Pushing Daisies

Dummy

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired 10/10/07

Episode Summary

Ned sees his power as both a gift and a curse, and it's illustrated with flashbacks to Ned's childhood which include dissecting frogs in school.
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''In the present, Ned, Emerson and Chuck visit the morgue to inspect the body of a victim of a car accident. It's a 35 year-old man who specialized in automobile safety. The police are offering a reward to anyone who can find the killer, and Emerson wants answers in order to get the reward.moreless

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Lee Pace

Ned
Chi McBride

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Kristin Chenoweth

Olive Snook

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con la extraña muerte de un cientifico especializado en seguridad automotriz, Ned y Chuck logran darse su primer beso.

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By chupisfunky, May 15, 2010 Report Abuse

Aparte de los contantes recuerdos sobre la niez de Ned, los cuales son especialmente tiernos y cautivadores, la historia sigue en el presente, la enamorada del pastelero se niega a perderlo, Chuck se encuentra con sentimientos por su angel de la guarda y el detective sigue preocupado por la manera en que se harn los negocios con la llegada de la nueva muerta. Pero al final se encuentran con el gran villano del capitulo y adems descubren una gran secreta pequea historia de amor. Esta serie con cada capitulo mejora y se vuelve ms irresistible, adems que su forma de contar la historia es muy especial.moreless

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Inviting and Invigorating.

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By SweetPeaSurry, Feb 10, 2008 Report Abuse

Our favorite peculiar people are back. It's fun to watch these three people running around looking for information on murders in order to collect the reward. While that might seem a little morbid, it keeps our threesome busy and allows the writers to have fun and give us interesting storylines. Of course ... All of the characters are affecting, but I'm sure everyone has a soft spot inside them for our love-struck Violet. What an amusing character she is ... and Kristen Chenoweth does a terrific job. The cast couldn't be more perfect. I'm looking forward to more from our fun kooky castmates.moreless

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Great episode! I love this new show it's one of my favourites.

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By pancha_lef, Nov 01, 2007 Report Abuse

I think that television needed a show like this one. I'm getting tired of all the action and blood in the shows. That's why I love it!! It has fantasy and romance and we could see that on this episode. It's very similar to "Wonderfalls"( I wish that show hadn't been cancelled, I loved it too much).
I loved when Chuck and Ned kissed through the corpse bag. It was so romantic!! I wish she hadn't died but if she didn't they wouldn't have met again so it's a very complicated situation lol
I recommend everybody to watch this show it's awesome!moreless

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The episode revolves around the murder of a scientist who had helped to create a car that runs on dandelion roots.

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By jayble, Oct 29, 2007 Report Abuse

This episode is very cute. I think the whole series is very cute. One of the things I really love about this series is the character of Olive. She is funny and one of the best parts of the show. She continues to be delightful and entertaining, and boy can she sing! Wow!

The shows continues to be entertaining. I love Ned he is so awkwardly sweet.

The only thing I didn't like too much was the playing bulimia for laughs, however, they did make it so that at least the girl received help in the end.

This episode was high on cute, although predictable in plot. Not a bad thing, the dialogue was witty and fun as always, and the acting equally witty and fun.moreless

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You'd have to be a "Dummy" not to love this episode.

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By kingmossner, Oct 21, 2007 Report Abuse

I can honestly say that this is an achievement for television. Usually when a show has a magnificent pilot the second episode always seems to be heavily critized but thankfully Bryan Fuller knows what he's doing. This episode was even better than the pie-lette. I despise crime shows but this is a very interesting take on a predictable story. Its like nothing you've seen before on television or the theater. This episode reminded me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (I swear Tim Burton has to be stuffed in a closet somewhere on set!!) I love the kiss at the end and the glass hand glove thing AWESOME! If the quality of this show doesn't drop and it doesn't get canceled this may very well replace LOST as my favorite show.moreless

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Trivia
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- When Ned, Chuck and Emerson are following Jeanine in Ned's car, Ned keeps looking as if in his rear-view mirror at Chuck as they talk, however no rear-view mirror exists. The mirror returns after the plastic divider so Chuck can sit up front is installed in the car. Edit
- Although the exterior set for the Pie Hole is primarily CG, the setting changes between the pilot episode and this episode--where the Pie Hole used to be between two buildings, it is now a corner/wedge unit. Edit
- Even though in this episode, Ned repeatedly prevented Chuck from riding in the passenger seat of his car, he didn't seem to complain about it when Chuck was doing just that in "Pie-lette." Edit
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- The DVD version of this episode is missing the parrot's voice that imitates Chuck's Chinese translation of "The Jarlsberg is on the table". However, if one switches the language to Portuguese, it is there in the same voice as broadcast. Additionally, the DVD adds a line for the narrator after Jeanine says, "Well I figured it out." Edit
- The show was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Makeup For A Single-camera Series (non-prosthetic)" based on this episode. Edit
- International Airdates: Denmark: February 8, 2008 on SBS Net Israel: April 15, 2008 on YES Stars 1 Latin America: April 17, 2008 on Warner Channel United Kingdom: August 8, 2008 on ITV2 The Netherlands: August 19, 2008 on Net 5 Belgium: October 15, 2008 on VT4 Germany: October 29, 2008 on ProSieben Greece: November 15, 2008 on Star Channel Finland: January 27, 2009 on Sub Norway: February 8, 2009 on TV3 Australia: April 14, 2009 on W Russia: May 20, 2009 on NTV Sweden: June 28, 2009 on TV3 Czech Republic: January 10, 2010 on Prima Slovakia: July 27, 2010 on Markiza Edit
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- Ned: Can you help us get out of these body bags? Olive: Sure. Edit
- Ned: Olive? Olive: Hi ya! Ned: I'm going out late tonight, frivolous thing, hardly worth explaining. Olive: Oh. Ned: Can you close up? Olive: I think I just did. Ned: What? Olive: See you in the morning! Chuck: Bye Olive, bye Digby! Narrator: Olive often imagined there was an orchestra in her heart. Music, heard only by her except when her heart broke open, and it spilled out into the world... Olive: (singing) Guess mine is not the first heart broken, my eyes are not the first to cry. I'm not the first to know, there's just no gettin' over you, I'm hopelessly devoted to you. (a man and woman enter the shop in an embrace) Olive: Excuse me! We're closed. Edit
- Beth: (alive again) AHHHHH! Emerson: (scared) AHHHHHHH! Edit
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- Movie marquee: Arsenic And Old Lace As they succeed in their escape, prior to meeting Olive at the Pie Hole, they pass an old-style movie theatre with Arsenic And Old Lace on the marquee. Arsenic And Old Lace is a classic Capra screwball comedy from the mid forties starring Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, and Josephine Hull. Grant plays a man who realizes that not only are some of his family members nuts, but that they all are -- even his two charming old lady aunts have been quietly murdering the homeless and burying them in their basement. Edit
- Titanic In Jeanine's memory when her and Bernard are in the dandelion car, a hand appears in a fogged up window, similar to the love-scene in the car in Titanic. Edit