Pushing Daisies: Questions and Conclusions

"I find myself obsessing over what constitutes "touching."

I guess someone has to say it...

Then repeat to yourself,
"It's just a show, I should really just relax"

I also watched it on DVR. It is a good show with clever writing, winning acting annd very funny /absurd moments like impromptu singing. But I still don't understand why Chuck's aunts can't know that she is back from the dead. They would be more happy than angry with her and would completely accept Ned's power.

There is a plot hole here that is very distracting -- Ned makes pies out of "dead" fruit and when he revived a box of berries last episode a bunch of flowers next to him died. So this means he has to have a ton of flowers dying next to him when he bakes. Won't this mean he has to have a gazillion $ flower budget to keep on baking?

And what about the microbacteria living inside Ned's body? Are there millions of tiny organisms constantly being killed/reanimated/killed again...and wouldn't that wreak havoc on his digestive system?

OK, I think by now it's obvious that Pushing Daisies is not a show we should pick apart for its lack of realism. I'm pretty sure the writers will bend the "rules" around their stories anyways, and that's just fine with me.

I do like to watch the end credits, especially when there's good music (The Sopranos was the master of this, which is why the silence of the last episode was so jarring). I watched the season finale of Mad Men on OnDemand, and loved being able to hear several verses of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" instead of ads.

There are also fewer commercials when you watch the show on line. ABC only subjected me to one 30 sec commercial (for the Denver Zoo I think) for the whole 40 min of PD. Thats not bad. NBC makes you watch 4 or 5 for an hour of show but still compared to watching 20 min on tv its pretty nice. Plus on NBC the commercials are mutable.

@beerbaron - that's hilarious. I never thought to take Ned's power that far. Excellent.

I'm still loving the show. Is it just me or are the dog's eyes computer animated occasionally? That or, to paraphrase Sam Jackson, that's one charming m-fing dog.

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Ned can touch Olive without her having any reprecussions? Is this a plot hole, or is it going somewhere?

Liz B

For Elizabeth - Ned can touch the living all he wants, and Olive is alive. The only ones who can be affected by his touch are those who are dead and those he's brought back from the dead.

I'm confused by the whole Ned and Olive touching business...? If anyone could shed some light on it I would much appreciate it. This show is so amazing I can't stop watching it.