Suddenly Psychic

A character believes they have psychic powers. By the end of the episode, either the character loses the powers or discovers they never had them.

Cheers

Appearances

• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 2, episode 5, "The Mystic Powers of Maynard G. Krebs" (1960). Maynard suddenly has psychic powers and is asked to predict the winner of the presidential election. At the end of the episode, he loses his powers as suddenly as he gained them.
• Gilligan's Island: Season 2, episode 19, "Seer Gilligan" (1966). Gilligan eats some sunflower seeds that give him the ability to read minds.
• The Odd Couple: Season 2, episode 23, "Psychic, Shmychic" (1972). Felix starts making predictions that come true, and Oscar convinces him he's psychic.
• Cheers: Season 10, episode 3, "Madame LaCarla" (1991). Carla's psychic is retiring, and she has decided to make Carla her successor. Carla starts to think she can read the minds of the people in the bar, but her former psychic reveals to her that it's all BS.