It seems that, once again, I've been overloaded with work and I couldn't post those reviews. Sorry for this. Here is my review of "Pushing Daisies" - finally!

I've always liked Lee Pace acting and always imagined that he may have a shot a becoming a great actor, but I never thought that he would get his chance and certainly not the chance to try a role like the one he got on ABC Pushing Daisies. The show concept is quite interesting. What is surprising, to me at least, is that you don't have the feeling of watching a TV show. Instead, you have the feeling of watching a very good children movie. All the show environment is simply wonderful (it looks nicer that what they had for "Alice in Wonderland"). It's like reading a children book with all those wonderful pictures in your thought while you're reading it. But normally, this would be quite awful to watch on TV, but not with that show. You quickly understand what it's all about and you know why it has to be in this dreamy/childish environment. Its the story of a young boy, who finds out that he has a gift. He can revive those who are dead. But like in any story, it has a bad side. If he brings someone (or something) back to life for more than one minute, somebody else will die. But there is another twist to this gift. If the person he brought back to life touch him again, she will die instantly.

The gift and his consequences are quickly understood by the viewers, when we see Ned reviving his mother. The first sign of the bad side happens when the father of Ned's first love dies suddenly. But the same night, Ned mother comes and kisses him and she dies --again. both Ned and his love loses someone that day. The love and complicity of both character is amazing to watch during the whole show and one of my favorite show ever is when both kids are kissing each other, on a hill, during sunset, with both parents being buried in the background. It's absolutely fantastic to watch this scene.

But with all this happening, Ned finds himself alone. Charlotte 'Chuck' ants have taking her inside their home and she will never meet Ned again.. Or so we thought (frankly we all know they will meet again, which is a bit cheap but after all, the story must go on). Ned grows up and starts his own business. He decides to make pies for a living. But when he thought his life was all planned out, a private detective finds out his gift and uses him to revive murdered people. By doing this, the PD gains the reward by finding the murderers.

One day, Emerson Cod (the PD, played by Chi McBride) comes and tells Ned that they have a job. They must find the murderer of a lady who died during a cruise. Guess who it is? Yes, it's "chuck." Ned's first and only love. After Ned revives her and finds out the most he can about her death, he can't resign himself to kill her. So somebody dies! But we don't care about him since it's a bad guy.. frankly.. that's a cheap exit. I think it would have been much more strong to show that an innocent person died because he didn't used his power properly when he make that choice.. but that's only me.

So, to summarize the end, find the killer and she now lives with him knowing that they both will never be able to touch each other. The last few minutes are a bit boring. It's probably the weakest part of the show since it doesn't give you that much to care about for the next episode. They could have added some kind of intrigue or continuation but it's quite a good show anyway. Hopefully, ABC won't cancel it for no reason.

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