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Hercules Loves Tonight’s WONDERFALLS Crossover Episode Of PUSHING DAISIES!!
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Pushing Daisies 2.8 FAQ
What’s it called?
“Comfort Food.”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to Douglas Petrie (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “The 4400,” “CSI”).
What says ABC?
“Chuck turns to Emerson for help in dealing with the consequences of her actions, while Ned and Olive compete at a comfort food cook-off that turns deadly when a chef is found deep fried and dead. Guest starring in "Comfort Food" are Stephen Root as Dwight Dixon, Beth Grant as Marianne Marie Beetle, Eric Stonestreet as Leo Burns, Tim Bagley as Colonel Likkin and Patrick Fischler as the Waffle Nazi.”
Does Ned really resurrect Chuck’s daddy Charles Charles?
He does.
“Consequences” of what “actions”?
Chuck does something more alarming than anything else we’ve seen Chuck do. Really alarming!
Does the Waffle Nazi have a mustache? Does he deny difficult customers his delicious waffles?
He wears lederhosen and sports a smallish mustache. He’s played, incidentally, by the actor who portrays Jewish comic Jimmy Barrett on “Mad Men.”
Wouldn’t it be ironic if a character named Colonel Likkin had nothing to do with a fried chicken franchise?
Yes, and viewers will discover no such irony tonight. The colonel’s secret recipe is a key component of the week’s murder mystery.
The big news?
Beth Grant previously played Marianne Marie Beetle on the 2004 “Muffin Buffalo” episode of Fox’s short-lived Bryan Fuller series “Wonderfalls,” which co-starred Lee Pace as a guy who didn’t resurrect things. Beetle was a trailer-park neighbor of Jaye Tyler who enjoyed baking.
Does Beetle continue to enjoy baking?
She does.
Are there actual references to “Wonderfalls”?
Marianne Marie continues to operate pastry establishment Muffin Buffalo, now The Pie Hole’s rival. A fat individual who gets around via scooter is a component of both Beetle episodes.
What else is ABC not telling us?
Chuck and Ned are sharing Ned’s bed these days.
Does Ned find his dad? Does Emerson find his daughter? What’s doing with Ned’s magician brothers?
No. No. We couldn’t say.
What’s great?
The cheerful manner in which Charles Charles gives Ned and Chuck the bad news. Lily’s Palinesque pose. “It’s as if someone deliberately sabotaged our oven, Cheater McGee.” “That’s the kind of body language you never hear with pay help.” “What’s the part about your gloves again?” “And, as is traditional, he decided to put to an end to the thing he did not understand.” “Clean thoughts, chum!” The logistical difficulty attending the killer’s arrest. Olive’s Bangle-y encore.
What’s not so great?
Emerson sits out almost the first third of the episode. And it’s a bit surprising that Ned can restore rotten fruit to freshness but is so much less successful with the rotting flesh of Chuck’s long-dead pop.
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
“I was going to tell you.”
“L-Prime” liked it too:
What does the Guide say?
“Ned and Olive's comfort-food competition turns unappetizing when a chef is found dead, and Chuck needs Emerson's help coping with the consequences of her actions.”
Anything the book is keeping from us?
Not reeeeally. The consequences Chuck is concerned about begin one-fold, but soon expand, though it's all fruit born of the same tree. It also presents complications in the over-arching mystery that are not yet clear.
Why would Chuck turn first to Emerson, and not the Pie Maker?
Maybe it's something that the Pie Maker would not like to know...
They were about to awaken Chuck's dad, might it have something to do with that?
That, and a leather glove.
Do we run into Dwight Dixon this week? Does he provide answers?
Yes, and no. But there are certainly developments.
Does Chuck find any of the answers she was looking for from her father?
Not in the 60 seconds the rules gave them.
Lily was waiting in a room full of guns, does she fire one?
Only in her dreams.
Ned and Olive are at a cook-off? That doesn't seem fraught with larger ramifications.
It's not, especially. Except for an especially fanciful murder that allows for a pretty simplistic solve and some entertaining guest stars.
Back to an entertaining tangential side?
Much moreso than last week. It wasn't substantial by any means, but Patrick Fischler (Mad Men's Jimmy Barrett) and Beth Grant (reprising her 2004 stint as Wonderfalls' Marianne Marie Beetle) definitely add some colour to the proceedings.
A crossover?
There were rumours Bryan Fuller wanted Jaye from Wonderfalls to make an appearance at some point, but we'll likely never get to see that. We'll have to do with the return of Muffin Buffalo.
What haven't we covered? Emerson's daughter?
Again no movement. This front has been pretty stagnant lately.
What's good?
