'Daisies' goes dark … for now
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- December
- 12
The facts are these:
The piemaker, Chuck and the Pie-Ho’s gang of detectives is back solving a mystery after a week’s break, but savor every death-defying moment tonight—it’s all you’ll see of “Pushing Daisies” for awhile.
Tonight’s episode is likely to be the season finale, since the writers’ strike is still going strong and “Daisies” is now officially out of new material.
What a shame, since my fellow Daisy-files and I have grown to adore synchronized swimming, drug-doctored pies, Bedazzled birds and, of course, the love affair between a boy named Ned and a girl named Chuck.
That said, when we come upon our hero and heroine tonight, they’re in the aftermath of Ned’s sudden confession to Chuck: That he killed her father.
(By mistake, of course. He was a kid who didn’t know that his gift for resurrecting the dead meant another had to die in the first victim’s place.)
So Ned’s in a dither, trying to make up to his revived lady love, while Emerson wants him to focus on their newest case—an insurance adjuster found frozen solid. (Hence the episode’s title, “Corpsicle.” Hee hee!)
On top of that, snoopy old Oscar Vibenius and his super-smelling schnoz is back, determined to figure out what’s so different about Chuck and Digby.
Speaking of Oscar, that’s another reason to say boo-hoo about “Daisies” going bye-bye so early. Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, who plays Oscar) was supposed to be featured quite a bit more this season.
So was Molly Shannon, who was hired for a three-episode arc that may have expanded into a full-time gig. She isn’t on tonight as Dilly Balsam, who set up her sweets shop across the street from the Pie Hole and is a possible revenge murderess.
And who knows if or when we’ll see Dilly again.
One thing is certain, though: Tonight’s episode supposedly is a doozy.
Get this. We hear Chuck’s father might be alive, after all.
Huh?!? That’s right, people.
Watch tonight and check back here tomorrow for a recap. Then discuss amongst yourselves.
“Daisies” dismissed! For now…
(Photos courtesy of ABC)
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Great, one of the only two consistantly witty T.V.
(sorry, please let me finish)programs is now on hold.
The other is House and that wont be back until January.