Weekend Plans Post: Psych

I’ve mentioned before that Maribou and I do little date nights during the week where we do little more than watch a show together before bed. The shows *TEND* to be light… Rocky and Bullwinkle, Batman: The Animated Series and such… but, sometimes, we branch out to Wheel of Time and that Reacher show.

To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure that Wheel of Time or Reacher are particularly good shows for “right before bed”. Too many stressful situations, too many cliffhangers, and Reacher tends to have at least one really good fistfight per episode and the last thing I need right before falling asleep is a jolt of adrenaline.

Which brings me to Psych. We’ve started watching Psych.

This was a show from around 2006 (hey, it’s old enough to vote!) and the general conceit is that it’s a light comedy police procedural where Our Protagonist, Shawn Spencer, is a gifted kid who was raised somewhat strictly by his police officer dad and pushed to get really, really good at observing things. So good, in fact, that he can pass as psychic for the local police department during the waning days when police departments still hired psychics on as consultants.

I mean, I hope it was the waning days. I’d hate to think that police departments still hire psychics…

Anyway, Our Protagonist is charming as heck, a bit of a slacker, has a just-on-the-nice-side-of-stressful relationship with his dad (Barry Corbin), and has a Heterosexual Life Partner in his best friend Gus, and every episode is devoted to Shawn refusing to grow up but solving the case anyway.

There is usually a little bit of cringe comedy (of which I am not particularly a fan) but, for the most part, it’s a charming and light-hearted show. Even though it usually involves a murder or two or three. Life goes on.

One thing that surprised me was that, when I first saw a few episodes back in 2006, I thought that the police officer foil had a stick up his butt and needed to lighten up. Now that it is the current year, I watch the same show and think “this guy is a serious person doing a serious job and he resents that a psychic comes in and helps solve cases”.

I wondered if I’d stall out and not make it through the first season but I am surprised to find myself downright charmed. Though Shawn is much more obnoxious in the current year than he was in 2006.

This weekend will be spent doing multiple get-togethers. We’re meeting up with dear friends to just eat and hang out on Friday night and, Saturday, we’re doing the eating and gaming with our gaming group. And it’s the last weekend before Lent! Golly! Time flies.

So… what’s on your docket?

(Featured image is “Dignity”. Photo taken by the author.)