Originally posted by
the_moogie on January 29, 2011
Edited September 27, 2015
SHAWN
Shawn spots at Gus is in the Vault of Secrets right away.
Solves Juliet’s case in 24 hours believing it’s a random case
Says he thinks the hand at the head (psychic move) looks pretty sweet when Simon Baker does sit. Gus says Simon Baker doesn’t do that. Shawn says “well, at least we have that.”
Find out Scott’s dead but believes he was murdered
Spots that the windows on Scott Seaver’s car were down in 42 degree weather.
Shawn defends himself against Henry’s accusations that he did all the work by saying he was looking at a missing persons website. Henry adds that it was the band Missing Persons.
Says that he managed to get onto a website that he probably shouldn’t be on and Gus responds “Don’t tell me you’re going all Pete Townsend on me.”
Has a treasury department password because agent Lars Ewing had lousy at covering his typing hand.
His search for Scott Seaver brings up a red flag at the Federal Marshall’s office
Says they’ll all talk to Juliet about Scott delicately
Slaps Lassiter when he gets a bit too personal about Scott
Walks with Juliet in the park as she talks about Scott
Shawn finds Scott Weaver, alive and well by locating the Dumbo set on Ebay, minus the piece that was given to Juliet.
Brings Scott back to the station
Votes Scott goes back to Witness Protection after seeing Juliet kiss him
Watches from outside Vick’s office as she argues with Agent Wayne
Shawn barges in when he hears that Scott was at Juliet’s apartment
Shawn challenges Wayne to a fist fight and Wayne refuses.
Asks if Scott was in Juliet’s house before Conan or after Conan.
Gives Gus’ real name to Waring instead of one of his usual nicknames
Tries to communicate with J.T. Waring by talking in an English accent.
Shawn says that J.T. Waring is super cool.
Offers to bake Waring a cake that’s “extra high in iron.”
Shawn says Waring has a great head and a real presence. There’s something very Billy Zaney about him. Gus says that only Shawn and Billy Zane use that term.
Says he has a bootleg copy of Saving Private Ryan at home.
Takes Scott to the crime scene
Never read the trial transcript for Waring
Uses his binoculars backwards until Scott pointed it out.
Says he has very sensitive cuticles.
Was right about Mr. T being an extra in The Blues Brothers
Has a to-don’t list.
Nods to show Juliet that he approves of her relationship with Scott.
Saw an accident and pretended to be blind because their movie was about to start
Kicks Wayne’s gun under the car and then slaps him in the face
Jumps up from a lying position and is too surprised to continue fighting.
Is a dirty fighter: bites Weaver on the leg and kicks him in the balls.
GUS
Says he will handle Juliet’s case in perfect stealth mode
Says he is known as the Vault of Secrets
Walks into a closed door
Fistbumps Juliet
Tells Shawn he’s working on a random Missing Persons case
Is a sympathetic crier. Lassiter calls him “eye faucets.”
He and Lassiter trail Shawn and O’Hara on their talk.
Watches from outside Vick’s office as she argues with Agent Wayne
Read the transcript of J.T.Waring’s trial.
Refuses to be the body. Says his shirt is $260. Shawn counters that Gus paid $18 for it, and Gus says it’s the list price.
LASSITER
Says he doesn’t get to be a confident very often, ever, because people don’t really talk to him.
Says “all romance ends in despair. Or death. But mostly despair. Gut wrenching despair.” “all people are essentially just out there to destroy any chance at happiness you might ever have.” He hugs her.
Says it’s cool for him, Gus and Shawn to be in the chief’s office because “I practically run this place.”
Ducks as a blonde woman with a cart of baked goods goes by. He explains that the biscuit lady. He owes her eighty cents…and he kinda made out with her at the department picnic.
Ducks when a blonde man who resembles the biscuit lady walks by. Shawn says, “That was a dude.” Gus responds, “Must have been some crazy picnic.”
Researched Scott
Says no one knows what racketeering is
Nominates Shawn to grill Juliet about Scott
Asks Juliet about Scott’s darkest tendencies, priors, fetishes, prompting Shawn and him to have a face-grabbing fight.
Offers a handkerchief to Gus
He and Gus trail Shawn and O’Hara on their talk.
