| # |
# Episode |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
1 |
"Pilot" |
July 7, 2006 |
| Shawn gets accused of being an accomplice in a crime because he is too observant of the clues around him. He convinces police that he is a psychic, and he and Gus solve a kidnapping case involving a local textile magnate's son. |
| 2 |
2 |
"Spellingg Bee" |
July 14, 2006 |
| When what begins as a little competitive sabotage in a regional spelling bee quickly escalates to murder, Shawn and Gus investigate the mysterious death of a reclusive former-champion Spellmaster who was ferreting out a cheater. |
| 3 |
3 |
"Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" |
July 21, 2006 |
| Shawn and Gus become wedding crashers at a posh ceremony in order to retrieve a stolen antique engagement ring inexplicably taken from an impenetrable vault under surveillance; and theft turns to murder when things start to come unraveled. |
| 4 |
4 |
"Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets" |
July 28, 2006 |
| When two men are paroled after serving four years for bank robbery, the wife of a third robber who died fears that she may be in danger and calls on Shawn to use his "powers" in order to speak to the spirit of her dead husband and determine the location of the missing money. |
| 5 |
5 |
"9 Lives" |
August 4, 2006 |
| In order to continue his investigation into a suicide that he believes is actually a murder, Shawn pretends he's getting clues from the victim's cat. And when another victim turns up soon after, Shawn realizes he may be hunting a serial killer with a bizarre MO. |
| 6 |
6 |
"Weekend Warriors" |
August 11, 2006 |
| Shawn and Gus eat at a Civil War reenactment where a fake death turns out to be a little too real. |
| 7 |
7 |
"Who Ya Gonna Call?" |
August 18, 2006 |
| Shawn and Gus investigate a man's claim that a ghost is trying to kill him, while Lassiter and O'Hara attempt to unravel the murder of a local psychologist. |
| 8 |
8 |
"Shawn vs. the Red Phantom" |
August 25, 2006 |
| Shawn and Gus sneak into a comic book convention, posing as the assistants of the convention's featured guest George Takei, to locate a missing teenager. |
| 9 |
9 |
"Forget Me Not" |
January 19, 2007 |
| Shawn and Gus attempt to help an old friend of the Spencer family who is convinced he solved a murder but cannot recall what murder due to Alzheimers. |
| 10 |
10 |
"From the Earth to the Starbucks" |
January 26, 2007 |
| When Lassiter doubts his own crime-solving ability, Shawn tries to boost his confidence by helping him solve an astronomer's mysterious death. |
| 11 |
11 |
"He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead" |
February 2, 2007 |
| Shawn and Gus are given a case involving a naked man who claims he was abducted by aliens, and the investigation introduces the P.I. to the strange world of speed dating. |
| 12 |
12 |
"Cloudy...Chance of Murder" |
February 9, 2007 |
| A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst and his lover is charged with his murder despite her claims of innocence. Shawn is convinced that the defendant is innocent and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case. |
| 13 |
13 |
"Game Set...Muuurder?" |
February 16, 2007 |
| After Shawn springs Gus from a corporate retreat he must then find the attacker of a tennis star before he strikes again. |
| 14 |
14 |
"Poker? I Barely Know Her" |
February 23, 2007 |
| Shawn and Gus investigate a secret underground poker ring when the son of one of Henry's friends goes missing, and Juliet ignores the advice of her co-workers to plan a surprise birthday party for Lassiter. |
| 15 |
15 |
"Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" |
March 2, 2007 |
| When Juliet goes undercover in a sorority, she enlists Shawn and Gus to investigate strange goings-on that seem to be related to a 20-year-old urban legend; and Lassiter is temporarily reassigned to work with the brash and abrasive Detective Goochberg. Season Finale, directed by horror legend John Landis. |
| # |
# Episode |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 16 |
1 |
"American Duos" |
July 13, 2007 |
| Shawn and Gus protect a Simon Cowell-esque judge (Tim Curry) from an American Idol style reality show after multiple failed assassination attempts, but it's soon obvious that his massive ego would make anyone want to kill him. |
| 17 |
2 |
"65 Million Years Off" |
July 20, 2007 |
| The police think Shawn is overreaching when he suspects that a dinosaur killed a man, but when it's revealed that the victim was a paleontologist, suddenly his theory seems viable. |
| 18 |
3 |
"Psy vs. Psy" |
July 27, 2007 |
| Shawn may have met his match when an FTD (Federal Treasury Department) agent (Lou Diamond Phillips) brings in a female "psychic" to solve a counterfeiting case, but after an attraction develops between the two psychics, Shawn manages to solve the case and prove himself as the true psychic. |
| 19 |
4 |
"Zero To Murder In Sixty Seconds" |
August 3, 2007 |
| When Lassiter's car is stolen, Shawn manages to track it down to a chop shop with little trouble. However, Shawn is certain that there is more going on and decides to find out what the true crime is. |
