2x6 Meat is Murder, But Murder is Also Murder

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Edited 5/13/15



SHAWN
1987—tries to bribe Henry with his favorite muffin so he could go see “Robocop”
To track down Gus, Shawn told his GPS provider that he was a fugitive
Sets up Gus in front of his uncle
Gives Gus clues
Went to the Candy Emporium – this time for research – and brought back every flavor of lollipop
Plays charades behind Uncle Burton’s back
Writes on Gus’ hand in permanent ink
Lies that he’s from the Health Department
Makes Gus go in the walk-in freezer
Went to a series of restaurants: Creole/Southern, sushi, bakery & seafood
Reads everyone at the newspaper briefing
Hired to write the horoscopes
Tailors his horoscopes for specific people
Has a Rubik’s cube
Goes to visit a mushroom farmer
Had a BB gun in 2nd grade
Thinks Antonio should stay in prison for secretly feeding beef to vegetarians
Tag-team reveal with Gus, slapping and hitting each other to “transfer”
Draws up a new employment contract for the non-psychic assistant

GUS
Can bake
Named for his uncle
Great aunt is hard of hearing and everyone on his mother’s side now believes he’s the psychic
Uncle Burton is a big fan of TV detective shows
Has been seeking his uncle’s approval his whole life
Acts like Shawn having a vision
Pharmaceutical knowledge helps the case
Eats out all the time
Goes to visit a mushroom farmer
Had at least one Cabbage Patch doll
Tag-team reveal with Shawn, slapping and hitting each other to “transfer”
His uncle calls him “Gus”
Refuses to sign the contract

LASSITER:
Has his arm in a sling but doesn’t tell anyone the cause
Spritzes water on plants at the station
Is an Aires ("Aries: calcium is especially important to you right now, Mr. Salt & Pepper hair with a maroon car. There may also be a promotion in your future. Try walking backwards through doorways for good luck.")
Walks into restaurant backwards and crashes into something

JULIET
Is a Libra (“Libra: Your one true love will be wearing sneakers and an Apple Jacks tee shirt.”)

HENRY
Favorite muffin is banana nut
Is a Sagittarius (Sagittarius: Please return the bb gun you confiscated from your son in the second grade. P.S., you are a cranky-pants.")
Confiscated a BB gun from Shawn in 2nd grade
Brings over a box of Shawn’s stuff including the BB gun and a slingshot
Has complained about vegetarian burgers so many times, Shawn knows the speech

PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
At the newspaper, Gus blurts out something nonsensical, “Key-laces, shoe-horses, pineapples.”

GUS DON’T BE…
“Gus, don’t be such a gloomy you”

GUS NICKNAMES
Debrick Shaw Stillington.

CATCHPHRASES
“Wait for it” (episode: 2 series: 7)

SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 1
Series: 16

ALLUSIONS
“Trying to get un-grounded before Robocop comes out on Friday?” - RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally murdered by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbCbwP6ibR4
“Maybe you should do some of your Lamaze breathing.” - The Lamaze technique, often referred to simply as Lamaze, is a prepared childbirth technique popularized in the 1940s by French obstetrician Dr. Fernand Lamaze based on his observations in the Soviet Union as an alternative to the use of medical intervention during childbirth. The goal of Lamaze is to increase a mother's confidence in her ability to give birth; classes help pregnant women understand how to cope with pain in ways that both facilitate labor and promote comfort, including focused breathing, movement and massage.
“I've seen enough Hill Street Blues to know what's what.” - Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police station—"blues" being a slang term for police officers—in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in North America. Its debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing, and the show received a total of 98 Emmy nominations during its run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5USQmapnrc
“That dude that used to play for the Mavericks?” - The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
“You think Diagnosis Murder ever let family get in the way of his work?” - Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman (Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in episode 4.19 "It Never Entered My Mind"), became a series of three TV movies, and then a weekly television series that debuted on CBS on October 29, 1993. The series struggled at first and was almost canceled at the end of the second season, it returned as a midseason replacement in the third season, and was regularly renewed thereafter. 178 episodes were made and aired in the show's eight seasons on the CBS network in the United States and two more TV movies aired after the series' cancellation on May 11, 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFw_gbvy2mQ
“At least he's not doing it in the tutu and Capezios.” - Capezio is the trade name of Capezio Ballet Makers Inc., a manufacturer of dance shoes, apparel and accessories.
“Ham pencils! Sheila E. Tomato bark!” - Sheila Escovedo (born December 12, 1957), known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American singer, drummer, and percussionist whose notable collaborators include Prince, Billy Cobham, Lionel Richie, George Duke, Ringo Starr, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Hans Zimmer and Kanye West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJLZi0uyJw
“Man, this is better than Ghost Whisperer.” - Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. While trying to live as normal a life as possible—she is married and owns an antique store—Melinda helps earthbound spirits resolve their problems and cross over into the light, or the spirit world. Her tasks are difficult and at times she struggles with people who push her away and disbelieve her ability. In addition, the ghosts are mysterious and sometimes menacing in the beginning and Melinda must use the clues available to her to understand the spirits' needs and help them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAJwENnNVM
“You're a regular Rockford Files.” - The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery, Jr., in the supporting role of his father, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1Cx26-928
“My cousin took him to the Super Bowl on a helicopter, and he never even thanked him for that.” - The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl normally uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The lone exception will be the next game, Super Bowl 50, which will be played on February 7, 2016, following the 2015 season.
“I bet he even saw Manimal.” - Manimal is an American action–adventure series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. The show centers on the character Dr. Jonathan Chase (Simon MacCorkindale), a shape-shifting man who possessed the ability to turn himself into any animal he chose. He used this ability to help the police solve crimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugb_TIpPoWA
“Oh, I also have an idea for a crossover strip, where Dilbert finally meets Marmaduke.” - Dilbert is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams. First published on April 16, 1989,[1] Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character. The strip has spawned several books, an animated television series, a video game, and hundreds of Dilbert-themed merchandise items. Dilbert Future and The Joy of Work are among the most read books in the series. Adams received the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award in 1997 and the Newspaper Comic Strip Award in the same year for his work on the strip. Dilbert appears online and in 2000 newspapers worldwide in 65 countries and 25 languages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQWSjWSx4Q Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to the present day. The strip was created by Anderson, with help from Phil Leeming (1955–1962) and later Dorothy Leeming (1963–1969), and (since August 2, 2004) Paul Anderson. The strip revolves around the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke. The strip on Sundays also has a side feature called "Dog Gone Funny", in which one or more panels are devoted to dog anecdotes submitted by the fans. Anderson, who says he draws on Laurel and Hardy routines for his ideas,[1] received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip in 1978.
“I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow (restaurant visits) - English new wave group Bow Wow Wow released their version as the first and only single from their EP The Last of the Mohicans. For many in America, "I Want Candy" was their first introduction to young lead singer Annabella Lwin and the band. The song barely scraped the Top 50, but became an enduring new wave classic. The song gave its name to the band's 1982 release, I Want Candy, which was mainly a compilation, but included a couple of new cuts produced by Kenny Laguna (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw
