fall preview: Pushing Daisies
"Pushing Daisies" looks beautiful. On a first impression, you might think you're looking at a picture from "Big Fish" but instead, you're looking at the latest creation from Bryan Ferry, a guy who brought "Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls" to life. Vividness is his strong point, as well as creating stories that jump out at you with some innovation. Or for you heavy thinkers, the ability to think way outside the box.
The story follows Ned (newcomer Lee Pace), whom we first meet as a child. He discovers his power to bring the dead back to life shortly, and then realizes what this power can really do. Although it's a power that only some can dream of (or not), there's a catch: bring someone back to life once with one touch, touch them again, they're really dead. Stuff like that could probably mess a kid up real bad.
Flash to the present, and Ned's a regular guy just trying to get by. An ex-cop named Emerson (Chi McBride) sees his power in motion and Emerson gets the idea to use his power to solve crimes, bringing them back to life in order to find out who kills them. Sounds simple, fun, and strange at the same time, until things like love get in the way. I think that's usually the spoiler, but it makes for good TV.
The show also stars Swoosie Kurtz ("Sisters," Locke's fucked up mom on "Lost"), Anna Friel, and Kristen Chenoweth (Broadway star, Tony Award winner). A pretty stellar cast, if you ask me. I'm interested in how this show is going to play out, and by the preview it looks like it'll be sweet. It also puts a new spin on the usual cop/medical/investigative shows that we're all used to. Think of it as "CSI" meets some crazy fairytale. Except, I'd rather not think of it as a CSI-type show. "Pushing Daisies" looks more lighthearted. Kind of strange, as it's a show about life and death.
Watch the preview here:
Visit: Pushing Daisies Fall Preview
Picture from: Wikipedia
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