So... last night... Tim was definitely in my dream and hanging out with me and my family. Tim, just being a cool guy.

Is it possible for a dream to make you like an actor even more as a human being than you already do?

That is freakin' classic! Way to go, Texasartchick!

Okay I LOVED the way they're portraying Lassiter during the car ride in the extended preview clip for "High Noonish" on the USA site.

Just in case you haven't watched the clip, I'll hide it in a spoiler:



Okay, now who else thinks it would be way cool to have the flashback be from Lassiter's childhood instead of Shawn's for this one episode?


Texasartchick

Actually, I was totally shocked about this:



There's certainly nothing ridiculous about that assumption!

I am a fan of that idea. I'm reasonably confident that won't be the case, but it'd make my day if it was!




I think it is a little ridiculous. Lassiter's intense, but he's not homicidal--at least towards Shawn and Gus. WITSEC agents who take his suspect, however, should watch out for themselves!

His anger is controlled more often than not. Which is why I can think it's awesome! It wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable to watch him get angry if I was afraid he'd lose it and shoot somebody, lol.

I meant the assumption that he would shoot "someone." He's not going to shoot Shawn and Gus, but he's professed to needing a field call about shooting cats, so I think it would be silly to assume he's *not* thinking of shooting someone at any given moment.

I do like how his anger is frequently channeled into fun word play - like "lindy hop!"

Touche! And I definitely agree with the word play. Just another reason he's my favorite character.

So cool! Actually I would LOVE to see a flashback of young Lassiter! How awesome would that be?? Friday's just not coming fast enough.

Eee! I can hardly wait for Friday. Everything I've seen has me so excited, because there seems to be so much Lassiter awesomeness in "High Noonish."

Man I'm totally there with wanting to see a young Lassie.

Pics from Friday's episode "High Noonish!" Tim's ROCKIN' that suit! YESSSS....

Awww, look at Lassie SMILE! He's like a kid in a gun store...er, candy shop...






Texasartchick

Ooh... he is so handsome. Love him in that suit! And I love it when he gets all smiley like that. Why can't tomorrow be Friday?!

That smile is infectious.

OOH YES! Here's a much larger version of the "High Noonish" promo pics. You can REALLY see Lassie's smile here! Let all enjoy the goodness that is Tim Omundson's smile...



I'll bet "He Dead" was filmed before "Extradition British Columbia", then this one sometime after that. Tim's hair was WAY shorter in "He Dead" than it is here, which looks like it's got about a month of growth. You can trace the filming schedule by the length of Tim's buzz cut! I like it here much better than in "He Dead", that's just TOO short.




Damn he's rockin' the suit! Nice tie, too. A certain Psych quote comes to mind : "You are so SEXY right now!"

Texasartchick

I have to agree. Last week his hair was almost painfully short. I do so hope he lets it grow out at least a little before the end of the season.

Oh! And since I have no idea if we'll get to see Lassiter sporting the western look at all tonight, I decided to switch my avatar in order to enjoy his manly western-ness that way.

His hair at comic con was pretty short (and they're about 1/2 way through season, right?).

Yeah. I thought of that, too. But one can still hope!

Oh, absolutely! (& love your avatar, btw).

*grins* Thank you!

I've never seen Deadwood, but I'm really wishing I had. Especially with tonight's episode and all.

He's adorable in Deadwood! If you get the chance, you should definitely watch it. Just know that there's a LOT of language.

Okay, can we talk about how AWESOME Tim was in this episode? Holy crap!

I agree!!! Yippee!!! Fantastic...and he's still workin' the wardrobe!!!

