Pushing Daisies: Season 1
2007 · 9 episodes · ★ 8.2
What Season 1 of Pushing Daisies
Ned runs the Pie Hole bakery and has a gift: all he has to do is touch a corpse to bring it back to life. The power comes with rules. If he keeps someone revived for more than a minute, another person with a similar life force dies nearby. And a second touch ends the revived person's life for good. The story kicks off when his childhood friend Chuck is found murdered on a cruise ship. Ned brings her back, at first for a limited time, to solve the crime. Together with Chuck, waitress Olive Snook and private detective Emerson Cod, Ned investigates murders. But he can't touch her again without condemning her, and that emotional dilemma hangs over every case.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Pie-lette
Ned works in a pie store and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, through the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but this appears to be much more difficult than it sounds, when he gives life to his childhood crush, and decides to let keep living.
Directing: Barry Sonnenfeld · Writing: Bryan Fuller · Starring: Ed Brigadier, Patrick Breen, Brad Grunberg, David Trice
1x02 Dummy
Ned, Emerson and Chuck visit the morgue to inspect the body of a victim of a car accident, a 45 year old man who specialized in automobile safety. The police is offering a reward to anyone who can find the killer and Emerson wants answers to be able to get the reward.
Directing: Barry Sonnenfeld · Writing: Peter Ocko · Starring: Jonathan Mangum, Patrick Fabian, Riki Lindhome, Omar Avila
1x03 The Fun in Funeral
Chuck holds true to the threat she made in the pilot by baking anti-depressants into her aunt's food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive delivers one to them and stumbles onto Chuck's secret. Now that she has dirt on Chuck - that her aunts think she's dead - will Olive use it against her to get Ned?
Directing: Paul A. Edwards · Writing: Bryan Fuller · Starring: Eddie Shin, Kristin Dos Santos, Raúl Esparza, Brad Grunberg
1x04 Pigeon
Emerson, Ned and Chuck are hired to prove that a pilot was murdered, rather than committing suicide, but soon become involved in a case of stolen jewelry and an escaped prisoner.
Directing: Adam Kane · Writing: Rina Mimoun · Starring: Jayma Mays, Dash Mihok, E.J. Callahan, Sy Richardson
1x05 Girth
In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the 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 to solve the big mystery.
Directing: Peter O'Fallon · Writing: Kath Lingenfelter · Starring: Barbara Barrie, Carlos Alazraqui, Hamish Linklater, Christopher Neiman
1x06 Bitches
Ned, Chuck, Emerson and Olive tackle a murder mystery involving a man who was murdered over a dog and claims to have been killed by his wife. Problem is, he's a polygamist with four wives.
Directing: Allan Kroeker · Writing: Dara Resnik, Chad Gomez Creasey · Starring: Ed Brigadier, Joel McHale, Jessica Lundy, Jenny Wade
1x07 Smell of Success
Ned, Emerson, and Chuck's next case involves an olfactory assistant who was killed when her scratch-'n'-sniff book combusted.
Directing: Lawrence Trilling · Writing: Scott Nimerfro · Starring: Tim Conlon, Christopher Sieber, Paul Reubens, Sarah Jayne Jensen
1x08 Bitter Sweets
Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town. Alfredo Aldarisio returns and continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, still pines for affection from the Pie Maker.
Directing: Allan Kroeker · Writing: Abby Gewanter · Starring: Michael Cornacchia, Steve Hytner, Raúl Esparza, Sy Richardson
1x09 Corpsicle Season Finale
Chuck learns the most shocking secret of her life and refuses to forgive Ned. In order to take the Pie Maker's mind off of Chuck, Emerson gets him to solve the mystery of a man killing life insurance agents and hiding them in snow banks. Oscar Vibenius returns to investigate why Chuck has an unique smell. Meanwhile, the aunts' antidepressant-laced pies begin to show some hallucinogenic effects.
Directing: Brian Dannelly · Writing: Lisa Joy · Starring: Grant Shaud, Paul Reubens, Julia Campbell, Sammi Hanratty
Season 1 Cast
Kristin ChenowethOlive Snook9 episodes
Swoosie KurtzLily Charles9 episodes
Jim DaleNarrator (voice)9 episodes
Sy RichardsonCoroner7 episodes
Tina GlossNed's Mother3 episodes
Victor Z. IsaacDelivery Boy3 episodes
Ed BrigadierMinister2 episodes
Raúl EsparzaAlfredo Aldarisio2 episodes
Brad GrunbergLawrence Schatz / Louis Schatz2 episodes
Grant ShaudSteve KaiserEpisode 1
Jonathan MangumBernard SlaybeckEpisode 1
Eddie ShinWilfred WoodruffEpisode 1
Michael CornacchiaBurly Bruce CarterEpisode 1Where to Watch Season 1 of Pushing Daisies
It is currently not available on the major streaming platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Season 1 of Pushing Daisies?
Season 1 of Pushing Daisies has 9 episodes.
When did Season 1 of Pushing Daisies premiere?
Aired October 3, 2007.
Where to watch Pushing Daisies Season 1?
Currently not available on the major subscription platforms (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the TMDB audience score, episode 1x01, "Pie-lette," with a 7.7.