Maggie Lawson, the actress who plays Juliet in USA’s Psych, talks about season 6 in a new interview. She highlights on William Shatner’s upcoming role (as Juliet’s father), her character’s relationships with Shawn and Lassiter, the song she wants to sing in the musical episode and where her character could end up at the end of the series!

In the interview with Starpulse.com, Lawson discusses the current season and what’s coming next—most importantly, an episode all about Juliet’s family and past!

Starpulse: What from this season are you the most proud of?
Lawson: I would say I’m proud of the character development that’s happened this year. I’m proud of our writers for keeping everything really fresh and finding new angles and turning over new leaves and discovering new emotions. It’s really special. There’s an episode coming up that I really love, that our fans will too because William Shatner is in it. It was a really different take on Juliet and where she came from and I love that we got into that a little bit. That’s the stuff that keeps us going and keeps us excited. We still love this show.

She does have really interesting family. We already met one of her brothers (John Cena) and we’re about to meet her father (William Shatner). What’s it been like working with your TV family?
Totally awesome. I love my family so much. John Cena was the coolest guy; he was so much fun, really came to play. I would love for him to come back. Shatner – he came to set, he knew all of his lines, he’s so funny, he’s so dry. He had so many great ideas for the character. We have that enthusiasm ourselves but to see it in other actors, and somebody like William Shatner. He is a dream guest star and to have him come up and be so exciting.

Earlier this year, Star Trek’s William Shatner (also known as the Priceline Negotiator) announced his upcoming role via video at the Psych Comic Con panel. Watch below!

Psych creator Steve Franks has talked a lot about two things in the future of Psych: the musical episode and the conclusion. Lawson gave her opinions on both in the interview.

Is there anything you’ve wanted to do on the show that you haven’t yet? If we gave you the chance, is there something you’d like to see happen for Juliet?
It would involve probably our musical episode. It’s weird. I feel like I’ve been able to do so much on the show. It would probably be going undercover again as something really broad and insane like a circus performer, in an I Love Lucy vein. I feel so blessed that I’ve gotten to do so much between all these different angles on the show.

Speaking of things that haven’t yet happened, rumor is the musical episode is still on its way. Do you have any songs you’d love to get a shot at when that does come to pass?
It would have to be something [by] Pat Benatar.

Steve Franks told us that he has an ending for the show in mind. Have you thought at all about where you’d like Juliet to end up when it’s all over?
You know what, as sad as I would be to not be partners with Lassiter anymore, I would love to see Juliet make head detective. I think that would be something incredibly special. I’d like to see her get that.

Read the rest of the interview at this link!

Did you ever think you would see Captain James T. Kirk on the Psych set, holding a pineapple? (And +1 to the commenter who remembers which other Star Trek alum has graced the Psych screen!)