Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
James Roday Rodriguez and Dulé Hill in Vancouver.
You can’t have Psych without Lassie.
When Psych 2: Lassie Come Home streams July 15th on NBCU’s Peacock service, James Roday’s opening credit will read James Roday Rodriguez.
After two decades working as James Roday, the Psych star is adding his birth name Rodriguez to his professional name, he told TV Line.
The Psych duo are in San Francisco trying to “adult” in the movie sequel opening, with Shawn Spencer (James Roday Rodriguez) married to Detective Juliet O’Hara (Maggie Lawson) and Burton “Gus” Guster (Dulé Hill) in a relationship with Selene (Jazmyn Simon).
But when Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) is ambushed and left for dead on the job, the fake psychic detectives rush to Lassie’s side.
Gus, we’re home. — Shawn.
Surprise!
Trailer:
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Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) is ambushed on the job and left for dead. In a vintage Psych-style Hitchcockian nod, he begins to see impossible happenings around his recovery clinic. Shawn and Gus (James Roday Rodriguez & Dule Hill) return to Lassie’s side in Santa Barbara and are forced to navigate the personal, the professional, and possibly the supernatural. Separated from their new lives in San Francisco, our heroes find themselves unwelcome in their old stomping grounds as they secretly untangle a twisted case without the benefit of the police, their loved ones, or the quality sourdough bakeries of the Bay Area. What they uncover will change the course of their relationships forever.
Creator: Steve Franks.
Writers: Steve Franks, James Roday Rodriguez & Andy Berman.
Director: Steve Franks.
Timothy Omundson didn’t play a big role in the first reunion movie after the long-running series ended in 2014, because he suffered a stroke just weeks before it started production in Vancouver in 2017.
Related: Stroke Survivor Timothy Omundson Back in Vancouver to Co-Star in Psych 2 Movie
Psych wrote Timothy Omundson’s real life hospitalization into the storyline for the second movie so that he could be part of it.
4 weeks ago yesterday since I caught a wee touch of the stroke. Been knocking it out in rehab. pic.twitter.com/Lx1EfEiOFQ
— Timothy Omundson (@Omundson) May 28, 2017
Omundson back in Vancouver in 2019 for Psych 2: Lassie Come Home.
We managed to bring back I would say about 80 percent of our original crew. Everybody was there for the first time that Tim set foot back on a set. It was really beautiful because we were a family and it was absolutely the right way for him to do it and he could not have had more support and love behind him. — Rodriguez recalled for EW.
It was just so moving just seeing him back in Vancouver, back on set…You can’t have Psych without Lassie. — Dule Hill recalled for EW.
Psych 2 filmed all over Vancouver with a shoot at a California-style mansion in Ladner.
Related: Psych 2 Films at Ladner Mansion. Fans Meet James Roday & Dule Hill.
Will there be more?
Four more movies. You know, not counting this one. Then we figure out all the other ways to keep doing this. #AskPsychWriters #Psych https://t.co/fij56ZJkys
— Steve Franks (@SteveFranks) April 16, 2020
Dulé Hill’s son Levi learns to tap dance like his Dad.
It’s never too early to learn how to tap dance some ❤️ #LeviDulé @JazmynSimon @KennedyXHill pic.twitter.com/PJ9f7jgXD5
— Dulé Hill (@DuleHill) July 7, 2020
Streaming wide on Peacock on July 15th.
