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Meet The Cods!! L-Prime And Herc Have Seen DAISIES 2.4!!
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I am – Hercules!!
Pushing Daisies 2.4 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Frescorts.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to Lisa Joy (“Corpsicle”).
What says ABC?
“When the most popular escort at a rent-a-friend agency turns up dead, the team investigates who killed him, including likely suspect Randy Mann (guest star David Arquette), the guy's antisocial, taxidermy-loving roommate. Meanwhile, Emerson's famed private investigator mom, Calista Cod (guest star Debra Mooney), pays an unexpected visit. Guest starring in "Frescorts" are Debra Mooney as Calista Cod, Steven Wash Jr. as Young Emerson, Hayes MacArthur as Buddy, Dana Davis as Barb, David Arquette as Randy Mann, Joshua Lebar as Joe, Alexandra Barreto as Veronica Villanueva and Phil Abrams as Dr. Eugene Halifax.”
Debra Mooney is the old white woman who played motorbike-loving Edna Harper on “Everwood”! Adoptive or biological?
“I gave you breath,” she reminds her spawn at key juncture.
Does Dana Davis, who played K-Ville Krimefighter Monica on “Heroes” last season, play Emerson’s estranged daughter?
The Cod kid is seven. Davis’ character, Barb, works for Frescorts. (And the adorable Davis demonstrates she was wasted on “Heroes” last season.)
Frescorts is a front for prostitution, right?
The truth is far darker.
Do they serve Fresca at Frescorts?
What?
What constitutes the taxidermist’s funnest work?
As befitting the Daisiesverse, Randy Mann’s taxidermy is considerably less conventional than Norman Bates’.
What’s doing with the whiter regulars?
Chuck is adjusting to the news of her parentage. Ned finds himself jealous of Chuck’s growing friendship with Olive. Olive, back in minidresses, cavorts with her new porcine pal Pigby.
What of the aunts? Er, the sisters. Lily and Vivian.
Wholly absent this week.
The big news?
Chuck and Olive: roomies.
What else is ABC not telling us?
Emerson and his mother, unlike Emerson and his daughter, are not estranged. The pair appear so tight one wonders why they split up the partnership.
Does Ned’s dad return?
He does not.
Emerson’s daughter?
Nope.
What’s great?
The Adventures of Cod & Cod. Barb. Olive, Chuck and a surprisingly roomy locker. The mixer. The family-hour nudity. The name Buddy Amicus. The CGI jockstraps. Emerson at the bat. “Oh ho ho, hell no, hell no!!”
What’s not so great?
The ratings. On Showtime “Daisies” would be the channel’s biggest hit ever, but on ABC it’s losing to crap like “Old Christine” and “Knight Rider.” (Maybe with “Bones” taking this week off, the piemaker can garner a little more heat.)
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
With a new window on the Chuck-Ned relationship.
“L-Prime” says:
What is it called?
“Frescorts.”
Who hath wrought it?
Words by Lisa Joy, someone and someone else, from Lisa Joy's story, pretty pictures by Peter Lauer.
What says the TV Guide?
“A popular escort at a friend-for-hire outfit is killed, and the team suspects the murderer may have been his socially awkward roommate (David Arquette). Meanwhile, Emerson gets a surprise visit from his mother (Debra Mooney), who's also a private investigator.”
David Arquette? Really, him?
He's actually quite enjoyable as a mystery cog who could turn into a friend for Ned, someone who shares an awkwardness and an unusual, death-related skill. And someone who shares Ned's fondness for Golden Retrievers who have died.
Any big goings on with Ned or Chuck's parentals?
No sign of Mr. Piemaker this week yet again, nor do we see Auntmother Lily or Just-plain-aunt Vivian this week.
Anything else big and recurring come up?
More of a focus on the familial concerns of one Emerson Cod this week, where we meet his smart-alecky (and quite Caucasian) PI mother. Chip off the old, don't you know. Debra Mooney is especially good.
Does this at all impact Emerson's search for his missing daughter?
It may.
Living arrangements?
Olive and Chuck encounter a bit of friction in their situation.
What's good?
“... a pursuit young emerson found 'badass'”; 'Cod and Cod' in general; “What's her name?” “Piemaker.”; “Giving him the stab-stab make you feel good?”; “I like that...”; Kitty Pimms and Patty Boots; “Most mothers would call that splitting hairs.”; “My heezy ain't none of y'all's beezy.”; “Damn, that's shrewd woman.”; “The only place my relentless positivity and encyclopedic knowledge of hair braiding was appreciated.”; “This ain't Thermopylae High.”; a message on a football; “Goodbye, friend.”; “Selfishly, I want to duvet you right this second.”
What's not so?
I worry that all this parrying back and forth in the dalliance between the Piemaker and Chuck, though of course intrinsic to the tension and whimsy of the show, is getting bogged down in empty logistics (the moves in and out) and is threatening to become cloying and uninteresting, eschewing the actual meat of the relationship. That may have been remedied, however, by...
How it ends?
A duvet is loosed to the floor. The Piemaker gasps.
How good?
Out of five? Fourish, I'd say. As mentioned, some of the matters at the heart of the story were threatening to become a tad stale, but we may have turned a corner. And the mysteries this year, with this one no exception, are finally starting to blend in with the main story a little better, if not getting out of the way entirely.
8 p.m. Wednesday. ABC.
“The Greatest American Hero” for $11/Season?? The new Two-For-One TV-On DVD Sale makes such a thing feasible.
The same sale allows one to pick up both animated Hellboy movies for $5.25/Each!!
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Strange.
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So is there an episode next week? Dim Sum Lose Some seems to be airing based on most sites. But there was supposedly a press release saying it as going on hiatus a week earlier then the scheduled break.
