Home > Pushing Daisies > Season 2 « TV Series Page Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (2008 - 2009) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Season 2 Pushing Daisies Critics Consensus Pushing Daisies' tawdry quirks continue to bloom in a deliciously inventive second season that rises to the high bar set by its predecessor. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 21 97% Audience Score User Ratings: 130 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Bzzzzzzzzz! Air date: Oct 1, 2008 In the second season premiere, Chuck goes undercover as a "Bee Girl" at a honey-based cosmetics company after their new spokesmodel (guest star AUTUMN REESER - "The O.C.") is stung to death. Chuck soon discovers that office politics are killer -- literally -- between the founder, Betty Bee (guest star MISSI PYLE - "Boston Legal," "Heroes") and the new owner, Woolsey Nicholls (guest star FRENCH STEWART - "3rd Rock from the Sun," "The Closer"). Meanwhile, Ned can't stand Chuck's growing independence -- or the fact that she wants to move out of his apartment. And Lily spirits Olive off to a nunnery so she won't spill Lily's deep, dark secret. More 2 Circus Circus Air date: Oct 8, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson search for a missing teen, Nikki Heaps (guest star HAYLEY McFARLAND - "Gilmore Girls," "ER"), who has run off to the circus a circus where people keep turning up dead. Meanwhile, overcome with guilt, Lily pays Olive a visit at the nunnery. Recurring guest star DIANA SCARWID ("Wonderfalls," "Truman" "What Lies Beneath") appears as Mother Superior. More 3 Bad Habits Air date: Oct 15, 2008 Chuck, Emerson and Ned go undercover as a Catholic nun and priests and pass themselves off as investigators from the Vatican to help Olive prove that her best pal at the nunnery, Sister Larue (MO COLLINS - "MADtv"), didn't kill herself, but was actually murdered. More 4 Frescorts Air date: Oct 22, 2008 When a popular escort at a rent-a-friend agency turns up dead, his antisocial roommate (DAVID ARQUETTE - "Scream" films) is a suspect. DEBRA MOONEY guest stars as Emerson's mom. More 5 Dim Sum Lose Some Air date: Oct 29, 2008 Ned is startled when the mysterious Dwight Dixon (recurring guest star STEPHEN ROOT - "NewsRadio," "The West Wing") claims to be an old friend of his father's. More 6 Oh Oh OhIt's Magic Air date: Nov 19, 2008 Ned agrees to help a magician (FRED WILLARD) whose animal assistants are being killed. And Dwight Dixon (STEPHEN ROOT) works himself into the aunts' lives, but Lily is suspicious. More 7 Robbing Hood Air date: Nov 26, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson investigate the case of a dead millionaire (SHELLEY BERMAN - "Boston Legal," "Curb Your Enthusiasm"). Dwight Dixon (STEPHEN ROOT) romances a clueless Vivian. More 8 Comfort Food Air date: Dec 3, 2008 Chuck turns to Emerson for help dealing with the consequences of her actions, and Ned and Olive compete at a murderous comfort food cook-off. More 9 The Legend of Merle McQuoddy Air date: Dec 10, 2008 Ned and Chuck deal with the traumatic return of someone from their past. Emerson and Olive investigate the odd death of a lighthouse keeper. MARY KAY PLACE guest stars. More 10 The Norwegians Air date: Dec 17, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson meet their match with a team of Norwegian detectives, who may discover all of their secrets. ORLANDO JONES guest stars as Magnus Olsdatter. More Show More Episodes Pushing Daisies: Season 2 Photos View All Photos (12) Tv Season Info Nominated for 12 Emmy® Awards its first season, the visually stunning Pushing Daisies, is back for another season of unprecedented romance, crime procedure and high-concept fantasy. Genre: Comedy Network: ABC Premiere Date: Oct 1, 2008 Creator: Bryan Fuller Exec. Producers: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Barry Sonnenfeld, Bryan Fuller, Peter Ocko Cast Lee Pace as Ned Anna Friel as Chuck Chi McBride as Emerson Ellen Greene as Vivian Swoosie Kurtz as Lily Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Field Cate as Young Ned Jim Dale Stephen Root as Dwight Dixon Diana Scarwid as Mother Superior David Arquette as Randy Mann Christine Adams as Simone Hundin Sammi Hanratty as Young Chuck Steven Wash Jr. as Young Emerson Alex Miller as Maurice Alex Miller (II) as Maurice Graham Miller as Ralston Debra Mooney as Calista Cod Fred Willard as The Great Herrmann Autumn Reeser as Kentucky Fitz Ethan Phillips as Daniel Hill Michael Weaver as Nils Nicole Greenwood as Ms. Moss Nora Dunn as Doris Missi Pyle as Betty Bee Kristen Olson as Nora McQuoddy Richard Benjamin as Jerry Wendie Malick as Coral Rachael Harris as Georgeann Heaps Hayes MacArthur as Buddy Shelley Berman as Gustav Beth Grant as Marianne Marie Beetle Samantha Bailey as Young Olive Daeg Faerch as Ingmar Casey Weiant as Randi Jean Jennifer Elise Cox as Elise Mary Kay Place as Annabelle Vandersloop Francesca P. Roberts as Amelia Stingwell George Segal as Buster Josh Hopkins as Shane Trickle French Stewart as Woolsey Nicholls Dana Davis as Barb