So what did everyone think of last week’s season premiere of Psych? Personally I loved it, it had some incredibly hilarious scenes, but also had some of the tensest moments of the series, specifically when it looks like Shawn’s been caught and faces Lassiter and the lie detector. Although, it wasn’t too much of a surprise to know that Henry had taught Shawn how to defeat a lie detector.

Having seen two of the episodes coming later in the season (specifically the vampire themed Halloween episode which airs in 2 weeks and William Shatner’s episode) I can say that this season is looking pretty incredible and you’re not going to want to miss a single moment of it. And I am definitely looking forward to tonight’s Hangover inspired episode!

Too prepare for tonight’s episode and the rest of the season check out the interview with Creator Steve Franks below. Much like last week’s interview with Roday and Dule, Franks spilled some details on the season, while also keeping things hilarious.

Q: Is there a confirmation for Season 7, I was just wondering, because James Roday alluded to the seasonal finale of Season 6 having a big cliffhanger. So if there wasn’t a Season 7, would you conclude that in a movie or something like that?

Steve Franks: When we were finishing up the season finale, we had something big planned that we didn’t think work well enough and something we sort of saved. And as we looked at the way the story is developing, along the course we found like a really, really cool cliffhanger. And we ended up shooting that as our finale.

So if we didn’t get a Season 7, I think we could create a situation where fans would want a riot on Wall Street as well. So it was only after the fact that when I watched it, I’m like “Oh my God. There’s no way they can’t pick us up for a Season 7 now.”

I’m always thinking about the movie. And actually, when we go in to talk to the executives I don’t know if it would be on the table. But I have not only a way we could do the movie, but I have sort of the world and the story of it.

So I would want to do a Season 7 and a movie. That would make me happy. And I want to make sure if we do the movie… I’d want it to be something that was in theaters… not just do a direct to video, you know, like double episode of the show. I’d want it to feel special. I’d want it to feel like it was something that was worthy of being in the theaters. I think we have something that’s really fun.

Q: How do you feel the Internet has affected your show and your writing, especially with the new Hashtag Killer game?

Franks: As for the Hashtag Killer, it’s incredible. I can’t believe the numbers of people. And Lynn has them. We’re shocked and amazed and excited. And, you know, at first, you know, it seemed like it was just, you know, hey, here’s something that can get people to remember that you have your show, you know, that you’re coming back because we’ve been gone for ten months.

But it really turned into something fun and the people that worked on it, they did an incredible job of making it more than just, you know, a point-and-click game. Because when they first explained it to me, I’m like, “I don’t understand this at all, you know. We get to talk to the – how are they going to talk to people, you know.” And I didn’t understand the format of it. And this – you know, through a lot of meetings, I’m like, it soon became very clear, oh this just like our show, but it actually puts everybody in the middle of it.

And I’m like – and then I said, “Okay, well there’s no way we pull this off.” But I brazenly went along the ride… And, you know, it’s amazing the response we’ve gotten. And I kind of wish that I didn’t know the solution to it so I could play, too, because it seems like it’d be a lot of fun.

Q: Can you give us a hint of what we’ll see when Pierre reunites with Shawn and Gus in the Raiders of the Lost Ark episode?

Franks: You know every time Cary comes up, we know it’s going to be the most fun we’ve had during the season. [T]here’s always been like a little action element to the Despereaux episodes. In the first one, it was the ski chase. And the second one, it was hanging the guy off the building and the Batman special effects things, and the shoot-out at the cabin. And this time, my goal was let’s just get to those action pieces and let’s do more than we ever imagine this show could do.

So there are some – it’s just, it is a thrill ride beyond anything that we’ve done. It’s really fun. It’s really fast. And there’s some truly shocking moments in the show, along with some spectacular stunt pieces and Despereaux at his most fun, and Shawn cracking a whip and doing all the – and most importantly, me, fulfilling all my childhood fantasies and getting to sort of riff on my favorite movie of all time.

Q: I was watching the pilot last week and noticed you had references to both Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Phineas & Ferb. Are there a lot of writers on the staff with kids?

Franks: About half of us have kids. This is a great thing about this show. First of all, I’ve kept almost all the same writers. I think we’ve had five new writers in the history of the show. And usually it’s [because] we’re expanding it. So over the course of our show, all of our writers have had kids and have bought houses. So we’ve all like sort of become adults. So we’ve all become saddled with mortgages and grown up to take care of our kids. But, yes, there is – let me tell you, nobody watches more Mickey Mouse Clubhouse than I do. Maybe we should have a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse competition.

