Pushing Daisies: S01E01 - Pie-lette

Ned works in a pie store and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, with the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. But another touch will kill them again, for good, and if he keeps them alive for more than a minute, someone else in close proximity dies. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but it grows complicated when he gives life to his childhood crush, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, and decides to let her keep living.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E02 - Dummy

Ned revives Bernard Slaybeck, an auto safety specialist who was murdered. He doesn't know who killed him but wants Ned and Chuck to tell a woman, Jeanine, that he loved her. Jeanine is a model working for a car company. Not long after she makes some revelations about Bernard, she ends up in the hospital.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E03 - The Fun in Funeral

Ned and Chuck speak to Lawrence Schatz, who they find out died 1 minute after Ned brought Chuck back to life. Meanwhile, Chuck decides to stay true to her original threat of baking anti-depressants into her aunts' food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive unwillingly becomes the messenger in Chuck's plan and accidentally stumbles onto a secret about her unrequited lover's love.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E04 - Pigeon

A plane crash into an apartment building leaves the trio with a case - did the pilot commit suicide? - while Chuck finds herself drawn to the man who appears to be the sole survivor, much to Ned's distress. Meanwhile, Olive takes a wounded messenger pigeon to the aunts for help..

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E05 - Girth

In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E06 - Bitches

When a deceased man tells Ned that his wife killed him after giving him a cup of coffee, he fails to mention that he is a polygamist, making the case harder than it sounds.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E07 - Smell of Success

The trio is called on to investigate the case of Anita Gray. Sitting at her desk, Anita was leaning over to use her heightened sense of smell on a scratch-and-sniff book when suddenly, an explosion erupted from the book, completely engulfing her.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E08 - Bitter Sweets

Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. However, when Ned brings Tony back to life to find out killed him, Tony claims it was Burly Bruce Carter, via the hands of his “girlfriend” who is a real doll. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town, and Alfredo continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, continues to pine after the Pie Maker.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Pushing Daisies: S01E09 - Corpsicle

After a shocking turn of events, Ned tries to make peace with Chuck. Meanwhile, Emerson tries to get him to concentrate on their latest case, an insurance adjustor found frozen solid. And scent expert Oscar Vibenius returns, trying to figure out what's so different about Chuck and Digby.

“We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”