Pushing Daisies (TV Series) Kerplunk (2009) User Reviews

thank you

[MacGyver2k · 8/10 · 11 March 2009]

i don't want to spoil anything, cause i think a lot of people haven't seen the last episode. this time it looks like Germany was getting the last episode a little earlier than the USA due to the cancellation.

all i am here is that i just wanted to thank everyone (even if it isn't the right place here ) for this last episode of pushing daisies. i actually didn't expect it would turn out to this nice ending after i've read about the cancellation and that the last episode couldn't be changed anymore.

keep on the good work in future project. thank you for this nice piece of pie.

A good way to end the series...but there was so much more they could have done....

[planktonrules · 10/10 · 29 May 2011]

Okay, I'll admit that if you had to end this wonderful series that this particular episode handled it very well. The only problem is...this meant a way too abortive ending to this magnificent show. So, while it was well done, I felt pretty wistful watching.

The show begins at a water show--much like the sort of one Chuck's aunts would have performed at years ago. In fact, as Ned, Emerson, Olive and Chuck enter the arena, they notice the aunts there--and hide. At the show, the team is called to action as the rivals of Aunts Vivian and Lily are attacked by a Great White Shark during their act--and one is eaten! Wendie Malick and Nora Dunn star as this rival team and the plot is, as usual, quite funny and gross. In particular, seeing Dunn eaten and later interviewed is pretty cool...and gross.

Unlike the normal episode for "Pushing Daisies", however, after the main plot is solved there is a lengthy epilogue in which most of the series dangling plot threads are tied together--very, very quickly. I liked the way they solved this but really would have preferred this occur slower. Plus, a few threads are STILL dangling--such as Ned's father and Chuck's runaway dead dad. Still, a MUST for fans of the series.

Lovely!

[treegast · 10/10 · 19 October 2021]

I absolutely adore this series! It is my all time most favorite show to share with new friends, neighbors, for personal comfort due to familiarity, and rewatching with my kids now that they're older. Everything is so absurdly campy and endearing. From the oversaturated colors and patterns, to the names of the businesses and places. The interactions and banter between the characters is so playfully enjoyable!

Pushing Daisies is a perfect balance of dark murder mysteries and vibrant colorful scenes and characters!

I am sincerely happy for the actors and crew who had the opportunity to participate in the creation of something so utterly delightful and to their personal and professional successes since then.

A must watch!

Enjoy!

A great but premature conclusion

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 7 March 2012]

It is a shame that this fine series ended after a mere twenty two episodes; at least it meant the series didn't go down hill like many series do. Being the finale this episode contains both the usual murder mystery and wraps up most of the various plot strands. Chuck's Aunts Lily and Vivian are trying to decide what to do for their late niece's half-birthday when Vivian spots and advert for the 'Aquacade'; the show that they were once part of and Chuck used to enjoy watching. They decide that they will go and see it. Meanwhile Ned wants to give Chuck a present so he decides that the two of them along with Olive and Ned should also go to the Aquacade. Before the show the aunts bump into their old rivals The Aquadolls; the reunion is not a happy one. During the show things don't go according to plan as one of the Aquadolls gets eaten by a great white shark that has been released from its pen. There are plenty of suspects of course but shockingly the dead woman names Vivian and Lily as her killers! When the show's owner invites the Aunts back to the show it gives everybody the opportunity the need to find out what really happened.

This was a great episode that had a fun mystery; murder by great white shark is a little surreal even for this show! The conclusion where things were wrapped up felt far too rushed although I'm glad we got a proper conclusion; so many shows just get cancelled without a proper ending. The ending (spoilers ahead) was a happy one; Chuck is reunited with her aunt and mother, Emerson's daughter finds him and Olive and Randy Mann get together; the only mysteries that I think went unanswered concerned the pocket watches that the late Dwight Dixon had spent several episodes searching for and what happened to Ned and Chuck's fathers?... no doubt these mysteries would have been dealt with had the series continued; alas it was not to be.

What a brilliant way to end the series!

[mysteryjack1 · 10/10 · 2 May 2009]

Yes, I am English, therefore, I have been able to watch the last 3 episodes of the series. This one is the last ever episode of Pushing Daisies. I must say, it was a brilliant way to end. To be honest, I thought that Lily or Vivian could of been the murder victim, but I read it wrong. One half of the Aquadolls (The Darling Mermaid Darlings' arch rivals) is killed, after being (SPOILER!)eaten alive by a shark during a swimming act. After Ned revives her, she exclaims that it could of been Lily or Vivian. Chuck gets mad, and makes Ned touch her.

The Darling Mermaid Darlings come out of retirement, as they agreed to perform their acts for pay. But they have to go to Europe. As Ned is now their manager, he agrees for them. Chuck gets really upset, and tries to sabotage their act, so they can't perform.

I won't tell you any more except for this - there is a happy ending for almost everyone. Who doesn't have a happy ending? You'll have to watch...