And Phineas & Ferb is the one that I enjoy the most because I think that show is so funny and so smart. And we have things called room jokes, which are jokes that we think only are funny to the writers, and that it more reflects on the process of writing. But Phineas & Ferb gets away with more room jokes than any show I’ve ever seen on TV.

I’m also a fan of Jake and the Never Land Pirates. I think it’s not too bad to watch. And – but I am glad that I don’t have to watch as much Special Agent Oso as I used to because, really, honestly, Oso is an incredibly incompetent agent. Because he doesn’t even know how to tie his own shoelaces. So I mean that bear has no business taking on all these multimillion dollar gadgets and doing spy missions and flying in the space when the guy can’t even tie his own shoes.

You know what, you know my one rub against Jake and the Never Land Pirates is at the end, they collected the doubloons and they go into their treasury chest. But every time you see the treasury chest, it’s neither more full or less full than any other episode. So I don’t know what they’re working towards. And that you know what, that’s one of those little details that you probably should have worked out before they started it. And then if the show runs seven years that treasure chest is almost full. So at some point, they’re going to have to get another treasure chest or they’re going to have to use some of the doubloons from the treasure chest that they’ve been filling up each episode, and buy something.

Q: You guys have a ton of guest stars this season. How do you get all these amazing actors? Do you approach most of them or do any of them approach you about being on the show?

Franks: I have three lists. One of them is people we’ve heard are interested in doing our show. People we’ve heard that are fans of the show. And then we – which we sometimes find out through Twitter or we find out through our casting director, Julie Ashton. And then sometimes, then there’s no list of people we’ll never get in a million years, but let’s just keep them on the list. And that’s like David Bowie and people like that who don’t act much and all that.

And then there’s also people that we – and that usually how it happens is, you know, we basically – our casting director puts out, you know, a breakdown for a character. And then we get the list of available actors. And then we’ll go to them and sometimes their schedule won’t work. They’re working on something else. Or sometimes the dates won’t work or the time or maybe they’re – they don’t want to play the killer or they, you know, they want to do something differently. But we keep a very well-documented list of people who’ve ever said when we asked them if they want to be on the show, “Oh I like that show. I watch it with my kids. Oh I like that show. My wife and I watch it.” And we make sure that we go back to them.

And like a lot of the people – you know, Malcolm McDowell who’s in the premiere episode, he was originally going to be Yin last year. And he had – the dates just didn’t work out. He had a wedding reception that night. And he was actually on the move – he was going to move something and we’re like, “You know what, Malcolm, we will get you back.” And fortunately for me, he happened to be in my episode and he was so good. He was so good in it, you know.

And Shatner who comes up later in the year, we’ve always wanted to have Shatner on the show. We call all the time and finally he was available. And we had a really wonderful idea and a great script. And he jumped at the chance.

So it’s a lot of, you know, just keeping our ears to the ground. And as the show goes on, you know, our – we know that, you know, you got to fly up to Vancouver to be on our show. So we know that we have to offer something to the actors. And our guarantee – this is what I said to Malcolm McDowell in the first day. I said, “This isn’t the most fun you’ve had at least” – and Malcolm McDowell, it’s hard to say this is the most fun you’ve ever had because Malcolm McDowell’s had a lot of fun.

So to me, you know, I would say if this isn’t one of the most professional – fun professional experiences you’ve ever had, then we’ve done our job wrong. And we make sure we have a very open and fun engaging set, and that everyone is on the show has a blast. And we just say tell your friends. And whereas in Season 1 and Season 2, you know, it’s always like, “What? Which show? Psych? What is that? I’ve never heard of that?” Word has gotten around. And so it’s a lot easier to get people. And for us, it’s, you know, we treat them well. We give them great roles. And that’s paid off.

So it’s a multi-pronged approach. Paying attention, having people have heard of our show, making up our dream list of actors and having a great casting director who really thinks and really is creative and smart – and Julie Ashton is such a great person just to be around and she’s also kind of genius as a casting director.

Q: Do you have an idea for what the final episode of Psych would be?

Franks: I think I have something really good. And I think I have something that ties things together and brings us right back to the pilot in a great way. And I think that a good ending to a show, you know, resolves the question that’s posed in the pilot.

And I don’t know if I’m going to be the only one who loves it. But I have it. And I’ve never told anyone. So it has to stay in my head because Chris and Kelly, our other executive producers, are not great secret keepers. But I have a great way that I’d like to do it. And I like to – and I love when shows wrap themselves up that they, you know, that they bring everybody back and they sort of tie up all the loose ends. And it would be really nice if we have the luxury of knowing what the end of the show is and to be able to work towards that.