Pushing Daisies

About the same time as last year’s we learned of Ned’s relationship with his father. This week’s episode of Pushing Daisies dug deeper into that and what we saw was this really, really sad side to Ned (I mean if the last fourteen episodes since Season 1 did not give you a complete picture of how he is) — one who carries “a colorful mix of anger, chronic distrust and misplaced guilt”.

I did not want to see an “angry Ned”. For some reason, that hurt a lot. It’s like I really felt what he was going through and it was the worst feeling of all.

But on the bright side, it set up for such a magical, feel-good moment. All the hurt was overshadowed by just one scene where it came to that part where he finally decided to go back to his dad’s house to meet his half twin brothers for the first time. When they went and hugged him? It made my eyes misty.

But this week was also Emerson Cod’s week and he continues to be the driving force to why this show is such a treat to watch. Just look at him in this scene when the bad guy caught them:

I could not stop giggling watching this and didn’t hear what the narrator was saying when it was important because it was something about his dad.

Anyway, Emerson’s character got more action in this week’s episode, too.

And by action, I mean dressing up and going undercover ala Shack, complete with the big and the bling. Their charade worked for me. It didn’t work for the bad guys.

And by action, I also mean his tryst with Simone, one of the women he’s helped in season one and incidentally a woman he’s been enamored with then. Will she potentially be a recurring character in Emerson’s life?

The case of the week, as I gathered (since the whodunit’s getting more and more complicated week after week!), involved a cook at a Chinese restaurant who secretly operates some sort of gambling joint involving, not cards, but Dim Sum. The cook lost to the restaurant’s manager, promising his daughter’s hand in marriage. When he tried to win her back, he failed and gave his life insurance policy claim as collateral. The manager wanted to collect the pay-out and killed him.

A scene straight out of Scooby Doo. I love it!

Ned keeps a clue pad tucked under his jacket. It’s something we didn’t know before. Cute!

Hello, Ned’s twin half brothers! (played by Alex and Graham Miller)

• Ned: “Maurice and Ralston? I’m glad my dad got so creative with naming after I left. Hello, Mercutio and Ribald.”

The brothers will be back in another episode.

This guy introduced himself as a friend of Ned’s Dad and Mom and went to the Pie Hole to ask Ned for his father’s whereabouts. He gives Ned the “piss-jitters”.

• Ned: “You ever shiver when you pee? That’s how it felt when he spoke.”

What is dad’s friend up to, eh?