TV-Reviewed

It’s the second episode of the season and Pushing Daisies seems to be treading along nicely. We got a decent episode that had a good mystery to go along with. The idea of this episode focused on new beginnings for everyone and it worked out well in this episode; maybe not as well as we would have liked, but it still made for watchable television.

This week Emerson takes the case of a missing girl, the mother of the girl was an interesting character with her lack of emotion; It’s quirky characters like this that really give Pushing Daisies that edge that other shows don’t have. The private investigative business is doing well, because Emerson’s phone was ringing off the hook, but somehow the woman looking for her daughter made him think about his own daughter and in a rare moment of sympathy, Emerson took the case.
The team ends up running around questioning most of the circus folks about when the last time anyone saw Nikki. The good thing about this episode is that it actually had a couple of cool twists that really tricked me. It seemed like when everyone was found dead in the episode, Nikki had been the last person to be seen with them. So initially it seemed that Nikki was the killer, but of course it turns out to be someone else by the end of it.

It was interesting to see Emerson on the optimistic side of things and Ned on the downside as Ned seemed to think Nikki had done it while Emerson kept saying that it wasn’t her. Emerson was still the smart talking one of the two, but it gave us another side to Emerson.

Lee Pace as Ned, Anna Friel as Chuck and Chi McBride as Emerson Cod

Along with the case, Ned and Chuck were having their share of problems due to the fact that Chuck has moved next door into her own apartment. It’s taking some time for Ned to get used to the fact that Chuck is sleeping next to him in the same room and is afraid that this change could start a chain of changes for Chuck that could ultimately lead her away from him. Chuck has really started to become grateful for the new life that she was given and doesn’t want to make the same mistakes she made the last time she was alive. It’s very understandable that she would want something her second time around. Also I have to add that the first season, Chuck and Ned’s relationship was new and it was very cute to have a couple who was in love with each other, but couldn’t touch one another. This second season, the relationship isn’t as new and it’s not as cute, but the attention to detail is really good. It’s always funny or interesting to see how Ned walks around with his hands in his pockets and how he always avoids touching her. The show doesn’t make a big deal about it or point it out, but it’s noticeable if you look closely.

Olive is still at the nunnery trying hard to keep the secrets that she knows. Having her sent to a nunnery really feels overdone and having her separated from the cast is doing the show justice. It was funny watching as Lily tried to tell Olive that she lied about the whole thing only for Olive to figure out she was lying. There were funny moments, but the writers really need to put Olive back with the rest of the cast.

Emerson’s missing daughter storyline is something that we hope will be addressed later. We seem to getting small pieces to the story bit by bit and it’s somewhat frustrating that we don’t know the whole story.

Pushing Daisies is still trucking along consistently; the mystery for the week was fun and the plot keeps rolling even if it is developing and coming along a little slower then we’d like.

7.5