Psych Series Finale Recap With Spoilers: Break-Up

The episode opens in the Psych office, where Shawn is talking to the camera. He’s talking about Gus’s new job. It seems ideal, with creature comforts, a much nicer company car and a beautiful co-worker Gus is cyber-stalking.Shawn tells the camera that he’s made a decision — he’s closing Psych to go up to San Francisco to follow Juliet. He hasn’t, though, told Gus yet.At the Santa Barbara Police Department, Shawn is walking Gus through the lobby; he tells Gus that he’s raided Gus’s earthquake preparation kit, eaten all the food and used the blankets to make a fort. He tells Gus that he needs him to brace himself for some truly disturbing news. He collapses on one knee in the middle of the office. Cut to the Psych office, where he’s doing the same thing, telling the camera that he didn’t have a plan until the moment Lassiter came to bring them to a crime scene.At the murder scene, Gus wants to know what the bad news is, but Shawn says he’s not ready. The murder victim’s business partner comes over and tells him about finding the body. Shawn gets hostile with the witness, and Lassiter takes him outside to tell Shawn this is the wrong place to tell Gus; he’s already figured out what Shawn is doing, and tells him to leave the crime scene and take care of Gus.