In Psych, I love how the main character has like hidden attributes that are never talked about but stay consistent through the show.
The ones I've noticed are Shawn's perfect aim and his extremely high pain tolerence. I pray to God Henry only gave him one of those.
His aim works for anything that aligns with his hands. Examples being throwing the basket ball in the Psych office, throwing stuff to Gus, and every instance of him actually getting a gun. Shawn always hits his target. Which makes the times he has a gun strangely terrifying and sexy.
You see Shawn's true pain tolerance a few times. While he complains about small hurts or injuries, that's all they are, complaints for attention. When Shawn's in actual pain, he's much more quiet about it. His tolerance for actual pain is frightening because he can keep functioning almost optimally. The examples that immediately come to mind are: when he's shot, with Drimmer, and after his appendex surgery.
In the episode where Shawn's shot in the shoulder, he's in obvious pain but still manages to keep Henry's lessons in mind and would have actually escaped (rescuing himself) if the bad guy hadn't been literally the only person around. But through the pain, Shawn's able to keep planning and scheme. His pain tolerance is high lighted in the car chase. He not only jumps onto a car, holds on at high speed, but also keeps his perfect aim with his injured arm. He just completely swallows the kickback from Lassie's powerful gun like it's nothing. But you know he's in horrible agony because once the car stops, he completely crumbles.
In the episode where Shawn is taken prisoner by Drimmer, we see that same level of tolerance. At Lassie's house, Shawn is already hurt from being punched but he ignores it. When Drimmer pistol whips Shawn (I love how pissed/protective Lassie gets), Shawn curls up not only is he able to continue his summation but Shawn is also able to actively attempt to tackle Drimmer.
In the episode where Shawn has surgery, we see another instance of Shawn getting quiet while in pain and able to carry through pain for extended periods. On stage we have no way of knowing how long Shawn was in pain for but it must have been for some time because he stayed until he literally was brought to his knees by the pain. Then, at the end of the episode, he's still recovering from abdominal surgery but is able to tolerate his pain long enough to get out of bed without complaint and calmly start a sneak attack and tackle the bad guy BEFORE the adrenaline would have kicked in full force to give Shawn the strength to fight for that long.
These are just two pieces of Shawn that completely fascinate me. It also fascinates me how these are two attributes that Shawn never brags about. He keeps them close to his chest until he's forced to use them.
