Life. Death. and Life again.

“If you could bring someone back to life for 60 seconds, who would it be and what would you ask?”

This is the underlying question of the new ABC series, Pushing Daisies. Created by Bryan Fuller, the innovative series has wowed the public episode after episode. Bryan Fuller’s other claims to fame are the series: Wonderfalls and Dead like Me.
Pushing Daisies is a dark comedy with a love story intertwined into the storyline. The show is about a man named Ned. He is an average man, who owns his own restaurant, called The Pie Hole, and creates elaborate pies to order. Ned also has a mysterious ability to make the dead live again. But all gifts and abilities come with complications. If he touches someone that he's revived a second time, they die permanently; and if a person is revived for more than sixty seconds, someone else in the vicinity dies as well. Ned and private investigator Emerson Cod, capitalize on his gift by reviving dead murder victims, asking about their murderers, and collecting the reward. The first episode revolves around the death of Charlotte “Chuck” Charles, who in fact was Ned’s childhood sweetheart. Undoubtedly, Ned and Emerson learn that a woman has just died and go to the body to revive them and collect their reward. However, once Ned gets to the woman’s body, he realizes that it is Chuck and proceeds to revive her; to ultimately keep her revived. Because he keeps Chuck revived, someone in the vicinity has to die, so in the next room, ironically the restroom, the viewer sees a large man on the toilet and a few seconds later dies. Ned and Chuck are reunited, however he cannot touch her, for if he does she will go back to being dead. As once stated before, there are always complications with mysterious abilities. The majority of the series is set at Ned's restaurant, where Ned, the revived Chuck, Ned's childhood sweetheart, and Olive Schnook all work.
I recommend this show to anyone who loves dark comedies with Tim Burton-esque feels. Pushing Daisies is witty and full of surprises after surprises. Also with the many mysteries after mysteries, viewers will continue to be satisfied with their newfound fetish: Pushing Daisies. Pushing Daisies airs on Wednesday nights at 8pm on channel ABC.