‘Psych’ recap: ‘Nip and Suck It’

In Psych’s latest episode, “Nip and Suck It,” Shawn and Gus compete with Henry to see who can solve the case first.

The episode begins with a group of older people, including Henry, bird watching in the forest. Henry’s ringtone goes off and upsets the group, so he goes down the path to return the phone call. He notices a bracelet on the side of the path, and continues to find signs of a disturbance. He places markers and ends up finding the body of a woman. He goes to the police department and really wants to investigate. Woody discovers the victim, Shelley Aaronson, had toxin in her blood and they realize she had a lot of cosmetic surgery. They decide to go question plastic surgeon Dr. Joan Diamond.

At her office, Shawn checks out the computer and sees Shelley was married to a Mr. Brad Turner. Juliet calls and tells him Shelley had filed a lawsuit against the doctor before her death. Dr. Joan Diamond comes into the office and asks if Gus is there to fix his earlobes. While Gus looks over a pamphlet, Shawn tells Joan he’s a psychic and asks about Shelley. Henry shows up to ask Joan questions, and Shawn discovers the two know each other. Shawn accuses Joan of killing Shelley because of the lawsuit. Shawn tells Henry he doesn’t need his help and Henry leaves.

Shawn and Gus get a couples massage so they can question masseur Brad Turner. They discover Shelley and Brad were married for two weeks. Brad says the two had a prenup and that he’s distressed about her death. On the day she died, she told him she was meeting someone for coffee at a cafe. Gus is feeling insecure about his earlobes now and admits he hasn’t talked to Rachel in over 2 weeks. Shawn tells him it will be alright. At the cafe, a waiter says Shelley was with another woman who looked like her, and who called her a thief. They look at the security tape and Shawn remembers seeing the nose Shelley got on the screen in Dr. Joan’s office. The nose belongs to Brianna Hicks, who he thinks is the woman Shelley met. Gus is starting to freak out about his earlobes again and puts on a beanie.

Lassiter already detained Brianna by the time the two get to her house. He says Dr. Joan hired Henry and he’s the one who found out about Brianna. During questioning, Brianna says she was getting liposuction when Shelley was murdered, so she’s taken off the suspect list. Shawn and Henry argue about investigating the case. Henry tells them he’s going to solve the murder. Henry and Joan talk about a date they went on, while Gus and Shawn spy on them. She gives him the address of a man she thinks might have it out for her. Shawn and Gus follow Henry and the two go to a food truck when they think Henry is taking a nap in his truck. Henry drives by them with a sign that says “suck it,” after they got their food. Shawn calls Joan and pretends to be his father to get the address.

Shawn and Gus are waiting for Henry at the address. The man, Dr. Ted Lomax is having a party to promote his cosmetic surgery business. They try to ask about Shelley, while Gus asks about his earlobes. Dr. Ted says he did work on Shelley before and comments on Gus’s forehead wrinkles. Henry and Shawn disagree once again about investigating. Shawn notices Lacey, who just got a job at Dr. Joan’s office when he and Gus visited, and asks her about Shelley.She says she was working for Dr. Ted so she knew Shelley. She saw Shelley the day she died and said there was a red Aston Martin at her house, the same car Dr. Joan drives. Shawn tells Henry Dr. Joan is the killer, while Henry says Dr. Ted is a fraud. He points out the diplomas on the wall and Shawn sees they have the same watermark, so they are fakes. Lassiter and Juliet show up to arrest Ted, and Gus reveals he let Ted inject him.

Later on, Joan shows up at Henry’s house and says this is their second date. When she goes to the bathroom, Henry accidentally knocks over her purse. He finds a needle and toxin and takes a picture of it before she gets back. She claims someone planted it in her purse, but he says he has to report it to the cops. She panics and hits him on the head with a mounted fish from his wall.

At the police department, Lassiter tells Shawn, Gus, and Henry the needle had Shelley’s blood and the toxin that killed her in it, so Joan is the murderer. Henry gives up, saying Shawn wins. Shawn looks over the information and says the fingerprint found and says it isn’t right because you wouldn’t use your index finger for the needle, it would be a thumb. He and Gus see Ted is out on bail and his phone rings, saying Joan is calling. Joan asks him who would want to kill Shelley and she hangs up when he says “you.” Shawn says Joan must have been framed, so they decide to find her by tracking Henry’s phone.

Shawn and Gus go to Henry’s and tell him the recent developments. Joan left a note in Henry’s mailbox telling him she’s sorry for hitting him on the head, but she was framed. Henry said he’s glad they figured out some information, and they must all work together to find a new suspect. They tell Henry about Brad, and he says Brad could get money from her death, because the prenup is just for divorce. They meet up with Juliet and Lassiter to question Brad, but he’s dead. He was killed by injection as well.

Shawn and Henry say Joan is not the murderer, while Lassiter disagrees. Shawn notices on Brad’s chart it says he’s from Bismarck, North Dakota, just like Lacey. They go to Dr. Diamond’s office, where Shawn and Henry tell everyone Lacey is the murderer. They talk about her arrest record for theft and say Brad was her partner. The two would scam rich people together. This time though, Shelley and Brad fell in love, and he signed a prenup. Lacey was enraged, so she killed Shelley and framed Dr. Joan. Brad started questioning Shelley’s murder, so she killed him too.

At the Psych office, Shawn comes in and tells Gus he and Juliet are back together. Gus is excited because his face is starting to show emotion again. He also says he was freaking out because of Rachael being in London, but is happy now that he’s accepted he’s beautiful. Henry and Joan come in saying they’re going on their second date. Henry looks around the office and says he’s thinking about taking some cases. Shawn also announces he and Gus wrote a book about detective work. A delivery man comes in with a basket of cookies and a card for Gus from Rachael. Gus breaks down and eats a cookie while crying because he thinks Rachael is going to break up with him because of the card.

Quote and Comments:

“You must have been adopted.” “Sure. In my dreams, absolutely, but what does that have to do with anything?” (Dr. Joan Diamond and Shawn after he accuses her of murder)

This week’s episode is funny, easy to follow, and full of great moments between Henry and Shawn. Also, Gus’s face is seriously the best thing about this episode, it made every moment funnier. I think Henry coming out of retirement could be fun, as long as he’s not involved in all their cases. Gus and Rachael’s relationship is nice, so I hope the two work it out. I doubt she sent him a basket of cookies and intends to break up, but it’s definitely possible. Also, I’m alright with them announcing Shules is back together in such a small way. It was pretty obvious the two would get back together after all. Overall, it was a good episode of Psych this week.

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