The Best Episodes of Pushing Daisies Season 2

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8.8/10(680 votes)
#1 - Kerplunk
S2:E136/13/2009
The past becomes the present when one half of the Darling Mermaid Darlings’ arch rivals, the Aquadolls, is killed. In order to find the murderer, the Darling Mermaid Darlings must come out of retirement with Ned as their manager and Olive as their stylist. Chuck, of course, cannot participate. Olive gets close to Sid, with whom she shares her experiences in gender discrimination, what with him being a male synchronized swimmer and her attending Vassar on a jockey scholarship. But was Sid jealous enough of the headliners to commit murder?
Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
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Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
8.7/10(659 votes)
#2 - Comfort Food
S2:E812/3/2008
Ned brings back to life Colonel Likken, who was mysteriously deep fried to death. His world-famous original recipe has gone missing and Likken asks Ned, Emerson, and Chuck to find who stole it.
Director:Peter Lauer
Writer:Doug Petrie
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Director:Peter Lauer
Writer:Doug Petrie
8.6/10(699 votes)
#3 - Bad Habits
S2:E310/15/2008
Olive calls on the Pie Maker and Emerson to solve a suspicious suicide of a fellow nun that she believes is murder. Meanwhile, Chuck considers what to do in the present with her new lease on life.
Director:Peter O'Fallon
Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
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Director:Peter O'Fallon
Writers:Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts
8.5/10(632 votes)
#4 - Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic
S2:E611/19/2008
Ned agrees to help a famed magician whose animal assistants are being killed off; Dwight Dixon tries to cozy up to Lily and Vivian, but Lily is suspicious of his motives.
Director:Adam Kane
Writer:Kath Lingenfelter
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Director:Adam Kane
Writer:Kath Lingenfelter
8.5/10(622 votes)
#5 - The Norwegians
S2:E1012/17/2008
After Emerson turns down Vivian's request to look into Dwight Dixon's sudden disappearance, she turns to another P.I. team led by Magnus Olsdatter, Emerson's bitter rival.
Director:Tricia Brock
Writer:Scott Nimerfro
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Director:Tricia Brock
Writer:Scott Nimerfro
8.4/10(667 votes)
#6 - Dim Sum Lose Some
S2:E510/29/2008
The wife of a murdered chef, Bao Di, hires Emerson to investigate the death of her husband. They soon discover that Bao was heavily in debt, and wagered his daughter Mei's hand in marriage to cover his markers.
Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writer:Davey Holmes
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Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writer:Davey Holmes

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8.4/10(587 votes)
#7 - Window Dressed to Kill
S2:E115/30/2009
Erin Embry, window dresser extraordinaire for Dicker’s department store, is killed and Chuck manages to get the Pie Hole gang on the case. Erin’s fans think it was her window-dressing partner, Coco Juniper, who did the deed. Apparently the two artistic minds did not always meet. Meanwhile, Ned loses his zapping ability which causes him a small crisis of identity. How can he assist in solving cases if he can’t undead and redead? How does it change his relationship with Chuck? And why are Ned and Olive posing as a couple?
Director:Julie Anne Robinson
Writer:Abby Gewanter
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Director:Julie Anne Robinson
Writer:Abby Gewanter
8.3/10(674 votes)
#8 - Frescorts
S2:E410/22/2008
A sexy new client hires Emerson to solve the murder of her best friend Joe. Emerson and the gang discover that Joe had a lot of best friends... and they all had a reason to kill Joe.
Director:Peter Lauer
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Peter Lauer
Writer:Unknown
8.3/10(536 votes)
#9 - Water & Power
S2:E126/6/2009
Lila Robinson, a beautiful grifter from Emerson’s past resurfaces, revealing a painful secret that Emerson has kept hidden all these years. Now on the lam for murder, Lila promises Emerson a quid pro quo if he clears her name.
Director:Dean White
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Dean White
Writer:Unknown
8.2/10(790 votes)
#10 - Bzzzzzzzzz!
S2:E110/1/2008
Emerson is hired by Dusty Fitz, whose wife Kentucky died in a tragic bee-related incident. She was involved with another man who Dusty claims she was preparing to leave, and Dusty suspects murder. Meanwhile, Lily helps Olive move to a nunnery.
Director:Adam Kane
Writer:Bryan Fuller
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Director:Adam Kane
Writer:Bryan Fuller
8.1/10(703 votes)
#11 - Circus, Circus
S2:E210/8/2008
Georgeann Heaps hires Emerson to find her missing daughter, and the trail leads to a circus. Meanwhile Ned and Chuck try to deal with the change in their relationship, and Olive considers staying longer at the nunnery.
Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writer:Peter Ocko
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Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writer:Peter Ocko
8.0/10(1576 votes)
#12 - Robbing Hood
S2:E711/26/2008
A lawyer for the late Gustav Hoffer suspects his client's death was not part of a robbery gone wrong as was reported, but rather murder. He hires Emerson Cod and Ned to find out who killed Hoffer.
Director:Paul Shapiro
Writer:Jim Danger Gray
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Director:Paul Shapiro
Writer:Jim Danger Gray
8.0/10(616 votes)
#13 - The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
S2:E912/10/2008
Chuck and Ned deal with the shocking return of someone from their past; Emerson and Olive investigate the death of a lighthouse keeper.
Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writers:Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik
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Director:Lawrence Trilling
Writers:Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik