I am afraid that while most of the season premiers have been winners this year, I was a bit disappointed with Pushing Daisies. I was a huge advocate for this show last season---it is original and odd, it has great pathos and quirky humor. It is wonderfully filmed, and amazing to watch.
But the season premiere was---well---so so.
The strange concept of Pushing Daisies is a man who runs a pie shop, The Pie Hole (that always make me chuckle). Ned is in an odd predicament...he has a power that can bring the dead back to life...but the cost of that is that someone else dies in their place if he brings them back for more than one minute. Further, if they stay alive...he can never touch that person again, or they die forever.
Now this would not be a concept for a show that runs on the funny side, and yet, because of the creative team, it works like a fairy tale...wonderfully odd, and so full of funny quirky moments. Lee Pace a great actor plays Ned, and with him is Anna Friel, the woman he loves (Chuck is her name), but cannot touch because he brought her back to life.
This part of the story line is exceptionally strong. The two long for each other, but spend their time avoiding each other's touch. The chemistry between the two is amazing. Also in supporting roles are Chi McBride and Kristin Chenoweth...both very good.
And I have to mention Digby...the best dog actor around right now.
I hope the show gets better than the first episode. It is fresh and different and like nothing else on TV, visually or in narrative.
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