#(I am still not over John Cena playing Ewan O'Hara I'm sorry)
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One of my favorite things about Psych is how when they establish a character fact, they stick with it.
Have I at all heard that Gus did tap before the Episode Where He Does Tap? No! But it's brought up/he does tap in several episodes afterwards!!! (Tap-Man and the Seabirds comes to mind)
Did Juliet have a brother before Ewan "JOOOOOHN CEEEEENAAAAA" O'Hara appeared? Not really, although they DID say she had a large (at least extended) family. And they bring him up afterwards!! (Obviously the Bourne episode but also her dad mentions her "and the boys" growing up with Lloyd)
Did Shawn know what Phineas and Ferb was before it was referenced?? Who knows!! But now he's watching their marathons!!
And like!! We love that!! I can't super think of any other examples but there's something so refreshing and comforting to have details that for any other show would've been one-offs never to be brought up again instead become a more nuanced part of the character as a whole!!!
#edit: NOT TO ADD IN ANOTHER THING. BUT I JUST REMEMBERED THAT THEY MENTION THE EP1 DETECTIVE SEVERAL TIMES!!!!#obviously psych isn't perfect#I'm sure there are some details and plotholes in season one or somewhere else that don't get ironed out#but!!!#BUT STILL!!!!#I love psych your honor#just yelling into the void#psych 2006#burton guster#ewan o'hara#juliet o'hara#shawn spencer#I feel like I'm going feral#is this good writing? is this what a good show is?#I feel like I've been living off a steady diet of spn and spn-lite with only avatar as the pinnacle of shows#(it is but with only one example and it's literally peak writing I feel like I haven't actually watched a well-written show in ages)#shows I've liked? sure! shows with heart? certainly!#but good shows??? consistently well-written. long-ass. funny. heartfelt. good shows???#chat am I crazy or is psych actually a wonderful show with good (even if sometimes dated) writing???#(I am still not over John Cena playing Ewan O'Hara I'm sorry)
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