Extended Preview for ABC's new show "Pushing Daisies"
Pushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned, a man gifted with the mysterious ability to bring the dead back to life just by touching them. However, there are a couple of conditions: if he touches the revived person a second time, they die permanently; and if a person is revived for more than one minute, someone nearby dies.
In the pilot episode, we learn that Ned discovered his gift as a child by resurrecting his Golden Retriever, Digby, after the dog was hit by a car. He later brought his mother back to life when she died of an aneurysm. However, by leaving her alive, he accidentally caused the death of the father of his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. Even worse, Ned's mother then fell dead permanently when she gave him his good-night kiss. Ned and Chuck were separated, she to live with her eccentric aunts Vivian and Lily, and he to a lonely boarding school. In consequence, both of them grew to be shy, repressed, and introverted adults.
Inheriting his mother's baking talents, Ned becomes a pie maker who owns a restaurant called "The Pie Hole," which he runs with the help of waitress Olive Snook. The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's gift and offers him a proposal: Ned will bring murder victims back to life for one minute and ask who killed them; Cod will solve the case and split the reward money.
The scheme succeeds until they learn that Chuck, whom Ned hasn't seen since childhood, has been murdered on a cruise. When her body is shipped back home, Ned revives her, but can't bear to touch her a second time; the larcenous funeral home director falls dead in her place. Ned and Chuck fall in love again and he brings her home to live with him, but they can never touch each other. However, Chuck's joy at getting a second chance at life turns her from a shy recluse into a vivacious beauty, and Ned's joy at recovering his childhood sweetheart begins to break him out of his shell.
The series continues as Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive solve murder cases, negotiate relationships, and explore what it means to be truly alive. Their stories combine mystery, magic, dark humor, giddy romanticism, animals, technicolor landscapes, musical numbers, and, of course, pies.
(from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushing_Daisies )
17 Comments
MarineGunrocksays...A really good show. And Olive has a really nice rack.
qruelsays...^lol
i find the show to be quite witty and whimsical. The production design is also top notch and stylish (reminds me of Tim Burton). I was intrigued to watch just from hearing the synopsis.
I think Olive has a great voice (I think the wonders of her "rack" is due to tape and lift up bra's)
I like how they made Olive and Chuck friends instead of mean mortal enemies.
I think I'll go read my subscription to "Knit Wit" now :-)
Farhad2000says...Interesting, will definitely check it out.
8756says...it's *dead ... too bad !
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MarineGunrocksays...If you didn't know, you can also watch all the episodes online at abc.com.
Mixastersays...This show is great. It's executive produced by Barry Sonnenfeld of Addams Family and Men in Black fame.
lurgeesays...I likey!!!
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spoco2says...I love Bryan Fuller's work (Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls), unfortunately his series tends to get axed early in life.
I hope this one doesn't... but I find it hard to see how you can credibly stretch out their ability to never, even accidentally, touch.
antsays...It looks interesting.
antsays...... on http://tvliveshows.com/?page_id=886 ... Dang ABC didn't have the original episodes! Oh and I liked the pilot's title: Pie-lette (clever!!).
Very entertaining!! I like the style, the humor, cheesiness, ideas, lines, etc. I might need to watch this series. I will check out more episodes later. Somehow, this series reminds me of a movie with its art style but I can't remember it. I can see women liking this series.
I feel bad that the guy can't touch anyone like animals.
Episode 4 has Pigeon. [grin]
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