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Pushing Daisies
Season Two
Episode Six
“Oh Oh Oh… It’s Magic”
Written by Katherine Lingenfelter
Directed by Adam Kane

It seems like Pushing Daisies is on the road to cancellation.  All thirteen episodes of the second season are shot and ready to go… and ABC has yet to put in the order for a full season.  Some might take that as bad news, and as a fan of the show, I do feel their pain… but I actually wouldn’t mind this show ending after 2×13.  Providing that episode offers at least some semblance of closure, I wouldn’t bat an eye at its cancellation.  The thing is, the novelty is starting to wear off.  Three weeks without the show passed, and I sort of felt like it was a chore to watch this new episode.  It’s still quirky and consistent as ever, and even has some standout lines… but it’s just not up to Bryan Fuller’s potential.  If he let’s this show (sorry bad pun coming up) push daisies, then maybe he can either a) save Heroes by rejoining the writing staff like he said he would or b) come up with a new show.   Either would rock my world.

This episode was fair.  The mystery of the week didn’t really grab me at all, but there was a nice character moment at the end with Chuck that saved the episode from being a complete bomb. See, the thing about this episode isn’t that it sucks as a standalone.  It’s a fine example of what makes the show tick.  The only thing is, it feels exactly the same as every other week.  Nothing new is being offered.  And despite how pretty the sets look and how innovative the way it’s all executed is, you can’t base an entire series off of being innovative and witty.  There has to be substance, and I feel that the character arcs are being stretched way too thin.

4/10

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