Pushing Daisies Season 1 Episode 9: "Corpsicle" Quotes
Emerson: I'm a father.
Ned: As in a priest?
Emerson: As in a man... with a daughter.
We are giant, enormous idiots. And don't you say "gi-normous" because that ain't a word
Emerson
Ned: But do you hate me?
Chuck: I have to hate you a little, just for a little while. But I can’t do that if you stay
Ned: I don’t want you to hate me, I’ll stay.
Chuck: If you stay, I’ll just end up hating you more. Just go.
Coroner: My niece gave me this sweater.
Emerson: That thing’s uglier then a chipmunk’s ass.
Ned: He means the sweater, not your niece.
Olive Snook had been delivering pies for weeks, not realizing she was a homeopathic drug mule.
Narrator
Emerson: Why would somebody give somebody a Christmas sweater for Christmas? You can only wear it that day.
Ned: He means should. Only wear it that day.
Emerson: Yeah. Either you got to take off what you got on to put it on. Or you got wait another year for the next holiday season.
Coroner; Why are you going toe-to-toe with me on fashion?
Ned: Do you know you have a "tell" when you lie?
Olive: Do I?
Ned: You answer questions with questions.
Olive: Maybe I know I have a tell and I know you know I have a tell and maybe I'm doing it now to confuse you because you don't know what tell I'm telling.
Narrator: The facts were these: Abner Newsome was a happy child. For the first thirty-four seconds of his life.
The relationship between a father and his daughter is tenuous. It's very fragile. It could take a life time to sort out all the issues there. And what you think? You can just all "happily ever after" after just one minute? Man, you a dreamer.
Emerson
You don't have to do this, Madeleine. Please put the gun and the bat down. Or definitely the gun.
Ned