Comic Con 2011: Psych Panel

The Psych panel is always one of my favorites at Comic Con, and this year was no exception. The panel started with a live performance of the theme song, and the cast joined in during the second chorus. They definitely know how to entertain! Kurt Fuller moderated the panel which included: Corbin Bernsen, Kirsten Nelson, Tim Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Dulé Hill, and James Roday. Along with creator and Executive Producer Steve Franks, and executive producers Kelly Kulchak and Chris Henze.

Season 6 doesn’t have a premiere date, right now they’re saying a winter start (October), but Steve Franks spoke about a musical episode. “I’m a big liar because I promised that the episode that shoots Monday was going to be the musical, but then I realized that you can’t write a musical in three weeks,” he said. “So it’s going to be the first episode of season 7.”

 

 The sneak peak of the new season looks amazing. I almost fell out of my seat when Gus said “Sookie is Mine!” The list of guest stars keeps growing, which included William Shatner, Tom Lenk (Andrew from Buffy), Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy), Tony Hale,  Keenan Thompson, Jaleel White (yes, the return of Urkel), Malcolm McDowell, Cary Elwes and more.  And it also showed that Shawn just may be outted as a non-psychic by the look of things, which will undoubtedly put his relationship with Juliet in jeopardy.

“I think she believes whole-heartedly what he [Shawn] says he is.” Maggie Lawson said about whether O’Hara actually believes Shawn is a psychic. Poor blind love.

Some other highlights of the panel: Kristen Nelson once again showed just how hilarious she was, when she instantly went off on a CSI tangent. The smell of petunias would be clue # 1. And later she has to be reminded that not all audience members may be 18, when she says one of her favorite moments was when Juliet did the one handed cock.

 

And don’t hold your breath for a Psych/Mentalist crossover. Roday joked that “Something tells me The Mentalist‘s not going to want to take the 12 million viewers hit.” And will Roday ever join twitter? “When the time is right. When there is both a lunar and solar eclipse.” That could happen right? No? Well I’m still waiting for him to join. Dule ever the tweeter followed the fan who asked the question and brought up the hashtag campaign to get Roday on Twitter.

The panel ended with a short music video/promo of the cast performing “Don’t You Forget About Me” for the new season, which saw Dule on a rocking horse. I may never be able to get that hilarious and creepy image out of my head.