Psych (TV Series)

Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy (2007)

Corbin Bernsen: Henry Spencer

Quotes 

• Henry Spencer : Well, Shawn, looks like another draw this year.

  Shawn Spencer : Yes, it appears so.

  [Shawn opens his present] 

  Shawn Spencer : Oh, look at that! Little "Psych" golf balls.

  Henry Spencer : I also signed you up for lessons with the golf pro at the Santa Barbara Municipal Course.

  Shawn Spencer : Aww, that's sweet, Dad, thank you. All right, your turn.

  Henry Spencer : Oh... all right. No idea what this is.

  [Henry opens his present and finds a folded square of paper] 

  Henry Spencer : What is this?

  [unfolds the paper] 

  Henry Spencer : [reading]  "Dear Dad, You got me 'Psych' golf balls and golf lessons with the pro down at the Municipal Course."

  Shawn Spencer : Turn it over, turn it over, turn it over!

  [Henry flips over the note] 

  Henry Spencer : [reading]  "I believe his name is Pierre."

  Shawn Spencer : BOOYAH! I got you, old man!

• Henry Spencer : As a rule, you never want to get involved in a case where personal relationships are involved.

  Shawn Spencer : Dad, I think I can handle it.

  Henry Spencer : What if Gus's dad is guilty?

  Shawn Spencer : Are you out of your mind? How could you even say that?

  Henry Spencer : See, right there, that's what I mean. Right there, Shawn. You've already made your decision irrespective of the facts. You have already compromised this case.

  Shawn Spencer : Compromised *why*? Because I'm not afraid of my own emotional attachments? I'll have you know I view that as a tool in my problem solving, not a liability.

  Henry Spencer : With that kind of lame-ass thinking, I can see why you were never a detective.

  Shawn Spencer : And I can see why you ended up a divorced detective!

  [pause] 

  Shawn Spencer : [checks his watch]  My God... we went almost three hours without having an argument.

  Henry Spencer : Hmm. It's our best holiday in years, huh?

• [Shawn and Henry are exchanging gifts] 

  Henry Spencer : Go on, shake it, rattle it, feel it, sniff it, do whatever the hell you want with it before it goes in that stocking. Then you've got one week to figure out what it is.

  Shawn Spencer : Dad... this ridiculous competition means way more to you than it does to me.

  Henry Spencer : That's why you haven't won since you were eight years old.

  Shawn Spencer : Christmas '92 was a draw, you know that!