Pushing Daisies 2.1: "Bzzzzt!"
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icepixieI'd forgotten how much I missed this show. And, let's face it, Lee Pace, who was adorable this week. And the aunts, who were more mysterious than usual this week.
Possibly I've been grading freshman papers for too long and my meter for this kind of thing is shot, but I thought the way they tied together Lily and Vivian getting out of the house, Betty's faked colony collapse, Olive's new home at the convent, and Ned and Chuck expanding their home rather than collapsing it together was quite nice. (Plus, dude, the getting-a-separate-apartment thing was needed like a year ago. I mean, if they won't wear, you know, clothing...)
- Lest we forget how depressing this show can be...
- Jingle slippers!
-"Bee by bee, Ned and Chuck built a home together." Awwww.
- "wear less clothes." Argh. Fewer, dammit.
- "You've already got me shucked like an ear of corn." *snicker* And Chuck is, for no apparent reason, in some kind of bustier and high-heeled getup...
- Yay CGI people!
- YAY dead roaches! Woot!
- Ooof. I'd forgotten how blinding Emerson's shirts are.
- "She wasn't using proper nouns." *snerk*
- "...and I do accept credit cards." Of course you do, Emerson.
- Oh, the set people had FUN this time around.
- "Beemobile"
- "I told you not to turn her over." *giggle*
- "She was thirty-eight, which rounds up to forty which rounds up to fifty which rounds up to old." Ouch.
- Chuck's dress for the interview might be her best one yet. (Although the beehive hairdo for her first day was a mistake.)
- Is this the first time they've actually had customers in the pie shop?
- Heh, so this is where the hump comes in. My heart was in my throat before the reveal of Chuck's former seat spinning.
- I do feel for Olive here. She's in a sucktacular position. I'd have probably thrown a fit by now too.
- Buses are too intimate. Vivian's absolutely right.
- Okay, I laughed a whooole lot at the random Sound of Music homage. I don't understand why it's there, and I hope it does come to something, but I can live with it being there just for the sake of being there. But good on them for not letting the Lily-is-Chuck's-mother thing lapse, and OMG, she stole the father from Vivian! No wonder she drinks.
- "That would almost be poetic if it didn't suck so much."
-"I'm sure it's teeming with fungus and microscopic bugs that feed on human skin, but she was fond of it."
-"Like a gym membership!" *hearts Olive*
- "Unless you're telling me flibbertigibit is a title of respect." Oh, please tell me there's more of a musical number planned.
- "And by cabbage patch I mean your ladyparts." Olive gets the best lines.
- So whatever city everyone lives in is only thirty-nine miles from Salzburg?
- Awwww, Emerson. We haven't forgotten you have a kid too.
- DUN DUN DUN! So wait, who didn't have something mentioned in regards to their parents or children this week? I think that might be Olive. Let me guess, Vivian is actually her mother.
Possibly I've been grading freshman papers for too long and my meter for this kind of thing is shot, but I thought the way they tied together Lily and Vivian getting out of the house, Betty's faked colony collapse, Olive's new home at the convent, and Ned and Chuck expanding their home rather than collapsing it together was quite nice. (Plus, dude, the getting-a-separate-apartment thing was needed like a year ago. I mean, if they won't wear, you know, clothing...)
- Lest we forget how depressing this show can be...
- Jingle slippers!
-"Bee by bee, Ned and Chuck built a home together." Awwww.
- "wear less clothes." Argh. Fewer, dammit.
- "You've already got me shucked like an ear of corn." *snicker* And Chuck is, for no apparent reason, in some kind of bustier and high-heeled getup...
- Yay CGI people!
- YAY dead roaches! Woot!
- Ooof. I'd forgotten how blinding Emerson's shirts are.
- "She wasn't using proper nouns." *snerk*
- "...and I do accept credit cards." Of course you do, Emerson.
- Oh, the set people had FUN this time around.
- "Beemobile"
- "I told you not to turn her over." *giggle*
- "She was thirty-eight, which rounds up to forty which rounds up to fifty which rounds up to old." Ouch.
- Chuck's dress for the interview might be her best one yet. (Although the beehive hairdo for her first day was a mistake.)
- Is this the first time they've actually had customers in the pie shop?
- Heh, so this is where the hump comes in. My heart was in my throat before the reveal of Chuck's former seat spinning.
- I do feel for Olive here. She's in a sucktacular position. I'd have probably thrown a fit by now too.
