On set, show creator Bryan Fuller, left, consults with cast members Chi McBride and Anna Friel. The goal with the show, Fuller says, was to do something that I wanted to watch something that was fun and sweet and romantic. And also a little ghoulish. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Directing the second episode, Paul Edwards, left, coaches Anna Friel, who portrays the pie-makers back-from-the-dead childhood sweetheart, and Chi McBride, playing a private eye who makes use of the bakers unusual talent. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Anna Friel gets an assist to her feet after the filming of a close-up that involves pulling fellow actor Chi McBride out of a morgue window. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Actor Chi McBride gets a makeup touch-up from David De Leon before a morgue window close-up. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Stagehands grab Chi McBrides hands as the actor prepares for a close-up in which he struggles out of a morgue window. (Annie Wells / LAT)
Between takes, actors Anna Friel and Chi McBride discuss how best to approach the morgue window sequence. Pushing Daisies arrives Oct. 3 on ABC. (Annie Wells / LAT)
