Digging Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Bad Habits” Written by Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts Directed by Peter O’Fallon Relaxing in the sunshine of a Tuscan-looking convent courtyard, novitiate Olive Snook is communing with her truffle-snuffing work partner, the pig named Digby. They’ve had a long day searching out and harvesting the delicacy, which forms a large part of the convent’s revenue. How surprised they are, then, when the director of truffle operations, Sister LaRue, plummets to her death from a bell tower directly in front of them. Olive calls in her…
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Pushing Daisies: “Circus, Circus!”
Send in the Clowns Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Circus, Circus!” Written by Peter Ocko Directed by Lawrence Trilling There are three major ingredients in Pushing Daisies: the witty dialogue, the quirky characters, and the eye-popping locations for each story. A distant fourth would be the murder mystery that this alleged forensic show is supposed to be solving every week. So far, most of the series has consisted of tweaking one of the three major ingredients, usually the location. In this week’s episode, Pushing Daisies ran away to the Big Top. While it would seem to…