Well, while we’re at it. Lee Pace was on *Wonderfalls *as the brother and the character of Ned was originally conceived to be on Dead Like Me. (I don’t believe it ever got as far as being casted)
Only in Pushing Daisies-land do nuns wear turquoise. Which really is a big part of the reason that I love this show.
Loved the turquoise eye-patch. Hope some of the secrets that Olive is keeping get let out this season.
I’ve not watched much TV lately, so the commercials REALLY bothered me.
Especially since I was watching in my brother’s house. Pushing Daisies isn’t really appropriate for my nieces, but if they watched snippets it would be harmless. But some of the shows they were advertising during commercials are definitely not appropriate for my nieces.
I’ve never seen the show before, I watched it for the first time tonight.
I’m a fan.
OMG! Thank you for the name!
I was thinking, “That’s Christina Crawford from Mommie Dearest! I know it is!”
It was, but I didn’t know the name.
I wasn’t paying as close attention as I should have been, so can someone explain this to me: if Lily is Chuck’s real mother, then who is her father? The man who raised her, who died when Ned brought his mother back, is he her biological father with Lily? How did that work? I know I missed some key moment of dialogue somewhere. Could someone fill it the blank? Thanks.
I did actually get to watch it tonight, yay! Lily later says that Chuck’s father was Vivienne’s fiance, which is why she never told Viv and told her she was in Paris during the time she was gestating. The man Chuck thought was her father was her actually her uncle, Lily and Viv were his sisters.
Plus, the homeopathic salesman is in love with Olive. And while Olive looks way too old for Ned (to me), not old enough to be his mother. Also, being in love with the woman who is in love with your son is just creepy. Even for this show.
Loved that the nuns called Olive a “flibbertigibbet.” Which is the first in the list of words that mean “Maria.”
French Stewart is an ideal choice of actor for a show like Pushing Daisies. It’s a shame he wasn’t to become a regular.
I also loved the Sound of Music shot. Glorious fun!
Have they gotten rid of that godawful narration? If so, I might give it another try.
I’m hoping we’ll see PeeWee back again.
I’m glad they went through and explained everything again, but I still have trouble keeping things straight. For instance, what good does it do to keep Olive away from Vivian? She could still tell Chuck that Lily is her mother. Though what her motivations are, I’m not sure. I can never figure out who knows what and why it’s important to them.
I love the show, though. I kept trying to tear my daughter away from her homework to get her to watch.
That’s kind of like saying “I’d try Star Wars again if they’d get rid of those two godawful robots”. The narration is almost a character in itself. Basically, if you can’t stand the narration, this show’s not for you.
Lily doesn’t know Chuck’s still alive to tell. As far as Lily knows, Vivian finding out is the only possible danger now.
Incidentally, I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned this back when we were doing these last season, but do you guys know the way to tell which aunt has which name (because I was still mixing them up until I saw this on TWOP)?
Lily has one “i” (eye) and Vivian has two.
As far as the storyline motivation, beats me, too. From the production perspective, it adds significantly to the Bullwinkle Fractured Fairytales vibe I dig so much.
Oh yeah! :smack:
You know, of all the unbelievable things about this show, the hardest one for me is the idea that dead people could get to the point and say something worthwhile in one minute. I answer the phone at work and it takes most people way longer than that to tell me why they called.
I thought so, too- and the background music seemed a little too loud, making it more difficult for me to follow the dialogue. I have to keep going back and replaying scenes to catch everything! But that’s a minor nit-pick. I enjoyed the new episode very much. So many little things in this show make me smile, or laugh out loud, like Olive arguing about her furniture being given away, and calling the pig “Pigby”.
To answer Tanget’s question, IMDB says they have 22 episodes planned for this season.
I agree with GuanoLad, French Stewart was perfect for this show. And like Dung Beetle, I’m looking forward to more appearances by Paul Reubens.
Maybe that’s one of the disadvantages of being dead.
Why, oh why, couldn’t Dolores Herbig have made an appearance? With herbig brown eyes? Ned could have mentioned that he talked to her when he cancelled the receptionist.
Apparently, many of them are aware they are dead, like in last nights episode. Quite often last year, they never did get to the point though.
Why, thank you! Go right ahead!
I caught myself grinning during the opening scenes…I was* that *happy to see the show back on! Did anyone catch Cobb’s book, Little Gumshoe? What’s up with that…he has a daughter he can’t find, and wrote the book so she would find him?
Vivian’s description of Chuck’s father’s pillow…ewwwwww!
I LOVED Chuck’s dresses…I think I missed some of the dialogue because I was too busy admiring her dresses.
Olive being a rife about to go off and shoot truthshots everywhere was classic. What a perfectly delightful scene.
This show is like The Princess Bride…there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, everything is perfect, from the dialogue to the sets to the costumes to the plots.
Sigh. Next Wednesday is so far away…