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Psych
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Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement

  • Episode aired Jan 22, 2014
  • TV-PG
  • 42m
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Alan Ruck in Psych (2006)
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Psych makes television history in a never-been-done remake of the Season One episode "Cloudy... with a Chance of Murder."Psych makes television history in a never-been-done remake of the Season One episode "Cloudy... with a Chance of Murder."Psych makes television history in a never-been-done remake of the Season One episode "Cloudy... with a Chance of Murder."

  • Director
    • Andy Berman
  • Writers
    • Steve Franks
    • Andy Berman
    • Todd Harthan
  • Stars
    • James Roday Rodriguez
    • Dulé Hill
    • Timothy Omundson
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    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Andy Berman
    • Writers
      • Steve Franks
      • Andy Berman
      • Todd Harthan
    • Stars
      • James Roday Rodriguez
      • Dulé Hill
      • Timothy Omundson
    • 11User reviews
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    James Roday Rodriguez
    James Roday Rodriguez
    • Shawn Spencer
    • (as James Roday)
    Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill
    • Burton Guster
    Timothy Omundson
    Timothy Omundson
    • Carlton Lassiter
    Maggie Lawson
    Maggie Lawson
    • Juliet O'Hara
    Kirsten Nelson
    Kirsten Nelson
    • Karen Vick
    Corbin Bernsen
    Corbin Bernsen
    • Henry Spencer
    Dana Ashbrook
    Dana Ashbrook
    • Jackson Hale
    Katharine Isabelle
    Katharine Isabelle
    • Priscilla Morgenstern
    Carlos Jacott
    Carlos Jacott
    • Morty Camp
    Ed Lover
    Ed Lover
    • Bailiff Comonsat
    Ralph Macchio
    Ralph Macchio
    • Logan Phelps
    Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck
    • Ruben Leonard
    Lindsay Sloane
    Lindsay Sloane
    • Sandra Panitch
    Janet Varney
    Janet Varney
    • Connie Camp
    Michael Weston
    Michael Weston
    • Adam Hornstock
    Ray Wise
    Ray Wise
    • Judge Horace Leland
    Kurt Fuller
    Kurt Fuller
    • Coroner Woody Strode
    Peter Kelamis
    Peter Kelamis
    • Prosecutor #1
    • Director
      • Andy Berman
    • Writers
      • Steve Franks
      • Andy Berman
      • Todd Harthan
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    10eighmii

    ...

    I definitely feel like the negative reviews are from casual 'psych' viewers.

    True Psych-Os will LOVE this. I am obsessed with Psych and have seen EVERY SINGLE episode at least 50 times and I am no way exaggerating. So obsessed I feel as though Shawn is my best friend. And I make jokes in real life that no one understands, but Shawn would understand.

    My point is not to prove that I am the worlds biggest Psych fan, but this is an amazing gift to Psych-Os. THE GUEST STARS were the best part .. Every guest star was in an old episode and it was so fun to sit there and figure out what original episode everyone was from.

    The entire Psych cast and staff really cares about their true fans, and this episode, like most of Season 8, was created for the people who are going to have a major void in their life once it was all over. They said many times before it all aired, that the short season 8 was tier last chance to do the things they really wanted to while pleasing the Psych-Os, and not going out on a bad note ..

    And after re-reading all I just wrote, I think I may need professional help.
    1clkeck-28324

    Not My Least Favorite Ep, but Def in there

    For me, the most frustrating part of this episode (and this is just based on my memory from 1.5 years ago, I haven't gone back and watched it since) was how they removed so much of Henry's development. The original was the episode where it was made clear for the first time how much Henry cared for his son. This version does nothing and treats Henry like crap
    3swm321

    Just a disappointment

    The witty, sometimes a little smug Shawn Spencer is portrayed as an asinine fool. I mean, the part where he was "hitting" on Juliet made me cringe so bad that I had to close the show. He has NEVER been so desperate, and Juliet wasn't that harsh. Some of the beautiful conversation that happened in the original is removed, for god knows what reason, making it seem a lot less fluid.

    In the past few episodes they stress some jokes too much and they become so unfunny. E.G. here they CONTINUOUSLY stressed that it was 2006.

    I hope the Psych creators get their game up because I used to watch psych until 4am, now I couldn't even watch it all the way through...

    Huge disappointment...
    2brianrw-86536

    Ran out of ideas

    Clearly running out of ideas. A remake of an old episode? Might as well of made a clips episode.
    1calleguy19

    Not good

    This was one of the worse episodes of a show that I love so much. It is called "Cloudy with a Chance of Improvement" but is worse than the original. If it ain't broke don't fix it. The whole thing felt very rushed because of the way they stuck in lines from the original without the same development of the dialog. I felt like a lot of the actors, aside from the regular cast, did a poor job of saying the poorly written dialog. The worst offender was the actor that portrayed Ruben Leonard. I seriously thought during the courtroom scene that he was reading his lines off of a teleprompter. Adam Hornstock was awesome in the original but in this latest version I hardly laughed because of him. I'm not saying that this is a new low for Psych but it certainly isn't better than the original.

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    • Trivia
      Shawn and Gus make a reference to the The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) remake and how the new plot with the race car driver was very dumb. James Roday, who plays Shawn, also played the race car driver.
    • Goofs
      Shawn was born in 1977. The scene in the courtroom took place in 1981. There is no way the infant/toddler (Shawn) in the car seat is 4-years old.
    • Connections
      References Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Ur the Bomb
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      Performed by THE DNC

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    • Release date
      • January 22, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Tagline Pictures
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      • 42m
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      • Dolby Digital

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