Couch Night #4
Pushing Daisies Finale
(June 13, ABC)
‘Member this gem of a show, once upon a time universally hailed by critics? Uh, yeah — well, say goodbye! After the June 13 series finale (which caps off a pointless three-episode return from a five-month hiatus), Pushing Daisies goes the way of shows like Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks and Andy Richter Controls the Universe: the great-but-unwatched cemetery. Ironically, ABC had enough of playing its own version of a life-reviving piemaker, but at least the network allowed for one last hurrah (before rumors of a Daisies movie begin in earnest). So expect maximum morbidity in this finale — with, of course, the levity of cuteness between Ned (Lee Pace) and Chuck (Anna Friel).
KEEP READING: A Very, Um, Well-Proportioned Night on HBO!