“Psych”, which airs on the USA Network, is a show about a hyper-observant police consultant who uses his skill to pass himself off as a psychic. The gimmick gets tiring, but the interplay between the characters is sometimes amusing. Anyways, Susan and I were watching one of the latest episodes (“If You’re So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?”) when I noticed the scenery looked eerily familiar.

Me: “Wow, that looks my high school.”

Me again: “That kinda looks like our library.”

Then this scene showed up, and I freaked out.

The Meitner School for gifted students in Santa Barbara? So. Not. That’s the lobby from David Thompson Secondary in Vancouver! That ugly mural of David Thompson the Explorer in the background is the clincher. Non-alumni viewers of this episode, please take note: this sure as hell wasn’t a private elite school - we were grungy public East Van all the way, baby.

I’m not sure all the scenes were shot there - I don’t remember wood-panelled sloped lecture halls - but they definitely shot in the counseling suite, outside the main doors, the library, the lobby, the teacher’s lounge (I think) and a few generic classrooms here and there. Anyways, any fellow classmates from my generation should check out this episode and ask yourself: What’s with the new blue paint scheme (remember the dingy mustard yellow)? When are they ever going to replace those weird geometric windows? What is that horrible new art next to the lobby stairs? And how much did DT get paid for this and what are they going to spend it on?