Time alert…it’s on 9pm Eastern tonight.
There’s a fight with a taffy shop…Pie always wins over taffy, I say. Hell, raw sewage wins over taffy.
It was interesting to see Emerson actually have to do real detective stuff, instead of being able to use Ned’s talents. I loved when he and Chuck stood at the morgue, staring at the body, like, “what do we do now?”
If a finger got bitten off, and the bitee put his hand down enough to make a mark on the counter, how did he not leave blood?
Once they found the finger in the stomach, and Ned has 10 fingers still, isn’t that enough to exonerate him?
Nice episode – especially the kicker at the end.
I also liked The Birds parody. I guess the producers like Hitchcock (after the Vertigo one a few weeks ago).
Great episode! And so gorgeous to watch in HD. The colors of the candy store were especially vibrant.
I kept hoping for a duet between Raul Esparza & Kristin Chenoweth. I hope they bring his character back in the future.
Another very good episode. I cat suits with the spiked heals were so over the top as to get a good laugh for me.
“Don’t forget your trunk monkey” was a great laugh.
I liked the flour and candy hand printing that was done.
I will find an excuse to rewatch this episode again.
We have to wait two weeks for what might be the last episode of the year. I am unhappy about both the wait and the continuing strike.
Jim
Yeah, I caught that too. Minor nitpick, and I’ll let it go because I love this show so much, but still…it irks.
Whoever was the evil genius at ABC that scheduled commercials for Sweeney Todd in a show about a *pie-maker * needs to get a raise and a corner office. That was priceless.
No aunts, but I want to sit with Emerson and be snarked at.
Nice nod to *The Birds * there with Dilly…hee hee hee.
Who was the health inspector? I’d call him a Poor Man’s Phil Hartman if that wasn’t competely tasteless.
I think it was brilliantly evil to have Ned say what he did at the end and then make us wait two weeks until a new episode.
Well, perhaps he had poor circulation in his finger and then the bite crushed the stump so well as to stop any bleeding?
It’s a fairy tale! Don’t get too hung up on the details.
I loved the gun and bullets baked into the pie, even if it doesn’t seem very safe.
Emerson said something hilarious early in the episode and I remember thinking that I have to remember it since it was a great quote. I don’t even remember what it was about now, any one know what I’m talking about?
My DVR cut off the last couple of minutes. What’s this “kicker” at the end?
Ned revealed that he killed Chuck’s dad.
They are in bed(s) at night and he tells Chuck he killed her dad.
Next week’s previews suggest she runs off, only to find PeeWee!
I know it is a fairy tale, but what is the deal with the cars? A bunch of antiques/classics and then a Lincoln?
I think part of the fairy tale is everything looking very distinct and memorable and everything tying into the characters.
So far we have had
Hummers = evil corporate executive types
Lincoln Continental = Slimy, aggressive, small business owner with minimal ethics.
Each vehicles appears to be chosen with the character in mind.
Jim
Could it be “Well, that idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself”?
I loved that line, and fully intend to use it in my next weekly meeting.
Did anyone else notice that the deliverywoman who delivered the doll/girlfriend to Burly Bruce was played by Anna Friel (Chuck)?
I admit, I get a little thrill every time the narrator says, “The facts were these.” I feel like I’m tucked up tight in bed with my teddy bear, mug of hot chocolate in hand, while my Daddy tells me a bedtime story.
And I hope Homeopathic Patent Medicine Guy comes back for Olive. She deserves happiness.
I was a little distracted during the close ups of Chuck in the pie shop by the cover up make up she had on the trilogy of pimples on her chin. I would advice the powers that be in the show that, in the future rather than rely on cover up make up to hide the pimples, they should employ much cleavage to distract attention. For instance, when Olive leans forward she could have spiders crawling out of her nose, I would not even notice. That girl has succulent cleavage.
I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the show, but I like it. The Tim Burtonesque look of everything is very cool and the dialogue is smart and funny.
One question about Ned’s power: does he only kill people by touch after he’s resurrected them, or can he kill anybody living if he touches them?
As for last night, Chuck and Olive in cat burglar suits = smokin’ hot fantasy. 
He can touch anyone who hasn’t been resurrected by him. (Olive was hugging on him last night.)
He can bring the dead back to life, but only for a minute, then something else dies.
Once he touches a resurrected thing again, it’s dead forever.
It appears there is a correlation between what dies if he chooses to let something live beyond a minute…animals for animals, plants for plants, humans for humans. He keeps a planter full of daisies to kill so he can resurrect fruit for the pies.
Got it. So, who died when he refused to kill Chuck?
I’m new to the show, only seen 2 (and a half) episodes, but what I’ve see I really like.
Question - Does Olive know the whole story - specifically that ned can’t touch Chuck ?