4x05 Shawn Gets the Yips
Originally posted by the_moogie on December 27, 2010
Edited September 18, 2015
SHAWN
1989: Shawn is playing second base.
1989: Breaks the driver’s side window on his Dad's truck after missing the first baseman’s mitt target.
Was born breech. Henry says it took hours to get him out.
Wears number 44 on the SBPD softball team.
Overthrew first base five times during the SBPD softball game against Haircut Hut.
Claims to have the yips like former Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.
Loves pizza chili cheese fries and orders them six times a week. Refers to them as the Shawn Spencer, and is annoyed that the restaurant refuses to do this as well.
Thinks “stab in the dark” would be a good name for a horror flick
Writes annual holiday letter to Wes Craven
Claims Bigfoot only wears a size 10 shoe.
Ate a banana after the shooting at the restaurant instead of calling his Dad
Claims he is pee shy.
Ordered $80 socks with Gus’ Nordstrom card
Re-enacts the shooting at the restaurant. Pepper=Gus, salt=Shawn, sugar=Juliet, lemon=Lassiter, cherry=McNab. The lesbians from Haircut Hut are mashed potatoes.
Knows that “Happy Birthday” lasts 26 seconds
Worked for a couple afternoons a Meineke.
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Always loses the cordless phone.
Wants an immersion tank and hallucinogens
Claims to only reads the London Financial Times and Dog Fancy.
Prefers Baskin over Tony Robbins, claims they are brothers.
Says he’ll never get sick of Doritos.
Got paid $800 for the Petrovich case but didn’t work on it.
Mistakes the cordless phone on Gus' eliptical for a bomb.
Ducks when the automatic sprinkler starts
Gets freaked out by tassels
Bet Gus $50 to see who could get on camera most during Lassiter's press interview. Shawn won, with 4.5 seconds
Puts the phone in the charger upside-down
Throws a cordless phone at the killer
Bats right-handed
GUS
Wears number 41 on the SBPD softball team.
Called his parents immediately after the shooting to tell them that he was okay.
Enjoys teasing Shawn about his failings at softball.
Has a Nordstrom’s card.
Has an elliptical in the office
Wears blue pajamas with red and yellow firetrucks on them.
The metaphor streetcar named Shawnsire makes Gus uncomfortable.
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Ducks when the automatic sprinkler starts
Thinks Shawn is jealous of Lassie.
Thinks it's entirely within Lassiter's character to shoot a dead man.
Thinks Shawn's fear of tassels is irrational.
Throws right-handed.
Will sometimes say things with a Jamaican accent for Shawn.
Mentions two places he likes to order food from: Kingstons, for jerk chicken and johnnycakes, and Luigi’s, for pizza.
LASSITER
Carries two guns to a softball game.
Opens fire on suspect in crowded restaurant
Wears number 13 on the SBPD softball team.
His cellphone refers to Shawn as Spencer.
Says a lot of people want to kill him he takes great pride in that. People who threatened him in public include Palermo, Fletcher, and Garcia (now deceased).
Claims that he doesn’t get scared.
Throws right-handed.
Had an uncle with coronary disease.
Just got his car back from the shop. Insists that O'Hara must sit on a towel when she's in it.
Followed the false lead to Room 16 of the Downtowner Motel. Mentions that he knows the motel.
Was only able to get Petrovich on was a weapons charge and was eaten up for three years
Makes phone calls threatening possible suspects
Goes to visit those in the community most hurt by Petrovich
Shot a man who was already dead
Goes to the cemetery to meet father of a boy who overdosed and is held at gunpoint
JULIET
Wears number 17 on the SBPD softball team.
Is appointed lead investigator on the case with Lassiter under protection
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Just joined a gym where the regime is about self-motivation. Has a trainer there.
Wrote, "if your heart rate drops below 150 you die," on Shawn's water bottle. She does this before her own workouts.
HENRY
1989: Coached Shawn in baseball fielding
Saw the restaurant shooting on tv and came down to the station to see if Shawn was okay.
BUZZ
Eats eggs.
Wears number 14 on the SBPD softball team.
Just turned 30 in this episode, and the team sings “Happy Birthday” to him as the shooter comes into the restaurant.
