TV-Reviewed

After the amazing pilot that Pushing Daisies had, it’s hard not wondering if you’re going to be disappointed by the second episode. Luckily Pushing Daisies shows that it plans on sticking around for a while with this great episode. Pushing Daisies is starting to look better and better.

This episode starts with Ned, Emerson and the new member Chuck getting their next mystery to solve which is to find out how a man who was found on the road died and who killed him. When they ask him all he’s able to say is that a crash dummy killed him which immediately makes no sense at all to us. The questioning leaves them panicked for a while, but actually leads to their first clue which ends up being at the guy’s place of work, a car factory and the clue is talking to his girlfriend, Janine in promotions, who has some problems of her own.

It looks like Pushing Daisies also has a formula, but unlike Reaper, the fun is watching how they solve the case and every episode is always different and every case always feels different. Even with this episode, Pushing Daisies is still impressing us. This story takes some very surprising turns and ends up coming to an interesting conclusion.

The Pushing Daisies Cast

The relationship with Chuck and Ned is still great. It’s interesting watching how they interact when they can’t touch each other and even though we don’t see any physical interaction, the interaction from just their faces and smiles says more then any kind of physical touch anyway. Emerson and Chuck unfortunately butt heads through the episode and it almost seems as if Ned is basically playing the mediator between the two constantly, but it’s more harmless then anything and is entertaining to watch nonetheless. Olive was also given more time as she’s left feeling jealous of Chuck and still pining after Ned. She expresses her love for Ned in a cool musical of “Hopelessly devoted to you.” It’s funny watching her sing so emotionally when the cleaning guy is salsaing in the background.

The jokes on Pushing Daisies are either pretty funny or somehow awkwardly funny. Janine from promotions, for example, has an eating disorder of overeating and the writers confirm this by having a flaming box of laxatives land on Ned’s car. It seemed like they were trying to make it into a joke and it was funny. While the jokes may be appealing to some, it’s hard to say whether everyone will get the jokes on the show, because sometimes the jokes can be dark.

In then end they do end up solving the case, but what happens in between is so great to watch. Once again I love the scenery and the background; it’s like Pushing Daisies just exists in a world of its own, far away from us. There is lots to look forward to this season with watching how Chuck and Ned’s relationship evolves. Chuck wants to know Ned and Ned likes to keep secrets. These secrets will probably be dispersed or made an issue over the season so it’s definitely something to look out for. This episode proved that Pushing Daisies is going to be a force to be reckoned with and could easily end up being the best show of the year. This episode told a great story and really has looking forward to the rest of the season.

Rating: 9.0