Pushing Daisies/Recap/S2/E10 The Norwegians

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The Past

Ned and his only friend, Eugene Mulchandani, are playing soldiers in the woods around school when they find the body of a hunter. Eugene runs off, but Ned, who has formulated the idea that solving the hunter's murder will make him a hero and bring his father back, stays and wakes him. But the hunter had died in an accident, and the authorities arrive just in time to see him slump back into death. Both boys are arrested, but Eugene's parents quickly come for him. Ned learns that he cannot count on his father to extricate him from his own messes.

The Present

Charles Charles has just fled--in Ned's car--leaving a worried Ned and a devastated Charlotte behind. Emerson reminds them that Charles Charles needs finding, preferably before anyone sees his "corpse face" or discovers that the missing Dwight Dixon's body is in his grave. Olive offers her help, but is rebuffed.

Tropes

• Borrowed Catchphrase: The narrator borrows Emerson's "Oh, hell no!"`
• Confusing Multiple Negatives: Ned's confession of his feelings towards Olive.

Olive: My one regret is that you never looked at me the same way you look at Chuck. Ned: I wouldn't say never...

• Fun with Acronyms
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: "Waking and baking" is referred to numerously.
• Literal Cliff Hanger
• Similar Squad: The Norwegians, for Emerson, Ned, and Chuck.