Lee Pace is Ned “The Pieman”, a life-long loner who brings the dead back to life with a touch and then sends them back to the great beyond with another. The facts were these: If he doesn’t remake physical contact within a minute, the consequences will be fatal for some bystander. That’s a lot of pressure on a guy. Anna Friel is Chuck, his childhood sweetheart and murder victim brought back to life (at the cost of another human) and destined to remain his untouchable love (physical contact will, of course, send her back to eternal slumber).

A toast to Pushing Daisies