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

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.

You don't have to think that this is better than the original episode, and for a lot of reasons it's not. And that's the point. I mean, Cloudy With A Chance was, in my opinion, one of the greatest episodes throughout the series. But the remake is exactly what it should be. One that couldn't possibly live up to the original, which is undoubtedly what they were going for. Comedy comes in many forms. One of which is irony. In that sense, they nailed it. The entire episode is full of it. For that reason, it is great. They blatantly say several times throughout the episode that remakes never turn out to be as good as the original. This episode was not only made for true fans of the series, but I believe also for anyone involved in making the show. To those who dislike this episode simply because it's a bad remake, I have but one thing to say: Come on, son.

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

From the start, this show had a unique premise that hooked me, so I stuck with it. As the show found its legs, it broke out from its modest trappings into something much, much more than its hook. This show has always been an almost formulaic procedural with a nice twist, but its heart comes not only from the chemistry between its leads, but from the fact that it was a love letter to pop culture. Oh, sure, the off the cuff references to classic entertainment were present from the start. When the show truly hit its stride is when it became a series of homages to everything from the "Friday the 13th" style slasher horror to the infamous Twin Peaks episode. This episode took that habit and turned it on its ear. Not only is it a send-up of the trope of bad remakes, its an homage to that which Psych fans hold dear; "Psych". This episode is deliciously meta. This episode transcended the old sitcom tradition of the "clip show", and brought a new face to referencing its past. Old guest stars in new roles, classic jokes reworked, and references to events that are yet to come in the timeline that we already know...this episode was amazing. What makes it truly...well..."Psych", is in the way it is done, in that it pokes fun at the modern trend of remaking classic movies and TV shows, while providing a fun and original episode of the show we have loved for 8 years. This show shall remain in one of the upper echelon of shows that passed the 100 episode mark and still went out on top, never sacrificing quality, never "jumping the shark".

This episode of Psych was very similar in comedy style to many other episodes, complete with sarcasm and irony. Dramatic and clever crime- solving are also featured in this episode and typical of the series. The main thing differentiating this episode would be the abundance of guest stars, all of whom help make this episode very fun to watch. Like many other episodes of Psych, this one shouldn't be missed, it's great!