Please excuse me while I build my list of High Noon-ish Shassie colored glasses sightings (with much, recurrent, even excessive, editing as I watch it again):

--"Handsome pasty devil"
--Shawn: "You can count on us." Lassie: "I knew I could."
--"Binky! Come back!" (Basically, anytime Shawn calls Lassie Binky will fall under the jurisdiction of this list)
--Shawn listening so closely about Lassie's childhood, and especially the adorable little grin he gives!
--"Shawn, come here." Followed by private talk between just Shawn and Lassie, followed by TOUCHY!, followed by "Don't worry Binky, I already have a plan." (said with a smile just for Lassie)
--Does Lassie smacking Shawn's feet off the table count? It could be seen as a familiar, domestic gesture... (okay, that one's a stretch)
--"Costume party?" (Okay... not exactly Shassie, but strongly heterosexual statement that is not...)
--Lassiter hiring Shawn and Gus on his own against protocol... that's love.
--The look Shawn gives Lassie when Lassie talks about "shooting him in the face"... PRICELESS!
--Apparently Shawn has developed the same feelings and desires as Lassie ("Transference"... is that what they call it these days?)
--AND Shawn looks at the town as something magical that means something to Lassiter
--Shawn also gives this look to Gus when Lassie is hugging Hank that is just a special little smile...
--And, of course, the exchange about Shawn calling Lassie "Binky" ever again... and the smiles both of them have... something special going on there.

I'm all the more convinced Kell is a closet Shassie fan (and I'm trying to figure out if Berger though I had a typo, isn't familiar with the term "Shassie", or purposefully misunderstood my question...)

Okay... now I'm finished... over an hour after I started...

*nods emphatically* oh yes yes yes yes yes. I'm so glad you made this list. I made it mentally, but I'm not sure I've been coherent enough to have been able to write it out. If I think of anything else, I'll be sure to speak up.

Kristen pointed this out in her review: "That's really neither here nor there, chief." Well, it seems like Lassie is influenced by Shawn more than he lets on because that line was incredibly Shawn-ish.

And... also, you could contend that Lassie really isn't all that angry about Shawn changing his bank account numbers... because it was to a joint account (Okay, a stretch... but the little part of my mind that loves QLC thinks of it that way...)

Awww! The "Make a Wish" girl made it into the official USA episode photos! USA (and Tim Omundson) ROCKS!

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/the...sh/gallery.html


Texasartchick

Hey, TIManiacs! I finally got to drop by! Unfortunately my stupid schedule is keeping me from fangirling for a little while, but I'll be back soon! Just wanted to let everyone know I wasn't disappearing again. Talk to you soon, ladies!

Oh, and OMG HOW AMAZING WAS TIM IN HIGH NOONISH?!?!?!?!?!? I WANTED TO POUNCE HIM!!!!!! BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON THUS FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, now that that's sort of out of my system I must go. I shall return in a short time. Until then, keep this thread at the top! lolz!

Soooo much Shassie goodness this episode! Even if Kell isn't a Shassie fan, there's no way he didn't put some of that in there on purpose. It was just too good!




I was wondering last night if you had gotten to watch "High Noon-ish". And Tim really was beyond amazing. I still haven't figured out exactly what words I could use to describe how awesome he was last night. The whole episode was just too perfect!

Hi there! New member here. I am a big Lassie/Shassie fan. Last nights episode was EPIC!! It was definetly Shassietastic. Tim was amazing in the episode. He was both funny and heartwarming. I love that we got a glimpse of Little Lassie. The writers and Tim have done a brilliant job with the character. He's funny, smart, a good guy, good cop, and more. I really hope that they do commentary for this episode and that Tim joins them.

I come bearing gifts! Here are photos from "High Noonish", captured and posted by another member on the boards (sorry I can't remember who posted these right now!)











Texasartchick

Absolutely adorable!

And some more...

These three are for you, Princess & Winky! Enjoy the "subtlety!"




GLARE!




And just for the hell of it...



Texasartchick

Still more Tim Omundson goodness!



Awww, little Lassie (a.k.a. "Binky"!)






She's got her partner's back!



Texasartchick

Here come some more!





Heartbreaking!




Awww....


This is the most sad, adorable face! I feel for Lassie! I just want to give the poor guy a hug. How does Tim Omundson knock it out of the park EVERY TIME!



Texasartchick

The duel!







YES!


"But I did just shoot that guy for real, so clear on out of here." Haha!