Was there when Lassiter busted Petrovich.
Was given an officer for protection
Lost parts of three toes in the explosion of his mailbox. Was blown 20 ft into his apartment complex's swimming pool.
Returns to work when he clearly has a concussion.
VICK
Offers counseling to anyone who wants it
Refuses to let Shawn use sports psychiatrist
Appoints Juliet in charge of case and Lassiter under 24-hour guard
Other Characters
Ivan Petrovich
Released from Pelican Bay where he was serving time on a weapons charge.
Drug lord of the worst kind - selling to high school students.
Died of a massive drug overdose, later shot by Lassiter.
Jenny
The waitress at the restaurant, which is a known cop bar.
Doesn't seem to like Shawn.
Bobby Salamatchia
Quarterback that overdosed on drugs supplied by Petrovich.
Died on Sept 18th.
Mr. Salamatchia
A former Marine.
Dr. Erlich
The counselor for the SBPD.
Dr. Manny
The sports therapist that is helping Shawn overcome the yips.
Is willing to submit a falsified expense report.
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
Gus’ Nightstand. Its a little out of focus behind the alarm clock. Looks a little like a glass figurine.
GUS, DON’T BE…
Gus, don't be the ribs that flip over Fred Flintstone's car.
ALLUSIONS
“They call it the ‘yips’.” - Yips or the yips is the loss of fine motor skills without apparent explanation, in one of a number of different sports. Athletes affected by the yips demonstrate a sudden, unexplained loss of previous skills. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes compensate by changing technique, or may be forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.
“Former Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.” - Edward Charles "Chuck" Knoblauch (/ˈnɒblɔːk/; born July 7, 1968) is a retired Major League Baseball player. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors, from 1991 until 2002, for the Minnesota Twins (1991-97), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Kansas City Royals (2002). He played mostly as a second baseman before moving to left field for his last two seasons. Once considered one of the game's best fielders (in fact, ESPN personalities nicknamed him "Fundamentally Sound" Chuck Knoblauch), Knoblauch's play deteriorated shortly into his Yankee career; his errors at second doubled from 13 in 1998 to 26 the following year; interestingly, none of these was a throwing error. In 2000, he began to have difficulty making accurate throws to first base, a condition sometimes referred to in baseball as "the yips" or "Steve Sax Syndrome" in more recent years. Knoblauch tried various solutions to his problem, but his throwing would not improve. He made fifteen errors in less than half a season in 2000, including ten throwing miscues. (During one game, an errant throw sailed into the stands and hit sportscaster Keith Olbermann's mother in the head.) After making three throwing errors in six innings of the Yankees' 12-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox, on 15 June 2000, Knoblauch voluntarily left the game. He then left Yankee Stadium in his street clothes while the game was still in progress. He was back at second the next day, but, stumping commentators, fans, and himself, Knoblauch never fully recovered his throwing accuracy, especially after missing most of the month of August with an injury. Knoblauch returned to the Yankees in September, but was often used as a designated hitter in lieu of playing second; he was exclusively a DH in the Yankees' run to a World Series title. Finally, in 2001, he was reassigned to left field by manager Joe Torre, never to return to his old position.
“All of a sudden, he committed an unprecedented number of throwing errors, one of which sailed into the stands and hit Keith Olbermann's mother in the face.” - Keith Theodore Olbermann (/ˈoʊlbərmən/; born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and political commentator and writer. Recently, he hosted a later afternoon show on ESPN2 and TSN2 called Olbermann, from July 2013 until July 2015 as well as being the studio host of TBS's Major League Baseball postseason coverage. Previously, he was the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of the Current TV weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, until March 30, 2012, a program he hosted with the same title and a similar format on MSNBC from March 2003 to January 2011.
“Remind me to include it in this year’s letter to Wes Craven.” - Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 - August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films. He was best known for creating the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise featuring the Freddy Krueger character, directing the first installment and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and co-writing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Bruce Wagner. Craven also directed all four films in the Scream series, and co-created the Ghostface character. Some of his other films include The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, The People Under the Stairs, Red Eye, The Serpent And The Rainbow and Vampire In Brooklyn.