- Buses are too intimate. Vivian's absolutely right.
- Okay, I laughed a whooole lot at the random Sound of Music homage. I don't understand why it's there, and I hope it does come to something, but I can live with it being there just for the sake of being there. But good on them for not letting the Lily-is-Chuck's-mother thing lapse, and OMG, she stole the father from Vivian! No wonder she drinks.
- "That would almost be poetic if it didn't suck so much."
-"I'm sure it's teeming with fungus and microscopic bugs that feed on human skin, but she was fond of it."
-"Like a gym membership!" *hearts Olive*
- "Unless you're telling me flibbertigibit is a title of respect." Oh, please tell me there's more of a musical number planned.
- "And by cabbage patch I mean your ladyparts." Olive gets the best lines.
- So whatever city everyone lives in is only thirty-nine miles from Salzburg?
- Awwww, Emerson. We haven't forgotten you have a kid too.
- DUN DUN DUN! So wait, who didn't have something mentioned in regards to their parents or children this week? I think that might be Olive. Let me guess, Vivian is actually her mother.
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Date: 2008-10-02 11:21 pm (UTC)He has the most awkward body language IN THE UNIVERSE. I LOVE IT.
- Lest we forget how depressing this show can be...
The Chuck's-zombie-dad thing being played for giggles instead of tragedy threw me a bit...
- Jingle slippers!
SO CUTE.
- "wear less clothes." Argh. Fewer, dammit.
I'm impressed that you can remember grammar when presented with a half-naked Lee Pace. I suppose that's the sort of thing they give you a Ph.D for. (Strangest thesis defense ever?)
And Chuck is, for no apparent reason, in some kind of bustier and high-heeled getup...
I think most of Chuck's sartorial decisions fall into the "for no apparent reason" category...
- Is this the first time they've actually had customers in the pie shop?
There were customers around when Alfonso arrived, no?
- I do feel for Olive here. She's in a sucktacular position. I'd have probably thrown a fit by now too.
That tiny primal scream of hers was amazing. I thought her head was going to turn inside out.
- Buses are too intimate. Vivian's absolutely right.
Word.
- "And by cabbage patch I mean your ladyparts." Olive gets the best lines.
Kristin Chenoweth killed me ded this week.
Hooray for October!
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Date: 2008-10-02 11:41 pm (UTC)WORD.
Is this the first time they've actually had customers in the pie shop?
Naw -- remember the espresso guy? I wonder if he's coming back.
OMG, she stole the father from Vivian!
I'm still trying to work this out. If Vivian's fiance is Chuck's father, then how the crap is Vivian Chuck's aunt?
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Date: 2008-10-03 02:02 am (UTC)YES.
The Chuck's-zombie-dad thing being played for giggles instead of tragedy threw me a bit...
Well, yes.
I'm impressed that you can remember grammar when presented with a half-naked Lee Pace.
Eh. I think his clothes actually might make him more adorable, for some reason.
I suppose that's the sort of thing they give you a Ph.D for. (Strangest thesis defense ever?)
...new dissertation topic!
I think most of Chuck's sartorial decisions fall into the "for no apparent reason" category...
This could be said of all the females on the show...
There were customers around when Alfonso arrived, no?
Were there? All I remember is him sitting alone and forlorn.
That tiny primal scream of hers was amazing. I thought her head was going to turn inside out.
I actually had to turn off the sound about three second into it. Girl can screech.
Kristin Chenoweth killed me ded this week.
Yay Olive!
Hooray for October!
*does a little dance* If only midterms didn't fall right in the middle of it...
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Date: 2008-10-03 02:08 am (UTC)Thank you.
Naw -- remember the espresso guy?
Like I said above, all I remember is him sitting alone and lovesick. Although...maybe when he was shwoing off his herbal crack case? I think I might remember customers in the background there.
I wonder if he's coming back.
He better be, is all I have to say. I love Alfredo. (Raul Esparza is currently in a revival of Speed the Plow along wiht Jeremy Pivin [aka Cupid] on Broadway, so I guess shceduling might be tough...but they can fly him out to LA for a weekend of filming, dammit!)
I'm still trying to work this out. If Vivian's fiance is Chuck's father, then how the crap is Vivian Chuck's aunt?
Maybe there's a third sister who died at just the right time and they're pretending she was Chuck's mother? Because yeah, you're right; genetically she is Chuck's aunt, but if she doesn't know Lily's the mother, then she doesn't know that. Hmmm.
