An Oral History of "Lassiter's Haunted Condo" Episode of Psych

The 11th episode of Season 6 of Psych deals with notorious control freak Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) moving into a new condo and hiring the secretly-fake psychic detective agency to investigate the strange things going on there that keep him up at night, driving him crazy. Shawn (James Roday Rodriguez) and Gus (Dule Hill) quickly believe the condo is haunted and set about investigating it while Lassie's mind starts to unravel into a downward spiral. The episode is their riff on The Shining, as you may be able to tell by the title, "Heeeeere's Lassie!," mixed with a bit of Ghostbusters, Rosemary's Baby, Vertigo, Poltergeist, and more.

Peacock just released an oral history of that epsiode with the cast, crew, and creator Steve Franks, featuring Rodriguez (director of the episode and "giant horror movie wonk") saying that "it was the hardest I've ever laughed on set." It covers how the show started doing these straight pop culture satire episodes in the first place, through how much everybody enjoyed watching Omundson lose his mind.

"To watch the arc of him unraveling in absolute madness — of course, I believed he had it in him, but when I saw it, I was so floored," said Maggie Lawson, who played Lassiter's partner Juliet O'Hara. "He just stepped right in and never broke. Like, he's SO good in it!" 

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