The Best Episodes of Pushing Daisies Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(810 votes)

   #1 - Bzzzzzzzzz!

   S2:E110/1/2008

   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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   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Bryan Fuller
2. 

   8.1/10(726 votes)

   #2 - Circus, Circus

   S2:E210/8/2008

   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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   Director:Lawrence Trilling

   Writer:Peter Ocko
3. 

   8.6/10(721 votes)

   #3 - Bad Habits

   S2:E310/15/2008

   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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   Director:Peter O'Fallon

   Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
4. 

   8.3/10(692 votes)

   #4 - Frescorts

   S2:E410/22/2008

   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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   Director:Peter Lauer

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   8.4/10(688 votes)

   #5 - Dim Sum Lose Some

   S2:E510/29/2008

   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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   Director:Lawrence Trilling

   Writer:Davey Holmes
6. 

   8.5/10(651 votes)

   #6 - Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic

   S2:E611/19/2008

   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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   Director:Adam Kane

   Writer:Kath Lingenfelter
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7. 

   8.0/10(1596 votes)

   #7 - Robbing Hood

   S2:E711/26/2008

   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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   Director:Paul Shapiro

   Writer:Jim Danger Gray
8. 

   8.7/10(678 votes)

   #8 - Comfort Food

   S2:E812/3/2008

   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:Douglas Petrie

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   Director:Peter Lauer

   Writer:Douglas Petrie
9. 

   8.1/10(635 votes)

   #9 - The Legend of Merle McQuoddy

   S2:E912/10/2008

   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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   Director:Lawrence Trilling

   Writers:Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik
10. 

    8.5/10(640 votes)

    #10 - The Norwegians

    S2:E1012/17/2008

    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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    Director:Tricia Brock

    Writer:Scott Nimerfro
11. 

    8.4/10(604 votes)

    #11 - Window Dressed to Kill

    S2:E115/30/2009

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Julie Anne Robinson

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    8.3/10(554 votes)

    #12 - Water & Power

    S2:E126/6/2009

    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:Peter Ocko

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    Director:Dean White

    Writer:Peter Ocko
13. 

    8.8/10(696 votes)

    #13 - Kerplunk

    S2:E136/13/2009

    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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    Director:Lawrence Trilling

    Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts