After Zola heads back to the circus, Shawn waits at the Psych offices as Gus, Rachael and Max return from a play date of sorts. Rachael has to go and is going to leave Max alone with the guys for the first time and that has her maternal instinct revving into full gear. I guess it is a big step in a new relationship, especially for Gus. Before we get back to the circus, Lassiter’s felonious love Marlowe (Kristy Swanson) is finally being released from the joint after a stretch behind bars from last season. Lassie promised he would wait for her and he has kept his word. When Marlowe is released she runs into Lassie’s arms and you cannot help but feel happy for the scarecrow. Lassie deserves his day in the sun, especially after his divorce from first wife Victoria (Justine Bateman) several seasons back. One snag though; Eastbound & Down’s Katy Mixon guest stars as parole officer Ursula Gibbs, in charge of Marlowe now that she has been sprung from the clink. It turns out Lassie dated her years ago and never called making her a very jilted P.O. who is going to enforced all the strict rules on her parolee. Because Lassie’s house is outside of the zone that Marlowe is allowed to stay in, the two lovebirds are forced to stay at Jules’ house. Since they cannot keep their hands off each other, Jules is very uncomfortable with the situation. Especially when she walks in on the two sharing a bubble bath in her tub. Thankfully Jules seems to have found her footing again after a few wobbly episodes. Maybe it was that hairdo she was sporting, who knows. Back at the circus the guys are trying to figure the case out as François misses a key move in his acrobatic act, leaving him to go kersplat. You guessed it, it was no accident; it’s murder. Woody determines that the circus performer was definitely dead when he was launched into mid-air, proving Shawn’s theory of homicide. Shawn manages to put the kaybosh on Gus and Rachael’s relationship forcing Old Gus to take some much needed time alone. While working out his issues in a local park, he bumps into Henry, who gives some Yoda-like advice about why Shawn is terrified of losing another person from his life the way he lost his Mom in high school. Shawn’s fear of abandonment is well cloaked by his sense of humor, but deep down Shawn cannot be Shawn without Gus and vice versa. After getting back on the case and with some smart detective work, the guys are able to solve what really is one of their simplest cases to date. The evil Jeffrey Duke, maker of the Mercedes of Port-o-potties is in need of large quantities of Tritium. He has kidnapped Zola as collateral as the crew of circus acrobats break into places where the radioactive element is aplenty. However they lost François to an electric fence while breaking in to retrieve some of the element. Unfortunately the remaining three in the crew could not go to the cops because they need their Visa’s and have to get Zola back. Unfortunately, Jake Lloyd from Episode One makes the kid playing Max look like Daniel Day-Lewis in that his acting is just blah. And same goes for his mom Rachael. Secretly I wish that they had ended her tenure on the show, but it looks like she is here for the rest of the season. I would like to see more of Henry and Chief Vick who have been noticeably absent this season. I need more SBPD and Psych office set episodes where they can get back in their groove. It was an average episode, but still remarkably better than seventy-five percent of the garbage that’s out there. I appreciate that they are trying new things this season but I think it’s time to get back to basics for the Psych gang. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
