Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In 2014, Psych became the first TV series to produce a remake of one of its own episodes. Psych followed the adventures of Shawn and Gus as the former pretended to be psychic and dragged the latter onto his jobs as a consulting psychic detective. Throughout the run of the show, the series loved to include pop culture references and homage classic media.
In Psych season 8, the series aired “Remake a.k.a. Cloudy…With a Chance of Improvement,” which took place in 2006 and de-aged some of the characters.As pointed out on USA's website, it was the first time a TV show ever remade its own episode. It followed the same story as the original episode, but curiously recast a long list of characters with other actors who had already been on Psych.
Though the episode followed the same case, with the big reveal hinging once again on the incriminating video, the remake changed this scene. Originally, Shawn accused Priscilla , the one woman in the newsroom who the victim never took an interest in, of killing the weatherman because he never noticed her. In the original, Shawn’s theory was correct, but the remake offered a shocking twist by making a one-night stand with Woody her alibi.
Psych has always had a reputation for unconventional, unusual, and risky moves, and the remake episode is certainly one of its most interesting endeavors. It would seem that this particular episode was chosen to be remade because the writers and producers felt that the original could have been better, hence the title.
Love it when TV shows cross over? The first crossover episode of television is credited to I Love Lucy. In a season 6 episode, Lucy wants her husband to get George Reeves to come to their party dressed as Superman. When that doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen, she decides to dress as the hero herself, and ends up out on a window ledge, only for Reeves as Superman to save her.