i just watched psych s3e4, and i am inspired.
so as we all know, eliot and shawn were meant to be cousins. now, eliot's last name is "spencer", so we know he's related to shawn through henry's side of the family (if we ignore redemption lore). the only way for eliot and shawn to be cousins would be if eliot was jack's son.
i already explained in a previous post that i believe that jack had eliot while looking for bouchard's treasure. maybe he met a woman somewhere in latam, or maybe it was a woman that he met in the united states. she got pregnant and told jack, but since jack was always traveling to various latam countries trying to find the treasure (and running away from his "partners"), he wasn't there for the pregnancy. maybe he was there for the birth, but i kinda doubt it.
the woman goes on to have the baby (eliot), and marries a far more responsible man, who goes on to become eliot's stepfather. or, if we want to use redemption's story (which i hadn't yet watched at the time of my previous post), the woman puts eliot up for adoption and eliot gets picked up by his adoptive parents.
however, jack still wants to visit his kid, so he finds out who adopted him and visits him. maybe he takes eliot to a red robin, just like he took shawn.
because shawn and eliot are on opposite sides of the country--eliot is in either missouri or kentucky or oklahoma, shawn is in santa barabara--they only know of each other because of jack.
maybe one day, jack and henry are having an argument and henry says something along the lines of, "you wouldn't know what it's like to take care of another human being, you have no responsibilities", and jack replies with, "that's not true, i have a son", and that's how henry first finds out about eliot.
then, when jack and shawn are hanging out, jack starts telling shawn stories about his cousin eliot and his new parents. maybe he exaggerates them a little. he does the same with eliot, he tells eliot slightly exaggerated stories of shawn having to defeat the evil henry who wants the valiant shawn to do chores. he has a knack for telling stories.
eventually, shawn and eliot meet. maybe jack got permission from eliot's adoptive parents, or maybe jack invited them to santa barbara to meet henry and shawn. maybe it was a moment of clarity for jack, where he realized he was living a dangerous life, and if he ever died, eliot and shawn might never meet and eliot might not have a support system should his adoptive parents ever die. so he convinces eliot's adoptive parents. maybe mr. billy had told jack about his fears of eliot going into the military, so jack said, "well my brother henry is a cop, and he's very passionate about being a cop. maybe he could talk some sense into eliot."
and so, the two cousins meet.
they're shy around each other at first because they'd only ever heard tall tales about each other. but eventually, as kids do, they start playing a game. henry, as per usual, stops them and tells them to play correctly. if eliot is his nephew, he's not gonna play hide and seek like that. no kid related to him is gonna stomp around while playing hide and seek, that's not how good cops look for suspects.
eliot's adoptive parents are relieved to know that henry has a stable life. he has a job, a wife, and his son seems to be a good kid as far as they can tell. besides, henry and billy have a ton in common. they both go fishing together, and build and repair things while the kids are playing. and both their last name is spencer.
henry takes eliot and shawn out for lunch and tells him, "a good cop must always be aware of his surroundings. close your eyes." and that starts the "how many hats are in the room" for eliot. shawn was all too happy to be a witness instead of the one answering the questions. unfortunately, those lessons only helped eliot become a better killer.
eliot meets gus as well and kinda thinks he's lame because he's always trying to correct his grammar, but they have fun together so he doesn't mind.
then, when he's a lot older and sees his parents less, eliot is careful with the information he shares about his family. but his dad jack still has a way of finding him. eliot never asks how, he knows his dad has connections with shady people.
one day, he walks into the leverage consulting inc offices in los angeles looking frazzled. sophie greets him and asks how they can help. he asks for eliot. eliot walks up and before he can say anything, jack is already going off about how "shawn found the treasure and he led me straight to it but then double-crossed me! he's a psychic!". everyone is confused, and eliot drags jack away before he can say more.
eliot knows exactly what treasure jack is talking about and asks him to slow down and explain in detail.
jack tells him that he had seen the news and had seen how shawn had solved dozens of cases for the police because he was a psychic. so jack asked him to help him find bouchard's treasure. he talks about how shawn's power was amazing and how he really was a psychic, and how that power helped them find the treasure. but then, instead of giving jack the treasure, shawn gave him rocks!
jack wasn't mad at shawn for the double-cross. he knew he deserved it, but he was ecstatic to finally be able to tell everyone "i told you the treasure was real!"
eliot doesn't believe a word of what jack is saying, until he reads a newspaper article talking about "local psychic finds long-lost spanish gold in santa barabara", and that's when he decides to call up henry and ask about shawn.
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