Dear Psych producers,
I miss the pineapple.
For the uninitiated Psych is a hilarious show about an observant goof-off who pretends to be a psychic to help the Santa Barbara police solve crimes. While the criminal element isn’t particularly scary or clever, the show is great, with lots of inside jokes and repeating themes. Every episode, along with crazy names for Gus, Shawn lusting after Juliet, and Lassiter drawing his gun, there is a pineapple. Maybe someone was eating one, or offering one as a gift, or using one as a conversation starter. Then you decided to change things.
Suddenly finding the pineapple became a game. You could win stupid prizes by seeing the hidden pineapple in one of the scenes and texting usa network/psych. When did TV become something you have to work for? I loved seeing the pineapple in each episode. Now I have no idea where it is. And it’s hardly a pineapple anymore, you have pineapples on a shirt, or a pineapple statue. I hate it. They don’t even talk about the pineapple anymore. You took away all the fun. I want to sit back and enjoy the show. You removed an inside joke and encouraged people to start stupid websites devoted to pineapple finding.
I don’t want my TV to be interactive. I’m not a toddler watching Blue’s Clues or Dora the Explorer. I’m not going to shout, “Behind you! There’s the pineapple!” I just want to watch a comedy and chuckle a bit. Are producers so desperate for ratings and visits to their shows’ websites they have to make watching the show into a contest? What happened to doing things without a cellphone in your hand or a laptop next to you on the couch? I’m relaxing at the end of the day and thanks to my DVR I rarely watch a show as it’s recording, so even if I do find the pineapple, I doubt I’m getting my prize four days later.
Bring back all the parts of the show I love. What’s next, instead of Shawn giving Gus a nickname there will be a long pause and we have to text in a funny name ourselves? Stop with the interactive crap and give me back my delicious fruit.
Sincerely,
Kelly
