Series synopsis
Pushing Daisies is an American drama sci-fi & fantasy crime television series that premiered on ABC on October 3, 2007. It ended on June 13, 2009. It was created by Bryan Fuller. It stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride and Kristin Chenoweth.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: life. death. and life again.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lee Pace as Ned
- Anna Friel as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
- Chi McBride as Emerson Cod
- Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
- Swoosie Kurtz as Lily Charles
- Ellen Greene as Vivian Charles
- Field Cate as Young Ned
- Jim Dale as Narrator (voice)
Guest cast
- George Hamilton as Ned's Father (uncredited)
- Grant Shaud as Steve Kaiser
- Jonathan Mangum as Bernard Slaybeck
- Jennifer Elise Cox as Elise Hofer
- Dana Davis as Barb
- Wilson Cruz as Sid Tango
- Eddie Shin as Wilfred Woodruff
- Michael Cornacchia as Burly Bruce Carter
- Barbara Barrie as Mamma Jacobs
- Alexander Gould as Elliot McQuoddy
- Kristopher Simmons as 5 Yr Ralston
- Daeg Faerch as Ingmar Todd
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 22 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9 | October 3, 2007 | December 12, 2007 |
| Season 2 | 13 | October 1, 2008 | June 13, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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. |
October 3, 2007 |
| 2 |
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. |
October 10, 2007 |
| 3 |
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? |
October 17, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bzzzzzzzzz! Emerson is hired by Dusty Fitz, whose wife Kentucky died in a tragic bee-related incident. She was involved with another man who Dusty claims she was preparing to leave, and Dusty suspects murder. Meanwhile, Lily helps Olive move to a nunnery. |
October 1, 2008 |
| 2 |
Circus, Circus Georgeann Heaps hires Emerson to find her missing daughter, and the trail leads to a circus. Meanwhile Ned and Chuck try to deal with the change in their relationship, and Olive considers staying longer at the nunnery. |
October 8, 2008 |
| 3 |
Bad Habits Olive calls on the Pie Maker and Emerson to solve a suspicious suicide of a fellow nun that she believes is murder. Meanwhile, Chuck considers what to do in the present with her new lease on life. |
October 15, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 3, 2007 |
| Last aired | June 13, 2009 |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 22:00:00 |