: figure out who the murderer is from the evidence Lassiter collected, place the incriminating document on top so Lassiter would remember it and then pretend to lose his train of thought (or 'forget his lines', as he's being filmed), allowing Lassiter to step up and be a hero in front of his sister.]] All without anybody noticing.
136* The fact that Henry would frame and hang up on his wall a picture that Shawn made as a grown man which is described as "not bad for a toddler" in "Yang 3 in 2D".
137* In "Viagra Falls" despite being annoyed at Peters and Boone for overshadowing them, Shawn and Gus are adamant that they solve the case together after Chief Vick fires all four of them.
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141* In the season premiere, Shawn blurts out, on lie detector, that he loves Juliet. This prompts Lassiter to later calmly announce--AGAIN on lie detector, no less--that if Shawn hurts or disrespects Juliet in anyway, [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer Lassiter will shoot him]]. Repeatedly.
142** Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments CMoF]]
143* The end of "This Episode Sucks": Lassie's been writing a note for the woman he's been involved with for the episode [[spoiler:who was stealing blood for her ill brother]]. He was rather angry, and we're lead to think the letter is an angry breakup note. Then we get to see what he actually wrote: [[spoiler:"My dearest Marlowe, I will wait for you for the next six to eight months. See you next Wednesday"]] All together now: aaaaawww!
144** Even more heartwarming when you think of Lassiter's attitude towards [[spoiler:criminals]].
145** The window love people the window love!
146** Heck, just the fact that he's smiling. Not in glee over his rivalry with Shawn, not over being crazy prepared, not over anything of that sort at all but simply because he's honestly happy and not angry in the least... that's pretty heartwarming.
147* When we see Marlowe again in “Let’s Do-wop It Again” Marlowe and Lassiter are almost the definition of SickeninglySweethearts. You will hate the one “no touching” guard.
148** A small moment in the episode with ''Series/TheBachelor''-style reality TV parody. Carlton calls out the contestants in his usual way, saying that true love can't be found on television. Shawn pipes up with "The pasty detective is right. True love isn't found on television, it's found in a woman's correctional facility". Lassie takes a moment to smile fondly to himself.
149* Throughout "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat", Shawn has been [[MinorInjuryOverReaction griping about]] his UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS being stolen. We're led to believe this is him being his normal ManChild self. When Gus retrieves it, he hears an uncharacteristic rattling. [[spoiler: Shawn hid an engagement ring in the battery compartment...]]
150* Shawn and Henry's conversation at the end of "Santabarbaratown", [[spoiler: right before Henry gets shot]], in which they finally admit to one another that they respect each other as cops.
151** The forehead kiss. Dear God, the forehead kiss!
152** The moment where Shawn says that his greatest fear used to be something happening to him, followed by something happening to Gus, but Juliet has thrown that all around.
153* In "Heeeeere's Lassie," when the killer tries to push Shawn and Gus off of a roof, Shawn shoves Gus out of her way first, before acting to save himself.
154** Gus's line":
155-->"Yes, Mr. O'Hara, Shawn has bent the truth on occasion, but he's as decent as they come. He's the kind of guy I'd want my daughter to marry...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments provided he was mostly black...and God-fearing...and she wasn't really my daughter.]]"
156** Before that, when Shawn asks Jules's father for her hand, Frank unexpectedly tells him that, while he likes Shawn, he suspects that he hasn't been completely honest with Jules and he wants her to marry someone who has never lied to her. It shows that, for all Frank's dishonesty, he genuinely cares about his daughter and wants her to be happy.
157** The bit when Lassie's detoxed from the crazy-gas. O'Hara drapes a blanket around him and asks for anything in the world that could make him feel better, Shawn brings him gazpacho, etc.
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161* "Santabarbaratown 2" is chock full of this. Everything to do with Shawn's genuine concern for his dad, and ''Lassie'' of all people helping Shawn with his wacky scheme because it was for Shawn's dad, and he knew he would probably do the same thing.
