Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (Blu-ray)
Dig into a delicious second helping of Pushing Daisies, the multiple Emmy Award-winning series. In this season, Papen County's Pie Maker with a witching finger for waking the dead, and his alive-again love Chuck, have more on the menu than a Terrifying Bee-Man and a Deep Friend Chicken Magnate. The secrets are served deep-dish when family skeletons - both literal and figurative - loom over the Pie Hole and its patrons. As jockey cum waitress Olive Snook joins a nunnery to mend her broken heart, the Pie Maker who broke it hides Chuck from her Aunt Vivian and mother Lily, who believes she's dead. Naturally, this results in resurrecting Chuck's father, who actually was dead. Private Investigator Emerson Cod has daddy issues of his own when his baby-stealing baby-mama finds herself at the center of a damned dam murder case. This wondrous, witty and moving confection is as irresistible as the Pie Maker's three-plum pie.
Member Reviews
Supporting Daisies and other Unique Things - Myself
So, how come the networks do not support Series such as this one?
Creative, witty, unusual, fanciful. Great production value. Super script; it's fast-paced, intelligent, funny. Solid acting. Lee Pace is an amazing actor. His character, Ned, is non-descript and self-depricating, standing in marked contrast to his other roles, showing him to be a superior actor. Kristin Chenoweth is wonderful; her character is quirky and edgy, shows great range and comedic timing.
Anna Friel is unremarkable, however; she is replaceable. A more compelling actor in this central role would have worked better. As it is, she is little more than a "clothes horse" for the outlandish outfits her character is made to wear. This is my one complaint; understanding the "retro/quirky" production set, it always falls to the women to be made to look ridiculous/unclothed whereas the men continue to wear ordinary, sensible clothing that does not scream "I'm a sex object".
However, that aside, a wonderful Series with eccentric, fun characters and imaginative plots. If we can give productions like this our support, maybe, just maybe, we can help encourage the creation of interesting entertainment.
Member Reviews
Read All...
Supporting Daisies and other Unique Things - Myself
So, how come the networks do not support Series such as this one?
Creative, witty, unusual, fanciful. Great production value. Super script; it's fast-paced, intelligent, funny. Solid acting. Lee Pace is an amazing actor. His character, Ned, is non-descript ...