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The Best Episodes of Pushing Daisies

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A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 13 - Kerplunk
    8.8/10(680 votes)

    S2:E13

    The past becomes the present when one half of the Darling Mermaid Darlings’ arch rivals, the Aquadolls, is killed. In order to find the murderer, the Darling Mermaid Darlings must come out of retirement with Ned as their manager and Olive as their stylist. Chuck, of course, cannot participate. Olive gets close to Sid, with whom she shares her experiences in gender discrimination, what with him being a male synchronized swimmer and her attending Vassar on a jockey scholarship. But was Sid jealous enough of the headliners to commit murder?

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts

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  2. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 1 - Pie-lette
    8.7/10(1443 votes)

    S1:E1

    Ned works in a pie store and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, through the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but this appears to be much more difficult than it sounds, when he gives life to his childhood crush, and decides to let keep living.

    Director:Barry Sonnenfeld
    Writer:Bryan Fuller

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  3. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 8 - Comfort Food
    8.7/10(659 votes)

    S2:E8

    Ned brings back to life Colonel Likken, who was mysteriously deep fried to death. His world-famous original recipe has gone missing and Likken asks Ned, Emerson, and Chuck to find who stole it.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Doug Petrie

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  4. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 3 - Bad Habits
    8.6/10(699 votes)

    S2:E3

    Olive calls on the Pie Maker and Emerson to solve a suspicious suicide of a fellow nun that she believes is murder. Meanwhile, Chuck considers what to do in the present with her new lease on life.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts

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  5. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 6 - Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic
    8.5/10(632 votes)

    S2:E6

    Ned agrees to help a famed magician whose animal assistants are being killed off; Dwight Dixon tries to cozy up to Lily and Vivian, but Lily is suspicious of his motives.

    Director:Adam Kane
    Writer:Kath Lingenfelter

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  6. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 10 - The Norwegians
    8.5/10(622 votes)

    S2:E10

    After Emerson turns down Vivian's request to look into Dwight Dixon's sudden disappearance, she turns to another P.I. team led by Magnus Olsdatter, Emerson's bitter rival.

    Director:Tricia Brock
    Writer:Scott Nimerfro

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  7. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 8 - Bitter Sweets
    8.4/10(782 votes)

    S1:E8

    Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town. Alfredo Aldarisio returns and continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, still pines for affection from the Pie Maker.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Abby Gewanter

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  8. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 9 - Corpsicle
    8.4/10(786 votes)

    S1:E9

    Chuck learns the most shocking secret of her life and refuses to forgive Ned. In order to take the Pie Maker's mind off of Chuck, Emerson gets him to solve the mystery of a man killing life insurance agents and hiding them in snow banks. Oscar Vibenius returns to investigate why Chuck has an unique smell. Meanwhile, the aunts' antidepressant-laced pies begin to show some hallucinogenic effects.

    Director:Brian Dannelly
    Writer:Lisa Joy

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  9. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 5 - Dim Sum Lose Some
    8.4/10(667 votes)

    S2:E5

    The wife of a murdered chef, Bao Di, hires Emerson to investigate the death of her husband. They soon discover that Bao was heavily in debt, and wagered his daughter Mei's hand in marriage to cover his markers.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writer:Davey Holmes

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  10. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 11 - Window Dressed to Kill
    8.4/10(587 votes)

    S2:E11

    Erin Embry, window dresser extraordinaire for Dicker’s department store, is killed and Chuck manages to get the Pie Hole gang on the case. Erin’s fans think it was her window-dressing partner, Coco Juniper, who did the deed. Apparently the two artistic minds did not always meet. Meanwhile, Ned loses his zapping ability which causes him a small crisis of identity. How can he assist in solving cases if he can’t undead and redead? How does it change his relationship with Chuck? And why are Ned and Olive posing as a couple?

