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Pushing Daisies
Season Two
Episode Nine
“The Legend of Merle McQuoddy”
Written by Dara Resnik Creasey & Chad Gomez Creasey
Directed by Lawrence Twilling

Again, at the last moment, Pushing Daisies is finally showing its chops.  I thought it might have just been my realization that there are only a few episodes left, but it turns out that everyone I’ve been talking to agrees… the last two episodes have been the best of the series.  There is an urgency to the writing that just wasn’t there before, and that was the only avenue that was really lacking.

This episode follows the same structure as last week’s “Comfort Food.”  Two of the characters take on the mystery of the week while the other two deal with the major plot of the season.  Hilarity–of course–ensues.

Emerson and Olive team up, and man do they have chemistry.  Olive gets Emerson to open up in a way that he has never opened up before which in turns leads Olive to letting it slip to Emerson that she still loves Ned.  Watching the two slowly bond in the eccentric Pushing Daisieswas is great, and really warms your heart like a good slice of pie.  The mystery is interesting, if a bit simple, but the true enjoyment comes from the character interaction and dialogue that the mystery inspires.  “Shut the a capella up” comes to mind.

The arc of the season continues to get a hell of a lot more interesting, as Charles Charles’s resurrection gives Ned a lot more trouble than expected.  The tone of it goes from “protective father” to “kung fu zombie fight” to “possible villain?” as the two clash over Charlotte’s future.  The pie/cake comparison was such a nice touch, too.

Oh, also, the little kid from Weedsis in this episode.  I’ve yet to see anything past season two, so it was pretty hilarious to see little Shane all gawky and voice cracky.

8/10

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