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James Roday Rodriguez (born James David Rodriguez; April 4, 1976) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.He is best known for portraying Shawn Spencer, a hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic, in USA Network series Psych and the subsequent Psych film series, also writing and producing for Psych.
Shawn recognizes Despereaux after first seeing him on Lassiter's board of criminals in his apartment "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing S3.E11" Shawn shouts his name and causes him to flee, leading to a high-speed ski chase scene in which it is shown that Despereaux is a much better skier than Shawn and Gus. Despereaux then proceeds to "steal" an ...
Shawn Spencer is a fictional character and main protagonist on the American television comedy-drama Psych and the sequel film series of the same name played by American actor James Roday Rodriguez. [ a ] Taking advantage of his eidetic memory and keen observational skills, he poses as a psychic and works as a private detective who often ...
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. [1] The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" [2] and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with his psychic abilities.
Timothy Michael Omundson (born July 29, 1969) is an American actor. He is notable for his supporting roles as Sean Potter on the CBS television series Judging Amy, Eli on the syndicated series Xena: Warrior Princess, Carlton Lassiter in Psych, King Richard on the musical series Galavant, and Cain in Supernatural.
James Roday continued to play fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer. Burton "Gus" Guster returned, portrayed by Dulé Hill. Timothy Omundson returned as Head Detective Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter, while Maggie Lawson continued to portray Juliet "Jules" O'Hara.
Gina Gershon plays Emilina Saffron, who is a caricature of Paula Abdul. In the episode, Gus says (of Randy Jackson), "That guy's not black, he's Latino. There's a difference," comparing Jackson and the third Duos judge, Zapato. According to Roday, "American Duos" had theretofore the highest production value of any Psych episode. [1]
The title of the episode is a play on the title of the television series hosted by Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Shawn arrives 20 minutes late to the theater to watch Psycho. This is a reference to the initial release of the film, in which Hitchcock instructed theater owners not to allow people into the theater after the film had begun.