Spotted a male, about 5’8” outside Juliet’s house.
Says that after a thorough background check and an unauthorized blood test, he gets what Juliet sees in Scott. He thinks Scott is okay.
Tells Juliet that she has his blessing to consummate her relationship with Scott.
Has seen Grease. Maybe a lot.
Points out that Juliet and Scott haven’t seen each other in seven years, and the only way they’re going to know anything is if they get to know each other again. Everything else is pure speculation, like wondering what would have happened if Kenicke had driven at Thunder Road.
JULIET
2003: has 2 years left of college before the police academy
2003: Boyfriend Scott wants her to stay in California with him
2003: Thinks long distance relationships never work.
2003: in ten years they met back at the train station at 4:00 and if they’re married they’ll talk about their kids, and if they’re single they’ll go for coffee.
Waits at the train station for three hours for Scott
Uses Lassiter as a sounding board
Can’t concentrate on work wondering about Scott
Uses the police database to look up Scott.
Asks McNab to look through the files
Goes to Gus for help finding Scott
Fistbumps Gus
Loves tall guys.
Liked Dumbo as a kid.
Says the Super Bowl game she went to with Scott was the most exciting night of her life.
Juliet says she was crazy about Scott. He was secure and genuine and optimistic and youthful. She loved his heart, his soul, his athleticism.
Has a spice rack with unbroken seals. Blames cop hours and says she doesn’t get a chance to cook for people either.
Brought a gun on her date with Scott
Says she would think her actions (looking for him) were pretty creepy if she were Scott.
Tells Scott that Shawn was the one who went looking for him.
Has seen Goodfellas and Grease.
Juliet and Scott agree to see one another again in a year’s time.
HENRY
Complains that Shawn sat there and ate Munchos while Henry used his contacts in Sacramento to find out that Scott Seaver was dead
Spots the bad police work on Scott Weaver’s car accident.
VICK
Says that the use of the files for anything other than police business is illegal and that O’Hara has a backlog of real cases to work on
Tells O’Hara that men often don’t show
Defends her officers from Agent Wayne’s criticism
Issues Shawn and Gus formal reprimands
BUZZ
Willing to help Juliet search files until Vick shows up
OTHER CHARACTERS
Scott Seaver
2003: Scott asks Juliet to stay in California.
2003: Says ten years is too long, and they agree to meet up again in seven.
Was pronounced dead four years ago, car totaled on a lonely stretch of highway in the California desert. Landed a job as an import appraiser after college. Didn’t know that the business that hired him was a front for crime.
Came in the door of Waring’s office at J&T Imports and saw Waring with a gun in his hand, standing over the body of Agent Renfrew.
Really he was in witness protection.
Had a connection to the mayor through his late grandfather’s office. Juliet says Scott got them superbowl tickets, seats at the 35 yard line.
Had a valuable set of Dumbo figurine that he broke up the set to give a Dumbo to Juliet.
Played football: tight end.
Says he never felt comfortable or safe in witness protection.
Didn’t have a chance to cook for people in witness protection. Says he found it weird to have to answer a date’s questions off a government-issued note card.
Says Waring was big on security, it was a pretty fortified building.
Scott’s testimony placed J.T. Waring in the room with the body, sending him to jail. Clubs Agent Weaver with rebar to save Shawn.
Is boarding train 14.
Agent Wayne
A federal marshal.
Was partners with Agent Renfrew.
J.T. Waring
Legitimate front was J&T Imports/
Was from Los Angeles.
Went down for racketeering and was found guilty of the death of a U.S. Marshall. Is serving three life sentences.
Asks Shawn to find evidence to prove he’s innocent of the marshal’s murder, Agent Renfrew.
Was spotted in his office with the body by Scott.
