Shows You Should Be Watching
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Summary The Pie Maker and his friends solve a mystery in the most unlikeliest of places: the circus. Our Take The circus setting promises more whimsy than the episode actually delivers, and the mystery itself feels like filler. There are…
Summary The gang tries to solve a murder of a woman who works for a company that makes beauty products from honey. Our Take The season opener leans hard into the show’s candy-colored quirk, and the bee-themed mystery is more…
Summary Ned tries to make amends with Chuck after his confession, and Emerson finds a corpse in ice. Our Take Very good, not the series’ peak, but an hour that reminds you why Pushing Daisies works.
Summary The owners of a new candy store hope to put The Pie Hole out of business. And when one of the store’s owners turns up dead, Ned is wrongfully charged with murder. Our Take A middling entry that leans…
Summary A woman dies in a scratch and-sniff book explosion. Was the scientist who wrote the book the target of the explosion, or was this part of an intentional publicity stunt gone horribly wrong? Our Take This one leans hard…
Summary When a dog breeder is poisoned to death, suspicion falls upon his four wives as well as a businessman who was planning to market his new breed of dog. Our Take A quirky mystery with a fun premise, though…
Summary In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down a “ghost” who’s been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try…
Summary Emerson, Ned and Chuck are on a case of stolen jewelry goods, and solving a murder/suicide case, as well as finding out about a missing prisoner. Our Take A middling entry that leans hard on the show’s whimsy without…
Summary Emerson asks Ned to bring the funeral director he killed back to life, knowing that it will expose the secret about why Chuck is still alive. Olive also learns about Ned and Chuck’s secret while delivering a pie to…
Summary The team investigates an unusual car manufacturer after a murder victim claims that he was killed by a crash test dummy. Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.