[PDS] Frescorts

TV Programme: Pushing Daisies
Season: 2
Episode: 4
Date I watched this episode: 10/10/2009
Time since I last watched this programme: 1 day.

Well, after all that, the whole "Lily is Chuck's mother" thing was largely ignored in this episode, with only a slight reference towards the beginning. Instead, the episode focussed on repairing Ned and Chuck's fractured relationship, while taking Chuck and Olive's friendship out of the honeymoon period and into the real world.

It also focussed for pretty much the first time ever on Emerson Cod. We got a small insight into Emerson's past, though it didn't serve to fully explain him. The presence of his mother helped to move this along, and she was a complex, well-constructed character, which is somewhat unusual for this show. I didn't see it coming that she had orchestrated this whole thing, and after a couple of beautiful scenes between them, they can now move on to a new stage in their mother/son relationship.

The story of this episode came together in a more elegant way than normal. A lot of the stuff which Joe said didn't make sense at first, but gradually did. The idea of frescorts was quite cool, and Ned and Chuck were able to do some real good for the clients at the end. Having said that, Randy was an utterly pointless and annoying character, and the rather odd sport-based ending was not really in-keeping with the rest of the episode; it didn't feel like a good way to wrap up the story.

Going forward, Ned/Chuck/Olive have opened a new chapter and will now be able to move forward, possibly focussing on some other and more interesting storylines. This episode was the best of the season so far, but that isn't saying much.