Movie: “Pushing Daisies” (2007)

“A man named Ned has the ability to bring the dead back to life. The catch is, it’s only for one minute, if they are alive longer than a minute someone must die in their place, he also can’t touch someone he saves again or they will die and he can’t save them again. He discovers this when he’s ten years old and he saves his mother after brain hemorrhages. The result is, his next door neighbor dies, unfortunately, his daughter is the girl Ned dreams about. Later that night when his mother tucks him in she kisses his forehead and dies. The girl, Chuck, now lives with her aunts and Ned is sent to boarding school by his father. Many years later, Ned owns a pie shop because his “gift” allows him to re ripen rotten fruit. He also helps a PI with cases because he can ask murder victims about who killed them. One day, on the news it’s announced that a reward has been set on information about the murder of a tourist, and rewards being the Emerson’s (the PI) only motivation the two of them get involved in the case and soon Ned finds out that the dead girl is Charlotte Charles, the girl he called Chuck. Written by Hannah”

• Run Time: 60 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

Tagline: life. death. and life again.

Trivia: ABC canceled the show in late November 2008 stating that it will not order any episodes after all 13 episodes of season 2 will have aired.

Kerplunk

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Water and Power

Emerson is approached by an old flame who wants him to investigate her ex-husband’s murder… while he rekindles his relationship with Simone. Meanwhile, Olive takes an interest in Randy Mann.

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Window Dressed to Kill

Chuck convinces the gang to take on the case of a murdered window dresser whose partner may have done her in. Meanwhile, Ned questions his value to the team and his relationship with Chuck when his abilities dies out on him.

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The Legend of Merle McQuoddy

Elliott McQuoddy hires Emerson to investigate the death of his mother Nora, a lighthouse keeper found harpooned to death on her own light.

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Frescorts

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Bad Habits

Still at the nunnery, Olive hires Emerson and Ned to investigate the suspicious suicide of a nun. Meanwhile, Chuck wonders what to do with her new life.

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Circus Circus

A woman hires Emerson to find her missing daughter, and the trail leads to a circus. Meanwhile, Chuck moves out of Ned’s apartment, and her aunts visit the Pie Hole.

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The Norwegians

When Emerson turns down her offer of employment, Vivian hires a team of Norwegian detectives to locate the missing Dwight Dixon. However, the trail of clues leads to Ned and Chuck, and their secrets.

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Comfort Food

Chef Colonel Likkin takes a licking, and his widow hires Emerson to find her husband’s original recipe that vanished when the Colonel was deep-fried to death.

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Pushing Daisies S02E08

Robbing Hood

When Gustav Hoffer, the creator of the mechanized yarn-baller, dies during a robbery, his laywer hires Emerson to determine if premeditated murder was planned. Meanwhile, a man out of chuck’s past finds her empty coffin and starts asking questions of the aunts.

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Pushing Daisies S02E07

Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic

The Great Herrmann hires Emerson to find out who’s trying to kill him, and magic, murder, and mystery mix, while Ned discovers that there’s some magic in his father’s history.

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Pushing Daisies S02E06

Dim Sum Lose Some

A Chinese restaurant owner, Mr. Bao Di, is killed in a seeming accident. His wife hires Emerson to investigate what she believes was murder, and the team discovers that Bao owed gambling debts and used his daughter’s hand in marriage as collateral.

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Pushing Daisies S02E05

Bzzzzzzzzz!

In the aftermath of learning the Aunts’ secret, Olive has a breakdown and Lily arranges for her to be checked into a nunnery. Meanwhile, Emerson takes on the case of a woman who died in a bee-related incident.

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Pushing Daisies S02E01