
Scripted series · ABC
Pushing Daisies
life. death. and life again.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pushing Daisies actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pushing Daisies reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E08
Comfort Food
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.
- Directed by Peter Lauer
- Written by Douglas Petrie

S02E06
Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic
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.
- Directed by Adam Kane
- Written by Kath Lingenfelter

S02E13
Kerplunk
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?
- Directed by Lawrence Trilling
- Written by Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg

S02E10
The Norwegians
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.
- Directed by Tricia Brock
- Written by Scott Nimerfro

S01E06
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.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Dara Resnik, Chad Gomez Creasey

S01E08
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.
- Directed by Allan Kroeker
- Written by Abby Gewanter
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S02E13
Kerplunk
- Directed by Lawrence Trilling
- Written by Aaron Harberts, Gretchen J. Berg



S02E10
The Norwegians
- Directed by Tricia Brock
- Written by Scott Nimerfro

S02E09
The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
- Directed by Lawrence Trilling
- Written by Dara Resnik, Chad Gomez Creasey

Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Bryan Fuller
Showrunner
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Davey Holmes
Writer
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Aaron Harberts
Writer

Dara Resnik
Writer
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Gretchen J. Berg
Writer

Rina Mimoun
Writer
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Chad Gomez Creasey
Writer

Peter Ocko
Writer

Douglas Petrie
Writer
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Kath Lingenfelter
Writer

Lisa Joy
Writer

Scott Nimerfro
Writer
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Jim Danger Gray
Writer
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Abby Gewanter
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Bruce CohenProducer
- Bryan FullerProducer
- Rina MimounProducer
- Barry SonnenfeldProducer
- Dan JinksProducer
- Lawrence TrillingProducer
Writing
- Davey HolmesWriter
- Aaron HarbertsWriter
- Dara ResnikWriter
- Gretchen J. BergWriter
- Bryan FullerWriter
- Rina MimounWriter
Direction
- Brian DannellyDirector
- Allan KroekerDirector
- Paul ShapiroDirector
- Peter O'FallonDirector
- Julie Anne RobinsonDirector
- Dean WhiteDirector
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