Episode #52 - 'Pushing Daisies' 1x01, 1x02 - Pies and Dummies

ReWatchable is back to discuss Pushing Daisies season 1, episode 1, "Pie-Lette," and season 1, episode 2, "Dummy."

Shownotes:

-Say hi to this week's hosts, Kyle (superfan), Christine (newbie), Brandi (newbie), and Ariana (newbie).
-Kyle is very happy to be rewatching Pushing Daisies.
-Christine and Brandi like the show so far.
-Ariana feels sort of meh, but thinks she'll get there.

Pushing Daisies season 1, episode 1, "Pie-Lette"

-Brandi discusses the pilot's synopsis.
-The show is vibrant and colorful.
-Is this a fairy tale?
-WHY is everyone so happy when being woken up from the dead?
-First impressions on Chuck.
-The Ariana, Brandi and Christine aren't her biggest fans.
-Why was no one at her funeral?
-First impressions on Ned.
-Ned needs to man up to Chuck.
-Why doesn't he like touching live people?
-Ariana blows our minds when she tells us the logical reason Chuck is Jewish according to Brian Fuller.
-Jim Dale has the most perfect narrating voice.
-Lee Pace is sooo much taller than Kristen Chenoweth.
-Everyone loves Emerson.
-Kyle doesn't think masturbation means chewing your food.
-They already solved Chuck's murder??
-Everyone loves her badass Aunts.
-Gold monkeys make-out session.

Pushing Daisies season 1, episode 2, "Dummy"

-Kyle discusses the episode's synopsis.
-Most Important Question: Why does Chuck show up at a break-in in a sundress and heels?
-Why doesn't Emerson like Chuck?
-Do WE like Chuck now?
-Kyle has to be schooled on Les Miserables. Olive is totally Eponine.
-What was the point of making the Flower bulimic? It made us uncomfortable.
-The episode's villain is creepy in everything he's in! (Veronica Mars and Twitches)
-Kristen Chenoweth kills it with "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from Grease, and gives Olivia Newton-John a run for her money.
-Do the characters feel three-dimensional so far?
-Ariana loves how she back-dances with the janitor.
-Christine loves the flashbacks with Ned as a child.
-Brandi was glad Ned and Chuck at least got a body bag make-out sesh.
-Kyle warns us that there will be more of that, kind of.
-Ned wants to marry secrets and have little half-secret half-human babies.
-We learn show creator, Bryan Fuller, also created Hannibal. Whaaaat?

- How are you liking the show so far? Are you rewatching or are you a newbie? Let us know in the comments!

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