r/psych • u/Capital-Factor-382 I won't be eaten by a bear to prove that big foot doesn't exist • 1d ago
How did Gus convince himself?
Shawn and Gus were friends during school days but they grew apart in their YA days. At some point Shawn must have bulldozed his way into Gus' life. I'm pretty sure Gus wasn't all peachy with that. We know from Blackapella episode that Gus doesn't mind holding grudges against his mates. So, how do you think Gus convinced himself to let Shawn back into his life?
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u/currenthyperfxation Methusala Honeysuckle 1d ago
Shawn and Gus never actually had a falling out, they just went their separate ways for a bit. Shawn was jumping from job to job around the world, while Gus went to college and got a steady job. Even though they haven’t seen each other, there wasn’t any bad blood between them. In the pilot, Shawn comes back to Santa Barbara to collect tip money before he gets busted, so he probably tells Gus he’s in town before then. If Shawn didn’t have the idea for Psych, he and Gus probably would have hung out for a couple of weeks before Shawn blew out of town again.