I know musical episodes are kind of played out, but I’ve been looking forward to this one. I hope they deliver. The cast is always breaking out into song during those “psych out moments” that they air during the closing credits, so this seems like a natural fit for them. I hope we get to see Henry singing and dancing. And Chief Vick, though the way they left things with her last season I’m not sure.
Oh, and I’m sure they’ll have a special version of the opening theme–can’t wait for that!
The plotline held me, but the musical numbers felt forced and I don’t think they would be missed had they not been included. None of the songs are exactly memorable or really seem to capture the characters the way, say, “Guy Love” did.
Will miss Yang, thought she was a good foil for Shawn
Disappointed they didn’t work the theme in as one of the songs.
Looking forward to seeing Bruce Campbell as a guest star this season.
Well, darn. They just played the normal theme after the opening musical number. I guess I’m 1 for 3.
I agree–the story was solid and Ally Sheedy was great again as Yang. I loved the scene where Woody the coroner was flirting with her. But the music was mostly forgettable. I did like the song early in the show that was mostly Shawn and Lassie–“I’ve heard it both ways…”
Haven’t seen it yet, but it’s safely captured on the DVR. I love me some *Psych *with quite a passion, but I fear this musical foray will suck royally.
1 - Some of the singing was just unexplained–characters breaking out into song as they tend to do in musicals
2 - Yang (who’s crazy) had vital information about the case, but she made Shawn and Gus sing and dance before she would give them each clue.
3 - The case they were working revolved around the production of a musical about Jack The Ripper. Shawn and Gus make brief, impromptu appearances in one of the performances.
Yes, some good moments: the Rocky Horror reference; Henry’s demur; and I liked seeing Mary, again–St. Peter’s assistant, was he?
I have a lot of goodwill for this show, but I suspect this episode didn’t get the same level of care that some of their other ‘theme’ shows have had.
The fact that Franks didn’t want to imitate successful musical-episodes such as Buffy’s (by having a consistent rationale for the singing that explained all the bursting-into-song) was understandable. But I don’t think the ‘some songs are justified and some just happen’ result really worked. (Yes, supposedly they were all justified by the “frame device” shown at the end of the episode…but for me that fell a little flat.)
The ep is definitely worth watching for fans. But I wouldn’t use it to introduce a newbie to the show.
It was better than I expected, mostly because they made sure there was plenty of “book” between the songs. No breakaway pop hits, but musically solid with decent lyrics. Not bad at all. And I was tickled to see Anthony Rapp, because just last month I saw him in the Washington DC premiere of a new Broadway-bound musical (If/Then).
I was confused, though: didn’t Juliette find out about Shawn’s fake psychic-ism last season? Yet there was a reference in the beginning of the episode to him having not told her yet…?
I kind of liked it.
Wasn’t that what he came up with as a way to explain a black inspector being in 19th century London?
You are correct, in this particular episode. But he seems to have a standing “thing” about doing a Jamaican voice, so I assumed it was something deeper. **Kenobi **is probably correct.
4 - The whole thing was just Shawn’s fictionalized account of events while trying to pitch a musical to the writer who they proved had been falsely accused while using an oddly Once Upon A Time like book (even titled Once Upon A Time) that chronicled the events.