| 20 |
5 |
"And Down The Stretch Comes Murder" |
August 10, 2007 |
| A childhood nemesis of Gus and Shawn's, who now works as a jockey, turns to them for help in determining why his horses never win, but the investigation soon turns into a murder case when another jockey dies during a race. |
| 21 |
6 |
"Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder" |
August 17, 2007 |
| When Gus' Uncle Burton (John Amos) visits, Shawn and Gus are forced to pretend that Gus is a psychic due to a misunderstanding, all during the investigation into a food critic's murder. |
| 22 |
7 |
"If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" |
August 24, 2007 |
| Two students at a school for the gifted suspect a teacher of murder, leading Shawn and Gus to go undercover as lecturers on psychic phenomena in order to discover the truth. Coincidentally, both O'Hara - acting as the primary detective for the first time - and Lassiter are looking into the case as well. For Gus the case is somewhat personal, as he intends to find out why he didn't get into the school. |
| 23 |
8 |
"Rob-A-Bye Baby" |
September 7, 2007 |
| Chief Vick assigns Shawn and Gus to use Shawn's psychic powers to screen a new nanny for her before she loses her mind to sleep deprivation. Though Shawn has his eyes on a string of high-profile robberies -- especially after stumbling on a crime scene where the robbery turned to murder after being picked up for harassing nannies and children in the park -- the chief demands that they focus only on the nanny-search. The two are even fired for dividing their attention -- until Shawn determines that there's a connection between the robberies and the nanny agency. |
| 24 |
9 |
"Bounty Hunters!" |
September 14, 2007 |
| When an accused murderer/burglar escapes custody on Juliet's watch, Shawn and Gus enter the case to track him down, only to realize that he is not guilty of murder, but a bounty hunter (Kevin Sorbo) complicates matters further. |
| 25 |
10 |
"Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" |
December 7, 2007 |
| After Gus' parents (Phylicia Rashad and Ernie Hudson) are arrested for murdering an old man around Christmas time, Shawn sets out to prove their innocence, and at the same time show them that he is not a bad influence on Gus. |
| 26 |
11 |
"There's Something About Mira" |
January 11, 2008 |
| Shawn is shocked to learn that Gus has a wife named Mira (Kerry Washington), whom he drunkenly married in 1997 during Spring Break in Mazatlan. His shock turns to intrigue when Mira's fiancee, a private investigator, a stolen refrigerator truck, and a winery come into the picture. In the meantime, O'Hara and Lassiter compete against each other when they learn their scores from their detectives exams. |
| 27 |
12 |
"The Old and The Restless" |
January 18, 2008 |
| Henry goes undercover at a local retirement community to help Shawn and Gus investigate a resident's disappearance. Even after they find the missing man, others from the same home begin to suffer health problems, and Shawn realizes how a break-in at the community's pharmacy links them all together. |
| 28 |
13 |
"Lights, Camera...Homicidio" |
January 25, 2008 |
| A murder is accidentally committed on the set of a telenovela when someone replaced a collapsible prop knife with a real one. As usual, Lassiter considers the case closed, so Shawn sets out to discover why someone would facilitate such an act, and gets a role on the show in the process. |
| 29 |
14 |
"Dis-Lodged" |
February 1, 2008 |
| A high-ranking member of the Monarch Lodge - a secret society in Santa Barbara - is found dead. Henry was once a member himself, and Shawn, having followed him there, believes it was murder. Lassiter discreetly asks Shawn to go undercover, but his soon to be ex-father-in-law is the highest ranking member, and the main suspect. For Gus, the case is an opportunity to rack up some prestigious clients. |
| 30 |
15 |
"Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" |
February 8, 2008 |
| A fashion designer is electrocuted at his exclusive party. Shawn and Gus go undercover, having gotten into the party by pretending to be models, but Gus is more focused on dating one of the models, leaving Shawn all but completely forgotten. Meanwhile, Chief Karen Vick surprises Henry by bringing her female friend into his house and then leaving them alone. Henry is reluctant to date her, but she proves to get just what she wants. Shawn is left frustrated between solving the case without Gus' help and putting up with Henry's need for dating advices. |
| 31 |
16 |
"Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" |
February 15, 2008 |
| As Karen Vick makes a surprising announcement about her future, a 3,000 year-old mummy disappears from a museum. Shawn reasons that the mummy walked out, leading him and a terrified Gus to believe that an actual mummy is on the loose, even more so after the night watchman is found strangled to death. In the meantime, Henry receives a phone call which prompts Shawn to meet him, "without Gus," and as the second season comes to a close, Shawn's entire world turns on its head. |
