7x14 No Trout About It
originally posted April 19, 2015
SHAWN
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Eats a green sno-cone (shaved ice)
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Lassiter and Juliet
Hired by Leo Quinn to find his murderer
Goes to the airport to pick up Leo’s wife Rita
Lied that he called and left a message with Officer Jeff Mortensen
Goes to Leo’s and finds Rita dead
Calls Lassiter to come to the scene
Calls Leo “Goose”
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Believes there are no bad episodes of “CHiP’s”
Sno-cones for dinner, breakfast and a quick snack
Takes Leo back to the hospital
Goes back to the hospital but is too late
Get left Leo’s ashes
Tells Juliet the ashes were cake mix
Gets choked by Lassiter
Goes to Leo’s office
Notices the motorcyclist dies of the same poison
Realizes Leo is the killer having faked his death
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Catches Leo at the airport
Hugs Vick as she leaves on suspension
Ate Trout’s Balance bar
Will no longer be hired by the police department
GUS
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Lassiter and Juliet
Babbles to fill uncomfortable silence
Had waffles for breakfast
Can click his shoulder
Hired by Leo Quinn to find his murderer
Thinks he’s been poisoned 10 times a year
Puts mask on to keep away “germs” from a poisoned man
Is inbetween relationships
Goes to the airport to pick up Leo’s wife Rita
Goes to Leo’s and finds Rita dead
Calls Lassiter to come to the scene
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Believes the devil is white
Once left a half-eaten sandwich in the car
Sno-cones for dinner, breakfast and a quick snack
Takes Leo back to the hospital
Goes back to the hospital but is too late
Get left Leo’s ashes
Goes to Leo’s office
Takes office supplies since Leo never paid them
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Catches Leo at the airport
Will no longer be hired by the police department
JULIET
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Shawn and Gus
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Gets covered in human ashes
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends her
Pulls gun on Leo at the airport when he runs
LASSITER
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Shawn and Gus
Claims he always thought Shawn and Juliet’s relationship unprofessional
His account sounds like “CSI: Miami” and he does his best Horatio Caine impression
Takes over the story using police codes and lingo
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Keeps kissing Trout’s ass
Gets covered in human ashes
Chokes Shawn
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Pulls gun on Leo at the airport when he runs
Defends Vick calling her “the greatest Chief of Police in this city’s history”
Is no longer Head Detective
BUZZ
Brings in donuts and sandwiches
Performs under the name Morning Wood
Is fired by Trout
HENRY
Is running a 10K and gets a slow start
Nearly gets run down by the motorcyclist
Comes to the station to complain
VICK
Forced to bring in a consultant by the mayor
Learns that Buzz is a stripper
Takes a 6-month suspension
TROUT
Consultant hired by the mayor to straighten out the police
Was police chief in Baltimore and Philly
Was an officer in Newark and rose to executive superintendent
Consultant on the show “Badge of Honor”
Won an Emmy for his episode “My Hymie’s Homie”
(one of the above is not true)
Doesn’t shake hands
Fires them all but gives them a chance to explain what happened
Designed a robot prototype - the Harris X50 - but it strangled a jaywalker
Wants Shawn to read him
Germaphobe from Buffalo, NY
Sets a timer for them to explain
Has an angry phone call with his mother
Trims the crust off the sandwiches
Fed-up with Lassiter’s butt-kissing
Calls Juliet “cupcake”
Stops for a Balance bar
Uses an air horn to get them under control
Has three nephews that he hates: Noah, Ryder and Stephen
Changes into a fresh jacket
Suspends them all from the case placing Dobson in charge
Orders them back to work after they arrest Leo
Fires Buzz
Becomes Interim Chief of Police
Will no longer hire psychics
LEO
Thinks he’s been poisoned
Hires Shawn and Gus
Wanted to learn Mandarin, start yoga and upgrade to Mac
Is married to Rita
His office was broken into
Doesn’t want to die in the ER
A fan of Duran Duran
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Left his ashes to Shawn and Gus and wants them spread into the water off Sterns Wharf
Left Shawn and Gus a note
Pretended to be poisoned
Planned to go to Rio
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the snow cone cart.
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Spanish
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 63
CATCHPHRASES
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 15)
“Suck it” (episode: 2 series: 30)
GUS NICKNAMES
Burton Trout
Bad News Marvin Barnes
ALLUSIONS
“No Trout About It” - (There is) no doubt about it. It cannot be doubted.; It is obvious. Jane: It's really cold today. Fred: No doubt about it! Sue: Things seems to be getting more and more expensive. Tom: There's no doubt about that. Look at the price of oranges!
