Pushing Daisies"The Fun in Funeral"
Original Air Date: October 17, 2007
Andrew G - TwoCents Staff Writer
Here we are again, with episode 3 of this amazing show. The plot is beginning to get thicker as the cast is also expanding. I was really happy to see more lines in this episode from characters other than Ned and Chuck (still no cute name for them), such as Olive. The episode begins with yet another explanation of Ned’s powers. I understand that some new viewers need a little catching up, but could they not figure it out on their own? Anyway, this explanation involves young Ned reviving flies near a bug zapper. It is also when he discovers the one-minute rule. Back in the present, we discover that Ned keeps plenty of flowers in his freezer, not for decoration, but for something to die in place of the fruit that he freshens. Very clever and something we would definitely expect from our deathly hero. Chuck and Ned have their first kiss via saran wrap, thank goodness. This really upsets Olive, who then proceeds to fall for a traveling salesman that is at the pie shop. This salesman, Alfonso, sells anti-depressants. He also just happens to use his own products.
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Original Air Date: October 17, 2007
Andrew G - TwoCents Staff Writer
Here we are again, with episode 3 of this amazing show. The plot is beginning to get thicker as the cast is also expanding. I was really happy to see more lines in this episode from characters other than Ned and Chuck (still no cute name for them), such as Olive. The episode begins with yet another explanation of Ned’s powers. I understand that some new viewers need a little catching up, but could they not figure it out on their own? Anyway, this explanation involves young Ned reviving flies near a bug zapper. It is also when he discovers the one-minute rule. Back in the present, we discover that Ned keeps plenty of flowers in his freezer, not for decoration, but for something to die in place of the fruit that he freshens. Very clever and something we would definitely expect from our deathly hero. Chuck and Ned have their first kiss via saran wrap, thank goodness. This really upsets Olive, who then proceeds to fall for a traveling salesman that is at the pie shop. This salesman, Alfonso, sells anti-depressants. He also just happens to use his own products.
The main story of the show has the trio investigating a murder, one of their own. It is Lawrence, the funeral director that died from Chuck’s revival in the pilot episode. He was an avid grave-robber, constantly stealing from the bodies he presented to families during funerals. Originally, Emerson wanted Ned to meet him at the crime scene alone, tired of always dealing with Chuck. When Chuck arrives with Ned, Emerson loses his cool and gets Ned to explain how the man died. The information that Chuck vicariously killed the funeral director upsets her greatly. Emerson then explains that he took this case so no one else would wonder what happened…and to find out where Lawrence hid all of his loot!
The Darling Mermaid Darlings, Chuck’s aunts’ synchronized swim pair cancel their comeback tour. This is due to a late postcard sent to them from Chuck when she was on the cruise. This prompts Chuck to make them an anti-depressant pie, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
The crime scene has a new attendant: Louis, Lawrence’s brother, who believes that it was one of the victims of Lawrence’s thievery who killed him in the name of revenge. Other information revealed is that the grave-robbing is a family business, meaning the loot is now with Louis.
After some minor episode fillers, including the anti-depressant pie that Olive delivers and finds out the truth of Chuck, Louis is found dead in The Pie Hole freezer. This really freaks out and confuses Chuck and Ned (no kidding, right?). Emerson warns Ned that he has been set up and sure enough, the cops show up. Ned revives Louis and leads him out behind the shop. He asks the undead about how he died and we find that he chocked on a piece of cow tongue that he was eating. He was startled by a man who was angry about his family heirloom being stolen and was approaching him in an angry manner. The man is Wilfred Woodruff, an angry Asian man whose father’s sword was not buried with him. Slight problem: Mr. Woodruff is dead. A trip to the morgue has Ned sword-fighting Wilfred using his light saber skills learned as a kid. In the end, Ned wins the battle, thanks to Emerson’s strategically placed foot. This also reveals the stolen loot. Chuck and Ned, the nice people that they are, return all the artifacts.
Just as the first two, this episode was great! Supposedly, this is when the magnificently created sets were supposed to become lackluster, due to loss of budget, but the show kept its shine well. I give this another 4 undead people, thanks to the swordfight and the saran wrap kiss.