Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies may not premiere on ABC until October 3... but you can watch a snippet from the pilot now.

Sorry, we mean the Pie-lette.

Here's the opening sequence of the episode:

As Pushing Daisies moves along, fans might get annoyed by one tidbit: Will Ned and Chuck truly never kiss?

Considering the fact that any re-touching of his deceased love will cause her to die, it seems reasonable to assume that this will be a never-ending, possibly-annoying story line on the show, right?

Not entirely, claim creator Bryan Fuller and star Lee Pace.

They gave The Chicago Sun-Times a brief glimpse into one Pushing Daisies spoiler: how will these two lovers ever connect?

Fuller does say he's "steering right into" the unrequited love frustration: "We're doing an episode that's a procedural," he told the newspaper, "with dog breeders. So Chuck and Ned are surrounded with sex."

But they won't be able to actually have any themselves, right? Pace points to episodes that will see the couple using unsexy "prophylactics," such as when they kiss covered in Saran Wrap or wearing protective suits.

Like bear suits?

"I don't think we'll get that kinky," Pace said.

"Them dancing in bee suits, with bees swarming around them, is more our speed," Fuller said.

We know, we know: the Pushing Daisies season premiere hasn't even aired yet.

So how can we have insight into the show's second episode? We're just that good.

Therefore, consider this your Pushing Daisies spoiler alert, as we briefly summarize the events in "Dummy:"

• Ned revives Bernard Slaybaugh, an auto safety specialist who was murdered. While Bernard doesn't know who killed him, he does know he wants Ned and Chuck to tell a woman (Jeanine) that he loved her.

• Ned also accidentally revives a woman who died while on a ferris wheel and learns that she had donated her body to science.

• Meanwhile, Ned's power is shown through flashbacks to his childhood, including an incident involving the dissection of frogs in school.

• Ned, Emerson (Chi McBride) 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; so, naturally, Emerson wants answers in order 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 the trio manages to get the information they need in time. With the assistance of Ned, the victim reveals that ia crash test dummy is responsible for his death.

• Olive sings to Ned's dog, Digby, foreshadowing her feelings for our beloved main character.

If you'd prefer not to read any Pushing Daisies spoilers, we suggest you skip this post. Below is a brief summary - and even a pair of images - from the show's series premiere on October 3.

Summary: Ned, a mild-mannered baker of fabulous pies, discovered as a child that he had a unique gift. Ned had the ability to return someone dead briefly back to life with just a simple touch. Through the years, Ned has learned to live with his unique ability, and puts his gift to good use, working with his only friend, a private investigator, to crack murder cases by asking victims to name their killers.

But the tale gets complicated, as all tales do, when he saves his childhood sweetheart and she miraculously stays alive. Life would be perfect, except for one cruel twist: if Ned ever touches her again, she'll lose the life he gave her, for good this time. There's always a catch…

Meet Ned (Lee Pace) and his shady busines partner, Emerson Cod (Chi McBride).

Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) loves Ned. Ned loves a dead woman he can't touch. So it's easy to see why even the adorable presence of Digby can't raise Olive's spirits here.

Once again, this isn't too much of a Pushing Daisies spoiler because it doesn't reveal any new information about the show.

But we respect the fact that many fans wish to remain completely in the dark heading into a season or an episode.

Therefore, if you fall into this group, look away now! Otherwise, you may glimpse a photo from the show's pilot episode, in which Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) appears to be taking Ned (Lee Pace) by surprise...

We were already in love with Pushing Daisies before it premiered.

But now that we've checked out this NBC promo, focusing on the relationship between Ned (Lee Pace) and Chuck (Anna Friel) and set to the theme music of Love Actually?

Well, Wednesday, October 3 cannot come fast enough!

As if we weren't excited enough for Pushing Daisies already, along comes this news:

PeeWee Herman himself, Paul Reubens, will guest star on the series. He'll portray Alfredo Aldarisio, a traveling homeopathic antidepressant representative/salesman. Sounds about right to us...

Check out a picture of Reubens on the show now.

This isn't really a Pushing Daisies spoiler because it's an ad being run on ABC.

But some readers may have no interest at all in seeing scenes starring Lee Pace or any of the cast before the show premieres on October 3, so consider yourself warned.

Enjoy: