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fandomsecrets2007-11-23 07:01 pm
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[ SECRET POST #322 ]
⌈ Secret Post #322 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Liz fell off the world. ):
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #046.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 ] ... huh?
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, November 24th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Pushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned, a man gifted with the mysterious ability to bring the dead back to life just by touching them. However, there are a couple of conditions: if he touches the revived person a second time, they die permanently; and if a person is revived for more than one minute, someone nearby dies.
In the pilot episode, we learn that Ned discovered his gift as a child by resurrecting his Golden Retriever, Digby, after the dog was hit by a car. He later brought his mother back to life when she died of an aneurysm. However, by leaving her alive, he accidentally caused the death of the father of his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. Even worse, Ned's mother then fell dead permanently when she gave him his good-night kiss. Ned and Chuck were separated, she to live with her eccentric aunts Vivian and Lily, and he to a lonely boarding school. In consequence, both of them grew to be shy, repressed, and introverted adults.
Inheriting his mother's baking talents, Ned becomes a pie maker who owns a restaurant called "The Pie Hole," which he runs with the help of waitress Olive Snook. The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's gift and offers him a proposal: Ned will bring murder victims back to life for one minute and ask who killed them; Cod will solve the case and split the reward money.
The scheme succeeds until they learn that Chuck, whom Ned hasn't seen since childhood, has been murdered on a cruise. When her body is shipped back home, Ned revives her, but can't bear to touch her a second time; the larcenous funeral home director falls dead in her place. Ned and Chuck fall in love again and he brings her home to live with him, but they can never touch each other. However, Chuck's joy at getting a second chance at life turns her from a shy recluse into a vivacious beauty, and Ned's joy at recovering his childhood sweetheart begins to break him out of his shell.
The series continues as Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive solve murder cases, negotiate relationships, and explore what it means to be truly alive. Their stories combine mystery, magic, dark humor, giddy romanticism, animals, technicolor landscapes, musical numbers, and, of course, pies.
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I'm pretty sure that ABC.com still has the older episodes up. :D
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This is Ned. He makes pies. He can also bring dead people and things back to life by touching them. The catch is, if he touches them again, they die for good-- no more bringbacks. Also, if he leaves something alive for more than a minute, something else has to die.
This is Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. She and Ned grew up next to each other. They hadn't seen each other since they were eight years old until Ned brought her back to life after she was murdered.
This is Emerson Cod. He accidentally found out about Ned's talent, and convinced him to team up, solve murders by asking people who killed them, and then collect the rewards. Which is why he found Chuck.
This is Olive Snook. She is madly in love with Ned, and she also works at his pie shop, The Pie Hole. She is very persistent. She also takes care of his dog, Digby, a lot. (Ned can't touch Digby. Three guesses why.)
These are Chuck's aunts, Vivian and Lily. They're... definitely characters. xD They have mood disorders and they used to be a synchronized swimming duo called the Darling Mermaid Darlings. Chuck can't see them since she was brought back to life, but they still play a big part in the series.
The series is very brightly colored, very whimsical, full of awesome quirky characters and situations. It's part crime-solving (there's a murder in every episode), part relationship drama (the Olive/Ned/Chuck love triangle is really compelling), and part SHEER AWESOME. The music is great, the narration is fabulously done, and it's just a very clever and satisfying series to watch.
:) I hope this encourages you to watch it, because it's a really excellent show and it makes people happy to see it. Seriously. Better than Prozac.
...pffft, and I'm late because I am SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. xD
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