Carlton Lassiter, as a young child, is in the forest with his father. In the middle of a conversation, his father disappears, leaving Lassiter alone. In the present day, Lassiter is shot by an unknown suspect and awakes in a special care facility, visited by Shawn, Gus, and a dog named Morrissey. The two are taken outside by Lassie’s nurse, Dolores, to whom they confide that Lassie has been seeing visions since the shooting, which the pair believe to be the work of ghosts. They also reveal that they are in Santa Barbara without the knowledge of their respective partners. Dolores convinces the two to stay off the case, telling them the visions are likely a result of Lassie’s painkillers. Despite the warning, the two visit Lassie anyways, to whom they discuss the visions. They are about to quit the case when Morrissey walks in, carrying a human hand in his mouth. This convinces the three to continue working on the case. Gus and Shawn send the hand through the mail to Woody, who they hope can ID it. They return to the old Psych office for supplies, which is now inhabited by a pop-up cat cafe. They find out that Henry, Shawn’s dad, has been renting out the office to pop-up stores, pretending to be Shawn, since the office was abandoned. The duo convinces Henry to help them with the case, by telling him it’s to help Lassiter. Meanwhile, Jules has also traveled to Santa Barbara to investigate the case. She tells Lassiter that a suspect has been detained, and confessed, but Lassiter doesn’t remember if the suspect shot him. Jules reveals that one of the bullets wasn’t found at the crime scene. Lassiter convinces Jules to stay off the case, but she notices Morrissey’s food bowl and realizes that Shawn is also in Santa Barbara. Shawn and Gus send Morrissey out in the field outside of the care facility to search for the body, but the dog escapes unleashed. Shawn gets a call from Jules, where Shawn is reminded he’s supposed to meet her back in San Francisco for dinner. Both Gus and Jules try to convince Shawn to cancel, but he doesn’t catch the hint and says the dinner is still on. Jules investigates the crime scene, where she finds the missing bullet in the leg of a girl squatting behind the wall. Meanwhile, Gus and Shawn fly to San Francisco to prepare for the dinner- a Charlie Brown thanksgiving dinner composed of everything found in the gas station. Gus hides as Jules meets with Shawn, and they talk about Lassiter. Gus gets a call from Woody while hiding in Shawn’s dresser, who tells the two that the hand belongs to a CEO who recently committed suicide. That night, Lassiter sees an injured man walk into the stables of the care facility. Trapped in his wheelchair, he isn’t able to go after the man, nor does he know who the man is. Gus and Shawn suspect the founder of the facility, to no avail.
Cast
Production
After Psych: The Movie, Franks indicated he wanted to make five more Psych movies. On February 14, 2019, it was announced Psych: The Movie 2 was greenlit and all the main cast would return for the TV movie, which was set to premiere in late 2019. On April 18, 2019, it was announced Joel McHale would be joining the TV movie, as well as Jimmi Simpson, reprising his recurring role as Mary Lightly. On September 17, 2019, it was announced that the sequel had been renamed Psych 2: Lassie Come Home and would instead be airing on NBCUniversal's new streaming service, Peacock.