162-->"I love you...r french toast".
163* Toward the end of "Juliet Takes a Luvvah", Shawn talks about moving in together, and launches into one of his oddball non-sequitors - this one about pugs - and Juliet is right there with him on it. It's hilarious and heartwarming just how much on the same wavelength they are.
164* Even though [[spoiler: Lassiter's apparent kidnap and possible murder by Bigfoot]] is PlayedForLaughs, Jules' utter determination to find him and staunch refusal to believe that he's dead is pretty sweet.
165** Lassiter, when he thinks he's going to die, gives a speech about how he accepts his mother and her wife, apologizes to Marlowe for not making it out and . . .
166-->Lassiter: O'Hara, you are the best partner I have ever--!
167** Kate, the hippie filmmaker, gives Lassiter (who's been constantly insulting her) a wool hat to keep him warm at night when he volunteers to stand guard despite his damp clothes.
168** In the final scene, Lassiter says that he dislikes how the Bigfoot documentary portrays him as a stiff-necked bumbler, but he's willing to overlook that due to how well it captures Juliet's heroism.
169* "Cirque du Soul"
170** Jules letting Lassie and Marlowe stay with her and Shawn when the latter's parole officer tries to screw them both over.
171** Shawn patching things up with Rachel(offscreen) after his actions cause her to break up with Gus.
172** Shawn also tries to convince Max that Gus is "the coolest dude ever", to which Max casually responds "I know". This is a nice gesture given that Max spent the whole episode favoring Shawn over Gus.
173** Henry giving advice to Gus.
174** The end of the episode sees both Lassie and Woody giving individual flower bouquets to Jules - the former for getting Ursula Gibbs off his back, and the latter for setting him up with Ursula. Lassie even calls Jules a "good lady" for her actions.
175* "Deez Nups": Just how deeply and genuinely happy Lassiter is to marry Marlowe, and vice-versa.
176-->'''Lassiter:''' "Marlowe Viccellio, you have given me something to believe in even stronger than the NRA's Code of Ethics."
177** Seeing Lassiter sorta admit that Shawn and Gus are his friends.
178** Lassiter is just so damn pleased to see his friend Stumpy and get a bachelor party.
179** Then, when Lassie learns that Rizzo (a mob boss Lassie's wanted a long time) has Marlowe and is offering her in exchange for his accountant...
180-->'''Lassiter:''' No! I have waited too long for this! We're doing the exchange and I'll just have to get Rizzo another time.
181** Rizzo's description of Marlowe as 'one tough broad' elicits a very proud "That's my gal" from Lassiter.
182** And then, before their first kiss, Lassie and Marlowe [[http://static.tvtome.com/images/genie_images/news_hub/uploaded/Drunews136564684803/palm.jpg do the hand-to-hand thing]] [[CallBack they did at the prison.]]
183** Lassiter's mom and her partner both walk him down the aisle during the ceremony and they each give him a kiss on the cheek before taking their seats. Given that Lassie previously mentioned his struggles with accepting his mom's sexuality, it's an extra sweet moment.
184*** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, after the shoot-out at the wedding was over, we see that Carlton has moved in front of the seats where his mother & her partner was sitting, indicating he was protecting them.
185*** Vick also ducks in front of Big Wendy to protect her when the shoot-out starts.
186** The fact that Shawn and Gus threw Lassiter a bachelor party, even though he insists on not having one. Gets even more heartwarming when it's revealed that the only reason he didn't want one is because he didn't have any close guy friends besides Shawn and Gus.
187* Lassiter's interactions with [[spoiler: his dog]] are pretty heartwarming. It's just too bad [[spoiler: it's in an alternate timeline]].
188* A small one, but when Shawn is concussed in "Right Turn or Left For Dead," Chief Vick pats him on the head and makes him tea.
189* After spending a couple episodes [[spoiler: slowly reconciling after their breakup, Jules tells Shawn that the only way they could get back together is if he told the Chief that he's not really psychic]]. Shawn initially flat out refuses. Cut to the end of the episode where we see that he's about to do precisely that [[spoiler: only for Jules to rush in at the last minute and cover for him.]] If we ever doubted just how far he was willing to go for her, this seals it.
190** Heartwarming in a different way is that Shawn didn't refuse because of ego or fear of being arrested, but because he wants to keep helping people.
191-->'''Shawn:''' That's not gonna happen because if I do that, then all of this goes away. All of it, and with it goes the good. All the lives that I've saved, the lives that I've improved. This is what I have, Jules. This is how I do good.
192** When she realizes what Shawn is doing, Juliet rushes in and makes up a lie that he's covering for her conducting a a warrantless search.
193* In its own way, the fact that Shawn takes it upon himself to draw Jules aside and tell her the truth in "Office Space" counts. Granted, she wasn't happy about it, but it shows that he ''is'' making progress in being honest with her.
194* The Chief ends up suspended so that the others won't be. She's willing to stand by their methods because they bring results no matter how unorthodox or problematic they may be. Shawn gives her a big hug for it. And to top it off, the Chief leaves the office optimistically looking forward to picking up her daughter from school for the first time in months.
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198* Lassiter's reaction to finding out [[spoiler:he's going to be a papa!!!]]
199* In "Psych: the Musical" when [[spoiler:Yang]] dies, we get to see her in an AfterLifeAntechamber [[spoiler:with ''Mary Lightly''!!. Not only do we get to see the Mary again, but he's definitely in heaven, and he's ''wearing racquet ball gear!'']]
200* "1967: A Psych Odyssey":
201** Lassiter and Juliet's last conversation, which also doubles as a TearJerker
202-->'''Juliet:''' "You're still the chief of police."
203-->'''Lassiter:''' "What's it worth? You've never left me out there, not for one day."
204-->'''Juliet:''' "You know you have to do this."
205-->'''Lassiter:''' "No, I don't. You're still my subordinate, so you listen to me. We have spent eight long years putting our lives in each other's hands. I have watched you fight. I have watched you almost die."
206-->'''Juliet:''' "But you didn't let me."
207-->'''Lassiter:''' "That's a two-way street. I never would have gotten here without you. You've been so much more than a partner. You're my confidante. You've showed me immeasurable patience and loyalty. You are very important to me, Juliet, and I don't always do a really great job of letting you know that. So I'm telling you now. And you deserve to be this department's head detective just as much as I deserve to be its chief. And I'm not going to do that without you. So I've made my decision."
208-->'''Juliet:''' "Me too."
209-->'''Juliet:''' "You inspire me, partner. Always have. You have believed in me since day one. You have given me courage and strength and taught me accountability and how to ration my ammo in the event of a nuclear holocaust."
210-->'''Lassiter:''' "You're welcome for that".
211-->'''Juliet:''' "You have a family to think about now. It's time to turn the page, Carlton. And you know what, just knowing you would make that sacrifice for me gives me all the clarity I need."
212-->'''Lassiter:''' "What the hell are you talking about?"
213-->'''Juliet:''' "Everything happens for a reason. I'm going with Karen. And you are gonna be chief. And it is all gonna be okay."
214** Every hugging Karen when she says goodbye and Karen asking Juliet to be her new head detective.
215* The main plot of "Someone's Got a Woody". Woody has been taken hostage and everyone at the station (specifically Shawn, Gus, Juliet and Lassie) do their best to save him, not because he's their coroner, but because Woody is their friend. Multiple times, Juliet expresses her disdain for Trout's methods of trying to save Woody, mostly because his methods could have resulted in Woody dying.
216** Talk about character growth! Lassiter tells Juliet it's her call, he'll follow her lead with respect to Trout and his shoot first policies. From an aggressive shoot-first misogynist control freak in the first season, Lassie's now willing to take a back seat and follow his partner's lead. Heartwarming and awesome. Hearstwarsming.