“Gus, don't be the ribs that flip over Fred Flintstone's car.” - Frederick "Fred" Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone,[citation needed] is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friends are his next door neighbors, Barney and Betty Rubble, who have an adopted son named Bamm-Bamm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdX6fwfrULI
“I know you're not completely sold on my hit man theory, but I need you to suspend your disbelief and hop onboard the streetcar named Shawnsire.” - A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams which received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano, Vivien Leigh, and Renee Asherson and was directed by Laurence Olivier. The drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often regarded among the finest of American plays of the 20th century, alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and Death of a Salesman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YgJjSCT08
“And I know his socks were 80 bucks 'cause I just ordered some with your Nordstrom's card.” - Nordstrom, Inc. (/ˈnɔrdstrəm/) is an American upscale fashion retailer, founded in 1901 by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin and headquartered in Seattle. The company began as a shoe retailer and has since expanded its inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, and fragrances. Select Nordstrom stores also have wedding and home furnishing departments. There are 296 stores operating in 38 states, which includes 118 full-line stores and 178 Nordstrom Racks. Nordstrom also serves customers through Nordstrom.com, the newly developed e-commerce site nordstromrack.com, and its online private sale site, HauteLook. In addition, Nordstrom operates one clearance store, along with two Jeffrey boutiques. Nordstrom, Inc.'s common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN. The company announced plans to open six stores in Canada beginning in 2014, as well as its first namesake in New York City in 2018. Nationally, Nordstrom competes with luxury retailers Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as middle class retailers such as Macy's, Von Maur, Dillard's and Belk. Of its luxury retail competitors, Nordstrom has both the largest number of store locations and the largest geographic footprint, and its stores anchor many upscale malls throughout the United States.
“Are you asking Shawn the psychic, or Shawn the guy who worked for a couple afternoons at a Meineke?” - Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc. ("mine-a-key") is a franchise-based international automotive repair chain with more than 900 locations. The chain is ranked #52 in the Franchise 500 (2014) and #54 in America’s Top Global (2013) Previously known as Meineke Discount Mufflers, the company changed its name to Meineke Car Care Centers in 2003 when it expanded to offer full-service auto repairs.
“Okay, but that only eliminates Bigfoot.” - Bigfoot is the name given to a cryptid ape- or hominid-like creature that is said to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. The term sasquatch is an anglicized derivative of the Halkomelem word sásq'ets.
“I was going to say an immersion therapy tank and hallucinogens” - Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction-horror film adaptation of a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky in his only novel he ever wrote and his final film. Both the novel and the film are based on John C. Lilly's sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs like mescaline, ketamine and LSD. The film was directed by Ken Russell and is also the film debut of William Hurt and Drew Barrymore. Chayevsky had his name removed as credited screenwriter, using the pseudonym Sidney Aaron, his actual first and middle name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lYG7a4YOA
“No thanks. I'm not really into the whole motivational Tony Robbins thing.” - Tony Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavorick; February 29, 1960) is an American motivational speaker, personal finance instructor, and self-help author. He became well known from his infomercials and self-help books: Unlimited Power, Unleash the Power Within and Awaken the Giant Within. In 2007, he was named in Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list. Forbes estimated that Robbins earned approximately US$30 million in that year.
“I prefer his brother Baskin.” - Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops and is based in Canton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins in Glendale, California. The company is known for its "31 flavors" slogan, with the idea that a customer could have a different flavor every day of any month. The slogan came from the Carson-Roberts advertising agency (which later merged into Ogilvy & Mather) in 1953. Baskin and Robbins believed that people should be able to sample flavors until they found one they wanted to buy, hence their famous small pink spoons. The company has introduced more than 1,000 flavors since 1945.
