Pushing Daisies

After a three (two?) week hiatus, Pushing Daisies comes back to deliver one magical episode in terms of visuals effects, writing, acting and quality of story. Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic has been called it’s best episode yet. And I can’t debunk that. This really was one of its most beautiful. The last five minutes of it were purely golden…I’m so sure it left every fan welling up and hugging someone. Didn’t you just die watching Chuck and Ned inside the car, with Ned wanting to touch her as she listens to her mom? I was watching this one alone and I hugged my knees to my chest! It was sad but oddly, so beautiful.

At the back of my mind though, I almost wish this show was less of a clever, spectacular, spontaneous ensemble. Because bewitching as it was, I think that it does have the tendency to tune out viewers who only mindlessly watch a TV program at 8:00 in the evening. Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic was so high up there in terms of distinction that I sense regular viewers may feel…choked. So many things went on. Most of your senses have to work when watching this episode, that I’m afraid it’s only us true blue fans of the series who watched with smile on our faces last night. I hope I’m wrong and ratings prove me otherwise.

Anyway, best moments? I can’t zero in on one particular instance. But I did love —

• Cementia — funny word!
• Emerson’s one liner always cracks me up. I loved that rats ass quote. I should put that up later with the quotes for this week.
• The twins are adorable… sometimes too adorable, too sweet, too stiff. I feel they are wind up dolls or something.
• Big half-brother Ned, consoling his twin half-brothers when their surrogate dad died. Big half-brother Ned who’s against vigilante killing. Big half-brother Ned who is also sweet-boyfriend Ned. I still can’t get over that last few minutes. No-touching policy aside, Ned would have gotten some good lovin’ the way he pleases Chuck in so many ways, emotionally.
• Chuck listening to the story of her birth — wonderful! So emotionally charged.
• Aunt Vivian on a date. Flirty! Hah.
• Fred Willard. What about him, huh? He was great, wasn’t he?

And what is up with Dwight Dixon huh? Is he the reason why Ned’s father disappears on his family? Is Ned’s father a spook?