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Date: 2008-10-03 02:22 am (UTC)They are excellent. But clothes or no, that man is beautiful, and I could look at him all day.
This could be said of all the females on the show...
Plus Emerson!
Were there? All I remember is him sitting alone and forlorn.
Wasn't she wooshing around with a coffee pot, filling a bunch of different orders and ignoring him a lot?
I want to be the costume designer in charge of making Lily's multitude of matching eyepatches. Nun!patches, yay!
*joins you in your little dance*
muahahaha midterms!
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Date: 2008-10-03 02:26 am (UTC)That's his name! I knew it reminded me of sauce!
I demand more televised Jeremy Piven.
Maybe there's a third sister who died at just the right time and they're pretending she was Chuck's mother?
I guess I always assumed they were the sisters of Chuck's father? Maybe they used that as a disguise, and they aren't really the sisters of either of her parents.
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Date: 2008-10-03 02:59 am (UTC)Perhaps his middle name is Pesto.
I demand more televised Jeremy Piven.
Indeed.
I guess I always assumed they were the sisters of Chuck's father?
But if Vivian was engaged to him, that's...kind of oogy.
Maybe they used that as a disguise, and they aren't really the sisters of either of her parents.
Perhaps so. (Well except that technically Vivian is the sister of one of her parents. BUT ANYWAY. I just hope it doesn't turn out that Ned and Chuck are somehow related.)
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Date: 2008-10-03 03:00 am (UTC)He is very pretty.
Plus Emerson!
...Good point.
Wasn't she wooshing around with a coffee pot, filling a bunch of different orders and ignoring him a lot?
Now that you mention it, that is familiar.
I want to be the costume designer in charge of making Lily's multitude of matching eyepatches. Nun!patches, yay!
Bwahaha! Yes!
muahahaha midterms!
*glares at midterms*
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Date: 2008-10-03 04:10 am (UTC)His parents were full of evil. And pasta.
But if Vivian was engaged to him, that's...kind of oogy.
No no, I'm saying *before* we found that out, and that sisters-of-Chuck!dad was a sham all along, made up when Chuck!dad died and the "aunts" swooped in. I'm just wondering how Chuck!dad ended up with custody in the first place...
Well except that technically Vivian is the sister of one of her parents. BUT ANYWAY.
Er. ANYWAY.
I just hope it doesn't turn out that Ned and Chuck are somehow related.)
Wait, what? Noooooo! They CANNOT Luke'n'Leia them! Ned has spent way too much time staring at her bustier for that to be anything but horrifying.
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Date: 2008-10-03 06:20 pm (UTC)I'm saying *before* we found that out, and that sisters-of-Chuck!dad was a sham all along, made up when Chuck!dad died and the "aunts" swooped in.
Maybe Lily, the fiance, and Chuck's official mother were all pretending to apprentice at a cheese shop in Europe together, and the official mother is the missing third sister? And the missing third sister... really did die in not-Europe?
Also: you know, I think there's an argument to be made for 'less clothes.' If we can accept 'clothespin' as a reasonable noun-adjunct/noun compound word, then we're implicitly accepting 'clothes' as a collective noun, so we can treat it as innumerable for grammatical purposes. It's still not ideal, though.
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Date: 2008-10-04 12:11 am (UTC)I dunno, but this show's got some splainin' to do...
Wait, what? Noooooo! They CANNOT Luke'n'Leia them! Ned has spent way too much time staring at her bustier for that to be anything but horrifying.
...Just for that, watch them go there. Because Bryan Fuller can, in fact, be evil.
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Date: 2008-10-04 12:18 am (UTC)This is starting to sound like a Chekov play mixed with Shakespeare mixed with a soap opera.
Also: you know, I think there's an argument to be made for 'less clothes.' If we can accept 'clothespin' as a reasonable noun-adjunct/noun compound word, then we're implicitly accepting 'clothes' as a collective noun, so we can treat it as innumerable for grammatical purposes.
No. No, we cannot accept it. It is grating and horrible and no, I will not accept it at all. *grrrr*
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Date: 2008-10-04 12:52 am (UTC)ETA: Hi, I concentrate on the important things, really. Heh. But, I looked it up on IMDB and yes it is. HA!
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Date: 2008-10-04 04:19 am (UTC)OMG IT WAS!!!
I had no idea. Now that I know, I recognize her, but wow.
On rewatching, I also noticed that Ned's boxers have bees printed on them. Bwah!