Now instead of talking through cats, the dead are using plastic toy soldiers as familiars. And Shawn sets up plastic aliens in the mock battlefield - he did battle as a child with aliens?
On top of all his other knowledge, Gus is a civil war buff.
Lassiter:...my great great grandfather Col Muscum T Lassiter
Shawn: Muscum?
Gus: It was a very common name of the era...[quizzical look from Shawn]...History channel!
Shawn: ESPN, Gus, Channel 206. I'm begging you.