Title: “Dummy”
Airdate: October 10, 2007
Gallery: Promotional pictures | Screencaps

ABC Official Synopsis
NED INVESTIGATES A MYSTERIOUS HIT-AND-RUN DEATH - WAS IT MURDER? - WHILE CHUCK HAS SOME QUESTIONS OF HER OWN, ON ABC’S “PUSHING DAISIES”

“Dummy” - When an automotive expert is found dead (ironically enough) after a strange hit-and-run accident, Ned suspects there’s more to the story, especially when he finds out the deceased worked for a company about to launch an experimental car. Meanwhile, Chuck wants some answers about how Ned brought her back to life, on “Pushing Daisies,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Pushing Daisies” stars Lee as Ned, Anna Friel as Chuck, Chi McBride as Emerson Cod, Ellen Greene as Vivian, with Swoosie Kurtz as Lily and Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook. Jim Dale is the narrator.

Guest starring in “Dummy” are Field Cate as young Ned, Patrick Fabian as Mark Chase, Jonathan Mangum as Bernard Slaybaugh and Riki Lindhome as Jeanine.

“Dummy” was written by Peter Ocko and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Spoilers

Added 9.23.07

When an automotive expert is found dead (ironically enough) after a strange hit-and-run accident, Ned suspects there’s more to the story, especially when he finds out the deceased worked for a company about to launch an experimental car. Meanwhile, Chuck wants some answers about how Ned brought her back to life. Jonathan Mangum and Riki Lindhome guest star.

Added 8.15.07:

Ned revives Bernard Slaybaugh, 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. Ned accidentally revives a woman who died while on a Ferris Wheel and learns that she had donated her body to science.

Added 8.8.07:

Ned’s power is shown through flashbacks to Ned’s childhood, including an incident involving dissecting frogs in school. Ned, Emerson and Chuck later visit the morgue to inspect the body of a victim of a car accident. It’s a 45 year old man who specialized in automobile safety. The police are offering a reward to anyone who can find the killer and Emerson wants answers to be able to get the reward. Chuck asks the wrong questions of the (formerly) dead victim, nearly running out the clock on how long they can keep him alive, but they manage to get the information they need in time. With the assistance of Ned, the victim reveals that it’s a crash test dummy that is responsible for his death.

Kristin Chenoweth (Olive) is rumored to sing to Ned’s dog in this episode, further revealing her feelings for Ned.

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