History Recap / PsychS02E13LightsCameraHomicidio

Shawn and Gus are called onto the set of Gus' favorite Spanish telenovela, "Explosión Gigantesca de Romance", to look into a fatal stabbing. It looks like an open-and-shut case, with actor Jorge Gama-Lobo caught on camera stabbing the victim, Renaldo Nunez, while filming a scene where his character actually murders Nunez's character. However, Jorge insists somebody switched the prop knife with a real one without his knowledge. Shawn sees enough evidence to believe Jorge is innocent. There's a murderer somewhere on the set, and now Shawn may very well have to join the cast of the show in order to prove it... if he can get past the harried writers, hotheaded divas, and a killer who's still out there.

Shawn and Gus are called onto the set of Gus’ favorite Spanish telenovela, "Explosión Gigantesca de Romance", to look into a fatal stabbing. It looks like an open-and-shut case, with actor Jorge Gama-Lobo caught on camera stabbing the victim, Renaldo Nunez, while filming a scene where his character actually murders Nunez’s character. However, Jorge insists somebody switched the prop knife with a real one without his knowledge. Shawn sees enough evidence to believe Jorge is innocent. There’s a murderer somewhere on the set, and now Shawn may very well have to join the cast of the show in order to prove it… if he can get past the harried writers, hotheaded divas, and a killer who’s still out there.

* AccidentalMurder: Jorge unknowingly stabs Nunez with a real knife while they’re filming a scene for the telenovela. Unfortunately for him, Lassiter doesn’t believe Jorge when he pleads his innocence.

* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Turns out Henry watches the show as well. After walking onto the set, he briefly chews out Shawn for some of the dreadful things Shawn’s character “Chad” did, before Shawn corrects him. Shawn realizes that if someone as grounded as Henry can screw that up, then maybe someone else did the same thing…
** Earlier, when Lassiter questions one of the actresses, she mentions a few things Nunez’s character did on the show as examples of violent behavior.
* DyeingForYourArt: In universe, Shawn gets a Latin glow-up to appear appropriate for the telenovela.

* GratuitousSpanish: Quite a bit – even in the title – since the entire episode revolves around a Spanish-language telenovela. They even translated the theme song!

* LoonyFan: A woman in craft services named Kelly is obsessed with the character Corrinne. She CannotTellFictionFromReality, and tried to improve things for Corrinne by taking out some unpleasant people in her life – killing an innocent actor and hospitalizing another in the process.

* NeverSuicide: Jorge was hospitalized after someone tried to kill him and leave a “suicide” note confessing to the murder.
* RapidFireNo: Lassiter is not pleased to see Shawn as the show’s newest actor.

* NotQuiteDead: After just about everyone in Corrinne’s life beats Chad to death at the end of the episode, they throw him down a well… only for Chad to rise back out after they’ve left with a cruel smirk on his face.
* NotSoFakePropWeapon: Nunez was accidentally killed by Jorge as a result of the prop knife being switched for a real one. Poor Jorge didn’t realize it in time.
* ThePrimaDonna: Quintessa Gabriel, who plays the character Corrinne. She treats most of her co-workers with thinly-veiled contempt, and the rest of them with open contempt. She’s slightly more cordial to Shawn by the end.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: An in-story example, as Jorge’s character is temporarily pulled off the show right in the middle of an important love triangle story arc because Jorge is under investigation for murder. Later, Shawn’s presence on the set leads to his briefly taking on the role of a deliveryman named “Chad”. At the very end, when the real killer is exposed, “Chad” figures it out on set during a live broadcast of the show.
* RealMenWearPink: During the ColdOpen, young Shawn walks in on Henry absorbed by his wife’s favorite soap opera.

* {{Sting}}: When Shawn sees a hair from a wig on Jorge’s head, he realizes whoever killed Nunez tried to kill Jorge as well. However, Gus is a bit slow on the uptake to Shawn’s hints, resulting in ''three'' stings as Shawn becomes progressively less subtle trying to explain it to him.

