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  • ABC
  • Oct 1, 2008
  • ABC
  • Oct 1, 2008
Pushing Daisies

Summary This romantic comedy shows us the fairy tale-like world of Ned, a man who can bring dead people back to life through the power of his touch. The same touch he must use to "kill" them after no more than a minute or another person will die. With the help of Emerson, a local PI, Ned uses his ability to solve murder cases and cash in on a...

Created By: Bryan Fuller

  • ABC
  • Oct 1, 2008
  • ABC
  • Oct 1, 2008
Pushing Daisies
Season 2
Season Premiere: Oct 1, 2008
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
83
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 50 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary This romantic comedy shows us the fairy tale-like world of Ned, a man who can bring dead people back to life through the power of his touch. The same touch he must use to "kill" them after no more than a minute or another person will die. With the help of Emerson, a local PI, Ned uses his ability to solve murder cases and cash in on a...

Created By: Bryan Fuller

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Episode 1 • Oct 1, 2008 • 43 m
Bzzzzzzzzz!
The gang tries to solve a murder of a woman who works for a company that makes beauty products from honey.
Episode 2 • Oct 8, 2008 • 1 h
Circus, Circus
The Pie Maker and his friends solve a mystery in the most unlikeliest of places: the circus.
Episode 3 • Oct 15, 2008 • 43 m
Bad Habits
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 22, 2008 • 43 m
Frescorts
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?
Episode 5 • Oct 29, 2008 • 1 h
Dim Sum Lose Some
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 half-brothers.
Episode 6 • Nov 19, 2008 • 43 m
Oh Oh Oh... It's Magic
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.
Episode 7 • Nov 26, 2008 • 42 m
Robbing Hood
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.
Episode 8 • Dec 3, 2008 • 42 m
Comfort Food
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.
Episode 9 • Dec 10, 2008 • 43 m
The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
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.
Episode 10 • Dec 17, 2008 • 41 m
The Norwegians
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.
Episode 11 • Mar 4, 2009 • 43 m
Window Dressed to Kill
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.
Episode 12 • Mar 11, 2009 • 43 m
Water & Power
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.
Episode 13 • Mar 11, 2009 • 44 m
Kerplunk
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.

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
83
93% Positive
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
83
93% Positive
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Easily the best and most original entertainment too few are watching, Daisies dazzles and delights with a sensory overload of perfectly surreal whimsy that juggles screwball fairy tale, romantic comedy and mystery.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
100
Again, it's back to the writing and the look. Both are superb.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
83
Daisies has a timeless, picture-book look. It could be set today, in the '30s, in the '70s or in any other decade fond of saturated color. Like Chuck herself, it's a perfect candidate for a second chance: as glowing and lovable as the day we first met it.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW
80
A show this whimsical needs a few anchors to avoid floating away altogether. Emerson is one, and the hands-off Ned and Chuck romance is the other.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
80
This first episode back sets a lot of goals for itself: Remind viewers of the backstory, advance the plot from the cliffhanger, and introduce and resolve the murder-of-the-week. Daisies succeeds in accomplishing these tasks and even finds time for a "Sound of Music" shout-out as Olive pulls a Maria von Trapp en route to a nunnery.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
75
The pie puns continue to make me wince--Olive says she’s ''really flaky,'' while Lily accuses her of being ''all pious.'' And Chi McBride's cynical detective still feels oddly disconnected from the rest of the ensemble. But the show has a fresh, vigorous snap, and the impeccably deadpan Pace gets off some good lines.
FULL REVIEW
60
It still has the same problem, which is exactly where it can take itself, but the ride remains as delightful as the bright shiny colors with which the show lavishly decorates itself.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 50 User Ratings
8.4
88% Positive
44 Ratings
4% Mixed
2 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 50 User Ratings
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88% Positive
44 Ratings
4% Mixed
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8% Negative
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