Pushing Daisies
The Norwegians
TV Flash files “The Norwegians” as hour 19 of 22 in the TV Flash guide — Pushing Daisies (2007–2009) on ABC, season 2, episode 10, aired 2008-12-17, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E10: listed hour 19 of 22 in the Pushing Daisies guide, hour 10 of 13 in season 2. It aired 2008-12-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Legend of Merle McQuoddy” (S02E09). Next is “Window Dressed to Kill” (S02E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While Ned and Chuck try to locate the whereabouts of Chuck's father, Vivian hires a crack team of Norwegian investigators to help find Dwight Dixon.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Norwegians sit in the Pushing Daisies guide?
S02E10 is listed hour 19 of 22 — hour 10 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 10.
When did Pushing Daisies S02E10 air?
The Norwegians aired 2008-12-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How much Pushing Daisies is there?
Two shortened seasons (2007–2009), canceled too soon — writers' strike timing is part of the forever bring-it-back energy.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A pie-maker wakes the dead with a touch he can never use on the woman he loves. Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daisies is candy-colored noir — storybook frames, Kristin Chenoweth in the margins, tragedy under the frosting — canceled too sweet, still the sugar rush to chase.
The first thing you see is frosting. Bryan Fuller's Pushing Daisies (2007–2009) looked like a storybook among ABC dramas: candy-colored noir, storybook frames, tragedy under the sugar, a pie-maker who can revive the dead with a touch he can never use on the woman he loves. Lee Pace as Ned, Anna Friel's Chuck, Kristin Chenoweth's Olive in the margins (and then not in the margins), Chi McBride's Emerson, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz. Whimsy with a tragic engine. Visually unique on purpose. Network television that…
Filed against
- Lee Pace as Ned
Lee Pace’s Ned made Pushing Daisies a pie-shop tragedy in candy colors — 2000s catalog noir, a touch he cannot use, Bryan Fuller’s sugar rush canceled too sweet. Halt and Catch Fire and Foundation stretched the same elegance into…
- Anna Friel as Chuck Charles
Anna Friel’s Chuck Charles was the woman a pie-maker could wake and never touch again — Pushing Daisies as Bryan Fuller’s candy-colored noir, storybook frames, tragedy under the frosting, canceled too sweet. TV Flash still chases that…
- Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Kristin Chenoweth's Olive Snook sugared Pushing Daisies from the margins — Bryan Fuller's candy-colored noir, a pie-maker who cannot touch the woman he loves, tragedy under the frosting. Canceled too sweet, still the sugar rush to chase.…
- Chi McBride as Emerson Cod
Chi McBride played Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies — a pie-maker who wakes the dead with a touch he can never use on the woman he loves, Bryan Fuller's candy-colored noir, storybook frames, tragedy under the frosting. Canceled too sweet,…
- Ellen Greene as Vivian Charles
Ellen Greene sweetened Bryan Fuller's candy-noir as Vivian Charles on Pushing Daisies — storybook frames, tragedy under the frosting, a pie-shop world canceled too soon. Kristin Chenoweth in the margins; Greene in the family weather. TV…
- Swoosie Kurtz as Lily Charles
Swoosie Kurtz ornamented Pushing Daisies as Lily Charles — candy-colored noir, a pie-maker who wakes the dead with a touch he can never use on the woman he loves, tragedy under the frosting. Bryan Fuller sweetness canceled too soon. TV…