1x08 Shawn vs. the Red Phantom - Psych Episode Guide

Psych

- Episode 01x08

Episode: 01x08
Title: Shawn vs. the Red Phantom
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: #1_1008
First Aired: Aug. 25, 2006

Season 1 » Episode #08 - Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

Summary: Juliet goes to Shawn for some help finding a missing teenager, Malone Breyfogle. Because the police aren't able to take the case until he's been missing for forty-eight hours, Shawn and Gus volunteer to investigate. An examination of Malone's room indicates that he's involved in something shady. Furthermore, they suspect that he can be found at TriCon, a comic book and science-fiction convention. This is good news for Gus, who is a comic book enthusiast himself.Lassiter and Chief Vick are out of the office and driving their way to a seminar together. The initial awkwardness between them pales in comparison to the surprise disruption they receive in the middle of their trip.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Talia	played by Bre Blair
George Takei	played by George Takei
Young Shawn	played by Liam James
Leslie Breyfogle	played by Wanda Cannon
Events Coordinator	played by David Nykl
Dent	played by Julius Chapple
Hiltz Kooler	played by Brian Markinson
Rob	played by Cascy Beddow
Don	played by Aaron Ydenberg

Season 1 / Episode 8: - Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

Karen Vick: My water just broke.
Carlton Lassiter: Are you sure?
Karen Vick: No, Carlton, there's water spilling out of me for some other reason.
Carlton Lassiter: Oh, no... Oh, can you move my briefcase?

Season 1 / Episode 8: - Shawn vs. the Red Phantom

Juliet O'Hara: [handing Shawn her notes] Take a look at that. Tell me what you think.
Shawn Spencer: Flower doodle in the upper-right hand corner is excellent. This horse at the bottom doesn't look anything like My Little Pony.
Juliet O'Hara: The writing not the... That's a dog. I draw when I get anxious.
Shawn Spencer: I think you made a wise decision not going into animation.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Shawn takes the final note, "Judgment Day," off the woman's heel, there is clearly a black smudge on the note. But when it cuts to Shawn's point of view the smudge on the back is not visible.
DATE: The opening featuring young Shawn is set in 1986 and one of the Comics Shawn is holding has a Demon Knight poster on the back. Demon Knight wasn't released until 1995.

TRIVIA

When Shawn visits Chief Vick in the maternity ward, he tells her that she needs to take some time off from work and says, "Come back in January." This episode of "Psych" was the last episode to air during the summer of the first season; the next new episode was aired, in fact, the next January.
Many of the character names are taken from the "Batman" comic book series: Dent (Harvey Dent, a.k.a Two-Face), Talia (Talia al-Ghul), Leslie (Dr. Leslie Thompkins, Batman's personal physician), Malone (Matches Malone, a mob boss once impersonated by Batman), and Breyfogle (Norm Breyfogle, an artist who has worked on several "Batman" projects).