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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark
    9.1/10(13 votes)

    S4:E9

    While investigating a possible crime, Shawn stumbles upon one of a pair of criminals, gets shot, and is dumped in the trunk of a car.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - Yang 3 in 2D
    8.9/10(9 votes)

    S5:E16

    The Yin/Yang trilogy comes to a thrilling close as Shawn and Gus race to save a woman kidnapped by Yin. Only this time, they are forced to use Yang's knowledge of Yin to solve the case by allowing her to accompany them on the investigation.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 16 - An Evening With Mr. Yang
    8.9/10(15 votes)

    S3:E16

    After eluding capture and disappearing eight years ago, the famed Yin Yang serial killer is back, and he's set his sights on Shawn.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 11 - Office Space
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S7:E11

    After Gus accidentally tampers with the crime where his boss was killed, Shawn helps him find the real murderer before Gus is arrested.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Extradition: British Columbia
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    S4:E1

    Shawn and Gus spot an art thief whom Lassiter has been trying to arrest for years. So, although they are on a skiing vacation in Canada, they appeal to the local constabulary with mixed results: someone gets axed, another finds himself interrogated and Pierre Despereaux may get away scot-free, once again.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Lights, Camera... Homicidio
    8.4/10(17 votes)

    S2:E13

    The star of a Spanish telenovela has been murdered by another actor on the show. The murderer insists that it was an accident and claims that the prop knife was switched with a real knife without his knowledge. Shawn and Gus believe that he was framed and investigate the crime. Gus is especially excited to be working on the set of his favorite soap opera, but it's Shawn who gets a recurring role on the show.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Gus Walks into a Bank
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S3:E8

    Gus is taken hostage at the Santa Barbara Savings and Loan Bank while making a deposit for Shawn. Shawn, still in the car and oblivious to the hostage situation, questions Lassiter and Juliet about the cops' sudden arrival. Learning that his best friend is in trouble, Shawn is desperate to help and realizes he needs to get inside the bank to question the gunman. However, the SWAT team soon shows up, and its negotiator will not easily satisfy Shawn's request.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Mr. Yin Presents...
    8.4/10(17 votes)

    S4:E16

    A serial killer targets Shawn using scenarios from classic Hitchcock films.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Bounty Hunters!
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    S2:E9

    Shawn and Gus find themselves trying to outwit a bounty hunter when Juliet asks them to find a suspect who escaped from her custody. The problem is, once they find him, Shawn believes his claims of innocence, meaning they not only have to capture him, but prove he's been set up.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  10. undefined Season 6 Episode 14 - Autopsy Turvy
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    S6:E14

    The race is on to clear Woody's name and reputation when a mere mortician finds a mistake in the coroner's autopsy.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    S1:E12

    A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst and his lover is charged with his murder despite her claims of innocence. Shawn is intrigued and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    S3:E2

    Shawn and Gus attend their high school reunion. Shawn sees a body fly past a window, but on further inspection the body has vanished. When Gus assumes the worst, and Lassiter refuses to help, Shawn seeks assistance from Juliet.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Think Tank
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    S4:E14

    Shawn and Gus are recruited into a think tank to help prevent the murder of a business tycoon, but once the group has disbanded, they realize that one of the members plans to use the assassination ideas to kill the client instead of save him.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Dead Bear Walking
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    S5:E15

    When a polar bear trainer is found dead, Shawn works to prove the bear's innocence.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  15. undefined Season 6 Episode 2 - Last Night Gus
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    S6:E2

    A night of partying which no one remembers that turned deadly sets Shawn, Gus, Woody and Lassiter on the trail of their deeds and a way to clear their names of suspected murder. Unfortunately, they may have to depend on Shawn's "psychic" memories of the night's events.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Psy vs. Psy
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S2:E3

    The FBI employs their own psychic in a search for a counterfeiter, causing the department to work together in an effort to prove that Shawn is the better psychic.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  17. undefined Season 8 Episode 4 - Someone's Got a Woody
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    S8:E4

    A man enters the morgue and tells Woody that he was framed for the murder of the person lying dead on the slab. When Woody won’t let him take the body, the man pulls a gun on him and holds Woody hostage in order to get what he wants. Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Juliet try to resolve the situation calmly and carefully, but Interim Chief Trout has a plan of his own.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Wooberite & The Women of Rosewood
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E21

    An old flame of Rosewood's shakes up Rosewood's life when she returns to enlist his help in finding a wealthy patient of hers who's disappeared. But when the man's body surfaces, triggering a murder investigation, things are not what they appear to be. As the bizarre turns of this case come to a head, so does Rosewood's personal life as he is pushed to make decisions regarding all the women in his world.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Obsessed
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    S1:E8

    The team investigates a mysterious young girl who was found attacked on a beach. Meanwhile, Morgan begins to let her guard down on her date with Tom, and Soto comes one step closer to finding out what happened to Roman.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Have-Nots & Hematomas
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S1:E3

    A series of mysterious deaths pulls Rosewood off the glamorous promenades of South Beach when a troubled young genius stands accused of murder, and the only one who believes in his innocence is Rosewood. He must contend with a colorful new adversary, escalating health problems and a burgeoning romantic relationship, while Villa's inability to connect with people hampers her own ability to investigate the case.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - 9 Lives
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S1:E5

    Shawn claims a psychic connection with a cat so he can continue his investigation into a what he believes is a murder, but that the police have labeled a suicide, and the link he finds to a hotline may involve one of SBPD's own officers.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Downsizing
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E2

    Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - You Can't Handle This Episode
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S4:E10

    Abigail is disappointed when Shawn accepts a case at the Army base instead of going on a date with her, but he and Gus are intrigued by a death they believe shouldn't have been ruled a suicide and the thought of working with Juliet's brother.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 12 - Shawn and the Real Girl
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    S6:E12

    Shawn and Gus go undercover to investigate an attack on a reality-TV contestant who appeared on a dating show in which men compete for the affections of a woman they've crossed paths with but never officially met.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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  25. undefined Season 5 Episode 9 - One, Maybe Two, Ways Out
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S5:E9

    When a spy is framed for a crime she didn't commit, she decides to use Shawn and Gus to prove her innocence.

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    Writer:Andy Berman

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Andy Berman Ratings Summary

"Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark" is the best rated episode written by Andy Berman. It scored 9.077/10 based on 13 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 10/16/2009 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Yang 3 in 2D".