In Santa Barbara, Shawn Spencer (James Roday) is a slacker who was trained rigorously by his police detective father Henry Spencer (Corbin Bernsen). He solves a few crimes by watching TV. However police head detective Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) arrests him for somehow having inside information. To escape spending time in lockup, he pretends to be a psychic. Police chief Karen Vick (Kirsten Nelson) threatens him with jail if he's lying. He pushes childhood friend Gus Guster (Dulé Hill) into starting a psychic detective agency. Juliet O'Hara (Maggie Lawson) is assigned to be Lassiter's partner but she's mostly dismissed by him.
This show is a simple detective procedural with an interesting twist in the premise. It relies on the irreverent relationship between Shawn and Gus. Lassiter is the butt of the jokes. Juliet is the plucky love interest. Corbin Bernsen is a little wrong as the hard nosed dad but he's aged enough to play that part. Kirsten Nelson is probably the weakest element in the main cast. She needs to be somebody who has a fun time getting angry. The gold standard is always Gilbert R. Hill in Beverly Hills Cop. The visual cues of his observations work very well. The show is irreverent fun and as a procedural, one can drop in every once in awhile. The show is always fun and never really changes.
This show is a simple detective procedural with an interesting twist in the premise. It relies on the irreverent relationship between Shawn and Gus. Lassiter is the butt of the jokes. Juliet is the plucky love interest. Corbin Bernsen is a little wrong as the hard nosed dad but he's aged enough to play that part. Kirsten Nelson is probably the weakest element in the main cast. She needs to be somebody who has a fun time getting angry. The gold standard is always Gilbert R. Hill in Beverly Hills Cop. The visual cues of his observations work very well. The show is irreverent fun and as a procedural, one can drop in every once in awhile. The show is always fun and never really changes.