Texasartchick

And ONE MORE page!



"I sure am gonna miss this place." Awww...




Awwww! Lassie gets a hug from his "papa" sheriff!








And let's end it on one of the best of the series...a nice little smile from TIM!


Hope you enjoyed the show folks! I know I LOVED LOVED LOVED this episode! I can't wait to watch it again (for the third time)!


Texasartchick

Welcome! Always nice to have another TiManiac join the fold (and a Shassie fan at that! )

Tim is just simply amazing. Did you know he writes a Twitter for Lassie for the fans? @Psych_Lassie

Thanks for the welcome. I've been following Lassies twitter for awhile now. It's truly fantastic. I have to say I really loved how Lassie gave his mentor a hug. I'm glad he's not a handshake kind of guy. By the way those new Tim interviews on the USA site are fantastic. I love how he talks about this season having unicorns(but not really).

Hey guys!

Room for one more member in the LoveLassieTim family?

I'm new here, but I can't wait to gush about Tim/Lassie and the show.

HUGE Lassie (Yeah Shassie) fan here. Best thread in Psych is this one, if ya ask me. ^_______^

Aw man, aw man. Where to start?? The list be too long to for his awesomeness and it pretty much speaks for itself. Not even sure what else to say that hasn't been said already.

Been following his Twitter. I've been one of the ones whose been helping vote every 20 minutes since Friday. Thank God for DVR. My work schedule is insane and unpredictable.

God I can not wait for Lassie pull out TWO glock 17s in a fire fight. I really hope he fights had-to-hand combat too- that be righteous!

My dream vacation would be visiting the Psych cast and chillin' with them- what say you guys? Gotta shake his hand before I die, yep.

Awesome. Actor. Ever. Close in socond is James Roday.

P.S.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THE SCREENCAPS!! They're awesome!!! Seriously. It made my day.

Thanks for posting those awesome screencaps. Tim looks amazing!!

We here in the Psych fandom are so lucky to have such a talented cast of actors. If you watch any of the interviews with Tim or James or Dulé or Maggie, or even the writers, you are sure to be entertained. Some actors in other fandoms are totally lost without a script. I'm not going to name names because I don't want to bash anyone's favorite actor, but if you watch some of the online actor interviews from other USA shows, you'll see what I mean.

This is the Tim thread, so I thought I'd repost this from a 2003 interview.
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Q: If you were going to describe yourself in three words, what would they be?
OMUNDSON: [laughs] In three words. Oh, I'm trying to count words now. In three words…. up for fun. Those are the ones that just came to the top of my head. I was going to say up for a challenge, but that's four words.

Q: In high school did you fit into a category, such as Goth or jock, et cetera?
OMUNDSON: You know, I was a little bit of everything, and I was always kind of happy with that. I was my class president. I was a drama geek, I was a band geek. I was sort of able to get along - I really think I got along with everybody. I don't know why that is. I didn't really play the part of any one category, you know? But I sort of was able to drift in between all those groups. If anything, I was most into theater.
Q: Look where that's got you now.
OMUNDSON: Yeah, exactly. And that's because even back then, I knew what I wanted to do. It was always my focus. It's been my focus, I would say, since I was about fifteen. So I really liked the band, I was in the jazz band. I really liked that, but it wasn't - I knew I wasn't going to be a professional musician so that was much more just sort of for fun. I did what was called Dramatic Interp. It's kind of like acting. It's sort of like you get up and do a monologue. I started doing that my sophomore year and I actually won the state championship two years in a row in dramatic interp. So that was sort of like my acting training as well. I think I was voted most involved, like I sort of had my hand in everything going on. I don't know why that was; I just really liked sort of staying involved, and being a part of the action. I pretty much got along with everybody.

Q: How is Tim in his thirties different from Tim in his teens? And how are you the same?
OMUNDSON: I'm the same in a lot of ways. Let's see, differences would be - that's an interesting question. I mean you certainly grow up a lot, and it's funny because I'm 33 - I've got a house and a baby, and a wife, but I'm still sort of a big dork.

