Comfort Food

Discomfiting as certain elements of Ned’s business are, “Comfort Food” opens on a scene from his past that makes you understand how and why pies feature so largely into his life. Odd as the idea of a pie-only diner is, the episode shows you how making pie for himself and his friends at boarding school gave Ned a much-needed source of happiness during his childhood, something that informed his decision to open the Pie Hole.