MY FAVORITE TV WESTERN EPISODES FROM TV SHOWS THAT AREN'T TV WESTERNS #2

This week we're looking at another TV Western episode from another TV show that wasn't a TV Western....

'PSYCH'
"HIGH NOON-ISH"

From the IMDb:
When Lassie's favorite childhood hangout is going to close, he secretly hires Shawn to investigate the reason - and he and Gus uncover a dead body in the process.

From the "Psych" Wiki:
In 1989 Shawn comes in to tell his dad not to be mad. He was playing cowboys because cowboys and Indians is offensive. He tells him that Gus forced him to dig his own grave. He says Gus later got hanged by the sheriff. Henry then tells him to go fill the hole back up.

Lassiter needs Shawn and Gus' help. Unexplained things have been happening in a small town outside his jurisdiction. Sheriff Hank is an old friend of his and since Shawn and Gus have a talent for finding something out of nothing, Lassiter enlists their services to uncover the truth about the strange occurrences. Hank explains to them that wooden fence posts around the town have been stolen, someone has poisoned the water and there's a stench in the air that Gus attributes to cat urine. But as Hank shows them around, they realize that Old Sonora is not a real town. It is an Old West tourist attraction. Some of the buildings are just facades and the townspeople are all in character. To illustrate this, Hank proceeds to 'kill' Stinky Pete Dillingham, the town outlaw, like he does every afternoon. Shawn quickly notices grey dust on Pete's shoes as the 'body' is dragged away and wonders what they are doing there. Lassiter explains that Old Sonora was originally a historic mining town and that he spent most of his weekends there as a child. He will not let vandals shut the place down.

This YouTube video turns that opening scene of "High Noon-ish" into a radio play.

Here's an actual scene from "High Noon-ish"....

Behind the scenes, Timothy Omundson compares this episode of 'Psych' to his work in 'Deadwood'....

And to wrap it all up....

Happy trails!