Shawn and Gus track down playwright madman named Z, who six years earlier was deemed criminally insane after locking a critic in a back room of the theater that he burned to the ground, and who has been locked in a mental institution since. Shawn and Gus are forced to consult with the one person Z confided in while in the institution, a dangerous villain from Shawn's past.

Shawn and Gus track down playwright madman named Z, who six years earlier was deemed criminally insane after locking a critic in a back room of the theater that he burned to the ground, and who has been locked in a mental institution since. Shawn and Gus are forced to consult with the one person Z confided in while in the institution, a dangerous villain from Shawn's past.

An eccentric police consultant is brought into the SBPD to interview Shawn, Gus, Lassiter, and Juliet about their seemingly poor police work on a tough case.

A plastic surgery patient is dead and Shawn and Gus suspect a local surgeon who, inconveniently or otherwise, happens to be someone whom Henry used to date.

Shawn and Gus go undercover as radio personalities to find out who murdered their favorite DJ.

When Gus inadvertently tampers with a crime at his office, Shawn must find the murderer before Gus is arrested.

When the Santa Barbara Mayor, Gavin Channing, dies in an apparent surfing accident, Shawn decides to run for office to delay Channing's interim successor from pushing through a proposal to lift developmental restrictions on the protected Santa Barbara wetlands.

After kicking Shawn out of their apartment, Juliet gets a new roommate - who is more than she seems.

Unfolding in the style of the film Sliding Doors, Shawn experiences two separate timelines set off by a "what if?" scenario. One timeline shows what would have happened if Juliet never found out that Shawn wasn't psychic; happy, in love and thinking about the next step in their relationship. The other timeline shows what really happened -- that Juliet did in fact find out Shawn wasn't a psychic. Shawn, Gus, Juliet, Lassiter, and Chief Vick follow the same murder case in both timelines, and arrive at the same conclusion in both timelines, but the investigative beats they each take to get there are presented differently.

While attending Lassie's wedding at a casino resort, the gang crosses paths with a crime boss.

After Gus is tasked with taking care of his girlfriend's son Maximus for the day, he jeopardizes their relationship when an innocent trip to the circus turns deadly.

Shawn and Gus attend a secret party at a historical mansion, hosted by an aging former rock-star, but when a murder occurs, all the suspects start pointing fingers at each other.

Shawn tries to get Henry to bond with Juliet's stepfather, Lloyd French. Things don't turn out as planned when Henry and Lloyd disappear without a trace.

In a "found footage" style episode, Shawn and Gus join two college filmmakers, Kate and Chavo, in their attempt to make a documentary on the discovery of Bigfoot.

Madeline and Shawn bring Henry back from the hospital and attempt to look after him while he is recovering from his gunshot wound. Gus finds love, plus Shawn gets insanely jealous when Juliet goes undercover on an Internet dating site.

As Henry lays struggling for his life in a Santa Barbara hospital, Shawn is determined to catch his father's shooter - at all costs.