Eric Stonestreet as Leo Burns Orlando Jones as Magnus Olsdatter Theo Alexander as Pierre Mae Hi as La Di Ting Ivana Milicevic as Hedda Wayne Wilderson as Wendell Featherstone Fred Williamson as Roland Stingwell Joey Slotnick as Jimmy Neptune Michael Hitchcock as Father Ed Tim Bagley as Col. Likkin David Koechner as Merle McQuoddy Jamison Yang as Tam Phong Patrick Fischler as Waffle Nazi Mary K. DeVault as Sister Mary Christina Joshua LeBar as Joe Ping Wu as Bao Willie Garson as Dick Dicker Wilson Cruz as Sid Tango Peter Cambor as Dusty Fitz Lee Arenberg as Bailey Danny Comden as Rob Wright Alexander Gould as Elliot McQuoddy Nicholas Khayyat as Eugene Gina Torres as Lila Robinson Alexandra Barreto as Veronica Villanueva Hayley McFarland as Nikki Heaps Mo Collins as Sister Larue Andrea Lui as Mei Leyna Nguyen as News Anchor Sam Pancake as Denny Downs Matt Winston as Michael Brunt Michael McDonald as Galveston Gus Googy Gress as Von Deenis Graham McTavish as Hansel Von Getz Robert Picardo as Det. Puget Phil Abrams as Dr. Eugene Halifax Blake Kushi as Rubbie Constance Zimmer as Coco Mackenzie Smith as Young Lily (5 years old) Avery Stevens as Young Lily (11 years old) Sy Richardson as Coroner Jackie Harris as De Jong Diana Costa as Mother Snook Ron Yuan as Shrimp Boy Rachel Cannon as Erin Robin Gwynne as Customer Marc Raducci as Father Snook Giselle Gail Gaines as Young Vivian (6 years old) Michael C. Alexander as Customer No. 1 Allen C. Liu as Perry Teddy Chen Culver as Busboy Ellery Sprayberry as Young Olive Mark Povinelli as Small Person Chao Li Chi as Hua Jaing Show More Cast Episodes 1 Bzzzzzzzzz! Air date: Oct 1, 2008 In the second season premiere, Chuck goes undercover as a "Bee Girl" at a honey-based cosmetics company after their new spokesmodel (guest star AUTUMN REESER - "The O.C.") is stung to death. Chuck soon discovers that office politics are killer -- literally -- between the founder, Betty Bee (guest star MISSI PYLE - "Boston Legal," "Heroes") and the new owner, Woolsey Nicholls (guest star FRENCH STEWART - "3rd Rock from the Sun," "The Closer"). Meanwhile, Ned can't stand Chuck's growing independence -- or the fact that she wants to move out of his apartment. And Lily spirits Olive off to a nunnery so she won't spill Lily's deep, dark secret. More 2 Circus Circus Air date: Oct 8, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson search for a missing teen, Nikki Heaps (guest star HAYLEY McFARLAND - "Gilmore Girls," "ER"), who has run off to the circus a circus where people keep turning up dead. Meanwhile, overcome with guilt, Lily pays Olive a visit at the nunnery. Recurring guest star DIANA SCARWID ("Wonderfalls," "Truman" "What Lies Beneath") appears as Mother Superior. More 3 Bad Habits Air date: Oct 15, 2008 Chuck, Emerson and Ned go undercover as a Catholic nun and priests and pass themselves off as investigators from the Vatican to help Olive prove that her best pal at the nunnery, Sister Larue (MO COLLINS - "MADtv"), didn't kill herself, but was actually murdered. More 4 Frescorts Air date: Oct 22, 2008 When a popular escort at a rent-a-friend agency turns up dead, his antisocial roommate (DAVID ARQUETTE - "Scream" films) is a suspect. DEBRA MOONEY guest stars as Emerson's mom. More 5 Dim Sum Lose Some Air date: Oct 29, 2008 Ned is startled when the mysterious Dwight Dixon (recurring guest star STEPHEN ROOT - "NewsRadio," "The West Wing") claims to be an old friend of his father's. More 6 Oh Oh OhIt's Magic Air date: Nov 19, 2008 Ned agrees to help a magician (FRED WILLARD) whose animal assistants are being killed. And Dwight Dixon (STEPHEN ROOT) works himself into the aunts' lives, but Lily is suspicious. More 7 Robbing Hood Air date: Nov 26, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson investigate the case of a dead millionaire (SHELLEY BERMAN - "Boston Legal," "Curb Your Enthusiasm"). Dwight Dixon (STEPHEN ROOT) romances a clueless Vivian. More 8 Comfort Food Air date: Dec 3, 2008 Chuck turns to Emerson for help dealing with the consequences of her actions, and Ned and Olive compete at a murderous comfort food cook-off. More 9 The Legend of Merle McQuoddy Air date: Dec 10, 2008 Ned and Chuck deal with the traumatic return of someone from their past. Emerson and Olive investigate the odd death of a lighthouse keeper. MARY KAY PLACE guest stars. More 10 The Norwegians Air date: Dec 17, 2008 Ned, Chuck and Emerson meet their match with a team of Norwegian detectives, who may discover all of their secrets. ORLANDO JONES guest stars as Magnus Olsdatter. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Pushing Daisies Season 2 All Critics (21) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (0) I admire this show - it's so original, and sequences such as the "Sound of Music" goof are right on. But I admire it more than I enjoy it. I find it hard to care about the emotional storylines, any more than I might care about, oh, Daffy Duck. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic "Pushing Daisies" is too much of a feast to not take a sweet and filling bite. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Alan Sepinwall Newark Star-Ledger Top Critic It still has the same problem, which is exactly where it can take itself, but the ride remains as delightful as the bright shiny colors with which the show lavishly decorates itself. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic I find it difficult to write about "Daisies" because it's just hard to quantify. Saying it is cute and funny and sweet isn't enough and probably makes it sound less-than-appealing to many readers. It's just good. Jun 14, 2018 | Full Review… Sarah Carlson Pajiba But was notable for the interplay between the established P.I. Emerson and his budding sidekick, Olive. The two had genuine chemistry, bouncing ideas (and chests) off each other. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Jeremy Medina Paste Magazine Building on the strong characters and quirky settings introduced in the first season, season two ambitiously delved into the characters' back stories, introducing us to several long-term storylines... Jun 13, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review… Dan Iverson IGN Movies I adore this show, its subtleties and nuances. I'm just not sure large numbers of other people get it and how clever it is, worryingly. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Mark Pickavance Den of Geek Bryan Fuller's script isn't exactly a thriller but it is perfect at bringing out all the colors and kookiness the show can muster. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Barry Garron Hollywood Reporter Top Critic The minute I watched Kristin deliver one of many long, convoluted monologues, I was hooked. Not gonna lie: The morbid subject matter, visual eye candy, and the handsome Lee Pace only helped to feed the addiction. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Diana Nguyen Refinery29 With great power comes great responsibility, and with a great premise came a great TV show full of a wonderful ensemble cast, oddball humor, and delicious-looking pies. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Dan Casey Nerdist View All Critic Reviews (21) Audience Reviews for Pushing Daisies: Season 2 Mar 08, 2019 Love this show. It's cute and fun with an interesting premise. It sucks that it only got two seasons T^T Feb 18, 2019 I wish there were more of this show. Sarah M Nov 11, 2018 More of the same mystery murders being solved by our group of unconventional people. Oct 29, 2016 Actually a 9.5/10. The tone felt a bit different from the first. The first season was more innocent, this season slightly darker. This season just overall felt a little different. I normally am a fan of something serial to move the plot along, but in this show's case, I thought it weighed it down. But this season also had a few episodes that I rated higher than the 7's the whole first season got, (the show as a whole is perfect, but you can't rate every episode 10/10) with the tenth episode "The Norwegians" scoring a 10! SPOILERS: Continuing with the negatives (makes me sad) that are mostly at the end of the season. The Norwegians ended with Ned's dad being shown (not gonna spoil everything) but not revealing his face FYI. The story was moving along well, and was very interesting. Then the next three episodes didn't address any of it. That bugged me. Then the final moments, about 10 minutes or less, of the last episode felt extremely rushed, like they were recorded during the break from christmas to summer. But, I can not say that I completely hated the ending, because it answers the question raised in the pilot...it just didn't really answer most of the other questions raised during the series. What makes it worse is that Bryan didn't tell us what would have happened because of his hopes for continuing it in some format, which haven't been successful. Andruw F Jan 11, 2016 Classic. Cancelled way too soon. Tod G Jun 03, 2015 i found the series to be too chearrful but it is a interesting consept George R May 08, 2015 Amazing show, amazing sets - just beautiful!!!! Ingrid W Feb 21, 2014 I did not even know about this show until recently and of course it is too late! Bummer! Tim C Feb 10, 2014 Loved it! Excellent cast and stunning costumes! Elizabeth W Jan 25, 2014 This show is absolutely gorgeous. The dialogue is well written and witty. It will forever be one of my favourites. Faith M See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! Best of Netflix Movies and shows to binge now More News & Features TOP HEADLINES 200 Essential Movies To Watch Now – Rotten Tomatoes The Best LGBT Movies on Netflix Right Now – Rotten Tomatoes 10 Great TV Shows That Failed in Their Final Seasons – Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes’ First Book Rotten Movies We Love is Out This October – Rotten Tomatoes Cannes 2019 Movie Scorecard – Rotten Tomatoes Your Full List of All Upcoming DC Movies – With Key Details – Rotten Tomatoes Major Awards Need to Stop Ignoring Incredible Horror Performances – Rotten Tomatoes 10 Killer Movie Marketing Campaigns – Rotten Tomatoes More Headlines View All Results Go back More trailers