I still am a kid in a lot of ways. One of the things when Allison was pregnant with Lily, it's like, I can't have a baby. That means I have to be a man, I'm still a kid. And I don't think that really ever goes away. I think there's a lot of people in their 40's and 50's and 60's who still feel like they're not adults yet. Differences - I was certainly much more naive about the world and certainly in the business of acting than I am now. God, that's a really good question. I'm trying to give you a good answer. Even though I was focused when I was a kid, I was focused in what I wanted to do, I didn't get the opportunity to do it because there were things I had to do, sort of as when I was older, meaning with acting. And now I have the opportunities to try and get jobs, to audition, and so I'm more focused that way, in that before I just had the goal but I didn't really have the means to go about it, and now I've got the means so I'm able to live my dream more. It's less of a dream and now it's sort of my life. Does that make sense?

OMUNDSON: When I was in high school, because I knew what I wanted to do, I could figure out, what way could I prepare myself for my goals when I get out of school? Even with debate, that's why I did the acting side of debate. School politics, that was acting to me in a way.

I tried to find everything I could that would get me closer to my goal when I was put in a position to really go to work at it. College was the same way. We were given an assignment by I think our English teacher or something in college, and we could write about anything we want, and I did a piece on acting. And I saw someone in my acting class in the library, and she was like what are you doing your report on, I said I'm doing it on Shakespeare, and she was like whatever. She was like don't you get sick of it? And I couldn't understand what she was talking about. Like no I don't get sick of it, this is what I want to do. This is what I've waited my whole life to do. You know, like I didn't understand how people when they got out of college took 3 months to a year off. Like you know, how can you do that? I went to a school where a lot of kids had money, and they would just take a year off or they'd go to Europe, and I'm like how can you do that? I've been waiting these eight years including high school and college to get out into the world and try this out, and how can you go screw off in Europe for a month or whatever, you know?

OMUNDSON: Patience is one of the things. In terms of how I'm different from when I was younger to now, I have more patience. My folks were always very supportive. My dad was always, especially in college, when I just wanted to get out into the world, he was like you just got to be patient. Just be patient. And with acting, like once I was out in the world, it took a year before I got my first job. The thing is you just got to be patient. Just stick to your gun, and be patient and stay the course, but that's really hard when you're younger and you just can't wait to get going.

Q: If you were going to order a pizza, what would be on it?
OMUNDSON: I'm a pepperoni, black olive guy.

Q:What is the worst job you've ever had?
OMUNDSON: I was hot tar roofer the summers between my freshman year of college. I was the guy who had to load the kettle and heat up the tar and that was an awful job. It was just an awful job. Waiting tables is pretty crappy too. I did a lot of that and was not very good at it. It's just sort of what you do if you're in Los Angeles and you don't have any skills other than acting. And that's the thing. One of the detriments of my education is I was always so focused on acting and I never wanted anything to fall back on, so I never really learned anything else. I can gabble in a lot of little things but I'm not really proficient at anything else. So, I was very limited. I know guys who acted and they're also graphic designers, and they are in finance or whatever, I couldn't do any of that and didn't want to do any of that. So waiting tables sucks.

OMUNDSON: But again, you do what you have to do to get by. If waiting tables is a means to an end for you to be a writer, to free you up, because the one thing it does is you have flexible hours, and a lot of it is work at night, so it frees you up during the day to do other things, then great, then that's what you do.

Q: To you, where is the ideal place to live, and why?
OMUNDSON: Well, I've lived in Seattle, which is where I grew up, just outside of Seattle, and I've lived in Los Angeles. Those are the two places I've lived in. I haven't found it yet. I still have this picture in my head of where I want to be. I think it's up in the Sandland Islands, off the coast of Seattle. I don't know that there is any one place. I could see living in a couple different places. A great mark of success for me would be to have two houses. A place in Seattle and a place here or a place like upstate in New York where you can sort of get a little of everything. If you get too tired of winter, you come out to California. If you get too tired of sunshine you go to Seattle.

