Pushing Daisies: "Girth"
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icepixieHmm. I thought it was a hair too cheesy in places, but I'm willing to give it a pass because it was a Halloween story. A Halloween story that made me cry. Argh.
- That intro was the saddest thing ever. *gives young!Ned a giant hug* And they they follow it up with ghost horses and Olive trying to cover her cleavage (on which more below). And that's why this show is awesome.
- The rhyming was cute a first. It stopped being cute after a while. Luckily they seemed to realize that about three sentences later, and it was heard no more.
- Heh, Olive. "I scream, you scream, we all scream 'you faked your death.'" I do love that this show is not shy about being a serial.
- *snort* Exploding heads! With feathers!
- I love all the decorations Chuck is putting up. Very cool. Oh, and Olive's constant snarking about how Ned hates Halloween, heh.
- So, awkwardness! Was wondering if they'd ever talk about how they haven't seen each other since they were ten and all that. Or, well, not talk about it, in this case.
- ...I can totally see Olive as a jockey.
- "Consider it in escrow...between my thighs." Emerson, I love you.
- Olive's hair looks fabulous in this episode. Except maybe not in the flashbacks. But the short hair is styled much better than it was in earlier episodes.
- Okay, Ned and Chuck are sitting way too close for comfort in that booth. One stray elbow and it's all over. (Oh, but look, they have a book dividing their hips. Hee.)
- Emerson's conversation with Olive's money was golden. (Speaking of which, bwah! to his eager reaction to "She buried All the Gold...")
- I imagine the cast had a hard time not saying "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" each time they had to say that guy's name. It's now in my head, sadly.
- "Jock Off 2000." It amazes me what this show gets away with at 7 PM.
- Awww, Digby has a costume! That somehow makes this whole flashback even more pathetic and Charlie Brownish.
- The dead jockey's mom's house is even more Burtony than all the other houses they've had on this show. (And the time-lapse CGI of Ned's old house falling to rack and ruin had me thinking of Helena Bonham Carter's character's house in Big Fish.)
- Awww, Lily. So combative.
- Okay, I about busted a gut at Olive's cringing attempt to hide her cleavage after John's mother's comments. BWAH! Yay for the writers making fun of the conspicuous display of her assets that's been going on for the past several weeks.
- Heh, poor scared Ned. Loved the look he darted at the parrot. (I know have an urge to write fic about the neighborhood's perception of the aunts as witches.)
- Vivian, you are so hilariously inappropriate.
- Did Lily just smile?
- Vivian and Ned's conversation in the foyer was the bit that made me cry, BTW. I think Vivian talking about how she sometimes puts pillows under Chuck's bedclothes and pretends she's still there, sleeping, was what did me in. Awww, Vivian! Awww, Ned! *smooshes* Although the sadness was cut for a brief moment of horror that she was coming onto him, but thankfully they did not go there. (Yet, anyway.) I do hope there's lots more interaction between Ned and the aunts.
- Emerson, thank you for your sarcasm ("I missed you too!"). So necessary after that scene with the aunts. (Also to cut the glurg between Ned and Chuck, but that goes without saying.)
- Hee, girly bonding!
- What the hell kind of ambulance is that in the flashback? That took the quirk factor up several notches.
- Olive: *raises hint stick* Chuck: *ducks*
- Yay, more pretty rooftop scenery! And it has the beehives!
- "Like a hypoglycemic werewolf!" I don't know why, but that line just cracked me up.
- Totally called that it was his mother about a minute before they did. I liked that it was her, but I was bored with the bog standard evil-villain-bent-on-revenge speech they stuck her with.
- "Ow, my ankle!" *snerk* And they acknowledge not only the excessive cleavage, but the excessive high heels. Go, writers!
- "I love you, shovel." *giggle*
- Whoopsie-daisy. Might not want to let Chuck get an eyeful of that. ...And then he drops her. Heh. But oh yes, I can see how his being ale to save her here is going to set up the next episode, at least if the preview is to be believed.
- Poor Olive. Much as I love you, you should probably just give up now.
- "I'll get my gun." / "And I'll get the candy bowl!" I LOVE THE AUNTS.
- Awww. *sniff*
...I think only this show could make the Halloween-themed episode all sad and bittersweet. Plus, you know, bizarre, with the horse race and the horse bones and all. But mostly kind of melancholy.
I get the impression they're going to milk the dramatic tension of the aunts not knowing the full story, and Olive not knowing much more of it, for a few more weeks, but then I think they might actually provide some payoff before years go by, which would be awesome.
Next episode (damn you, CMAs, for prempting my show!) looks...awkward. Please don't let it be awkward. Or rather, let it be the funny kind of awkward, rather than the cringing, make-it-be-over-soon kind of awkward.