“I guess we're having Doritos for dinner.” - Doritos /dɵˈriːtoʊz/ is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips produced since 1964 by American food company Frito-Lay (a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo). "Doritos" were released nationwide in 1966, the first tortilla chip to be launched nationally in the United States. The name derives from the Mexican Spanish doradito, meaning "little golden thing" or "little golden boy". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr-PyZrrufo
“I only read the London Financial Times and Dog Fancy.” - The Financial Times (FT) is an English-language international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news. The paper, published by Pearson in London, was founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley, and merged with its closest rival, the Financial News (which had been founded in 1884) in 1945. Dog Fancy was a monthly magazine dedicated to dogs, owners of dogs, and breeders of dogs. It was founded in 1970 and is described by its publishing company BowTie Inc. as "the world’s most widely read dog magazine". BowTie Inc. also publishes its sister magazine Dog World and Cat Fancy for cats and their owners. The editorial office is in Irvine, Calif., and the statement of ownership in the December 2009 issue says the paid circulation is 202,000 copies. In August 2008, it began publishing a quarterly double issue entitled Natural Dog on the flip side of Dog Fancy. In late 2014, I-5 Publishing announced that the monthly magazines Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy would be cancelled, and replaced with alternating bimonthly issues of Catster and Dogster beginning in February 2015.
“I was hoping Daniel Day Lewis'd be here to fix the rip in my Tretorns.” - Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. He holds both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre, before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health. He is one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1998, with as many as five years between roles. Day-Lewis is one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation and has earned numerous awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), making him the only male actor in history to have three wins in the lead actor category. Tretorn Sweden AB is a Swedish manufacturer of rubber boots, sports shoes and tennis balls with headquarters in Helsingborg. The brand has been owned since 2001 by Puma AG. Tretorn was founded in 1891 as Helsingborgs Rubber Factory AB with manufacturing in Tretorn factory in Helsingborg. Production in Helsingborg, was closed in 1980.
“I'm starring in the elliptical version of Speed, and you're guilting me?” - Speed is a 1994 American disaster action film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. A surprise critical and commercial success, it won two Academy Awards, for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 67th Academy Awards in early 1995. The film tells the story of the LAPD cop who tries to rescue civilians on a city bus rigged with a bomb programmed to explode if the bus slows down or if civilians try to escape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRmhneo5A48
“It's more like Lethal Weapon 2.” - Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci , Patsy Kensit, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and second installment in the Lethal Weapon series. Gibson and Glover respectively reprise their roles as L.A.P.D. officers, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, who protect an irritating federal witness (Pesci), while taking on a gang of South African drug dealers hiding behind diplomatic immunity. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (Robert G. Henderson). The film received mostly positive reviews and earned more than $227 million worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-8r7vKgLQ
“Sonny and Cher...” - Sonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. The pair first achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965, "Baby Don't Go" and "I Got You Babe". Signing with Atco/Atlantic Records, they released three studio albums in the late 1960s, as well as the soundtrack recording for an unsuccessful movie, Good Times. In 1972, after four years of silence, the couple returned to the studio and released two other albums under the MCA/Kapp Records label. In the 1970s, they also positioned themselves as media personalities with two top ten TV shows in the US, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and The Sonny & Cher Show. The couple's career as a duo ended in 1975 following their divorce. In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher sold over 40 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERd61bDY7k
“Martin's Lair of the White Worm.” - The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. The book was published in 1911 by Rider and Son in the UK, the year before Stoker's death, with color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. In 1925, it was republished in a highly abridged and rewritten form. Over a hundred pages were removed, the rewritten book having only twenty-eight chapters instead of the original forty. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent. In 1988, it was adapted into a film by Ken Russell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhWY20DnSVY
“Call me Torii Hunter, but do it in the Jamaican accent.” - Torii Kedar Hunter (/ˈtɔriː/; born July 18, 1975) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Detroit Tigers. While primarily a center fielder, Hunter currently plays right field for the Twins. Hunter is a five-time All-Star. He won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder, and has also won two Silver Slugger Awards.
“You trying to go Hannibal Lecter on me?” - Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel and its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs, feature Lecter as one of the primary antagonists after the two serial killers in both novels. In the third novel, Hannibal, Lecter becomes a protagonist. His role as the antihero occurs in the fourth novel, Hannibal Rising, which explores his childhood and development into a serial killer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQKs169Sl0I
CONTINUITY
Shawn says he’s going to go to confession (forgetting what it’s called) - (4x04 "The Devil's in the Details... and the Upstairs Bedroom")
Edited September 18, 2015
SHAWN
1989: Shawn is playing second base.
1989: Breaks the driver’s side window on his Dad's truck after missing the first baseman’s mitt target.
Was born breech. Henry says it took hours to get him out.
Wears number 44 on the SBPD softball team.
Overthrew first base five times during the SBPD softball game against Haircut Hut.
Claims to have the yips like former Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.
Loves pizza chili cheese fries and orders them six times a week. Refers to them as the Shawn Spencer, and is annoyed that the restaurant refuses to do this as well.
Thinks “stab in the dark” would be a good name for a horror flick
Writes annual holiday letter to Wes Craven
Claims Bigfoot only wears a size 10 shoe.
Ate a banana after the shooting at the restaurant instead of calling his Dad
Claims he is pee shy.
Ordered $80 socks with Gus’ Nordstrom card
Re-enacts the shooting at the restaurant. Pepper=Gus, salt=Shawn, sugar=Juliet, lemon=Lassiter, cherry=McNab. The lesbians from Haircut Hut are mashed potatoes.
Knows that “Happy Birthday” lasts 26 seconds
Worked for a couple afternoons a Meineke.
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Always loses the cordless phone.
Wants an immersion tank and hallucinogens
Claims to only reads the London Financial Times and Dog Fancy.
Prefers Baskin over Tony Robbins, claims they are brothers.
Says he’ll never get sick of Doritos.
Got paid $800 for the Petrovich case but didn’t work on it.
Mistakes the cordless phone on Gus' eliptical for a bomb.
Ducks when the automatic sprinkler starts
Gets freaked out by tassels
Bet Gus $50 to see who could get on camera most during Lassiter's press interview. Shawn won, with 4.5 seconds
Puts the phone in the charger upside-down
Throws a cordless phone at the killer
Bats right-handed
GUS
Wears number 41 on the SBPD softball team.
Called his parents immediately after the shooting to tell them that he was okay.
Enjoys teasing Shawn about his failings at softball.
Has a Nordstrom’s card.
Has an elliptical in the office
Wears blue pajamas with red and yellow firetrucks on them.
The metaphor streetcar named Shawnsire makes Gus uncomfortable.
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Ducks when the automatic sprinkler starts
Thinks Shawn is jealous of Lassie.
Thinks it's entirely within Lassiter's character to shoot a dead man.
Thinks Shawn's fear of tassels is irrational.
Throws right-handed.
Will sometimes say things with a Jamaican accent for Shawn.
Mentions two places he likes to order food from: Kingstons, for jerk chicken and johnnycakes, and Luigi’s, for pizza.
LASSITER
Carries two guns to a softball game.
Opens fire on suspect in crowded restaurant
Wears number 13 on the SBPD softball team.
His cellphone refers to Shawn as Spencer.
Says a lot of people want to kill him he takes great pride in that. People who threatened him in public include Palermo, Fletcher, and Garcia (now deceased).
Claims that he doesn’t get scared.
Throws right-handed.
Had an uncle with coronary disease.
Just got his car back from the shop. Insists that O'Hara must sit on a towel when she's in it.
Followed the false lead to Room 16 of the Downtowner Motel. Mentions that he knows the motel.
Was only able to get Petrovich on was a weapons charge and was eaten up for three years
Makes phone calls threatening possible suspects
Goes to visit those in the community most hurt by Petrovich
Shot a man who was already dead
Goes to the cemetery to meet father of a boy who overdosed and is held at gunpoint
JULIET
Wears number 17 on the SBPD softball team.
Is appointed lead investigator on the case with Lassiter under protection
Goes to Psych office to work away from Lassiter
Just joined a gym where the regime is about self-motivation. Has a trainer there.
Wrote, "if your heart rate drops below 150 you die," on Shawn's water bottle. She does this before her own workouts.
HENRY
1989: Coached Shawn in baseball fielding
Saw the restaurant shooting on tv and came down to the station to see if Shawn was okay.
BUZZ
Eats eggs.
Wears number 14 on the SBPD softball team.
Just turned 30 in this episode, and the team sings “Happy Birthday” to him as the shooter comes into the restaurant.
