1991:
A young Shawn Spencer sat at the table, tapping his pen against the blank page of his notebook.
"Henry came home and walked into the kitchen. "Hey Shawn."
"Hey Dad," Shawn greeted.
"What are you doing?" Henry asked his son.
"An assignment for school," Shawn replied.
"It's not coming together, I see," Henry said.
"No," Shawn said.
"What's the assignment?" Henry asked, as he sat down next to Shawn.
"We have to come up with something to earn money to give to children in poor countries," Shawn said.
"That's great," Henry said
"Why?" Shawn asked.
"Well Shawn, those kids don't have much and so they're already very grateful with something very small," Henry said.
"No, I don't see why we have to come up with something," Shawn said.
"You're a kid, just think about what you'd like,
"I wish I didn't have to go to school and do assignments like this, Shawn said.
"Shawn, those kids in poor countries often can't even go to school when they want nothing more than that," Henry said. "You're very lucky here and it's good to share it with someone less fortunate than you."
Present Day.
It was late in the night. A man in his early 30s walked out of the hotel, he grabbed his car keys from his pocket and pressed the button and unlocked the car. Right in front of his car, the man dropped his keys, when he tried to pick them up his car exploded and was blown away by the bang.
"Oh my God!"
"He needs help!"
"Somebody call 911."
A few hours later, Shawn and Gus were on their way to the hotel.
"Hey Buzz," Shawn greeted as he saw McNab.
"Hi guys, McNab greeted.
McMab took Shawn and Gus to the crime scene.
"Hey Jules what happened here?" Shawn asked.
"The car exploded," Juliet said. "Luckily the victim survived and he was taken to the hospital."
"Was it a bomb?" Gus asked.
"Yep, the bomb squad just released the scene," Juliet said.
"Who's the victim?" Gus asked.
"Pascal Gideon, 29 years old, he was here to because of a charity event," Juliet told the guys.
Shawn looked around to see if he could find anything. He saw part of the number plate and saw that it was an rental car.
"It was a rental car," Shawn said.
"That's right, Lassiter already sent some other detectives to the company to ask questions."
"Where is Lassie, by the way?"
"He's at the hotel interviewing staff and requesting security footage, Juliet said.
"Any witnesses? Gus asked.
"Yes, but their statements don't help us. They all saw the car explode and Pascal getting blown away, Juliet said.
"So you don't have much, Shawn said.
"No, maybe you can find something, Juliet said.
"I'll do my best, Shawn said.
"Is there anything else known about the victim? Gus asked.
Juliet's phone rang and the hospital called her. "Speaking of that," she said and answered the phone. "O'Hara."
Juliet walked away. Shawn and Gus looked around to see if they could find anything.
"See anything Shawn?"
"No, I need to take a look at that bomb."
"The bomb squad has it," Gus said.
"I don't see anything that can help us right now," Shawn said.
Juliet walked back to Shawn and Gus
What did the hospital say?" Gus asked.
Pascal Gideon is out of surgery and he looks like he's going to make a full recovery, Juliet told them.
"That's good news," Gus said.
"I'm about to go to the hospital to interview him, you two wanna tag along?" Juliet asked.
"Yeah, okay," Gus said.
"Jules can have a quick word in private?" Shawn asked.
"Sure," Juliet said.
Shawn took Juliet aside.
"What is it?" Juliet asked.
"I have a question for you," Shawn said.
"What do you want to ask?" Juliet asked.
"Would you like to go on a date tomorrow?" Shawn asked.
"Shawn, we talked about this," Juliet said.
"What do you mean?" Shawn asked.
"Asking me out on a date while we work a crime scene," Juliet said.
"It's not like there's a dead body," Shawn said.
"Where do you wanna go?" Juliet said.
"Oh it's this new restaurant that has your favorite meal," Shawn said.
"Really?"
Shawn nodded his head. "Yep."
"And what's the name of this restaurant?"
"La Psych," Shawn said, Juliet couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. "I know the owner so I can just get us in."
"Do you now?" Juliet asked.
"Yes, I do," Shawn said. "So what do you say, it's a date?"
"It's a date," Juliet said.
"I'll text you the address," Shawn said.
"You didn't need to do that, I think I can find it," Juliet said.
Lassiter walked out of the hotel. "O'Hara we...," he began when he saw Shawn and Gus standing at the crime scene. "What are they doing here?"
"Chief Vick asked if we wanted to help with the case," Shawn said.
"Do your thing, as long as you don't get in our way Spencer," Lassiter said.
"When have I ever done that?" Shawn asked and got a look from Lassiter. "Yeah, got it."
"Carlton, Pascal just got out of surgery, we can go talk to him," Juliet said.
"Then let's go," Lassiter said.
After a short drive, Shawn Gus, Juliet and Lassiter were at the hospital and in the room where Pascal Gideon was.
"Hello Mr. Gideon, I'm Detective O'Hara and this is my partner Detective Lassiter," Juliet said.
"And I'm Shawn Spencer, Psychic Detective for the police, And this here is my partner Snack Machine, he's very hungry all the time," Shawn said.
"Mr. Gideon we're here because of the bomb attack, Juliet said. "What do you remember?"
"Not much after the explosion," Pascal said.
"What can you tell us before the explosion?" Lassiter asked.
"I was walking towards my car, my keys fell out of my hand and there was the explosion," Pascal said.
"Did you notice anything strange that day?" Lassiter asked.
"No, I didn't," Pascal said.
"You were at the hotel for a charity event, what is it exactly?" Shawn asked.
"It's for my charity," Pascal said.
"And what is your charity exactly?
"I visit schools and many students probably have notebooks, pencils, pencil cases and other school things that they no longer use, they put them in shoe boxes and my charity takes them to the children in poor countries who can use them for school.
"And that's what the event was for?"
"It's with one of the best private schools here in Santa Barbara I was going to talk to that committee of that school about my chairty."
"Do you have any idea who you would want to do this to?" Gus asked.
"I have no idea," Pascal said.
"Okay we will let you rest now, an officer of ours will stay with you for protection," Juliet said.
"Thank you," Pascal said.
Juliet gave Pascal her card. "If you think of anything, you can call me at this number."
"Thank you Detective O'Hara," Pascal said.
"After the hospital visit, everyone was back at the police station. An hour later, Shawn, Gus, Juliet and Lassiter were called into the Chief's office.
"What's up Chief?" Shawn asked.
"An associate of Pascal Gideon wants to talk to us," Vick said.
"That's good, maybe we can get some answers now," Lassiter said. "When is he coming here."
"She is already here, Vick said.
"Hello, Shawn."
Shawn recognized the voice, he turned around and there was his ex-girlfriend standing in the doorway of Chief Vick's office. "Abigail."