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Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies
★ 7.9/10•2007•42m•TV-PG•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Crime
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life. death. and life again.

A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

StatusEnded
Runtime42m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 3, 2007

Episodes

Episode 1 - Pie-letteE142m

Pie-lette

Ned works in a pie store and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, through the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but this appears to be much more difficult than it sounds, when he gives life to his childhood crush, and decides to let keep living.

Oct 3, 2007

Episode 2 - DummyE242m

Dummy

Ned, Emerson and Chuck visit the morgue to inspect the body of a victim of a car accident, a 45 year old man who specialized in automobile safety. The police is offering a reward to anyone who can find the killer and Emerson wants answers to be able to get the reward.

Oct 10, 2007

Episode 3 - The Fun in FuneralE343m

The Fun in Funeral

Chuck holds true to the threat she made in the pilot by baking anti-depressants into her aunt's food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive delivers one to them and stumbles onto Chuck's secret. Now that she has dirt on Chuck - that her aunts think she's dead - will Olive use it against her to get Ned?

Oct 17, 2007

Episode 4 - PigeonE442m

Pigeon

Emerson, Ned and Chuck are hired to prove that a pilot was murdered, rather than committing suicide, but soon become involved in a case of stolen jewelry and an escaped prisoner.

Oct 24, 2007

Episode 5 - GirthE543m

Girth

In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery.

Oct 31, 2007

Episode 6 - BitchesE642m

Bitches

Ned, Chuck, Emerson and Olive tackle a murder mystery involving a man who was murdered over a dog and claims to have been killed by his wife. Problem is, he's a polygamist with four wives.

Nov 14, 2007

Episode 7 - Smell of SuccessE744m

Smell of Success

Ned, Emerson, and Chuck's next case involves an olfactory assistant who was killed when her scratch-'n'-sniff book combusted.

Nov 21, 2007

Episode 8 - Bitter SweetsE843m

Bitter Sweets

Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town. Alfredo Aldarisio returns and continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, still pines for affection from the Pie Maker.

Nov 28, 2007

Episode 9 - CorpsicleE943m

Corpsicle

Chuck learns the most shocking secret of her life and refuses to forgive Ned. In order to take the Pie Maker's mind off of Chuck, Emerson gets him to solve the mystery of a man killing life insurance agents and hiding them in snow banks. Oscar Vibenius returns to investigate why Chuck has an unique smell. Meanwhile, the aunts' antidepressant-laced pies begin to show some hallucinogenic effects.

Dec 12, 2007

Actors

Lee Pace

Lee Pace

Ned

Anna Friel

Anna Friel

Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles

Chi McBride

Chi McBride

Emerson Cod

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Olive Snook

Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

Lily Charles

Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene

Vivian Charles

Field Cate

Young Ned

Jim Dale

Jim Dale

Narrator (voice)

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