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Pushing Daisies
Season Two
Episode Ten
“The Norwegians”
Written by Scott Nimerfro
Directed by Tricia Brock

So the damn-that-was-a-good-episode streak Pushing Daisies has been having continues.  With only three episodes left, Bryan Fuller’s quirky show knocks ‘em consistently out of the park.  This one is mostly focused on the Dwight Dixon/Charles Charles arc, and things keep getting more and more mysterious.  When three Norweigan detectives–who, sidebar, are rivals of Emerson–begin to investigate the disappearance of one Dwight Dixon, the trail leads back to Emerson, Ned, and Chuck.

There’s an awesome B plot, which eventually ties into the main plot, which involves Olive feeling left out of the loop… and it’s about time.  It seems like she’s hardly noticed that she’sbeing kept out of so many things, so when she finally gets fet up with it, that really rang true to me.  They’ve done a wonderful job subtly developing her this season, and her and Ned have a moment that was really, really sweet.  It’s pretty amazing how Pushing Daisies can have Ned and Chuck as the most likable couple ever, but at the same time, make the audience–me anyway–sort of want something, in a way, to happen between Ned and Olive.  Sort of.  It’s just really well written.

 And also, there’s another great, subtle, emotional scene between Emerson Cod and Lillian, that I didn’t see coming at all.  The show is just really really good, and I’m going to miss it when it’s gone.

8/10

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