Lily's dream sequence with note ending; “Are we weird now because I did it with your dad?”; Decorative hats; The triumphant return of Muffin Buffalo!; “Son of a bitch eating into my 'I love you' time.”; “See that body language is something you don't see with paid help.”; “I'm going to win that blue ribbon, wrap it around her neck, and strangle her with it.”; “If I'm gonna go, at least I go delicious.”; “That's the peck of cahoots, which we are not in.”; “But it did happen.”; “Winning would make an excellent cover.”; “I speak English mit an German accent. Pageantry!”; “Sounds delicious. And filthy.”; “It comes in a box you know.”
What's not?
Just more of the same melancholy owing to the possibilities unfurling before our eyes that are going to be cut short by the lack of imagination and whimsy on the part of the greater American viewing public. The usual. But thank God at least we get another cycle of Dancing with the Stars next year. Morons.
How does it end?
A man in bandages steps into the doorway. A look of disbelief and disappointment.
8 p.m. Wednesday. ABC.
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Wonderfalls is great.
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Why are we doing this? Did I miss something? I'm a sheep.
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I'd *squee* but I'm at work. Accountants shouldn't squee...or so they tell me.
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..it makes me more sad to know that this is ending. =(
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I'm stopping DVRing the show now. Or two weeks ago, to be precise. The show is cancelled, correct? And they cancelled it in the middle of a two-parter with no hope of the second part actually being filmed, correct? There's no reason to go on with this show then. If I'm driving a car and I see a bridge collapse ahead of me, why would I keep driving? In the hopes that Jeebus will build the bridge up in the span of a few seconds? No. I'm stopping this car and walking home. This season of television has been dissapointing in a way that hasn't been matched in years. The only new show that's remotely watchable is Fringe and there is no returning show that hasn't been either cancelled (pushing daisies) or that hasn't let me down (heroes). I'm going to pet the tv to bed for a while. Wake me up when Lost starts.
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And yet there's still no talkbacks for a couple of shows that actually ARE on the air.
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of this show, but I can appreciate the loyal following for it. I just wish I "get" said appeal. I watched the first 4 episodes of season 1, and had to call it quits. It seemed way to quirky for it's own good, and I just couldn't watch it anymore.
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How about all you dicks who 'don't see the appeal' of this show stay the fuck outta the talkbacks? It's bad enough that the fans have to deal with its cancellation without having to hear all the needless attention-grabbing from all you shitheels.
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Why don't you keep the whole season archived for streaming on your website? Only the most recent two episodes are on there. I fell a few behind, and now I can't catch up. It's extremely frustrating.
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so I guess you probably dump a girl if you don't think you can score with her. I'm sorry but that attitude is ridiculous. There are more reasons to watch a show than just plot and story arc. Sure, I want to know what happens in the end, but this show provides me with pure joy just in the self-contained episodes that I'm watching it to the bitter end. Then getting the comic book if I have to. Or seeing the movie. I hope Fuller makes a huge Pushing Daisies/ Wonderfalls/ Dead Like Me film with great effects.
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Buffywrestling--I guess you could Silently "Spot" while at work, eh?Are you feeling an Uncomfortable Fullness Of The Bladder?
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Bad analogy, man. For me, it's more like breaking up with a girl after you overhear her say "I'm gonna dump him." Why stick around? Sure, you might have one or two more nights of sex, but is it worth it? You know she's going to dump your ass, so you might as well leave now. There's no point to stick around anymore. As for a movie? After the financial success that was the last X-files movie and Serenity, if you think that any movie studio on the planet is going to pay for a movie based on a canceled show (or 3!) with a small cult following, you're nuts.
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"Sure, you might have one or two more nights of sex, but is it worth it?" - Yes, yes it is. It ain't costing you anything else except a bit of time and you can have ALOT of fun on the way out. ;-)
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Well, that's you, I guess. Me? I can't really get into it when I'm about to get dumped. I'm weird that way.
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no reason to just take being dumped, have some fun on the way out and make it a damned good reason to be dumped! Just keep it legal :-)
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I wish it was a true crossover and had Jaye in it. I mean, seriously, is Caroline Dhavernas doing anything? She could even comment on how she knows a guy who looks like Ned. Heck, she could mistake Ned for him. (sigh)
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Ned is resurrecting Gracie Leigh, killed by Mitchell Cafferty in 2006. :-D
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I like that. Actually *squee* is shorthand retarded girl squealing not you know, pee pee. Although I guess you could do both...
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Dec 03, 2008 7:08:54 PM CST
buffywrestling: to quote Scar (Lion King)-- "you have NO idea...
by chromedome
yup, knew the Squee meaning--too vocal for work, hence the Silent Spotting alternative...looking forward to PD, squee-full or squee-less, matters not!
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fuck abc....fuck the general populace who doesnt get the brilliance of this show or fuller...suggestion to fuller...get the fuck out of tv...pull an apatow...get together with your now rather large former cast members and make a fucking movie...i dont care if it makes a dime...it will be the only thing i watch from now on
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kinda ineffective while wearing that hat...
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Fresh banter. Olive and Beetle are win.
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He's not just dead, he's extra krispy. Classic.
