review

You think all crime shows are dimly lit intense drama filled with forensics and yellow tape: think again. ABC’s Pushing Daises takes solving crime to a new level combing whimsy, wit, and humor to recreate the classic crime show into something completely new.  

Combine a Pie-maker with a supernatural gift, a sassy overweight knitting detective, a dead girl brought back to life, and an overly excitable waitress, throw in a love triangle and a dog and you have a show like no other show you have seen before.

The premise of the show is that Pie-Maker Ned (played by Golden Globe nominee, Lee Pace) has the gift to touch living things and bring them back to life. The catch is that he can only bring them back to life for one minute or something else dies in its place and if he touches them, they will die again with no chance of another revival. Ned teams up with knitting detective Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) to solve crimes. Things get sticky however when Ned brings his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte Charles (played by Golden Globe nominee Anna Friel), back to life. The cherry on top of this group is the bubbly waitress and ex horse jocky, Olive Snook (played by Emmy Winner Kristin Chenoweth), who secretly loves Ned and does not know the true identity of dead girl Charlotte Charles.  This knockout cast fits their roles perfectly as they create a magical world never seen before on the television screen.

Every family has that one person who wants to watch their nightly murder mystery while the others want to watch their sitcom, or vice versa. The fight over which to watch can easily turn into an arduous and hard fought battle over the remote.  ABC’s Emmy winning show, Pushing Daisies, allows us to stop fighting over the remote and have both, neatly baked together and served a la mode.