Pushing Daisies

By Administrator The ardent fans are suffering from the consequences now.  The season was cut short after 10 episodes, and it was only by luck of the draw and contractual obligation that the remaining 3 episodes have been aired (currently in June 2009).  Bryan Fuller, the showrunner and main executive prod...

By Administrator Final Rating: 8/10 Written by Dara Resnik Creasey and Chad Gomez Creasey Directed by Lawrence Trilling Fans of “Pushing Daisies” received a small slice of good news this week.  While the series is still cancelled (extremely minor details aside), Bryan Fuller has made an effort to give th...

By Administrator Final Rating: 9/10 Written by Scott Nimerfro Directed by Tricia Brock My enjoyment of “Pushing Daisies” has largely been dependent on an episode’s concentration of amusement.  In other words, if an episode delivers great material at a brisk pace, keeping me laughing and smiling the ent...

By Administrator It’s been a while since I’ve been able to review “Pushing Daisies”, thanks to some scheduling conflicts, but this was a good time to resume.  Ned’s encounter with his younger brothers’ father figure, the Great Hermann, was a delight, between the inspired performance of Fred Willard and t...

By Administrator Regrettably, the ratings are still not reaching the bar set by the first season. One would think that an intelligent and unusual offering like “Pushing Daisies” would be perfect during such difficult times, but maybe it’s still too morbid for the liking of the masses. Unfortunately, it’s...

By Administrator Final Rating: 8/10 Written by Peter Ocko Directed by Lawrence Trilling There were a few theories in various comments to the previous review on the season premiere as to why that episode didn’t quite help the season hit the ground running.  One very good theory was the massive amount of expo...

By Administrator It doesn’t hurt that Barry Sonnenfeld graced the direction of the first couple episodes, or that “Dead Like Me” and “Wonderfalls” veteran Bryan Fuller ran the writing room.  The cast was equally capable, with solid chemistry, and the scoring matched the visual palette.  As I said in the re...

By Administrator Written by Lisa Joy Directed by Brian Dannelly While other new shows have struggled this season, particularly in terms of adjustment to the writers’ strike, “Pushing Daisies” seemed to be designed to take advantage of the limited opportunities for storytelling. This series only had ni...

By Administrator Now would be a good time to give a special mention to Kristin Chenoweth, who has done an admirable job of making Olive a semi-sympathetic character. The audience is clearly meant to cheer for Ned and Chuck and their fairytale romance, and Olive started out as the most potent threat to that re...

By Administrator Written by Peter Ocko Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld There was one main question to be answered by this episode was rather familiar: how would the producers handle the transition from pilot to series? Whenever a pilot manages to overcome the usual pitfalls and achieves some level of succe...

By Administrator Written by Bryan Fuller Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Before I discuss this particular series premiere, I would like to give some background. I never saw “Dead Like Me” during its initial run. I was annoyed with Showtime as it was for many other reasons, and by the time I was tempted to overcom...