Was there when Lassiter busted Petrovich.
Was given an officer for protection
Lost parts of three toes in the explosion of his mailbox. Was blown 20 ft into his apartment complex's swimming pool.
Returns to work when he clearly has a concussion.
VICK
Offers counseling to anyone who wants it
Refuses to let Shawn use sports psychiatrist
Appoints Juliet in charge of case and Lassiter under 24-hour guard
Other Characters
Ivan Petrovich
Released from Pelican Bay where he was serving time on a weapons charge.
Drug lord of the worst kind - selling to high school students.
Died of a massive drug overdose, later shot by Lassiter.
Jenny
The waitress at the restaurant, which is a known cop bar.
Doesn't seem to like Shawn.
Bobby Salamatchia
Quarterback that overdosed on drugs supplied by Petrovich.
Died on Sept 18th.
Mr. Salamatchia
A former Marine.
Dr. Erlich
The counselor for the SBPD.
Dr. Manny
The sports therapist that is helping Shawn overcome the yips.
Is willing to submit a falsified expense report.
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
Gus’ Nightstand. Its a little out of focus behind the alarm clock. Looks a little like a glass figurine.
GUS, DON’T BE…
Gus, don't be the ribs that flip over Fred Flintstone's car.
ALLUSIONS
“They call it the ‘yips’.” - Yips or the yips is the loss of fine motor skills without apparent explanation, in one of a number of different sports. Athletes affected by the yips demonstrate a sudden, unexplained loss of previous skills. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes compensate by changing technique, or may be forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.
“Former Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.” - Edward Charles "Chuck" Knoblauch (/ˈnɒblɔːk/; born July 7, 1968) is a retired Major League Baseball player. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors, from 1991 until 2002, for the Minnesota Twins (1991-97), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Kansas City Royals (2002). He played mostly as a second baseman before moving to left field for his last two seasons. Once considered one of the game's best fielders (in fact, ESPN personalities nicknamed him "Fundamentally Sound" Chuck Knoblauch), Knoblauch's play deteriorated shortly into his Yankee career; his errors at second doubled from 13 in 1998 to 26 the following year; interestingly, none of these was a throwing error. In 2000, he began to have difficulty making accurate throws to first base, a condition sometimes referred to in baseball as "the yips" or "Steve Sax Syndrome" in more recent years. Knoblauch tried various solutions to his problem, but his throwing would not improve. He made fifteen errors in less than half a season in 2000, including ten throwing miscues. (During one game, an errant throw sailed into the stands and hit sportscaster Keith Olbermann's mother in the head.) After making three throwing errors in six innings of the Yankees' 12-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox, on 15 June 2000, Knoblauch voluntarily left the game. He then left Yankee Stadium in his street clothes while the game was still in progress. He was back at second the next day, but, stumping commentators, fans, and himself, Knoblauch never fully recovered his throwing accuracy, especially after missing most of the month of August with an injury. Knoblauch returned to the Yankees in September, but was often used as a designated hitter in lieu of playing second; he was exclusively a DH in the Yankees' run to a World Series title. Finally, in 2001, he was reassigned to left field by manager Joe Torre, never to return to his old position.
“All of a sudden, he committed an unprecedented number of throwing errors, one of which sailed into the stands and hit Keith Olbermann's mother in the face.” - Keith Theodore Olbermann (/ˈoʊlbərmən/; born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and political commentator and writer. Recently, he hosted a later afternoon show on ESPN2 and TSN2 called Olbermann, from July 2013 until July 2015 as well as being the studio host of TBS's Major League Baseball postseason coverage. Previously, he was the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of the Current TV weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, until March 30, 2012, a program he hosted with the same title and a similar format on MSNBC from March 2003 to January 2011.
“Remind me to include it in this year’s letter to Wes Craven.” - Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (August 2, 1939 - August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films. He was best known for creating the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise featuring the Freddy Krueger character, directing the first installment and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and co-writing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Bruce Wagner. Craven also directed all four films in the Scream series, and co-created the Ghostface character. Some of his other films include The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, The People Under the Stairs, Red Eye, The Serpent And The Rainbow and Vampire In Brooklyn.
“Gus, don't be the ribs that flip over Fred Flintstone's car.” - Frederick "Fred" Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone,[citation needed] is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friends are his next door neighbors, Barney and Betty Rubble, who have an adopted son named Bamm-Bamm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdX6fwfrULI
“I know you're not completely sold on my hit man theory, but I need you to suspend your disbelief and hop onboard the streetcar named Shawnsire.” - A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams which received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano, Vivien Leigh, and Renee Asherson and was directed by Laurence Olivier. The drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often regarded among the finest of American plays of the 20th century, alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and Death of a Salesman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YgJjSCT08
“And I know his socks were 80 bucks 'cause I just ordered some with your Nordstrom's card.” - Nordstrom, Inc. (/ˈnɔrdstrəm/) is an American upscale fashion retailer, founded in 1901 by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin and headquartered in Seattle. The company began as a shoe retailer and has since expanded its inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, and fragrances. Select Nordstrom stores also have wedding and home furnishing departments. There are 296 stores operating in 38 states, which includes 118 full-line stores and 178 Nordstrom Racks. Nordstrom also serves customers through Nordstrom.com, the newly developed e-commerce site nordstromrack.com, and its online private sale site, HauteLook. In addition, Nordstrom operates one clearance store, along with two Jeffrey boutiques. Nordstrom, Inc.'s common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN. The company announced plans to open six stores in Canada beginning in 2014, as well as its first namesake in New York City in 2018. Nationally, Nordstrom competes with luxury retailers Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as middle class retailers such as Macy's, Von Maur, Dillard's and Belk. Of its luxury retail competitors, Nordstrom has both the largest number of store locations and the largest geographic footprint, and its stores anchor many upscale malls throughout the United States.
“Are you asking Shawn the psychic, or Shawn the guy who worked for a couple afternoons at a Meineke?” - Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc. ("mine-a-key") is a franchise-based international automotive repair chain with more than 900 locations. The chain is ranked #52 in the Franchise 500 (2014) and #54 in America’s Top Global (2013) Previously known as Meineke Discount Mufflers, the company changed its name to Meineke Car Care Centers in 2003 when it expanded to offer full-service auto repairs.
“Okay, but that only eliminates Bigfoot.” - Bigfoot is the name given to a cryptid ape- or hominid-like creature that is said to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. The term sasquatch is an anglicized derivative of the Halkomelem word sásq'ets.
“I was going to say an immersion therapy tank and hallucinogens” - Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction-horror film adaptation of a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky in his only novel he ever wrote and his final film. Both the novel and the film are based on John C. Lilly's sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs like mescaline, ketamine and LSD. The film was directed by Ken Russell and is also the film debut of William Hurt and Drew Barrymore. Chayevsky had his name removed as credited screenwriter, using the pseudonym Sidney Aaron, his actual first and middle name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lYG7a4YOA
“No thanks. I'm not really into the whole motivational Tony Robbins thing.” - Tony Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavorick; February 29, 1960) is an American motivational speaker, personal finance instructor, and self-help author. He became well known from his infomercials and self-help books: Unlimited Power, Unleash the Power Within and Awaken the Giant Within. In 2007, he was named in Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list. Forbes estimated that Robbins earned approximately US$30 million in that year.
“I prefer his brother Baskin.” - Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops and is based in Canton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins in Glendale, California. The company is known for its "31 flavors" slogan, with the idea that a customer could have a different flavor every day of any month. The slogan came from the Carson-Roberts advertising agency (which later merged into Ogilvy & Mather) in 1953. Baskin and Robbins believed that people should be able to sample flavors until they found one they wanted to buy, hence their famous small pink spoons. The company has introduced more than 1,000 flavors since 1945.
