Psych 2: Lassie Come Home: 10 Easter Eggs You Totally Missed

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home: 10 Easter Eggs You Totally Missed

Part of Psych‘s charm has always been its tendency to rely on familiar – and obscure – works of popular culture, whether in the form of television, film, music, or something else entirely. It also has some of the best continuity in television history, as its various running gags and self-referential nature more than attest to.

It’s fitting, then, that Peacock’s Psych 2: Lassie Come Home only continues this trend. The references – both to external works and to past episodes and jokes – come at a mile a minute pace, and even the most dedicated of Psych fan may have been unable to catch all of them upon first viewing. Here are some of the best Easter eggs the film managed to sneak in.

King Richard Visits Psych

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home: 10 Easter Eggs You Totally Missed

Since Psych ended its original run back in 2014, many of the series’ stars have been keeping busy, going on to star in various popular and cult classic series. This includes Timothy Omundson, who had a noteworthy turn as King Richard in the short-lived but critically beloved fairytale musical series Galavant.

Psych 2 makes use of this fact, including two references to Omundson’s time in the series, when Mr. Lassiter imparts wisdom about his signature “King’s beard” to young Carlton, and when Lassie’s to do list includes the item “Tape Galavant.

“Gus, we’re home.”

Shawn and Gus have always been big fans of popular culture, and along with that, science fiction. So it’s no wonder that these two are up to date on their Star Wars knowledge – or at the very least, their Star Wars trailers.

When the duo return to Santa Barbara and their old Psych headquarters, it doesn’t take them very long to get nostalgic about all the years they spent there. It also doesn’t take very long for Shawn to mimic Han Solo’s famous “Chewie, we’re home” from The Force Awakens, even inviting Gus to do his best Chewbacca impression as they fist bump.

“They have the same show on ABC, but newer.”

Ron Livingston David Giuntoli James Roday Romany Malco A Million Little Things ABC

When Psych 2 was filmed a few summers ago, there was no way they could have anticipated how doubly meta this one particular joke would be. After Henry Spencer berates Shawn for nearly “This Is Us‘ing the entire block” by leaving a slow cooker running, Shawn scolds his father, noting that “They have the same show on ABC, but newer.”

Of course, the obvious reference here is to the series A Million Little Things, in which James Roday is one of the lead stars, and which has been heavily criticized as ABC’s response to the NBC hit This Is Us. And now, the double layer: Timothy Omundson has appeared in This Is Us as a recurring character since the beginning of Season 4.

A familiar, ridiculous ringtone

Henry Spencer Ringtone in Psych

Gus goes through quite a lot of problems with his cellphone in Psych 2, which Shawn attributes to the app Gus downloaded to try and make all of his emojis Jamaican. As a result, Gus is virtually unable to ever answer his phone, which allows the movie to feature his ridiculous ringtone in full many times.

The ringtone – a catchy, yet totally bizarre song with the lyrics “I’m Mr. Bootyman” – should be familiar to the most avid of Psych fans. It was previously used as Henry Spencer’s ringtone in the season seven episode “Nip and Suck It.”

“Ever been to Norway?”

James Roday John Cena and Dule Hill in Psych The Movie

It’s a throwaway exchange that takes place in the Norwegian ice bar that Shawn and Gus visit, but it’s a throwaway discussion with a lot of unanswered questions packed in it. After being asked whether he’s been to Norway before, Shawn replies, “Just once, with my brother-in-law.” Gus quickly cuts in: “We don’t talk about that, Shawn.”

What they’re referring to, it seems, is the adventure that Juliet’s brother, Ewan (John Cena), pulled them into in the cliffhanger ending of the first film, 2017’s Psych the Movie. Though fans don’t get any more details on this adventure, it’s clear that something wild happened.

“Maybe the good doctor isn’t so good.”

Glassman sitting at his desk The Good Doctor

Yet another example of Psych‘s love of referring to other series comes in the case of Richard Schiff’s character, Dr. Hirsch. After Shawn and Gus begin to suspect that the seemingly benevolent doctor might be hiding a darker side, Shawn observes, “Maybe the good doctor isn’t so good.”

This remark clearly refers to Schiff’s current series regular role on the ABC medical drama, The Good Doctor, where he stars as the mentor to the titular good doctor in question.

“That’s God’s comma.”

Burton Guster Sh'Dynasty in Psych

After Gus learns that his girlfriend Selene is pregnant, and also after he regains consciousness upon fainting at the news, Shawn and Gus quickly begin to list off possible baby names for the future Guster baby.

When one of the names in question involves an apostrophe, Gus is quick to point out, “That’s God’s comma.” This, of course, is a reference to the season six episode “Santabarbaratown,” when Gus uses the alias Sh’Dynasty – which includes a “comma to the top,” also known as “God’s comma.”

Jamaican Inspector Man’s Hat

Burton Guster as Jamaican Inspector Man in Psych The Musical

This next Easter egg is truly a blink and miss it moment. As Shawn begins rummaging around in the storage in the back of the former Psych office, he pulls out a few memorable items from the series’ history.

One of them is a brown deerstalker, the signature detective’s hat that Gus used in his performance as Jamaican Inspector Man during Psych: The Musical

“Should I slice this up for the road?”

Psych Pineapple

Another item that Shawn pulls out of the storage is, of course, a pineapple. For a moment, Shawn hesitates with the pineapple in his hands and begins to ask “Sh–,” before thinking better of it and putting the pineapple away.

He was, clearly, going to ask the iconic question, “Should I slice this up for the road?” first uttered in the pilot episode, and once again in Psych the Movie. It was the question that launched a thousand pineapples.

Psych Doesn’t Throw Its Shot

This final Easter egg is one viewers would definitely miss if they didn’t stay all through the credits. The end credits of Psych 2 are accompanied by a cheeky song about cats performed by James Roday Rodriguez, clearly meant to evoke the vibe of the cat restaurant featured in the film.

But the song’s final line – “I will not throw away mon chat” – is what really sells it, with its clear reference to Hamilton‘s iconic line “I am not throwing away my shot.”