chowyunskinny Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Pushing Daisies is a new dramady on ABC from Bryan Fuller, the co-exec producer on the 1st season of Heroes and exec producer of Dead Like Me. It's a pretty novel concept. The main character Ned, can bring the dead back to life by touching them. The catch is, if he doesn't touch them again (returning them to death) within 1 minute, that person remains alive but another random person will die in their place. He has a business partnership with a detective who gives him leads on unsolved murders. Ned uses his powers to resurrect the victim and tries to get them to tell who murdered them within the minute timeframe. After gleaning the info, he and the detective split the reward money. The twist comes when one of the victims turns out to be his childhood sweetheart. He brings her to life, but doesn't have the heart to let her die again, so the minute elapses and she stays, at the cost of they can never touch each other. The show has a very slick, surreal look, using bright pastel colors very reminiscent of Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands. The humor is pretty funny. I've never seen any previous work of Anna Friel, who plays the main female lead, but she's great IMO. Not sure of the longevity of the show with the whole will they/won't they being the driving force, but I'm enjoying it so far. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Pushing Daisies is a new dramady on ABC from Bryan Fuller, the co-exec producer on the 1st season of Heroes and exec producer of Dead Like Me. It's a pretty novel concept. The main character Ned, can bring the dead back to life by touching them. The catch is, if he doesn't touch them again (returning them to death) within 1 minute, that person remains alive but another random person will die in their place.... I'm watching it. I liking it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapetang Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Liking it as well. The quirky character personalities are great, as was Chuck's (Anna's) Japanese! I think it's a short-term series though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowerV2 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Same people who made Dead Like Me eh? Pity they canceled that show. I really liked it. I'l gve this one a shot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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