“Matlock never ate this good.” - Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal-defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions (now CBS Television Studios), and Paramount Television (season 9 only), originally aired from September 23, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC; and from November 5, 1992, until May 7, 1995, on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQgdfJoxX1s
Rubik’s Cube - Rubik's Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer, and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world's best-selling toy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTkhA3RO5fU
“’Libra: Your one true love will be wearing sneakers and an Apple Jacks tee shirt.’” - Apple Jacks is a brand of cereal produced by Kellogg's and targeted mainly at children. It was introduced to the U.S. as "Apple O's" in 1965 after being invented by William Thilly, a member of Delta Upsilon Technology Chapter and now a professor at MIT. In 1971 the name "Apple Jacks" was put into action by advertisers. The product is described by Kellogg's as a "crunchy, sweetened multi-grain cereal with apple and cinnamon." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvrtExs-og
“You know, these Cheetos are so crispy, yet airy.” - Cheetos (formerly called Chee-tos until 1998) is a brand of cheese-flavored, puffed cornmeal snacks made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zMnqWsffbw
“Didn't you confiscate a bb gun from me in the second grade?” - BB guns are a type of air gun designed to fire spherical projectiles similar to shot pellet of approximately the same size. Modern BB guns usually have a barrel with a bore and caliber of 4.5 mm (0.177 in) and are available in many varieties. BB shot for modern BB guns is usually steel, plated either with zinc or copper to resist corrosion, and measure 4.3 to 4.4 mm (0.171 to 0.173 in) in diameter. Some manufacturers also still make lead balls of slightly larger diameter and which are generally intended for use in rifled BB gun barrels.
“It was the same year you got your first Cabbage Patch...” - Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of copyrighted soft sculpture dolls created by 21 year old American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. They were originally called "Little People" and were adopted rather than sold. Each came with its' own adoption paper and birth certificate. Xavier's Little People were his own original design as evidenced by his registered copyright, but were inspired by numerous other fabric dolls that had been being made for centuries. Xavier learned the craft of quilting from his mother, Eula Roberts, and utilized those techniques along with needle molding and sculpting techniques he learned in art classes to create his distinctive look. These hand stitched to birth fabric dolls were designed as fabric sculptures and were first offered at art and craft shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. The doll brand went on to become one of the most popular toy fads of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSk84zU1RuM
“What I'm trying to say is it was Murder, She Wrote, not Murder, They Wrote.” - Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons with 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series, The Law & Harry McGraw. It is one of the most successful and longest-running television shows in history, with close to 23 million viewers in its prime, and was a staple of the CBS Sunday night lineup for a decade. In syndication, the series is still successful throughout the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7s8NWAqVS8
“The first thing you needed was a fall guy. Unfortunately, Lee Majors wasn't available.” - The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Lee Majors plays Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a bounty hunter. He uses his physical skills and knowledge of stunt effects (especially stunts involving cars or his large GMC pickup truck) to capture fugitives and criminals. He is accompanied by his cousin and stuntman-in-training Howie Munson (Barr), whom Colt frequently calls "Kid", and occasionally by fellow stunt performer Jody Banks (Thomas). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmIsMzyohqM
“You could sign it ‘Don Cheadle’." - Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle, Jr. (/ˈtʃiːdəl/; born November 29, 1964)[1] is an American actor. Cheadle had an early role in Picket Fences and followed it with performances in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Rosewood (1997) and Boogie Nights (1997). He then started a collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that resulted in the movies Out of Sight (1998), Traffic (2000) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). Other Cheadle films include The Rat Pack (1998), Things Behind the Sun (2001), Swordfish (2001), Crash (2004), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Reign Over Me (2007), Talk to Me (2007), Traitor (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
“Delroy Lindo!” - Delroy George Lindo (born November 18, 1952) is an English actor and theatre director. Lindo has been nominated for the Tony and Screen Actors Guild awards and has won a Satellite Award. He is perhaps best known for his roles in a trio of Spike Lee films, especially as West Indian Archie in Lee's Malcolm X (1992) and Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Catlett in Get Shorty, Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules, and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), and as Winter on the series Believe, which premiered in 2014.

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Gus and his Lamaze breathing when nervous or stressed (1x01 “Pilot”)
The return of Magic Head – (1x08 "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom")
Juliet as a Libra was born between Sep 23 - Oct 22
Lassiter as an Aries was born between Mar 21 - Apr 19
Henry as a Sagittarius was born between Nov 22 - Dec 21

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