CATCHPHRASES
“Suck it” - Episode: 1 Series: 1
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 10)
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Uses an English accent talking to Waring
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 35
MENTALIST/SIMON BAKER MENTION
Episode: 1
Series: 5
BILLY v. VAL
Billy: 3
Val: 2
ALLUSIONS
“Strung Out” by Steve Perry (plays while Juliet waits for Scott) - Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1998. Perry had a successful solo career between the mid 1980s and mid 1990s. “Strung Out” was a single of his first solo album Street Talk in 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJpn_1wT8jE“You sat here and ate Munchos while I called my contacts in Sacramento.” - Munchos are a potato chip snack food made by Frito-Lay. Although originally marketed as being otherwise, the current incarnations of Munchos are actually thinner than most potato chips, to the point of being slightly transparent and containing air pockets. When first introduced, they were positioned as "a potato snack, thicker than potato chips." Their slightly curved shape and rough texture assist with dipping. Ingredients include dehydrated potatoes, corn and/or sunflower oil, corn meal, potato starch, salt, sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and yeast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36H_SCzCHIY“The band Missing Persons.” - Missing Persons is an American band that plays a blend of new wave and hard rock. The band was founded in 1980 in Los Angeles by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, vocalist Dale Bozzio, and drummer Terry Bozzio. They later added bassist Patrick O'Hearn and keyboardist Chuck Wild. Dale's quirky voice and heavy makeup made the band a favorite on MTV in the early 1980s. Her revealing outfits played a pivotal role in moving the culture of music videos towards that of overt sexual exhibitionism. Dale and Terry Bozzio met while working with Frank Zappa, and they married in 1979. Cuccurullo encountered the pair while contributing to the Zappa album Joe's Garage. O'Hearn was also a former member of Zappa's touring band, and Wild had played with a variety of bands before joining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WDly1Oc_P4 “Shawn, don't tell me you're going all Pete Townsend on me.” - Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Who. His career with the Who spans more than 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 20th century. Townshend is the main songwriter for the Who, having written well more than 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus popular rock and roll radio staples such as Who's Next, and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations such as Odds & Sods. He has also written more than 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and television theme songs. Although known primarily as a guitarist, he also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesiser, bass guitar and drums, on his own solo albums, several Who albums, and as a guest contributor to an array of other artists' recordings. He is self-taught on all of the instruments he plays and has never had any formal training. Besides his arrest for assaulting a police officer in 1967 and issues with destruction of property, Townshend was cautioned by British police as part of Operation Ore, a major investigation on child pornography conducted in 2002-2003. Townshend was placed on the sex offenders register for five years in 2003 after admitting he had used his credit card to access a website bearing the message "click here for child porn" four years earlier. Later investigation showed that he had visited an ordinary porn site, and not one containing child pornography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4MOkK2MOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3h--K5928MArnold Vosloo (Waring) - Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African-American actor. He is known for his roles as Imhotep in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Pik van Cleef in Hard Target, Dr. Peyton Westlake/Darkman in Darkman II and Darkman III, Zartan in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its sequel, and terrorist Habib Marwan during Season 4 of the television series 24.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuSD8DblE0“She wrote all the Harry Potters.” “That's J. K. Rowling, Shawn.” - Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The series chronicles the adventures of a young wizard, Harry Potter, the titular character, and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's quest to defeat the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who aims to become immortal, conquer the wizarding world, subjugate non-magical people, and destroy all those who stand in his way, especially Harry Potter. A series of many genres, including fantasy, coming of age and the British school story (with elements of mystery, thriller, adventure and romance), it has many cultural meanings and references. According to Rowling, the main theme is death. There are also many other themes in the series, such as prejudice and corruption.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDnSdmznaTk“Went down for racketeering a few years ago.” - A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, that will not be put into effect, or that would not otherwise exist if the racket did not exist. Conducting a racket is racketeering. Particularly, the potential problem may be caused by the same party that offers to solve it, although that fact may be concealed, with the specific intent to engender continual patronage for this party. An archetype is the protection racket, wherein a person or group indicates that they could protect a store from potential damage, damage that the same person or group would otherwise inflict, while the correlation of threat and protection may be more or less deniably veiled, distinguishing it from the more direct act of extortion. Racketeering is often associated with organized crime, and the term was coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
Craig Sheffer (Agent Wayne) - Craig Eric Sheffer (born April 23, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading roles as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and Aaron Boone/Cabal in the film Nightbreed, as well as his character Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.
