In this episode, Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive investigate the murder of a dog breeder who had four wives. One of whom is responsible for his death. There's also a rival breeder who wants to clone Bubblegum, the dog that the original dog breeder made from each of the dogs individually owned by each of the wives. Meanwhile, Ned explores his feelings for Chuck and Olive after Olive had kissed him in a previous episode...Another wonderful episode of "Pushing Daises" that explores jealousy and the various ways that love touches certain characters. Nice to see Emerson explore the feelings he has for one of the four wives, in this case Simone, while still trying to do his duty (even though his purposes are usually monetary). Loved Olive, in interviewing first wife Hilary, passing off Digby as "Pickle". Great use of dialogue, as usual, though some of it goes so fast I have to rewind to catch some of it clearly. If the writer's strike doesn't end soon, the next three episodes that are set to run may be the last of this season. I just hope they do well enough in the ratings to warrant a renewal next fall. Kudos to everyone at "Pushing Daises".
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The wife did it... but which one?!
Tweekums18 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This week's case sounds as if it should be easy to solve; when Ned wakes a dead dog breeder, Harold Hundin, he is told that his wife gave him his morning coffee and that coffee had the distinctive almond taste of cyanide: case closed... or it would be if he wasn't a polygamist with four wives! With four wives to interview Ned; Emerson, Chuck and Olive visit one each but that hardly helps; each wife claims to have given him his morning coffee. Of course it is possible that none of the wives actually put the cyanide in the coffee. Rival dog breeder Ramsfeld Snuppy had a motive; Harold Hundin had created a crossbreed that he believed would be the ultimate pet dog; now Ramsfeld was offering them for sale. Away from the mystery Ned is still coming to terms with the kiss he shared with Olive in the previous episode; even having a dream in which it appears that Chuck can now touch him; but after shedding her clothes takes off her skin to reveal Olive!
Once again 'Pushing Daisies' provides quirky entertainment; the mystery was light but a lot of fun; I loved how the dead man was initially thought to have been stabbed as, after dropping his flask of poisoned coffee, he repeatedly slipped onto a knife-handled brush! The regular cast put in their usual fine performances and the guest stars were good to; I particularly liked Christine Adams's performance as wife number three, Simone Hundin, the dog behaviour expert whose canine skills seem to work just as well on Emerson. One can't help but feel sorry for Ned; unable to touch the woman he loves and not wanting to touch the woman who loves him. Over all another fun episode with an entertaining mystery and some good character development for Ned, Chuck and Olive.
Once again 'Pushing Daisies' provides quirky entertainment; the mystery was light but a lot of fun; I loved how the dead man was initially thought to have been stabbed as, after dropping his flask of poisoned coffee, he repeatedly slipped onto a knife-handled brush! The regular cast put in their usual fine performances and the guest stars were good to; I particularly liked Christine Adams's performance as wife number three, Simone Hundin, the dog behaviour expert whose canine skills seem to work just as well on Emerson. One can't help but feel sorry for Ned; unable to touch the woman he loves and not wanting to touch the woman who loves him. Over all another fun episode with an entertaining mystery and some good character development for Ned, Chuck and Olive.
Is it just me or did this one seem like a bit of a letdown?
planktonrules25 May 2011
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While a sub-par episode of "Pushing Daisies" is still great and worth watching, I just felt this one was a bit weak. I dunno...maybe you will or won't agree.
The show begins with Joel McHale being murdered (not a bad thing, as I always found his shtick on E! a bit annoying)--so at least it starts well. When Emerson and Ned revive him to try to solve the killing (and collect the reward), the dead man says his wife did it. No problem, right?! Well, it turned out he lived in a polygamous living arrangement and there were FOUR potential suspects! So, Olive(?), Ned, Chuck and Emerson all separately interview the wives to determine the killer. But before it all gets solved, another victim turns up--and it's only at a funeral that they're able to wrap it all up.
So why wasn't I thrilled about the show? Well, the plot seemed even more contrived than normal AND the reason for the murders seemed pretty lame. Still, it's very watchable AND you get to see Ned beat up a lady!
The show begins with Joel McHale being murdered (not a bad thing, as I always found his shtick on E! a bit annoying)--so at least it starts well. When Emerson and Ned revive him to try to solve the killing (and collect the reward), the dead man says his wife did it. No problem, right?! Well, it turned out he lived in a polygamous living arrangement and there were FOUR potential suspects! So, Olive(?), Ned, Chuck and Emerson all separately interview the wives to determine the killer. But before it all gets solved, another victim turns up--and it's only at a funeral that they're able to wrap it all up.
So why wasn't I thrilled about the show? Well, the plot seemed even more contrived than normal AND the reason for the murders seemed pretty lame. Still, it's very watchable AND you get to see Ned beat up a lady!
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