Plot hole: Throughout the entire show, the chief, Juliet, and Lassiter constantly tell Gus and Shawn to stay out of their way and off their case. The chief even reminds them several times that they can't work on a case unless she's assigned it to them, ignoring the fact that Shawn and Gus are private detectives and do not need police permission to investigate a case.
Suggested correction: But they're only involved in police cases by invitation. People can't just take it on themselves to wade into crime scenes, private detectives or not. Warnings like that might not strictly be a command they "have" to obey, but it's in their best interest to take it on board and not annoy the department too much.
Yes, but the detectives do not know whether they have been privately hired or not. If they had been hired, they have every right to be involved.
Continuity mistake: Just before Gus is awoken by noises in his apartment, there is a shot of his alarm clock. The time shows 6:07PM. When he gets out of bed, the clock says 7:01 (cannot determine if it is AM or PM). Even assuming he just lay in bed for an extra hour, he then tracks down Lassie who is about to eat lunch. (00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when Shawn and Gus are at the new Psych office, Shawn puts some scissors in a cup with pencils. The shot changes and the scissors have changed position.
Continuity mistake: During the first scene in Gus' office the door is open in some shots and closed in others.
Other mistake: In this episode, Shawn supposedly impresses Jules at their first meeting by "divining" facts about her family and cats. We never hear about the cats again and later learn that her parents have not been together for 30 years.
Continuity mistake: When Shawn sits down next to Juliet at the restaurant he is holding his drink - the shot changes and the drink is now on the counter.
Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When the bank robber enters the mausoleum, his hands are empty. When Raylene points her gun at everyone, he raises empty hands. After Lassie and Juliet arrest David and Raylene, the bank robber is holding a slushie cup. (00:36:40 - 00:37:30)
Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Shawn and Gus gets out of the car at the Mausoleum Parking, you can see the camera man reflected in the mirror inside the car.
Woman Seeking Dead Husband - Smokers Okay, No Pets - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Shawn and Gus gets out of the car to start digging for the money, you can see the boom mic reflected in the back window of the car.
Visible crew/equipment: When Shawn and Gus find Regina's room, Shawn walks by a mirror - a crew member's legs can be seen reflected. (00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: When Shawn sees the box with the dead doctor's files, Regina Kane's file is visible halfway back in the box. He then tells Gus, "All we have to do is find Regina's." (Which he was looking straight at, but let's call that a character mistake.) A few moments later, we cut back to Shawn and Gus and Shawn finds her file in the front of the box. (00:37:00 - 00:37:40)
From the Earth to Starbucks - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: As Shawn and Gus walk up the stairs to the courthouse, there are only two men standing beside the steps, at the fence. The camera angle changes and there are three completely different people standing there. (00:01:15)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When Shawn and Gus are back at the office after the sorority ghost sighting, Gus talks to Sean from his desk. Shawn is just on Gus' right and Gus' head is turned slightly towards him. The camera angle changes and Gus is turned left (Shawn has not moved). Then Gus is again looking left. (00:16:40)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead - S1-E11
Factual error: Shawn reports that one of the attendees of the speed dating session drives a 2004 Trans-Am. The Trans-Am was discontinued in 2002.
Continuity mistake: Shawn sits on the bench behind Juliet, the shot changes, and he's suddenly moved over closer to her. (00:24:35)
Continuity mistake: When Shawn and Juliet are talking by the water the same person wearing a red shirt and hat walks behind them twice. (00:26:55)
Visible crew/equipment: S01E13 - "Game, Set. Murder?". When Shawn and Gus runs out of the crime scene apartment, heading for the restaurant across the street, you can see the camera and a crew member sitting on a chair reflected in the mirror behind Gus.
Continuity mistake: When Shawn goes after Carlton after telling Henry he can't go fishing, there is a person walking by in the background. The shot changes and now there is someone on a bike.
Continuity mistake: As Shawn and Gus enter the office where Juliet, Carlton, and Chief Vick are sitting at the table, Carlton puts the case file he is holding on the table. Two shots later he is holding the file again, and for the next few shots his hands keep changing position without time for him to move them.
Continuity mistake: After Shawn's dad and Carlton talk, Shawn has a shirt on his shoulder that changes how it is positioned between shots. At the same time an extra is seen walking behind them twice.