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Please don't die!
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so to speak
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claiming the series was canceled and was pulled off the ABC slate after episode 3?
guess he'll show up in the TB about 9pm tonight trying to get attention again.
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nah there was no press release, just 1 tard spamming the PD TB last week.
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Damn, back to Cinemax.
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Best line last week, and an example of the superb and original writing that makes this show special...
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Thas all.
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If they dont fix the sound/music mix I am never watching this show again. The background music just drowns out the dialogue
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*skipping*
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I wonder if there will be some UST - Chuck can't touch Ned, goes to Olive for comfort...
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Let the fan fiction begin. I envision something involving a rum soaked peach pie.
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I would love it if PD got moved to Showtime, actually. A little nudity to spice things up would be grand.
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...that Pushing Daisies has started today in Germany!
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got banned in another thread a few days ago for calling out herc and than not having any proof to back it up.
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when to tvbythenumbers and the show has gone up in their index but it still has alot of work to do. hopefuly these two weeks against baseball and than being tthe only show during obamas show will get it up even more.
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Oct 22, 2008 4:05:48 PM CDT
"On Showtime “Daisies” would be the channel’s biggest hit ever"
by shermdawg
Uh...bigger than SG-1? I think not. And thank god it's not on Showtime, because it's audience would be even smaller. If it ever should move there, I certainly won't be following....no matter how much I may love it. In this day and age paying for premium channels is absurd. (That wasn't a pro-piracy statement btw.)
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darkufo site awesome
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that morbid prevert narator?
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please say so... there has been noticable absence...I also demand more dead clowns, that shit was hilarious!
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morbid queer narator is still there
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was a hilariously random bad handshake.
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Has he always been on this show?? I thought he was doing producing stuff for CSI?
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Yes, yes it is.
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that was so wrong... lol
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PD just makes me grin like a kid for 45 mins.
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The "mysteries". Too rushed, and nowhere near as satisfying as the character moments....like Olive and Chuck stuck in a locker. (I could've watched an entire episode of them going back and forth in there!)
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So is all fine then. Watch some old Jonathan Creek & have some pie.
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I have a problem that they're there. When Emerson finds his daughter, they should move on or at least not have a case every episode. Especially if they can't keep the cases as entertaining as last weeks. But the reason why last week was so good is because the mystery itself invovled characters that were either previously introduced or setup nicely without forcing a rapid fire exposition setup on us.
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That's where the best comedy and guest stars come from! The character moments are sweet, involving and amusing, but the mysteries are where the truly hilarious moments are. Plus, doing away with them would be wasting that main conceit that is Ned's gift. I mean, how is he gonna keep waking up dead people if he doesn't have murders to solve? I mean, his ability was the whole concept the show was built around. They can't just shove it aside.
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re: rapid fire exposition to set up the mystery (The facts are these..)because if you aren't paying attention, you are going to miss things, maybe something crucial to the storyline. However, this is why I love the show. I like that it's a fast talker; it makes me think and pay attention and then I'm catching things as fast as they are throwing them and that's what is making me smile the whole time.
But flickchick is also correct about Ned's talent. What else is he going to do with it?
Another thing I love about this show is the way the combine the whimsy with the utterly creepy. Angry bear in a tutu! Mummified guy in a smiley mask! Death by hugging!
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Douglas Petrie has been consulting exec since the beginning of this season. Why didn't you tell us, Herc? Buffy alum on my favorite new show!
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....like I said, either space out the cases, or do two-parters. Same pie-time, same pie-channel.
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The ending got me hard. I know it's lewd, but come on, who disagrees? On the topic of the mysteries, I would love it if they spread some out every now and then. Like one that would take two, or even three, episodes to solve. It wouldn't seem so rushed all the time and would make for a format more conducive to pushing the relationship narratives further. The only problem with this is that each episode seems to have a theme, and that would be harder to succeed with two episode archs.
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but PD is still a fantastic show overall. This is one of those shows with enough depth to require a repeat viewing to catch all the lines and nuances you missed the first time. The fact the Knight Rider gets higher viewership is just plain wrong.
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are similar to to the cases on Monk. They are secondary to the interaction of the characters.
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And it's fucking AMAZING. Question: Chuck "faked her own death"? I thought she was murdered and then secretly alive?
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French Stewart and David Arquette in guest roles, and neither were annoying as usual. Now THATS amazing.
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I'm in love with all 4 main cast members. Desperately in love with the girls and gayly in love with the guys.
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Its funny. During a commercial break I'll switch over to NBC, and both this week and last week, I caught mid-scene what appeared to be the same car chase. Well, two different chases, but filmed in the same manner.
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To save this show?
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Better yet. Send ABC live bees. That'll get a response.
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That just made me LOL.
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Daisies didn't do well last night. I think we need to start seriously thinking about the bees.
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Olive doesn't know about Ned's power, so as far as she knows, Chuck only faked her death.
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If it's quality or quirky or "different"...it doesn't last. Regular TV wants the same. People that watch regular TV want the same...which is why "Old Christine" and "Night Rider" beat out "Pushing Daisies". Like Mike Judge's "Idiocracy", put on some monster trucks or babes in bikinis or some "reality" show and you get rates through the roof!
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I miss when they just didn't renew shows rather than outright canceling them. And despite what some said last week, I think Anna Friel is perfect in that part. She was especially beautiful last night.
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Again, this show doesn't seem to have any legs. Given that each case seems to resolve around some personal issue, how many friggin' problems can these four people have? The show kind of moves along, it's entertaining enough... but it doesn't seem like the kind of show folks would continue to find drawing them back on a week-to-week basis. I like it... but I can see how it's getting old fast.
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