“Well, that's good, because we generally don't give out rewards for exposing a key witness right out of witness protection.” - Witness protection is protection of a threatened witness or any person involved in the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require protection until the conclusion of a trial, some witnesses are provided with a new identity and may live out the rest of their lives under government protection. Witness protection is usually required in trials against organized crime, where law enforcement sees a risk for witnesses to be intimidated by colleagues of defendants. It is also used at war crime trials.
“Uh, it's from Goodfellas.” - Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film narrates the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill (the first-person narrator in the film) and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980. Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked best, and put them into a revised script the cast worked from during principal photography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo5jJpHtI1Y“What time are we talking here, before Conan or after Conan?” - Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, musician, and voice actor. He is best known for hosting several late-night talk shows; since 2010 he has hosted Conan on the cable channel TBS. O'Brien was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He served as president of The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, and was a writer for the sketch comedy series Not Necessarily the News. After writing for several comedy shows in Los Angeles, he joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live. O'Brien was a writer and producer for The Simpsons for two seasons until he was commissioned by NBC to take over David Letterman's position as host of Late Night in 1993. A virtual unknown to the public, O'Brien's initial time on Late Night tenure received unfavorable reviews and remained on a multiweek renewal cycle during its early years. The show generally improved over time and was highly regarded by the time of his departure in 2009. Afterwards, O'Brien relocated from New York to Los Angeles to host his own incarnation of The Tonight Show for seven months until network politics prompted a host change in 2010.
“Tommy Lee Jones!” … “The Fugitive.” … “I'll be Harrison.” - The Fugitive is a 1993 American action thriller film based on the 1960s television series of the same name created by Roy Huggins. The film was directed by Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. After being wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife, Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford) escapes from custody and is declared a fugitive. He sets out to prove his innocence and bring those who were responsible to justice while being pursued relentlessly by a team of U.S. Marshals, led by Deputy Samuel Gerard (Jones).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETPVU0acnrE“I have a bootleg copy of Saving Private Ryan at home.” - A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging. Recordings may be simply copied and traded among fans of the artist without financial exchange, but some bootleggers have sold recordings for profit, sometimes by adding professional-quality sound engineering and packaging to the raw material. Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, the film is notable for its graphic and realistic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944. It follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and a squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), who is the last-surviving brother of four servicemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhP5b4tD6g“I feel like that scene in Grease.” - Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Paramount Pictures. It is based on Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs' 1971 musical of the same name about two lovers in a 1950s high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway. It was successful both critically and at the box office. Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, behind the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, another film starring Travolta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS9SXH3DfT8“This isn't Planet of the Apes, Gus.” - Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. The sixth film produced in the Planet of the Apes franchise, it was loosely adapted from Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel of the same name and the 1968 film version. It tells the story of astronaut Leo Davidson crash-landing on a planet inhabited by intelligent apes. The apes treat humans as slaves, but with the help of an ape named Ari, Leo starts a rebellion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgNrHqfTdY“FDR was like, ‘not in my house’." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (/ˈroʊzəvəlt/, his own pronunciation, or /ˈroʊzəvɛlt/) (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States. A Democrat, he won a record four elections and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. His program for relief, recovery and reform, known as the New Deal, involved the great expansion of the role of the federal government in the economy. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party, he built the New Deal Coalition that united labor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans, and rural white Southerners. The Coalition realigned American politics after 1932, creating the Fifth Party System and defining American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century.
“I was right about Mr. T being an extra in The Blues Brothers.” - Mr. T (born Lawrence Tureaud; May 21, 1952) is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, for his appearances as a professional wrestler, and for being a rapper. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image. In 2006 he starred in the reality show I Pity the Fool, shown on TV Land, the title of which comes from the catchphrase of his Lang character. The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The Blues Brothers" musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film's screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed. It features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson. The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his brother Elwood, who take on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they grew up. To do so, they must reunite their R&B band and organize a performance to earn $5,000 needed to pay the orphanage's property tax bill. Along the way, they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band-all while being relentlessly pursued by the police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xtJYIwfYo CONTINUITY
“No, but agent Lars Ewing did, and he was really lousy at using his other hand to cover his typing hand.” - (2x03 "Psy vs. Psy")
Gus is a sympathetic crier - (3x09 “Christmas Joy”)
Shawn actually rides his motorcycle!