Pushing Daisies/Recap/S2/E03 Bad Habits

The Past
Young Olive has just had her first horse-riding lesson, and has fallen hard for the sport. She decides to dig to Arabia to find an Arabian horse, but finds a dinosaur bone instead... so she sells it and buys a horse. She learns that digging up the past can yield unexpected discoveries.

The Present
Olive is enjoying life at the convent, but the peaceful days are upended when one of the sisters turns up dead. Olive asks Emerson to investigate; he does, but brings along Ned and Chuck against her wishes. The three detectives, posing as Vatican special forces, discover that the late nun had been trying to artificially create the convent's white truffles, the source of its wealth.

Tropes
"Olive: It's a freakin' convent, show some respect!"
 * All Germans Are Nazis: Invoked and averted. Emerson thinks that Hans is a bloodthirsty "Angry German"--but he's Swiss, and harmless.
 * Bad Habits: Trope Namer?
 * Confessional
 * Digging to Arabia
 * Messy Pig
 * Gilligan Cut: Olive insists to Emerson that he not bring Ned or Chuck with him to the convent. Cut to Emerson, Ned, and Chuck at the convent.
 * Hypocritical Humor:
 * Hypocritical Humor:


 * I'm Going to Hell For This: Ned's reaction to having to chase down and re-dead a nun.
 * Literal Cliff Hanger
 * Literal Metaphor
 * Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Alluded to, but not seen. For which Emerson is grateful.
 * Nun-Too-Holy: Sister LaRue, Aunt Lily.
 * Sound Effect Bleep
 * Supreme Chef: Hans. Plus, in a cute character note, we see that Ned is a serious foodie.
 * Take My Hand