* VariationsOnAThemeSong: This episode’s theme is sung in Spanish.

* SpottingTheThread: Initally, Shawn thinks it's an open and shut case as well (to Gus's disappointment), but he watches the video of the death, he notices Jorge looks genuinely surprised at what happened. If he was trying to kill Nunez, he would've been angry or satisfied at the death.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Jorge's sister.

* NotSoFakePropWeapon: What killed Nunez. Poor Jorge didn’t realize it in time.

* LoonyFan: [[spoiler: A woman in craft services named Kelly is obsessed with the character Corrinne. She CannotTellFictionFromReality, and tried to improve things for Corrinne by taking out some unpleasant people in her life – killing an innocent actor and hospitalizing another in the process.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: After just about everyone in Corrinne’s life beats Chad to death at the end of the episode, they throw him down a well… only for Chad to rise back out after they’ve left with a cruel smirk on his face.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: An in-story example, as Jorge’s character is temporarily pulled off the show right in the middle of an important love triangle story arc because Jorge is under investigation for murder. Later, Shawn’s presence on the set leads to his briefly taking on the role of a deliveryman named “Chad”. [[spoiler: At the very end, when the real killer is exposed, “Chad” figures it out on set during a live broadcast of the show.]]

* TakeThat: "What? That's it? You just point and say it's her? Don't you have any sense of dramatic tension, of build up? What are we, on ''LiveActionTV/{{Blossom}}''?"

* GratuitousSpanish: Quite a bit – even in the title – since the entire episode revolves around a Spanish-language telenovela.

Shawn and Gus are called onto the set of Gus’ favorite Spanish telenovela, ‘’ Explosión Gigantesca de Romance’’, to look into a fatal stabbing. It looks like an open-and-shut case, with actor Jorge Gama-Lobo caught on camera stabbing the victim, Renaldo Nunez, while filming a scene where his character actually murders Nunez’s character. However, Jorge insists somebody switched the prop knife with a real one without his knowledge. Shawn sees enough evidence to believe Jorge is innocent. There’s a murderer somewhere on the set, and now Shawn may very well have to join the cast of the show in order to prove it… if he can get past the harried writers, hotheaded divas, and a killer who’s still out there.

* {{Sting}}: When Shawn sees a hair from a wig on Jorge’s head, he realizes whoever killed Nunez tried to kill Jorge as well, However, Gus is a bit slow on the uptake to Shawn’s hints, resulting in ''three'' stings as Shawn becomes progressively less subtle trying to explain it to him.

Shawn and Gus are called onto the set of Gus’ favorite Spanish telenovela, ‘’ Explosión Gigantesca de Romance’’, to look into a fatal stabbing. It looks like an open-and-shut case, with actor Jorge Gama-Lobo caught on camera stabbing the victim, Renaldo Nunez, while filming a scene where his character actually murders Nunez’s character. However, Jorge insists somebody switched the prop knife with a real one without his knowledge. Shawn sees enough evidence to believe Jorge is innocent. There’s a murderer somewhere on the set, and now Shawn may very well have to join the cast of the show in order to prove it… if he can get past the harried writers, hotheaded Prima Donnas, and a killer who’s still out there.

* Gratuitous Spanish: Quite a bit – even in the title – since the entire episode revolves around a Spanish-language telenovela.

* LoonyFan: [[spoiler: A woman in craft services named Kelly is obsessed with the character Corrinne. She CannotTellFictionFromReality, and tried to improve things for Corrinne by taking out some unpleasant people in her life – killing an innocent actor and framing another in the process.]]

** Earlier, when Lassiter questions Quintessa, she mentions a few things Nunez’s character did on the show as examples of violent behavior.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Shawn struggles with speaking Spanish in this episode. Actor James Roday is half-Mexican, and speaks passable Spanish.