I've been getting back logged with all the tv show dvd's piling up. It's hard to pick the one to watch next sometimes, they're all clamoring for my attention. I picked Psych season 4 and had a hoot watching that the last few days. That was the last of the 4 sets that I picked up after the last Black Friday for 8 bucks each. Can't beat that price, huh. James Roday and Dule Hill are back as the fake psychic detective and his funky partner. I've grown accustomed to their entertaining banter and quirky personalities. James Roday's character is still too much of a wild card for personal contact but he's entertaining on TV in nice little 45 minute doses, especially with such great co-stars like Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen and Kristen Nelson. These are all great actors who have brought life to some fun characters. Steve Franks, the show creator, is back as show runner for the 16 episode season which ran on USA from Aug 2009 to March 2010. It looks like they do half the season and take a 2 month break before returning with the rest of the episodes. Steve also wrote and directed some of those episodes. James Roday continues to write, working on three episodes and he takes a shot at directing the season finale. The level of guest stars just continues to rise with Cary Elwes appearing in the first episode. He's a debonair thief that Tim has been after for years. They all run up to Vancouver to try to catch him. The show is set in Santa Barbara but it's really filmed in British Columbia. On the audio commmentaries the cast and crew joke about the amount of Canadian stuff that sneaks into the background of the show.
Rachel Leigh Cook is back as a potential girlfriend for James. In real life James and Maggie Lawson have been together for the last 5 years. In Psych season 5 they start their relationship on the show. Back in season 4 James and Rachel date for a while, then she leaves for a few months, returning later in the season. James Brolin stars as the sheriff at a wild west theme park Tim has been part of for several years. There's something goofy going on and Tim asks the guys to help figure out who's sabotaging the park. Ray Wise asks Gus and Shaun to help him with a girl who seems possessed. You can't beat Ray in nearly any role. He's the best. Jaleel White and Kenan Thompson were a couple of the singers in Dule's a cappella singing group. He hadn't seen them in a while and when the fourth member is found dead they find themselves in a mystery. The dead guyleft a clue in a piece of music. Jaleel used to play Steve Urkel on Family Matters and Kenan was onNickelodeon's All That & Kenan and Kel shows. Michael Rooker and John Hawks kidnap James and he gets shot while they are holding him. Police lessons from Corbin help him get clues out to everyone while he's trapped in the trunk of the car. Arnold Vosloo is a convicted murder that James helps out to save Maggie's old flame. Ali Sheedy returns as Mr Yang in the season finale. Turn out the evil psycho killer had a partner and that creep kidnaps both Maggie and Rachel. James has to try to save both of them before time runs out. Don't worry he saves them but Rachel has had enough and leaves. The final episode had a lot of Hitchcock references in it. I know I didn't get them all since I have never been a very serious Hitchcock fan.
I love that picture above. The shows look and style seem to click with me. The series continues to make me laugh and I plan to pick up season 5 when it gets cheaper. I'll want to watch these again down the road.
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