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and the fat pat episode, along with the gretchen speck and the episodes with Jewel Staite are my personal faves. I dont particularly dig this show but I might give this ep a go....
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Did Chuck use Ned's power to kill Dixon? Or did Aunt Lily get there first? Maybe there is another dead body "hidin in the leaves". I've also been in the peck of cahoots.
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But it's not the first part of a two-parter. That information is mistaken.
Yes, the show is now canceled, but it's still airing its remaining glorious episodes. If you don't want the pleasure of watching such a good show, no matter what happens after, is entirely up to you, but please let us have our fun. It's a great show no matter what. -
Pick a lesser liked ... yeah it's a Jericho crossover
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especially in slo mo
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1.) Herc liked them way too much. 2.) He was the only one.
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So happy for Olive one moment; crushed for Ned the next. What a great episode. Didn't disappoint at ALL. And considering how much I was looking forward to this ep and NOT to have that happen...L-Prime is right. People are morons.
Next Week: "Aw Hell Naw!!" -
Olive mentioning feelings in her nether regions while wearing those tights! drizzle me in that tomato's Olive oil and call me bruschetta. mmmmmm...
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My other favourite line: "Did the colonel spatter when you deep-fat fried him you sick son of a bitch?"Just to be nit-picky, that Youtube song above is Hazy Shade of Winter. The one in the show was Eternal Flame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxf6Xd75yUo
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Looks like once again Herc's anus is Fuller Bryan's vienna sausage. Herc is so all over Bryan Fuller that it's becoming downright embarrassing for him. Is Fuller talented? Yes. Does he deserve continuous adoration and idolatry in a public forum? No. Herc, this is your article, and you can write what the fuck you want, but once you become predictable, e.g. Anything with Bryan Fuller = Herc Teste Rupture, then you're just a mindless tool with nothing to bring to the table. I will avoid all Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies talkbacks from here on out because of your continuous gushing and self-humiliation. Enjoy the bland banter about everything Fuller in my appreciated absence, my wayward sheep.
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Actually many people like it which is why it has a small and supportive fan base.
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...does not speak to their quality.
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I'm going to avoid all those regularly scheduled Wonderfalls talkbacks as well.
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Someone brings you the greatest pizza you've ever eaten. You love it. but now there are only four slices left and you know when you eat them they'll be gone and you'll be left wanting more. So you toss what's left and walk away rather than tease your tastebuds.That's exactly what not watching Pushing Daisies because it's going to end would be like. And it would be a waste of something good not to indulge in those final delicious slices or those last marvelous episodes.
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Dec 04, 2008 12:15:55 AM CST
It's a shame we won't get to see Olive's amazing cleavage anymor
by ka dargo
Good Lord she has one of the best pair of booblies on the planet!!
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Maybe it's because I know it will be gone soon, but the show is really picking up. Olive singing Eternal Flame was so good. I feel like I can't convey how much this show makes me fucking smile because I get so depressed afterwards. UGH. Let's hope a movie to tie up some loose ends. PLEASE.
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Petrie seems as if he's back to form (that is, his Buffy glory days). Actually, I love the Olive-centric episodes, especially the ones in which they allow Chenoweth to sing. I have an enormous girlcrush on KC - have been listening to her Christmas CD nonstop. Sigh. I'm really going to miss this show. When it's on, it's ON.
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Who gives a shit about Scriptgirl? Olive runs in slow motion...
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I read somewhere that there are two more to air in December, which would leave three in the can. We'd better be able to see them without getting the DVDs, even if they sneak them on somewhere.The tongs, and Ned's expression when the Colonel tasted himself were priceless.
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...Glad they canned it. Flower prints and dayglo colors are offensive to my aesthetic sensibilities. Olive was attractive in a weird sort of "hottest chick in Munchkinland" way, tho.
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...How about the actual fucking STORIES? Are those offensive to your myopic mind?
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piling onto hoping for attention.
PD is a great show. shame its canceled, bring on my reality TV shit for the brain dead masses of inbred short attention span automatons. -
... you don't have to be myopic to be less-than-awed by superfluous fluff dressed up in bright colors. I just never "connected" with the show is all, not my thing, sorry. And lighten the fuck up, will ya?
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...liked Dead Like Me, was never able to catch Wonderfalls, so no opinion on that one.
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Here lies Dwight
Here lies is gun
He was bad
Now He's done
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...light? You mentioned only the aesthetic and not the actual plots, characters, writing and interaction in your first post. I feel I was completely in line.
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the variety show Kristin Chenoweth is the only person I can think of that might be able to pull it off.
Just make sure that her "girls" are prominently featured each week and get some decent writers for some sketches. Have her sing a couple of tunes and find the right time slot.It may just work. -
Now I'm broken like Sorkin.
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Her musical number with Digby last season was one of my favorite parts of the show. I'd welcome the peck of cahoots from her any day. Stephen Root dying was a little too convenient however. Still my favorite show on TV however. For a little while longer anyway.
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best line in the episode!
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