“What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse operation are you running around here?” - Mickey Mouse adj. Slang 1. Unimportant; trivial: "It's a Mickey Mouse operation compared to what goes on in Lyons or Paris" (Jack Higgins). 2. Intellectually unchallenging; simple: His Mickey Mouse assignments soon bored the students. [After the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created by Walt Disney.]
Anthony Michael Hall (Trout) - Anthony Michael Hall is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, both in 1985. He is the fourth cast member of “The Breakfast Club” to guest on the show. [Ally Sheedy (3x16 "An Evening with Mr. Yang", 4x16 "Mr. Yin Presents..." and 5x16 "Yang 3 in 2D"), Judd Nelson (4x13 "Death Is in the Air") and Molly Ringwald (6x06 "Shawn, Interrupted")]
“And I won an Emmy for my episode called ‘My Hymie's Homie’." - An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry, and corresponds to the Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theatre), and the Grammy Award (for music).
“Well, I can assure you we're very real, not unlike the yeti and all of his play friends.” - The Yeti is an ape-like cryptid taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century. The scientific community generally regards the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of conclusive evidence, but it remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology.
“You're a big fan of the Dyson Airblade because of the way it makes you feel in other places.” - The Dyson Air Blade is a model of electric hand dryer made by the Wiltshire, UK based company Dyson. It was introduced in the UK in 2006 and in the United States in latter part of 2007. Instead of using a wide jet of heated air, it uses a thin layer of unheated air traveling at around 400 miles per hour (640 km/h) as a squeegee to remove water, rather than using heat to evaporate the water. The Dyson Airblade is claimed by its manufacturer to dry hands in 10 seconds and to use less electricity than conventional hand dryers.
“He watched Air Bud last night.” - Air Bud is a 1997 American family comedy film that sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog, Buddy, a Golden Retriever. A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The new kid in town, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team. Instead he prefers to practice alone on an abandoned court, he befriends a runaway golden retriever named Buddy. Josh is amazed when he realizes that Buddy loves basketball...that is playing basketball...and he is GOOD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B17kRwsDojw
“Hey, I-I know I'm no Adonis, but ten hours ago, I'm a normal, healthy man.” - In Greek mythology, Adonis was so beautiful that goddesses loved and fought over him. In modern parlance the name "Adonis" is frequently used as an allusion to an extremely attractive, youthful male, often with a connotation of deserved vanity: "the office Adonis".
Joey Slotnick (Leo) - Slotnick was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. His film roles include computer industry pioneer Steve Wozniak in the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, and a part in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. In 2011 he completed the suspense film Elevator, in which he plays one of several people trapped in a New York elevator with an evil presence. Additionally, he was on the cast of the television shows Boston Public in 2000-2001, The Single Guy from 1995-1997, and Nip/Tuck from 2003-2006. In 2009, Slotnick played Groucho Marx's role of Captain Jeffrey Spaulding in The Goodman Theatre's production of Animal Crackers. The performance was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for best actor. Slotnick has logged several guest appearances on a number of popular television shows. He also does commercial work, ads for the NBA, 21st Century Insurance, Staples and Verizon Fios.
“It's one of the five stages of grief.” - The Kübler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a series of emotional stages experienced by survivors of an intimate's death, wherein the five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The model was first introduced by Swiss Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying, and was inspired by her work with terminally ill patients.
“That's Dreyfuss from Jaws.” - “Jaws” is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fu_sA7XhE
“Obviously I was skeptical of the stupidly hot Latina married to the Travelocity gnome.” - Travelocity is an online travel agency and was founded and owned by Sabre Corporation. It is now wholly owned by Expedia. Travelocity is based in Southlake, Texas, in the United States. They currently use a garden gnome in their commercials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMYYVFUn31Q
“Because my senses never lie, Mr. Trout. And neither do my hips.” - “Hips Don’t Lie” is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean for the reissue of Shakira's seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. It was released on February 28, 2006, by Epic Records as the third single from the album. The song was written and produced by Shakira, Jean, Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis and LaTravia Parker. "Hips Don't Lie" is a salsa and reggaeton song, which heavily incorporates samples from Jean's earlier single "Dance Like This" and "Amores Como el Nuestro" written by Omar Alfanno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM
Lassiter’s version of the story - CSI:Miami is an American police procedural television series that ran from September 23, 2002, to April 8, 2012, on CBS. It is the first spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The pilot episode was first broadcast in the United States on May 9, 2002, as a season 2 episode of CSI. The series was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis and CBS Television Studios. CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) as they use physical evidence to solve grisly and often bizarre murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except Miami CSIs are Police Officers as well as forensic scientists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948
“At this juncture, the consultant notified the police department of a possible 187.” - 187 is the penal/dispatch code for homicide
“Looks like we've got 50 shades of grey...matter.” - Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand, publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012.
“Stand down, Caruso.” - David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. His most prominent roles are his portrayals of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life.
“I'm a ‘Duran-y’." - Duran Duran are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were a successful band of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and according to the Sunday Mercury, they have sold more than 120 million records.
“Rio is my favorite song of all time.” - "Rio" is the seventh single by Duran Duran, released on 1 November 1982. The song was the fourth, final, and title single lifted from the band's album of the same name, and was edited for its release. It was issued worldwide in January 1983 and became an immediate Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #9 on 11 December 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA (“Rio” November 1982)
“Now if had said, uh, Hungry Like the Wolf, View To A Kill, well, even The Reflex, you would have had an argument, but--” - "Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the British new wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album Rio. The song was released in May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom. It reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOg5VxrRTi0 (“Hungry Like the Wolf” May 1982) "A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 6 May 1985. Written and recorded as the theme for the 1985 James Bond movie of the same name, it became one of the band's biggest hits. It remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to number 2 for three weeks on the UK Singles Chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pQDMi4W-g (“A View to a Kill” 1985) "The Reflex" is the eleventh single by Duran Duran, released worldwide on 16 April 1984. The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDnNF5cHCdo (“The Reflex” 1984)
“First of all, there are no bad episodes of Chips.” - ChiP’s is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios (now owned by Turner Entertainment) that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons, plus one reunion TV movie from October 27, 1998. Gus is talking about episode 2x06 "Trick or Trick" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk0esAgO-zE
“You said you and Gus were gonna go home and you were gonna make homemade Twinkies!” - A Twinkie is an American snack cake, marketed as a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling." It was formerly made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinkie production was suspended on November 21, 2012, and resumed after an absence of several weeks from American store shelves, becoming available again nationwide on July 15, 2013.
“These things are worth 2 bucks on eBay, Shawn.” - eBay Inc. (stylized as "ebay" since late 2012) is an American multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales services via the internet. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble. Today it is a multibillion-dollar business with operations localized in over 30 countries.
“If you two children are ready, let's get this boondoggle under way.” - A boondoggle is a project that is considered a useless waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.
“With a little bit poison called WD40.” - WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray.
“How about you, Magic Mike?” - Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old who enters the world of male stripping, guided by Mike Lane, who has been in the business for six years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMU7s6cwxEM
“Judas Priest, man.” - Judas Priest is a term of exasperation used instead of taking the Lord’s name in vain.
“Maybe it was my mom, Sherlock.” - Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜːrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Known as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for a proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional stories appeared from then to 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian periods, taking place between about 1880 to 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Trout is using the term sarcastically. a genius, usually used sarcastically to mean someone with an annoying grasp of the obvious.
“One, Curtis Stanzen bore a striking resemblance to Kyle Bornheimer.” - Kyle Bornheimer (born September 10, 1975) is an American actor known for his role on the American sitcom Worst Week on CBS. With a string of national commercials, Bornheimer established an "always on TV" reputation with 30-second spots for such national accounts as Geico, Staples, Coors Light, Imodium, Stanley and T-Mobile. Landing the lead of Sam Briggs on Worst Week, which has since been cancelled, was a breakthrough role for Bornheimer, a newcomer, whose short film and TV career spans less than five years. Bornheimer was reportedly described by one critic as "the new Bob Newhart". He starred with Alyssa Milano on the TV sitcom Romantically Challenged. The series premiered on ABC on April 19, 2010, but ABC officially cancelled the series on May 16, 2010. He was also featured in episodes of the TV shows Better Off Ted, Breaking Bad, The Office, and Party Down. More recently, Bornheimer starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples opposite Olivia Munn, Dave Walton, and Hayes MacArthur and in the ABC sitcom Family Tools with J.K. Simmons and Leah Remini. Both shows were cancelled in their first season. His feature film credits include She's Out of My League, opposite Jay Baruchel and T.J. Miller; You Again with Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christine Lakin, and Kristen Bell; and most recently Bachelorette opposite Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and James Marsden.
“Two, he showed all the telltale symptoms of Blink 182 poisoning.” - an American rock band formed in Poway, a suburb of San Diego, California in 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw
"But he got that ball rolling 36 hours earlier when he slipped him a little P90X." - Power 90 Extreme, is a commercial home exercise regimen created by Tony Horton. Developed as a successor to the program called "Power 90", it is designed to take 90 days, and consists of a training program that uses cross-training and periodization, combined with a nutrition and dietary supplement plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VfzboV8Vc
“Remember Oz?” - Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by the premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons; the series finale aired February 23, 2003. "Oz" is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a fictional level 4 maximum-security state prison, apparently in New York (given the New York state flag and motto seen in the background when public officials are shown speaking publicly, and references to "upstate", a term commonly used in New York).
“Shuffle on back to Buffalo” - "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" is a song written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and introduced in the 1933 musical film 42nd Street.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkaIM9_AM3k
CONTINUITY
Vick mentions the new mayor - (7x10 “The Santa Barbarian Candidate”)
Shawn brags that in 7 years they’ve solved something in the neighborhood of 100 homicides
“You married a felon you helped put in jail.” - Marlowe was arrested in 6x03 "This Episode Sucks" and they married in 7x07 "Deez Nups"
“At least I'm not a part-time stripper like McNab.” - McNab became a stripper to buy a condo (7x07 "Deez Nups")
“Oh, you were so hammered at the bachelorette party, you wouldn't remember.” (7x07 "Deez Nups")
Dobson (2x04 "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds", 2x08 “Rob-a-By Baby”, 3x09 “Christmas Joy”, 3x12 “Earth, Wind and Wait for It”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”, 5x14 “The Polarizing Express”, 6x02 “Last Night Gus”, 7x07 “Deez Nups”, 7x09 “Juliet Wears the Pantsuit”)
SHAWN
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Eats a green sno-cone (shaved ice)
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Lassiter and Juliet
Hired by Leo Quinn to find his murderer
Goes to the airport to pick up Leo’s wife Rita
Lied that he called and left a message with Officer Jeff Mortensen
Goes to Leo’s and finds Rita dead
Calls Lassiter to come to the scene
Calls Leo “Goose”
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Believes there are no bad episodes of “CHiP’s”
Sno-cones for dinner, breakfast and a quick snack
Takes Leo back to the hospital
Goes back to the hospital but is too late
Get left Leo’s ashes
Tells Juliet the ashes were cake mix
Gets choked by Lassiter
Goes to Leo’s office
Notices the motorcyclist dies of the same poison
Realizes Leo is the killer having faked his death
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Catches Leo at the airport
Hugs Vick as she leaves on suspension
Ate Trout’s Balance bar
Will no longer be hired by the police department
GUS
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Lassiter and Juliet
Babbles to fill uncomfortable silence
Had waffles for breakfast
Can click his shoulder
Hired by Leo Quinn to find his murderer
Thinks he’s been poisoned 10 times a year
Puts mask on to keep away “germs” from a poisoned man
Is inbetween relationships
Goes to the airport to pick up Leo’s wife Rita
Goes to Leo’s and finds Rita dead
Calls Lassiter to come to the scene
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Believes the devil is white
Once left a half-eaten sandwich in the car
Sno-cones for dinner, breakfast and a quick snack
Takes Leo back to the hospital
Goes back to the hospital but is too late
Get left Leo’s ashes
Goes to Leo’s office
Takes office supplies since Leo never paid them
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Catches Leo at the airport
Will no longer be hired by the police department
JULIET
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Shawn and Gus
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Gets covered in human ashes
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends her
Pulls gun on Leo at the airport when he runs
LASSITER
Chases a suspect who is on a motorcycle
Chase takes them to an area marked off for a 10K run
Crashes sideways into Shawn and Gus
Claims he always thought Shawn and Juliet’s relationship unprofessional
His account sounds like “CSI: Miami” and he does his best Horatio Caine impression
Takes over the story using police codes and lingo
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Keeps kissing Trout’s ass
Gets covered in human ashes
Chokes Shawn
Leaves Vick’s office to go after Leo but Trout suspends him
Pulls gun on Leo at the airport when he runs
Defends Vick calling her “the greatest Chief of Police in this city’s history”
Is no longer Head Detective
BUZZ
Brings in donuts and sandwiches
Performs under the name Morning Wood
Is fired by Trout
HENRY
Is running a 10K and gets a slow start
Nearly gets run down by the motorcyclist
Comes to the station to complain
VICK
Forced to bring in a consultant by the mayor
Learns that Buzz is a stripper
Takes a 6-month suspension
TROUT
Consultant hired by the mayor to straighten out the police
Was police chief in Baltimore and Philly
Was an officer in Newark and rose to executive superintendent
Consultant on the show “Badge of Honor”
Won an Emmy for his episode “My Hymie’s Homie”
(one of the above is not true)
Doesn’t shake hands
Fires them all but gives them a chance to explain what happened
Designed a robot prototype - the Harris X50 - but it strangled a jaywalker
Wants Shawn to read him
Germaphobe from Buffalo, NY
Sets a timer for them to explain
Has an angry phone call with his mother
Trims the crust off the sandwiches
Fed-up with Lassiter’s butt-kissing
Calls Juliet “cupcake”
Stops for a Balance bar
Uses an air horn to get them under control
Has three nephews that he hates: Noah, Ryder and Stephen
Changes into a fresh jacket
Suspends them all from the case placing Dobson in charge
Orders them back to work after they arrest Leo
Fires Buzz
Becomes Interim Chief of Police
Will no longer hire psychics
LEO
Thinks he’s been poisoned
Hires Shawn and Gus
Wanted to learn Mandarin, start yoga and upgrade to Mac
Is married to Rita
His office was broken into
Doesn’t want to die in the ER
A fan of Duran Duran
Goes to the bank to check out the safe deposit box
Left his ashes to Shawn and Gus and wants them spread into the water off Sterns Wharf
Left Shawn and Gus a note
Pretended to be poisoned
Planned to go to Rio
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the snow cone cart.
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Spanish
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 63
CATCHPHRASES
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 15)
“Suck it” (episode: 2 series: 30)
GUS NICKNAMES
Burton Trout
Bad News Marvin Barnes
ALLUSIONS
“No Trout About It” - (There is) no doubt about it. It cannot be doubted.; It is obvious. Jane: It's really cold today. Fred: No doubt about it! Sue: Things seems to be getting more and more expensive. Tom: There's no doubt about that. Look at the price of oranges!
“What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse operation are you running around here?” - Mickey Mouse adj. Slang 1. Unimportant; trivial: "It's a Mickey Mouse operation compared to what goes on in Lyons or Paris" (Jack Higgins). 2. Intellectually unchallenging; simple: His Mickey Mouse assignments soon bored the students. [After the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created by Walt Disney.]
Anthony Michael Hall (Trout) - Anthony Michael Hall is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, both in 1985. He is the fourth cast member of “The Breakfast Club” to guest on the show. [Ally Sheedy (3x16 "An Evening with Mr. Yang", 4x16 "Mr. Yin Presents..." and 5x16 "Yang 3 in 2D"), Judd Nelson (4x13 "Death Is in the Air") and Molly Ringwald (6x06 "Shawn, Interrupted")]
“And I won an Emmy for my episode called ‘My Hymie's Homie’." - An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry, and corresponds to the Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theatre), and the Grammy Award (for music).
“Well, I can assure you we're very real, not unlike the yeti and all of his play friends.” - The Yeti is an ape-like cryptid taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century. The scientific community generally regards the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of conclusive evidence, but it remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology.
“You're a big fan of the Dyson Airblade because of the way it makes you feel in other places.” - The Dyson Air Blade is a model of electric hand dryer made by the Wiltshire, UK based company Dyson. It was introduced in the UK in 2006 and in the United States in latter part of 2007. Instead of using a wide jet of heated air, it uses a thin layer of unheated air traveling at around 400 miles per hour (640 km/h) as a squeegee to remove water, rather than using heat to evaporate the water. The Dyson Airblade is claimed by its manufacturer to dry hands in 10 seconds and to use less electricity than conventional hand dryers.
“He watched Air Bud last night.” - Air Bud is a 1997 American family comedy film that sparked the franchise centered on the real-life dog, Buddy, a Golden Retriever. A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The new kid in town, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team. Instead he prefers to practice alone on an abandoned court, he befriends a runaway golden retriever named Buddy. Josh is amazed when he realizes that Buddy loves basketball...that is playing basketball...and he is GOOD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B17kRwsDojw
“Hey, I-I know I'm no Adonis, but ten hours ago, I'm a normal, healthy man.” - In Greek mythology, Adonis was so beautiful that goddesses loved and fought over him. In modern parlance the name "Adonis" is frequently used as an allusion to an extremely attractive, youthful male, often with a connotation of deserved vanity: "the office Adonis".
Joey Slotnick (Leo) - Slotnick was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. His film roles include computer industry pioneer Steve Wozniak in the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, and a part in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. In 2011 he completed the suspense film Elevator, in which he plays one of several people trapped in a New York elevator with an evil presence. Additionally, he was on the cast of the television shows Boston Public in 2000-2001, The Single Guy from 1995-1997, and Nip/Tuck from 2003-2006. In 2009, Slotnick played Groucho Marx's role of Captain Jeffrey Spaulding in The Goodman Theatre's production of Animal Crackers. The performance was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for best actor. Slotnick has logged several guest appearances on a number of popular television shows. He also does commercial work, ads for the NBA, 21st Century Insurance, Staples and Verizon Fios.
“It's one of the five stages of grief.” - The Kübler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a series of emotional stages experienced by survivors of an intimate's death, wherein the five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The model was first introduced by Swiss Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying, and was inspired by her work with terminally ill patients.
“That's Dreyfuss from Jaws.” - “Jaws” is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fu_sA7XhE
“Obviously I was skeptical of the stupidly hot Latina married to the Travelocity gnome.” - Travelocity is an online travel agency and was founded and owned by Sabre Corporation. It is now wholly owned by Expedia. Travelocity is based in Southlake, Texas, in the United States. They currently use a garden gnome in their commercials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMYYVFUn31Q
“Because my senses never lie, Mr. Trout. And neither do my hips.” - “Hips Don’t Lie” is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean for the reissue of Shakira's seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. It was released on February 28, 2006, by Epic Records as the third single from the album. The song was written and produced by Shakira, Jean, Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis and LaTravia Parker. "Hips Don't Lie" is a salsa and reggaeton song, which heavily incorporates samples from Jean's earlier single "Dance Like This" and "Amores Como el Nuestro" written by Omar Alfanno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM
Lassiter’s version of the story - CSI:Miami is an American police procedural television series that ran from September 23, 2002, to April 8, 2012, on CBS. It is the first spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The pilot episode was first broadcast in the United States on May 9, 2002, as a season 2 episode of CSI. The series was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis and CBS Television Studios. CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) as they use physical evidence to solve grisly and often bizarre murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except Miami CSIs are Police Officers as well as forensic scientists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948
“At this juncture, the consultant notified the police department of a possible 187.” - 187 is the penal/dispatch code for homicide
“Looks like we've got 50 shades of grey...matter.” - Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand, publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012.
“Stand down, Caruso.” - David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. His most prominent roles are his portrayals of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life.
“I'm a ‘Duran-y’." - Duran Duran are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were a successful band of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and according to the Sunday Mercury, they have sold more than 120 million records.
“Rio is my favorite song of all time.” - "Rio" is the seventh single by Duran Duran, released on 1 November 1982. The song was the fourth, final, and title single lifted from the band's album of the same name, and was edited for its release. It was issued worldwide in January 1983 and became an immediate Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #9 on 11 December 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA (“Rio” November 1982)
“Now if had said, uh, Hungry Like the Wolf, View To A Kill, well, even The Reflex, you would have had an argument, but--” - "Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the British new wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album Rio. The song was released in May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom. It reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and received a silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOg5VxrRTi0 (“Hungry Like the Wolf” May 1982) "A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 6 May 1985. Written and recorded as the theme for the 1985 James Bond movie of the same name, it became one of the band's biggest hits. It remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to number 2 for three weeks on the UK Singles Chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pQDMi4W-g (“A View to a Kill” 1985) "The Reflex" is the eleventh single by Duran Duran, released worldwide on 16 April 1984. The song was heavily remixed for single release and was the third and last to be taken from their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDnNF5cHCdo (“The Reflex” 1984)
“First of all, there are no bad episodes of Chips.” - ChiP’s is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios (now owned by Turner Entertainment) that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons, plus one reunion TV movie from October 27, 1998. Gus is talking about episode 2x06 "Trick or Trick" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk0esAgO-zE
“You said you and Gus were gonna go home and you were gonna make homemade Twinkies!” - A Twinkie is an American snack cake, marketed as a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling." It was formerly made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinkie production was suspended on November 21, 2012, and resumed after an absence of several weeks from American store shelves, becoming available again nationwide on July 15, 2013.
