Psych – Shawn and Gus are vampires and vampire hunters

“Sookie is mine!” – Gus

Tonight’s Psych Halloween show, “This Episode Sucks,” was another sure-to-be-classic themed episode! This time Shawn and Gus are up against vampires! And, these were not nice Twilight vampires, but rather human blood-sucking vampires. Even Carlton bought into their theory that vampires were at play — yes, Carlton! Not only did Carlton believe it, but so did the coroner, Woody. Juliet was the only non-believer.

The vampire theme led to some hilarious Psych moments. My favorite is pictured above, when Shawn and Gus first acted out their theory that a vampire was responsible for the death. Look at Gus’s face — how can you not laugh hysterically at that? Add in, “Sookie is mine!” — priceless!

Poor Count Blacula — no one remembers you. I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of him, but I had heard of Count Chocula (though Gus looked nothing like him). I looked up Count Blacula and Gus was definitely a match for him. Has anyone seen this movie? I was a bit disappointed that Shawn and Gus didn’t stay in their vampire garb for the full episode. Their costumes were … well … take a look….

Though, if they stayed in their costumes the whole time, we would have missed out on seeing them with the vampire hunter paraphernalia: garlic thrown across the interrogation room floor, holy water mister, silver chains, wooden stakes (how cute was Gus with his belt), and Shawn’s bow. Given that, it was definitely worth them switching teams from vampires to vampire hunters.

The case itself was not all that interesting, but was a brilliant set-up for a vampire theme and even more so for Carlton’s new relationship. Of course, it was obvious to everyone other than Carlton that she was up to something, but in the last scene at the jail … aww! She was stealing the blood for a good reason and was desperate to save her brother. That doesn’t make it right, but it was inspiring to see the law-abiding, rules-are-not-to-be-broken Carlton give her a chance. I hope it’s not the last time we see the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Other stuff:

• Psych is known for having great guest stars, but tonight’s were especially well-chosen with Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie), Corey Feldman (Lost Boys) and Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show).
• Last week’s Hangover episode was an overdone theme according fellow clacker, Ivey. Perhaps, that’s because originally the episode was supposed to air in the summer. This week, we have another issue with the season delay — Oprah as an alibi. Oops … Oprah isn’t on anymore.
• Carlton has been building up a resistance to chloroform — you’d think it was Vervain or something.
• Gus both passed out from blood and dropped flat on his face from chloroform — hilarious!
• Perfect use of The Smashing Pumpkins, “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” to open the episode … “The world is a vampire….”

Clacked by Carla Day
on Oct 26, 2011 @ 23:01 EST5EDT