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'Psych' preview: 'Lost's' Nestor Carbonell debuts as 'Shawn 2.0'
At long last, it's here. Nestor Carbonell -- aka "Lost's" perma-guy-liner-ed Richard Alpert -- makes his first post-island TV appearance in the September 1 episode of "Pysch," "Shawn 2.0." And as the title would have you believe, he's playing the upgraded version of Shawn (James Roday). Does such a thing exist? We can't imagine it does. Carbonell plays Declan Rand, a criminal profiler who teams up with the SBPD to catch a possible serial killer who's offing old people with herbal supplements.
Declan also trumps Shawn in both sleuthing and pop culture references, which, as you can see in this clip, does not go over too well:
He sure seems perfect, but there's got to be something off about him and it looks to be chronic narcissism. Hidden in the corner of one of the episodes stills, in what is presumably Declan's lair, is this giant Warholian portrait:
For any other character, this would appear to be a red flag in the "probably the killer" department, but probably not this time. Carbonell is already confirmed to reprise his character later in the season.Follow Zap2it and MikeyLikesTV on Twitter and Zap2it on Facebook for the latest TV, movie and celebrity news.
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Far more interesting was the cameo by Curt Smith, and the reworked opening music.
It was a fun episode, and it was great to see Nestor Carbonell in something new. I'm glad to hear he will be back!
Love him. He can do comedy. I remember him from Suddenly Susan, very funny role.
It was a fun episode and I love Psych - it was great to hear a different version of the show's theme song and a surprise to see Curt Smith in the episode as Carbonell's 'house guest.' Psych is always trying something refreshing and new. I hope the show is around for a long time.