The Fun in the Funeral
Even though Ned’s revived fruits are special, the secret ingredient that actually sets a lot of Pushing Daisies’ events in motion is introduced in the show by Alfredo Aldarisio (Raúl Esparza), a homeopathic salesman convinced that all of the atmosphere’s oxygen will one day drained away, suffocating the entire planet. Though Alfredo’s fear is quite serious, he copes with it with the help of the all-natural antidepressants he sells. It’s an endorsement that helps convince Chuck to take a sample, which she plans to slip her aunts Lily (Swoosie Kurtz) and Vivian (Ellen Greene) by baking the tonic into a pie.