Q: Do you have a quote or saying that inspires you?
OMUNDSON: I think, the thing I try to live by is being true to yourself. The quote from Shakespeare is, "This above all, to thine own self be true." That's what I've always tried to go by, and my dad actually wrote that on my graduation card from high school. And just recently in the last two years I've tried to sort of re-embrace that and really kind of - you know, 'cause like, again, adult, kid, I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out who I am and I don't think that ever changes either. So especially in my work I'm trying to re-examine you know, who I am and what I think about things and bring that out in my work. Which has changed for me. I used to sort of cover up, and now I'm try to uncover, if that makes sense.

Q: You've said that you have done a lot of Shakespeare. What is your favorite play he has written?
OMUNDSON: I think Othello is my favorite play. I did that in college. In thinking of it, I didn't do that much Shakespeare but it was always such a part of my early education. I was always studying it, I was always doing scenes, I was always, you know, kind of engrossed in it. Also because that's what I thought actors did. Shakespeare.
Q: And a lot of them do.
OMUNDSON: Yeah, and I think they're all the better for it. I think it's improved my acting. It's certainly improved my verbal skills and the way I- you know, you are, it's rare when you get a really, really good script in TV. A lot of it's written very quickly, and not everything it could be for various reasons. Shakespeare I think really helped me make mediocre material a lot better.

OMUNDSON: I did Iago. That was my favorite role that I've played for Shakespeare.

Q: You also played Seamus McTiernen in the movie The Luck of The Irish...
OMUNDSON: [in Irish accent] Seamus McTiernen, the evil leprechaun, yes.
Q: How does that role compare to the others you have played?
OMUNDSON: It was a blast. I mean, it was just a hoot. I've always loved doing accents. I've never really gotten to really do one on camera before so that was a lot of fun trying to do that. I am part Irish, so, you know. It was just a ball. I love the whole culture and that was a lark. I really liked doing something for a younger audience, something that my daughter can watch. It was a lot of fun. It was just a lot of fun.
Q: Can you do that accent one more time?
OMUNDSON: Sure I'll do the accent. It's a bit more of an Irish sort of thing. It's a bit of kind of a northern Irish thing, you know you talk to a real Irishman and they'll say it's crap.
Q: [laughs] It's quite funny, in telling a couple of my friends that we had this interview, I was able to mention that movie and they knew who I was talking about.
OMUNDSON: It's funny, 'cause a lot of kids and young people know me from that. And their parents are just - so the kids will be excited and their parents will look tired because they've had to sit there and watch it 20 times.

Q: You seem to be everywhere in TV. It's kind of cool because you've got that range.
OMUNDSON: It is very cool, and I'm very blessed to have this opportunity that I'm in sort of a great groove right now. It certainly hasn't always been like this; it's not always going to be like this so I'm trying to ride this wave while it's going on.

Q:Do you ever actually watch yourself on TV? Are you self-critical?
OMUNDSON: Yeah. I am very self-critical, and that's why I do watch. Because, there's always another way to do it, there's always a better way to do it and you normally discover that when you're watching it. Sometimes I'll watch it and go, yeah I did what I wanted to do in that scene. And for me it's like when football players review the game tape, you know, you sort of review what went on and whether you reached your goals. To me it's part of the learning process. I know a lot of actors hate watching themselves on TV, they never watch themselves. I think a lot of that is because they're so self-critical. I try and be critical in a way I can learn from opposed to just beating myself up.
Q:'Cause once it's on TV, you can't change it.
OMUNDSON: Once you do it, it is out there forever and you can never change it.