217** "Hey, Cyrus, Woody's daughter's here!" Woody darts to the door. He's a joke character, but that's a little moment.
218* "Shawn and Gus Truck Thing Up": The new baby has her first smile after Shawn gives her one of his toys from his childhood. Gus [[MoodWhiplash ruins the moment]] by grabbing the toy back ("Mine!").
219* The running theme of "A Touch of Sweevil" is that Lassiter has asked the gang to up their weirdness in an effort to get his new head detective to leave because he really wants Juliet back.
220* The very last few scenes of the series. [[spoiler:Gus realizes he doesn't like his new job, and comes all the way to San Francisco to continue being Shawn's partner. Then Shawn proposes to Juliet. Just in time for another MoodWhiplash to end on a funny note]].
221* From the last episode when Lassie is [[spoiler:watching the DVD that Shawn made for him, he finally has physical proof that Shawn admits he's a fake. He pops out the DVD before the part where he says it and destroys it.]]
222** Then the cherry on top, his last scene is him calling up his wife, telling her to put the baby on the phone, and then in the sweetest voice ever says "Hey Lily. This is daddy".
223* Earlier in the episode, the new lead detective is balking at Lassie making her choose a partner, in the end she comes to Lassie saying she's finally picked one. [[spoiler:It's Buzz.]]
224* Also from the finale, Shawn calls Henry to help him catch the killer. Henry just looks so happy.
225-->"He finally called me."
226* Lassiter and Shawn hug ''twice'' in the finale.
227* "I'm an adventurer now, with a friendship for the ages."
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230* Henry seems to have taken his vow to try new things to heart, as he's taken up a whole bunch of new hobbies, including meditation.
231* Lassie's brief but meaningful talk with Juliet.
232* In the opening of the movie, Shawn runs afoul of a local fence while searching for the engagement ring that was stolen in the series finale, but manages to bullshit his way out of trouble with a tarot reading. At the end of the movie, the fence returns... [[spoiler:and it turns out that Shawn's fake predictions came true (thanks to Buzz) and the fence is so impressed that he not only finds the ring and brings it to Shawn, but he also agrees to marry Shawn and Juliet right on the spot - it turns out that he's also an ordained minister.]]
233** [[spoiler: During said wedding, Karen immediately and happily steps in as Juliet’s maid of honor, showing how far their friendship has grown since the start of the series.]]
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236[[folder:Lassie Come Home]]
237* The film's plot was conceived to give Lassiter a central role because everyone wanted to work with Timothy Omundson again and made every effort to put Lassiter at the center of the plot while taking Omundson's real-life stroke recovery into consideration.
238* Henry and Shawn have a touching bonding moment when they [[spoiler:both mistakenly believe that Jules is pregnant]].
239* Gus finally gets a moment of happiness when he gets engaged to Selene, who's pregnant with his child.
240* As Lassiter is about to be killed by the culprit, his dad's ghost appears again and gives him a much needed pep talk, apologizing for dying and telling him that he was always there for Lassie. This allows Lassie to get out his gun and fight for his life.
241* Lassie's final scene, thanking Juliet and Henry.
242-->'''Lassiter:''' Thank you. Both of you.\
243'''Henry:''' For what?\
244'''Lassiter:''' How much time do you have?
245** And when he finally manages to stand up and walk over to his wife. They even recreate the hand touch from her first appearance!
246-->'''Lassiter:''' I just wanted to look my wife in the eye when I said "Let's go home."
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249[[folder:This Is Gus]]
250* Shawn and Gus have been going out of their way to help Lassiter try and get back to work, even driving all the way to Santa Barbara to help him wrap up a high-profile case. They also drive him around in their car with him sitting in the driver's seat (since they have a driving school vehicle) so he can briefly feel like he's independent again.
251* Henry refuses to let Lassiter give up and dodge his calls. He heads to Lassiter's house to badger him into helping with a case and gives him advice about being more than a cop. We also see that his wife and daughter adore him and refuse to give up on him.
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