Psych
If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?
TV Flash files “If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?” as hour 22 of 119 in the TV Flash guide — Psych (2006–2014) on USA, season 2, episode 7, aired 2007-08-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 22 of 119 in the Psych guide, hour 7 of 16 in season 2. It aired 2007-08-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Meat Is Murder, but Murder Is Also Murder” (S02E06). Next is “Rob-a-Bye Baby” (S02E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Two teenagers, Shockley and Goddard, come to the Psych office to hire Shawn and Gus for a case. They need help and the police won't take them seriously since they are kids. One of their teachers at the Meitner School for gifted students has killed someone and in two days, he'll kill again. The problem is, they don't know which teacher it is, who he killed or who his next victim will be. When they broke into school late one night to pull a prank, they accidentally hacked into a cell phone call being made from the campus. The only other information they could get is that the killer has a deep voice and a cousin named Muriel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead? sit in the Psych guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 22 of 119 — hour 7 of 16 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Psych S02E07 air?
If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead? aired 2007-08-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to hunt pineapples to watch Psych?
No, but the scavenger hunt is fandom sport. The product is Roday–Hill chemistry: fake psychic, real best friendship.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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