{"id":705,"date":"2007-10-13T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T05:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/13\/pushing-daisies-1x02-spoilers\/"},"modified":"2007-10-28T23:21:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T04:21:45","slug":"pushing-daisies-1x02-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/pushing-daisies-1x02-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Daisies 1&#215;02 (spoilers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, guys, now that I&#8217;ve seen the second episode of <i>Pushing Daisies<\/i>, it&#8217;s moved up to the &#8220;LOVE\/ADDICTED\/OBSESSED&#8221; category on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/10\/fall-tv-two-weeks-in\/\">TV breakdown<\/a>.  Easily the best of the new shows.  In fact, it&#8217;s been ages since I&#8217;ve been this delighted by a show.<\/p>\n<p>Let me just tell you a few of the things that made me giddy this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The color scheme.  Again.  No, I will not get over this anytime soon, what with all the bright green and red and pink in large quantities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/pushing_daisies_1x02_165.jpg' width='400' align='center' alt='Pushing Daisies 1\u00c3\u201402 - Color' \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nor will I get over the narration anytime soon, which is so perfect that I&#8217;m pretty much entranced as soon as it starts.<\/li>\n<li>Emerson knitting.  And knitting not just anything&#8230;knitting <i>gun holsters<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Chuck being petulant about not getting shotgun (I just think she&#8217;s cute when she&#8217;s petulant).<\/li>\n<li>Ned being adorable all the time.<\/li>\n<li>Musical interlude!!  They couldn&#8217;t put Kristin Chenoweth on the show and not have random musical numbers, though, now could they?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/pushing_daisies_1x02_190.jpg' alt='Pushing Daisies 1\u00c3\u201402 - Chenoweth' width='400' align='center' \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The dandelion-car guy DROVE A HUMMER.  Yeah, I laughed out loud.<\/li>\n<li>Chuck and Ned kissing through bodybags.  Aw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/pushing_daisies_1x02_288.jpg' width='400' align='center' alt='Pushing Daisies 1\u00c3\u201402 - Kissing' \/><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve heard it&#8217;s done well in the ratings so far, which is AWESOME.  This is so totally the type of show that I usually fall in love with, only to have it canceled after four episodes (I&#8217;m looking at you, <i>Wonderfalls<\/i>&#8230;*sniff*).  Hopefully that doesn&#8217;t happen here.  Thank goodness it&#8217;s on ABC instead of Fox, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.<\/p>\n<p>(screencaps courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/users.livejournal.com\/_jems_\/320130.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer<\/a> on LJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, guys, now that I&#8217;ve seen the second episode of Pushing Daisies, it&#8217;s moved up to the &#8220;LOVE\/ADDICTED\/OBSESSED&#8221; category on my TV breakdown. Easily the best of the new shows. In fact, it&#8217;s been ages since I&#8217;ve been this delighted by a show. Let me just tell you a few of the things that made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[657],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/pushing-daisies-and-hitchcock\/","url_meta":{"origin":705,"position":0},"title":"Pushing Daisies and Hitchcock","author":"Jandy","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"So, what is up with all the Hitchcock references on Pushing Daisies lately? Two weeks ago, I thought the dog breeder's death scene was vaguely reminiscent of Psycho, what with the black and white, the window looking over a nondescript city, the violin music, the shots of a knife NOT\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Film&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Film","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/category\/film\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1547,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/guess-which-shows-doing-hitchcock-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":705,"position":1},"title":"Guess Which Show&#8217;s Doing Hitchcock Again?","author":"Jandy","date":"October 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yep, Pushing Daisies is at it again! This week's episode \"Bad Habits\" boasts a death-by-clocktower-fall that may be suicide or may be murder. In any case, it's quite Vertigo-esque. That makes twice they've done Vertigo, twice (at least) for Psycho, and once for The Birds. 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Until I inevitably can't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Television&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Television","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/category\/television\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/the-office_us-300x207.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":828,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/review-enchanted\/","url_meta":{"origin":705,"position":4},"title":"Review &#8211; Enchanted","author":"Jandy","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Enchanted was the number one box office hit of the holiday weekend, with something like the fifth highest Thanksgiving opening ever. So, chances are you and your family have already seen it. However, if you haven't, GO NOW. I've been nervously excited for it since I heard about it, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Film&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Film","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/category\/film\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1583,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/the-season-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":705,"position":5},"title":"The Season So Far&#8230;","author":"Jandy","date":"October 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that most shows have had a few weeks to get going, let's see how the must-watch lists are playing out. Spoilers for all aired episodes are likely. 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