ORBzine - 2004 UK Television Review: "Pushing Daisies"

Lee Pace [ Wonderfalls ] as Ned

Anna Friel as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles

Chi McBride [House] as Emerson Cod

Ellen Greene as Vivian

Swoosie Kurtz as Lily

Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook

Jim Dale [Carry On] as Narrator

Season 1

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 1] Pie-lette
Shown 3 Oct 07

This takes the Magic Realism of Wonderfalls to an extreme length, wrapping it up in OTT trappings reminiscent of Lemony Snickett . Jim Dale's sickly-sweet narration is the icing on the cake (or pie, if you prefer).

The Pie-Maker is owner/manager/chef of a restuarant, the Pie Hole. He has a superpower - he can magically revive dead people, but only for 60 seconds. This power comes in useful for solving murders ...

The pie-maker's newest corpse is his childhood friend, Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles ( Anna Friel ). He can't bring himself to return her to death when her minute is up ... but if he ever touches her again, she'll die for certain.

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 2] Dummy
Shown 10 Oct 07

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 3] The Fun in Funeral
Shown 17 Oct 07

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 4] Pigeon
Shown 24 Oct 07

The Pie-Holers pursue an escaped convict, as he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 5] Girth
Shown 31 Oct 07

Horse-racing Jockeys are being killed by the ghost of a dead Jockey. Olive used to be a jockey - is she on the ghost's hit-list?

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 6] Bitches
Shown 14 Nov 07

A man is murdered, and says that his wife did it. Unfortunately he's a polygamist, and he has 4 wives! They're dog-breeders, and each one has a different Breed and training speciality. The Pie Holers must split up and each investigate a different suspect.

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 7] Smell of Success
Shown 21 Nov 07

Someone boobytraps a scratch-and-sniff book. It seems like someone's trying to kill the author. The main suspect is a sewer-dwelling smell-lover (Peewee Herman).

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 8] Bitter Sweets
Shown 28 Nov 07

A new shop starts up - a Sweet Shop. This is unexpected competition for the Pie Shop. And when one of the owners ends up dead, the Pie-Maker is the main suspect.

Pushing Daisies [Season 1, Episode 9] Corpsicle
Shown 12 Dec 07

This week's victim was murdered and buried inside a snowman. He's the first victim of a serial-killer!

ORBzine - Pushing Daisies TV Review

Season 1

Pushing Daisies

Season 2