“These things are worth 2 bucks on eBay, Shawn.” - eBay Inc. (stylized as "ebay" since late 2012) is an American multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales services via the internet. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble. Today it is a multibillion-dollar business with operations localized in over 30 countries.
“If you two children are ready, let's get this boondoggle under way.” - A boondoggle is a project that is considered a useless waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.
“With a little bit poison called WD40.” - WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray.
“How about you, Magic Mike?” - Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old who enters the world of male stripping, guided by Mike Lane, who has been in the business for six years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMU7s6cwxEM
“Judas Priest, man.” - Judas Priest is a term of exasperation used instead of taking the Lord’s name in vain.
“Maybe it was my mom, Sherlock.” - Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜːrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Known as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for a proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional stories appeared from then to 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian periods, taking place between about 1880 to 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Trout is using the term sarcastically. a genius, usually used sarcastically to mean someone with an annoying grasp of the obvious.
“One, Curtis Stanzen bore a striking resemblance to Kyle Bornheimer.” - Kyle Bornheimer (born September 10, 1975) is an American actor known for his role on the American sitcom Worst Week on CBS. With a string of national commercials, Bornheimer established an "always on TV" reputation with 30-second spots for such national accounts as Geico, Staples, Coors Light, Imodium, Stanley and T-Mobile. Landing the lead of Sam Briggs on Worst Week, which has since been cancelled, was a breakthrough role for Bornheimer, a newcomer, whose short film and TV career spans less than five years. Bornheimer was reportedly described by one critic as "the new Bob Newhart". He starred with Alyssa Milano on the TV sitcom Romantically Challenged. The series premiered on ABC on April 19, 2010, but ABC officially cancelled the series on May 16, 2010. He was also featured in episodes of the TV shows Better Off Ted, Breaking Bad, The Office, and Party Down. More recently, Bornheimer starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples opposite Olivia Munn, Dave Walton, and Hayes MacArthur and in the ABC sitcom Family Tools with J.K. Simmons and Leah Remini. Both shows were cancelled in their first season. His feature film credits include She's Out of My League, opposite Jay Baruchel and T.J. Miller; You Again with Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christine Lakin, and Kristen Bell; and most recently Bachelorette opposite Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and James Marsden.
“Two, he showed all the telltale symptoms of Blink 182 poisoning.” - an American rock band formed in Poway, a suburb of San Diego, California in 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw
"But he got that ball rolling 36 hours earlier when he slipped him a little P90X." - Power 90 Extreme, is a commercial home exercise regimen created by Tony Horton. Developed as a successor to the program called "Power 90", it is designed to take 90 days, and consists of a training program that uses cross-training and periodization, combined with a nutrition and dietary supplement plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VfzboV8Vc
“Remember Oz?” - Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by the premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons; the series finale aired February 23, 2003. "Oz" is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a fictional level 4 maximum-security state prison, apparently in New York (given the New York state flag and motto seen in the background when public officials are shown speaking publicly, and references to "upstate", a term commonly used in New York).
“Shuffle on back to Buffalo” - "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" is a song written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and introduced in the 1933 musical film 42nd Street.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkaIM9_AM3k
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Vick mentions the new mayor - (7x10 “The Santa Barbarian Candidate”)
Shawn brags that in 7 years they’ve solved something in the neighborhood of 100 homicides
“You married a felon you helped put in jail.” - Marlowe was arrested in 6x03 "This Episode Sucks" and they married in 7x07 "Deez Nups"
“At least I'm not a part-time stripper like McNab.” - McNab became a stripper to buy a condo (7x07 "Deez Nups")
“Oh, you were so hammered at the bachelorette party, you wouldn't remember.” (7x07 "Deez Nups")
Dobson (2x04 "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds", 2x08 “Rob-a-By Baby”, 3x09 “Christmas Joy”, 3x12 “Earth, Wind and Wait for It”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”, 5x14 “The Polarizing Express”, 6x02 “Last Night Gus”, 7x07 “Deez Nups”, 7x09 “Juliet Wears the Pantsuit”)