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Pushing Daisies

Wed, Oct 3, 2007
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Lee Pace
    Lee Pace
    as Ned
  • Anna Friel
    Anna Friel
    as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
  • Chi McBride
    Chi McBride
    as Emerson Cod
  • Kristin Chenoweth
    Kristin Chenoweth
    as Olive Snook
  • Swoosie Kurtz
    Swoosie Kurtz
    as Lily Charles
  • Ellen Greene
    Ellen Greene
    as Vivian Charles
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Episodes

2 seasons · 22 episodes

Ended · 22 aired
Season 1
9 episodes · 9 aired
▾
  • E1
    Pie-lette
    Aired · Thu, Oct 4, 2007 · 60m

    Ned uses his unique powers to bring his childhood crush, Chuck, back to life and solve her murder. But he is also forced to keep his distance from her, because if he touches her, she will be dead forever.

  • E2
    Dummy
    Aired · Thu, Oct 11, 2007 · 60m

    The team investigates an unusual car manufacturer after a murder victim claims that he was killed by a crash test dummy.

  • E3
    The Fun in Funeral
    Aired · Thu, Oct 18, 2007 · 60m

    Emerson asks Ned to bring the funeral director he killed back to life, knowing that it will expose the secret about why Chuck is still alive. Olive also learns about Ned and Chuck's secret while delivering a pie to Chuck's aunts.

  • E4
    Pigeon
    Aired · Thu, Oct 25, 2007 · 60m

    Emerson, Ned and Chuck are on a case of stolen jewelry goods, and solving a murder/suicide case, as well as finding out about a missing prisoner.

  • E5
    Girth
    Aired · Thu, Nov 1, 2007 · 60m

    In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down a "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.

  • E6
    Bitches
    Aired · Thu, Nov 15, 2007 · 60m

    When a dog breeder is poisoned to death, suspicion falls upon his four wives as well as a businessman who was planning to market his new breed of dog.

  • E7
    Smell of Success
    Aired · Thu, Nov 22, 2007 · 60m

    A woman dies in a scratch-and-sniff book explosion. Was the scientist who wrote the book the target of the explosion, or was this part of an intentional publicity stunt gone horribly wrong?

  • E8
    Bitter Sweets
    Aired · Thu, Nov 29, 2007 · 60m

    The owners of a new candy store hope to put The Pie Hole out of business. And when one of the store's owners turns up dead, Ned is wrongfully charged with murder.

  • E9
    Corpsicle
    Aired · Thu, Dec 13, 2007 · 60m

    Ned tries to make amends with Chuck after his confession, and Emerson finds a corpse in ice.

Season 2
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Bzzzzzzzzz!
    Aired · Thu, Oct 2, 2008 · 60m

    The gang tries to solve a murder of a woman who works for a company that makes beauty products from honey.

  • E2
    Circus Circus
    Aired · Thu, Oct 9, 2008 · 60m

    The Pie Maker and his friends solve a mystery in the most unlikeliest of places: the circus.

  • E3
    Bad Habits
    Aired · Thu, Oct 16, 2008 · 60m

    Ned, Chuck, and Emerson go to Olive's nunnery to solve a murder. However, Olive is nervous that she will reveal to Chuck the secret identity of her real mother.

  • E4
    Frescorts
    Aired · Thu, Oct 23, 2008 · 60m

    Emerson's mom comes to town just in time to help the team investigate the murder of an employee at a professional friendship service business. Chuck and Olive move in together after Olive comes back, but how long will it last?

  • E5
    Dim Sum Lose Some
    Aired · Thu, Oct 30, 2008 · 60m

    While the gang investigates a murder at the Dim Sum restaurant below Emerson's office, a woman from Emerson's past reenters his life. Meanwhile, Olive and Chuck discover that Ned has twin stepbrothers.

  • E6
    Oh Oh Oh...It's Magic
    Aired · Thu, Nov 20, 2008 · 60m

    The team investigates the disappearance of the magician who took Ned's two half-brothers under his wing. Dwight Dixon comes to Lily and Vivian searching for a pocketwatch, and Chuck tries to get Lily to confess that she's her mother.

  • E7
    Robbing Hood
    Aired · Thu, Nov 27, 2008 · 60m

    The detectives connect the death of a millionaire to a modern day Robin Hood, while also trying to figure out what Dwight is really up to.

  • E8
    Comfort Food
    Aired · Thu, Dec 4, 2008 · 60m

    Chuck doesn't tell Ned that she kept her father alive after Ned brought him back, and Dwight Dixon dies because of it. Meanwhile, Ned and Olive are left to solve the murder of one of the contestants at a bake-off.

  • E9
    The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
    Aired · Thu, Dec 11, 2008 · 60m

    Emerson and Olive investigate the murder of an infamous lighthouse keeper's wife, while Chuck's father schemes to keep Ned and Chuck separated forever.

  • E10
    The Norwegians
    Aired · Thu, Dec 18, 2008 · 60m

    While Ned and Chuck try to locate the whereabouts of Chuck's father, Vivian hires a crack team of Norwegian investigators to help find Dwight Dixon.

  • E11
    Window Dressed to Kill
    Aired · Sun, May 31, 2009 · 60m

    Ned refuses to help Chuck and Emerson solve the murder of a department store window display artist, and is forced to pose as Olive's fiancé when Olive's childhood "kidnappers" arrive after they escape from prison.

  • E12
    Water and Power
    Aired · Sun, Jun 7, 2009 · 60m

    The death of the man who runs the local dam puts Emerson on a trail that leads back to his ex, and perhaps his long-lost daughter.

  • E13
    Kerplunk
    Aired · Sun, Jun 14, 2009 · 60m

    One-half of Vivian and Lily's old rival synchronized swimming team is eaten by a shark during a show, which provides Vivian and Lily with an opportunity to revive their career.