Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets

"Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets"
Psych episode
Outside the hotel room of the paroled criminals. Pine trees are seen to take up most of the sky. A critic heavily criticized the scene and the setting for it, saying that it ruined the show's appearance of taking place in Santa Barbara, California
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 4
Directed by	Jeff Melman
Written by	Steve Franks
Production code	1004
Original air date	July 28, 2006
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Kirsten Nelson as Chief Karen Vick Sage Brocklebank as Officer Buzz McNab Liam James as Young Shawn Spencer Anne Marie DeLuise as Raylene Wilcroft Steve Bacic as David Wilcroft Patricia Idlette as police officer Allen
Episode chronology
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"Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American comedy-drama television series Psych. It was written by writer and co-executive producer Steve Franks, and was directed by Jeff Melman, his only work on the show. The episode originally aired on USA Network in the United States on July 28, 2006. The installment features guest appearances by series regulars Kirsten Nelson, Sage Brocklebank, Liam James, and Patricia Idlette among other guests.

The series follows Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and his colleague and best friend Gus (Dulé Hill), who claim to operate a psychic detective agency. It is actually based on Shawn's hyperobservant ability. In the episode, the wife of a dead bank robber is brought to the police station to be warned that her husband's partners are being released from prison. She hires Shawn and Gus to help her find the money that was stolen and never found. Shawn and Gus search for the money, and find that the husband was not actually dead. Shawn realizes where the money is, and tells the woman, who he later discovers is actually the criminal mastermind. Detective Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) arrests the woman, and Shawn finds the money.

"Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" has received mixed-to-positive reception from television critics. The installment was considered to be, at its airtime, the best of the first season. According to the Nielsen Media Research, the episode was watched by 4.35 million people during its original broadcast, making up approximately 3.04 million households. It received a 2.8 rating/5 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic on a National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) re-airing.