After seeing the ads for it tonight, I might have to watch this weeks Ugly Betty. Wicked...?
- That intro was the saddest thing ever. *gives young!Ned a giant hug* And they they follow it up with ghost horses and Olive trying to cover her cleavage (on which more below). And that's why this show is awesome.
- The rhyming was cute a first. It stopped being cute after a while. Luckily they seemed to realize that about three sentences later, and it was heard no more.
- Heh, Olive. "I scream, you scream, we all scream 'you faked your death.'" I do love that this show is not shy about being a serial.
- *snort* Exploding heads! With feathers!
- I love all the decorations Chuck is putting up. Very cool. Oh, and Olive's constant snarking about how Ned hates Halloween, heh.
- So, awkwardness! Was wondering if they'd ever talk about how they haven't seen each other since they were ten and all that. Or, well, not talk about it, in this case.
- ...I can totally see Olive as a jockey.
- "Consider it in escrow...between my thighs." Emerson, I love you.
- Olive's hair looks fabulous in this episode. Except maybe not in the flashbacks. But the short hair is styled much better than it was in earlier episodes.
- Okay, Ned and Chuck are sitting way too close for comfort in that booth. One stray elbow and it's all over. (Oh, but look, they have a book dividing their hips. Hee.)
- Emerson's conversation with Olive's money was golden. (Speaking of which, bwah! to his eager reaction to "She buried All the Gold...")
- I imagine the cast had a hard time not saying "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" each time they had to say that guy's name. It's now in my head, sadly.
- "Jock Off 2000." It amazes me what this show gets away with at 7 PM.
- Awww, Digby has a costume! That somehow makes this whole flashback even more pathetic and Charlie Brownish.
- The dead jockey's mom's house is even more Burtony than all the other houses they've had on this show. (And the time-lapse CGI of Ned's old house falling to rack and ruin had me thinking of Helena Bonham Carter's character's house in Big Fish.)
- Awww, Lily. So combative.
- Okay, I about busted a gut at Olive's cringing attempt to hide her cleavage after John's mother's comments. BWAH! Yay for the writers making fun of the conspicuous display of her assets that's been going on for the past several weeks.
- Heh, poor scared Ned. Loved the look he darted at the parrot. (I know have an urge to write fic about the neighborhood's perception of the aunts as witches.)
- Vivian, you are so hilariously inappropriate.
- Did Lily just smile?
- Vivian and Ned's conversation in the foyer was the bit that made me cry, BTW. I think Vivian talking about how she sometimes puts pillows under Chuck's bedclothes and pretends she's still there, sleeping, was what did me in. Awww, Vivian! Awww, Ned! *smooshes* Although the sadness was cut for a brief moment of horror that she was coming onto him, but thankfully they did not go there. (Yet, anyway.) I do hope there's lots more interaction between Ned and the aunts.
- Emerson, thank you for your sarcasm ("I missed you too!"). So necessary after that scene with the aunts. (Also to cut the glurg between Ned and Chuck, but that goes without saying.)
- Hee, girly bonding!
- What the hell kind of ambulance is that in the flashback? That took the quirk factor up several notches.
- Olive: *raises hint stick* Chuck: *ducks*
- Yay, more pretty rooftop scenery! And it has the beehives!
- "Like a hypoglycemic werewolf!" I don't know why, but that line just cracked me up.
- Totally called that it was his mother about a minute before they did. I liked that it was her, but I was bored with the bog standard evil-villain-bent-on-revenge speech they stuck her with.
- "Ow, my ankle!" *snerk* And they acknowledge not only the excessive cleavage, but the excessive high heels. Go, writers!
- "I love you, shovel." *giggle*
- Whoopsie-daisy. Might not want to let Chuck get an eyeful of that. ...And then he drops her. Heh. But oh yes, I can see how his being ale to save her here is going to set up the next episode, at least if the preview is to be believed.
- Poor Olive. Much as I love you, you should probably just give up now.
- "I'll get my gun." / "And I'll get the candy bowl!" I LOVE THE AUNTS.
- Awww. *sniff*
...I think only this show could make the Halloween-themed episode all sad and bittersweet. Plus, you know, bizarre, with the horse race and the horse bones and all. But mostly kind of melancholy.
I get the impression they're going to milk the dramatic tension of the aunts not knowing the full story, and Olive not knowing much more of it, for a few more weeks, but then I think they might actually provide some payoff before years go by, which would be awesome.
Next episode (damn you, CMAs, for prempting my show!) looks...awkward. Please don't let it be awkward. Or rather, let it be the funny kind of awkward, rather than the cringing, make-it-be-over-soon kind of awkward.
After seeing the ads for it tonight, I might have to watch this weeks Ugly Betty. Wicked...?
