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Pushing Daisies: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy

Elliott McQuoddy hires Emerson to investigate the death of his mother Nora, a lighthouse keeper found harpooned to death on her own light.


6.6/10 (13 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 2x9
Production Number: 3T7059
Airdate: Wednesday December 10th, 2008


Alternate Airdates:

UK (ITV1) Mar 27, 2009

Guest Stars
Josh RandallJosh Randall
As Charles Charles
Recurring
Sammi HanrattySammi Hanratty
As Young Chuck
Recurring
Perry AnzilottiPerry Anzilotti
As Augustus Papen
Alexander GouldAlexander Gould
As Elliot McQuoddy
David KoechnerDavid Koechner
As Merle McQuoddy
Mary Kay PlaceMary Kay Place
As Annabelle Vandersloop

Co-Guest Stars
Leyna NguyenLeyna Nguyen
As News Anchor
Recurring
Main Cast
Lee PaceLee Pace
As Ned
Anna FrielAnna Friel
As Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
Chi McBrideChi McBride
As Emerson Cod
Jim Dale (1)Jim Dale (1)
voiced Narrator
Ellen Greene (1)Ellen Greene (1)
As Vivian Charles
Swoosie KurtzSwoosie Kurtz
As Lily Charles
Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth
As Olive Snook

Recap

As a child, Chuck and her father Charles Charles played desert adventurer and talked of exploring the world. However, when he died their dreams came to nothing...

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Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Helen Reddy / Kristin ChenowethCandle on the Waterthe lighthouse cocktail hour demonstration


Episode Quotes
Lily: Damn it! And we are spittin’ pissed at being served up a steaming plate of door!
Vivian: I don’t get pissed. A gypsy once told me it brings on hemorrhoids.

(hugging Ned)
Chuck: I’ll let you breathe in a minute, I promise.
Ned: I’m good.

Ned: Are we together?
Chuck: Mmm. We’re so gethered, electrons couldn’t get between us.

Emerson: Well, hate to be a bitch, but ain’t no way in the world I’m taking this case.

Emerson: So, make it look like an accident. Trip over an Ottoman and Dick Van Dyke that ass.

Emerson: Mrs. McQuoddy? Present conditions are cold, rainy, with a 100% chance that “you’re dead.”

Emerson: Oh, Hell, we got a melty mouth.

Gus: Such a depressing word, “diorama.” It has “die” in it. I like “rama.”

Annabelle: One can never add enough glitter to a husband’s memory.

Narrator: As the tide turned for the Pie Maker, a turn of the tide allowed Emerson Cod and Olive Snook to turn their investigation to a sea cave.

Chuck: But it’s just a normal father/daughter/daughter’s boyfriend dynamic.
Ned: It’s not.
Chuck: Why not? Because he’s been dead for 20 years? Just… pretend he’s been in a coma.

Charles: Come with me, Button. Pie is… simple. It’s limited. Just a bit of… pastry and filling. Cake is complex. Layered with treasures waiting to be discovered.

Emerson: Shut the a capella up.

Olive: You were getting down with the diorama dame.
Gus: I damned that dame every time she made an advance.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorBryan Fuller (1)
Executive ProducerBarry Sonnenfeld  |  Bruce Cohen  |  Bryan Fuller (1)  |  Dan Jinks  |  Peter Ocko
Co-Executive ProducerLawrence Trilling  |  Gretchen J. Berg  |  Aaron Harberts
ProducerDylan K. Massin  |  Davey Holmes (1)  |  Scott Nimerfro
Co-ProducerLivia Hanich
Consulting ProducerDouglas Petrie
Production DesignerMichael Wylie
EditorLisa Lassek
CastingJennifer Lare  |  Camille H. Patton
Unit Production ManagerDouglas S. Ornstein
First Assistant DirectorMelissa V. Barnes
Second Assistant DirectorSean D. Whitler
MusicJames Dooley
Music EditorTom Trafalski
Costume DesignerRobert Blackman
HairstylistDaniel Curet
Make-upTodd McIntosh
Set DecoratorHalina Siwolop
Property MasterJeffrey Paul Johnson (1)
Supervising Sound EditorChristopher Harvengt
Re-Recording MixerB. Tennyson Sebastian III  |  Michael C. Casper
OtherFrancie Brown (Ms. Friel's Dialect Coach)
Director of PhotographyMichael Weaver (2)
Story EditorDara Resnik Creasey  |  Chad Gomez Creasey
Sound MixerEdward L. Moskowitz
Executive Story EditorKatherine Lingenfelter
Costume SupervisorCarol Kunz
Visual Effects SupervisorWilliam Powloski
Visual Effects ProducerElizabeth Castro
 
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