    Director:Julie Anne Robinson
    Writer:Abby Gewanter

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  11. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 4 - Frescorts
    8.3/10(674 votes)

    S2:E4

    A sexy new client hires Emerson to solve the murder of her best friend Joe. Emerson and the gang discover that Joe had a lot of best friends... and they all had a reason to kill Joe.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 12 - Water & Power
    8.3/10(536 votes)

    S2:E12

    Lila Robinson, a beautiful grifter from Emerson’s past resurfaces, revealing a painful secret that Emerson has kept hidden all these years. Now on the lam for murder, Lila promises Emerson a quid pro quo if he clears her name.

    Director:Dean White
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 4 - Pigeon
    8.2/10(901 votes)

    S1:E4

    Emerson, Ned and Chuck are hired to prove that a pilot was murdered, rather than committing suicide, but soon become involved in a case of stolen jewelry and an escaped prisoner.

    Director:Adam Kane
    Writer:Rina Mimoun

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  14. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 1 - Bzzzzzzzzz!
    8.2/10(790 votes)

    S2:E1

    Emerson is hired by Dusty Fitz, whose wife Kentucky died in a tragic bee-related incident. She was involved with another man who Dusty claims she was preparing to leave, and Dusty suspects murder. Meanwhile, Lily helps Olive move to a nunnery.

    Director:Adam Kane
    Writer:Bryan Fuller

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  15. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 3 - The Fun in Funeral
    8.1/10(944 votes)

    S1:E3

    Chuck holds true to the threat she made in the pilot by baking anti-depressants into her aunt's food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive delivers one to them and stumbles onto Chuck's secret. Now that she has dirt on Chuck - that her aunts think she's dead - will Olive use it against her to get Ned?

    Director:Paul A. Edwards
    Writer:Bryan Fuller

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  16. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 5 - Girth
    8.1/10(848 votes)

    S1:E5

    In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:Kath Lingenfelter

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  17. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 7 - Smell of Success
    8.1/10(801 votes)

    S1:E7

    Ned, Emerson, and Chuck's next case involves an olfactory assistant who was killed when her scratch-'n'-sniff book combusted.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writer:Scott Nimerfro

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  18. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 2 - Circus, Circus
    8.1/10(703 votes)

    S2:E2

    Georgeann Heaps hires Emerson to find her missing daughter, and the trail leads to a circus. Meanwhile Ned and Chuck try to deal with the change in their relationship, and Olive considers staying longer at the nunnery.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writer:Peter Ocko

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  19. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 2 - Dummy
    8.0/10(1072 votes)

    S1:E2

    Ned, Emerson and Chuck visit the morgue to inspect the body of a victim of a car accident, a 45 year old man who specialized in automobile safety. The police is offering a reward to anyone who can find the killer and Emerson wants answers to be able to get the reward.

    Director:Barry Sonnenfeld
    Writer:Peter Ocko

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  20. Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 6 - Bitches
    8.0/10(826 votes)

    S1:E6

    Ned, Chuck, Emerson and Olive tackle a murder mystery involving a man who was murdered over a dog and claims to have been killed by his wife. Problem is, he's a polygamist with four wives.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Dara Resnik, Chad Gomez Creasey

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  21. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 7 - Robbing Hood
    8.0/10(1576 votes)

    S2:E7

    A lawyer for the late Gustav Hoffer suspects his client's death was not part of a robbery gone wrong as was reported, but rather murder. He hires Emerson Cod and Ned to find out who killed Hoffer.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Jim Danger Gray

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  22. Pushing Daisies Season 2 Episode 9 - The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
    8.0/10(616 votes)

    S2:E9

    Chuck and Ned deal with the shocking return of someone from their past; Emerson and Olive investigate the death of a lighthouse keeper.

    Director:Lawrence Trilling
    Writers:Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik

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Best Episodes Summary

"Kerplunk" is the best rated episode of "Pushing Daisies". It scored 8.8/10 based on 680 votes. Directed by Lawrence Trilling and written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, it aired on 6/13/2009. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pie-lette".