Since childhood, Ned (Lee Pace) has had an unusual gift. He can touch dead
things and bring them to life. His pet dog, Digby, was the first beneficiary of
this inexplicable talent. Later, the beneficiaries are the customers in his pie
shop, who enjoy the ... morefreshest fruit in their desserts. Unfortunately, Ned's gift
comes with a codicil: If he touches the reanimated being again, it dies, this
time for good. Thus, Ned hasn't touched Digby in years. And now he can't touch
the love of his life, Chuck (Anna Friel), whom he revived during a
routine case in his other job, solving murders with private eye Emerson Cod (Chi McBride). With its cutesy romance, goofball
casting (Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene as Chuck's aunts), and the confectionary
look of Willy Wonka's factory, "Pushing Daisies" is the love-it-or-hate-it show
of the season, the brainchild of Bryan Fuller (who explored similar themes in
"Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls"). Close
