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After introducing its wacky yet endearing premise in the pilot, Pushing Daisies moves into even zanier territory with Dummy, which also marks the true beginning of the show's bizarre whodunit formula.

Actually, there's another element, too: the beginning is always devoted to the misadventures of young Ned (Field Cate) as he learns to master his abilities. In this case, we get to see him experiment with frogs in the science lab to determine the one-minute rule about reviving dead people. After that, it's straight to the newest case: a corpse who claims he was killed by a crash test dummy at the car factory he used to work for. While the gang investigates the downsides of the "cars of the future", Emerson is unhappy about Chuck joining the team, Ned is unhappy because he can't touch his sweetheart and Olive pines over her unrequited love for the pie-maker.

Okay, so the concept of killer dummies might come off as a bad parody of the Child's Play movies, but thanks to great wit and excellent acting it all holds up. Highlights include Emerson's deadpan remarks (not to mention his knitting hobby) and Olive's musical number (no wonder Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for an Emmy), and that's just when they're apart - the real treat comes when they're sharing scenes ("Do they touch much?" "I wish they did").

And, in keeping with the show's oddball central romance, the epilogue, while sentimental, manages to be sincerely touching. As a doomed love story, it beats the hell out of Titanic.

This second episode of "Pushing Daises" has Ned, Emerson, and the just-revived Chuck trying to solve the murder of a scientist killed by a crash test dummy. And a binge-eating Dandelion Girl he left behind who gets involved. While there are many amusing visual touches and lines and I loved many of Kristen Chenoweth's quirks as the waitress Olive in unrequited love with Ned as well as her singing "Hopelessly Devoted to You", for some reason I found this a little off-putting compared with "Pie-lette". Maybe it's seeing Chuck so close to Ned that makes me a little more apprehensive since we know if he touches her again she's dead forever. At least some of that gets solved at the end. Loved seeing Emerson knitting and his results: a vest and gun holders! And the scenes with Young Ned and those frogs were also good. So while this wasn't as good as the first episode, I'm still willing to give "Pushing Daises" a chance.

It is just as good the second time. This show is simple amazing, poetic, whimsical and ultimately lovely.

The scene recounting Janine and Bernard first sighting of each other is simply incredible and beautiful writing.

The narrator recounts that: "Bernard remembered her hair Redder, her sweater tighter and her smile, ... well her smile he remembered just right" That line is so amazing to me. If it was from the Princess Bride, people would be repeating it constantly.

The music underscores every scene to perfection. This is not a TV show as much a series of miniature movies.

Lines likes this are classic: Narrator: At that moment, the Pie Maker felt a mixture of happiness and trepidation. Ned: Why is it always a mixture?

This is quickly becoming my favorite show since Northern Exposure.

This second episode of "Pushing Daisies" shows that the show was still on a roll and the magnificence of the first was not just luck. I loved this episode.

It begins like most of the episodes--Ned and Emerson go to interview a dead guy in order to claim a reward for the murder. In this case, however, the dead guy who appeared to be the victim of hit and run said his perpetrator was a crash test dummy! Huh?! This made no sense, so instead of just dropping the matter, they investigate...like real detectives. The trail takes them to the dead man's job--where he was an engineer working on a crazy new car 'the Dandy Lion'. You just have to see the cars, the runway models and the look of this place...it's just amazing. And, oddly, it turns out the dead guy is RIGHT!! But how could a dummy be a killer? Tune in and see.

This one has extraordinary set design, a wonderful guest character (the victim's girlfriend is just amazing) and is funny from start to finish. See this one.