“I guess we're having Doritos for dinner.” - Doritos /dɵˈriːtoʊz/ is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips produced since 1964 by American food company Frito-Lay (a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo). "Doritos" were released nationwide in 1966, the first tortilla chip to be launched nationally in the United States. The name derives from the Mexican Spanish doradito, meaning "little golden thing" or "little golden boy". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr-PyZrrufo
“I only read the London Financial Times and Dog Fancy.” - The Financial Times (FT) is an English-language international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news. The paper, published by Pearson in London, was founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley, and merged with its closest rival, the Financial News (which had been founded in 1884) in 1945. Dog Fancy was a monthly magazine dedicated to dogs, owners of dogs, and breeders of dogs. It was founded in 1970 and is described by its publishing company BowTie Inc. as "the world’s most widely read dog magazine". BowTie Inc. also publishes its sister magazine Dog World and Cat Fancy for cats and their owners. The editorial office is in Irvine, Calif., and the statement of ownership in the December 2009 issue says the paid circulation is 202,000 copies. In August 2008, it began publishing a quarterly double issue entitled Natural Dog on the flip side of Dog Fancy. In late 2014, I-5 Publishing announced that the monthly magazines Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy would be cancelled, and replaced with alternating bimonthly issues of Catster and Dogster beginning in February 2015.
“I was hoping Daniel Day Lewis'd be here to fix the rip in my Tretorns.” - Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. He holds both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre, before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health. He is one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1998, with as many as five years between roles. Day-Lewis is one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation and has earned numerous awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), making him the only male actor in history to have three wins in the lead actor category. Tretorn Sweden AB is a Swedish manufacturer of rubber boots, sports shoes and tennis balls with headquarters in Helsingborg. The brand has been owned since 2001 by Puma AG. Tretorn was founded in 1891 as Helsingborgs Rubber Factory AB with manufacturing in Tretorn factory in Helsingborg. Production in Helsingborg, was closed in 1980.
“I'm starring in the elliptical version of Speed, and you're guilting me?” - Speed is a 1994 American disaster action film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. A surprise critical and commercial success, it won two Academy Awards, for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 67th Academy Awards in early 1995. The film tells the story of the LAPD cop who tries to rescue civilians on a city bus rigged with a bomb programmed to explode if the bus slows down or if civilians try to escape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRmhneo5A48
“It's more like Lethal Weapon 2.” - Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci , Patsy Kensit, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and second installment in the Lethal Weapon series. Gibson and Glover respectively reprise their roles as L.A.P.D. officers, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, who protect an irritating federal witness (Pesci), while taking on a gang of South African drug dealers hiding behind diplomatic immunity. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (Robert G. Henderson). The film received mostly positive reviews and earned more than $227 million worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-8r7vKgLQ
“Sonny and Cher...” - Sonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. The pair first achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965, "Baby Don't Go" and "I Got You Babe". Signing with Atco/Atlantic Records, they released three studio albums in the late 1960s, as well as the soundtrack recording for an unsuccessful movie, Good Times. In 1972, after four years of silence, the couple returned to the studio and released two other albums under the MCA/Kapp Records label. In the 1970s, they also positioned themselves as media personalities with two top ten TV shows in the US, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and The Sonny & Cher Show. The couple's career as a duo ended in 1975 following their divorce. In the decade they spent together, Sonny and Cher sold over 40 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERd61bDY7k
“Martin's Lair of the White Worm.” - The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. The book was published in 1911 by Rider and Son in the UK, the year before Stoker's death, with color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. In 1925, it was republished in a highly abridged and rewritten form. Over a hundred pages were removed, the rewritten book having only twenty-eight chapters instead of the original forty. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent. In 1988, it was adapted into a film by Ken Russell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhWY20DnSVY
“Call me Torii Hunter, but do it in the Jamaican accent.” - Torii Kedar Hunter (/ˈtɔriː/; born July 18, 1975) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Detroit Tigers. While primarily a center fielder, Hunter currently plays right field for the Twins. Hunter is a five-time All-Star. He won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder, and has also won two Silver Slugger Awards.
“You trying to go Hannibal Lecter on me?” - Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel and its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs, feature Lecter as one of the primary antagonists after the two serial killers in both novels. In the third novel, Hannibal, Lecter becomes a protagonist. His role as the antihero occurs in the fourth novel, Hannibal Rising, which explores his childhood and development into a serial killer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQKs169Sl0I
CONTINUITY
Shawn says he’s going to go to confession (forgetting what it’s called) - (4x04 "The Devil's in the Details... and the Upstairs Bedroom")