Q:Speaking of actors, and all the different actors and people in TV, who, if anyone, from your previous work are you still friends with or in contact with these days?
OMUNDSON: I've been really fortunate in that I'm friends with a lot of the people I've worked with. I was in a show called SeaQuest, which was on '93, I think, which Ted Raimi was on, who played Joxer on Xena. And Ted's actually the reason I got the job on Xena. Well, Ted and I have remained friends along with a guy named Marcus Sanchez, and Don Franklin, and actually a lot of that cast. It was a bunch of guys and we all just kind of hit it off and we all remained friends, and I only did four episodes of the show, so it's really unusual for a guest star to bond like that. But it was just good guys. We hit it off and remained friends. And Ted called me one day and said you need to get your agents on this project, they're looking for a guy, essentially, a guy who looks like Jesus. And I had always had the long hair and a goatee and I went in and read for it and Ted sort, you know, said he's a good guy you should hire him, and I got the job. There was another show called Medicine Ball, I think that was the first big series I did, that the lead female and my wife have become best friends and I see her all the time. I'm friends with a lot of the crew members that I met on Xena, I'm friends with Renee, and Lucy, and we try and get together whenever Lucy's in town. I've been really fortunate.

***Here is your reward for reading this far: Lucy Lawless(Xena) & Tim from 2006.***

Q:It must be really nice to be able to continue good friendships like that.
OMUNDSON:
[69] It's the best part of the job. It really is. When you work it's sort of like instant family, especially if you're working on location, and it's a big sort of pretend family, and it has all the dynamics of - people who get along, and people who don't get along, and you bond very quickly and then it's over and you disappear. And then it's really up to you about whether or not you choose to stay in contact with these people. And it's just one of the best things in my job is that I've met people that I want to stay in contact with and that they want to stay in contact with me and I look forward to getting older and working with these people again. Like Ted. The day Ted and I first worked together on Xena, it was so cool. We were doing this scene, and we kind of stopped and went, this is fun; we did this seven years ago. Hopefully there will be more of that.

Q: When making a decision, do you tend to follow your mind or your heart?
OMUNDSON: In work or in life?
Q: Either one.
OMUNDSON: It depends. It really sort of depends on what the decision is. I can be pretty analytical. I try and be pretty logical a lot, which is weird for an actor, because actors need to be pretty free, so it depends. In my work certainly I'm trying to think more with my heart because I used to think a lot with my head. I'm a better actor when I think with my heart. And in life it just depends on how cranky I am.

Q: You've really got a wide range of acting credit from your state work in Love Letters to Xena to Judging Amy, and you even appeared in Seinfeld. What type of role would you like to play next in order to expand this variety you've already achieved?
OMUNDSON: I actually have a job coming up. I'm doing this HBO show called Deadwood (set for airing in 2004), which is a Western, and I'm really looking forward to that because it's a period piece. It takes place in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1878. And I love period stuff. It's all pretend to me. You get to dress up in the funny clothes and speak a funny way and it's that stuff that appealed to me to become an actor in the first place. So I'm really looking forward to doing that. In class, I'm working on a lot of darker stuff, because I haven't got to do a lot of that on TV. And TV, they can only push the envelope so far. In class I'm trying to do kind of darker, more serious, more heavy stuff - see where that takes me. You know, same thing - I could get a job tomorrow, to play a porcupine hunter. I don't know.

haha. i was bored so i came on here to picspam u guys with those picture i posted. seems like u beat me to it!

usually i do just james pics but tim totally deserved some good screencaps for this episode! even i was like, "omg he's awesome!" lol.

and yes, i saw a shassie moment and capped it for those of you who are fans. i'm not. at all. but as i said, tim deserved to be capped! hahah

And I do want to thank you for those caps Some great ones! I really appreciate all of you that take your time to cap for us.

And thanks to TexasArtChick for posting them on this thread... I was gonna do it, but was having a really bad night last night, so thanks for beating me to it.

I would like to second all of the above gratefulness. Because, omg there was so much awesome in this episode. We are so lucky to have this incredible man acting in this show.

Hahaha! LOVE your "Who are you calling BINKY?" banner!



Texasartchick

Hee... isn't it awesome? Crucial does some amazing work.

Apparently we're a scary bunch of TiManiacs...

yet at the same time i totally just came over here to see if anything interesting/scary happened.
am i a masochist? maaayybbeee..

Eh, I'll take it. lol