If there is a direct opposite of anything on PUSHING DAISIES it’s that while Young Ned lost his ability to imagine, series creator Bryan Fuller continues to allow his to grow and flourish in a technicolor dreamcoat of greatness. There is such imagination and joy in each episode of Daisies that as a hopeful writer, it blows my mind and gives me goosebumps.

This week, THE SOUP’s Joel McHale was poisoned by one of his four wives but actually died by accidentally falling on the sharp handle of a metal dog brush 7 times. Whoops. If you hadn’t guessed it, this week’s theme was polygamy, desire and need.

Yet another gang of TV Scoobies was created this week when Ned, Chuck and Emerson brought Olive into the loop, each taking a wife and a shot at going undercover with Digby to find out which one poisoned my man McHale. I know what you’re thinking… “Bitches“ refers to the dogs that the deceased and his wives bred and you’d be correct but in some cases it also applied to the wives. Greedy, selfish, delusional, and depressed each had motive to kill the husband but which one did it?

The doggie shop keeper, the doggie therapist, the doggie trainer, or the seeing eye dog expert? The clue was in the coffee with almond creamer that masked the arsenic. Or so we thought. The real answer lie in the secret the deceased almost took to the grave, that he sold their special 4 breed hybrid to a competitor named Snuppy who planned on cloning their precious Bubblegum for every family on every corner and on every block.

Polygamy seems tricky and thankfully it appears that Ned The Pie Maker refuses to have anyone but his beloved Chuck. Gotta hand it to Olive Snook for trying, that Halloween night smooch was something but sadly it wasn’t enough and she knows it. Chuck questions Ned’s desire to only be with her, resisting the human need for the physical but Ned’s holding out for his untouchable. Does this mean that a girl named Chuck is the one we need to look out for? Is that cold bitch going to ruin my Ned’s heart? Oh she better not. I know a legion of girls out there ready to pounce on some Ned if need be. Could I be more fickle? I question Chuck’s true desire based on speculation and then call her a bitch. God I’m heartless. Love me some Chuck and you all know it. Girl’s fierce.

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So I got an email from a Ducky reader named Nic C. who just returned from a quick vacation in Hawaii and she ran into the LOST crew filming an episode.

I’ll put her comments after the jump because it does contain a slight spoiler in that it lists which characters were where filming together and I know some folks will have a hissy if I don’t.

Nic C.’s LOST adventure after the jump…
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So it’s Day 10 of the WGA Strike, the day after the TV Bloggers showed our support by going dark for the day and now I’m sitting here fetal wondering what comes next. So I started thinking of fun ways for the fans to support the striking writers, then I got destracted looking for new winter themed iPhone wallpapers when it hit me…

I decided to make some WGA Strike iPhone wallpapers for WGA supporters. Okay, fine… I made them for myself but then I thought I’d share them with you guys.

To download the WGA Strike iPhone Wallpapers click on the thumbnails below, then on the next page click the image and then save them or drag them onto your desktop. Upload them to iPhoto, sync the iPhone then choose one of the images as your wallpaper. Simple.

Here’s a clip from tonight’s BIONIC WOMAN episode entitled “Trust Issues.”

Jaime and Antonio (Isaiah Washington) set out to foil an assassination plot, but Jaime has doubts about her partner’s intentions after overhearing a conversation he has with the would-be killer. Elsewhere, Jaime invites Tom to her home to meet Becca.

It’s been two long agonizing, grueling, dark weeks since the last PUSHING DAISIES episode but tonight, The Bitch Is Back! Sorry, but the episode tonight is called “Bitches” so I felt the Elton John reference was apropos.

To watch a clip from “Bitches” and to find out some (probable) Season Finale Spoilers, head on over to ThePieMaker.com

TVLand and Entertainment Weekly are joining forces to bring us TV lovers the list of THE 50 GREATEST TV ICONS. The two entertainment powerhouses have joined forces to present “The 50 Greatest TV Icons,” a 2-hour special airing this Friday, November 16 at 8pm ET/PT.

From Oprah all the way to Cartman, these icons represent the classic and contemporary legends who have made an indelible mark on TV history.

In anticipation of the event, a list of the 51-100 greatest TV icons has just now been released. Here’s the official Top 50 list: 1-50.

You can also head on over to TVLand and check out some exclusive content, games, etc.

BIG BANG THEORY has become one of my must see shows but this week I have to say that they had their first misstep. I’m not faulting the show for one just “okay” episode though because I still laughed quite hard at geeky goodness and loved having Raj the spotlight of the episode.

The general plotline had Raj’s parents basically decided upon an arranged marriage with a girl from back home that just moved to California. The gang discovers that Raj has zero inhibitions when he drinks thanks to Penny’s using the boys as testers for her bartending skills. Raj talks to Penny for the first time, talks throughout his Indian pre-arranged marriage date, and loses the girl to Sheldon.

One of my favorite moments had to be the gratuitous use of a Mac Book as the vehicle for Raj’s parents to torment the boys. We learned that Sheldon loves SCRUBS, that he’s not afraid to cancel a planetarium membership because the membership card won’t fit in his new wallet, and that he’s really not interested in girls at all. Sure he stole Raj’s date but he only did it because he thought she looked like a Princess from a childhood book he was fond of. When the night was over, he was done with Raj’s girl and didn’t think twice about it.

Other favorite moments:

- Wolowitz pretending to be Raj, accent and all, calling his Indian Bride To Be and setting up a date. Here’s what went down after.
Wolowitz: “Now you can thank me.”
Raj: “For what? Making me sound like a Simpson’s character?”

- Penny’s excitement when Raj finally spoke to her. It was like when the WB Frog would start singing and dancing “Hello my baby, hello my darling…” and people would just light up. Hysterical.

- Raj comparing his life to his Father’s saying that his Dad is a gynecologist but that would never be Raj. “How can I be a gynecologist when I can’t even look a woman in the eye?”

- The Samosas

And the best and final touch of this week’s episode was the Chuck Lorre Vanity Card that usually says so much it’s impossible to read without visiting his site, but this week simply said: UNITED WE STAND!

Go WGA!

It feels kind of liberating to be able to blog again after our blackout yesterday. I wanted to write about Monday night’s episodes but couldn’t so this is kind of nice and freeing.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has been having a very uneven season but by no means have any of the episodes been boring. This week was not one of my favorites but there was plenty to make me laugh my ass off. Ted started dating “The Perfect Girl” named Kathy. Too bad she talks a bit too much, and by a bit too much I mean the girls got diarrhea of the mouth and everyone can’t stand her. Ted doesn’t notice this though until the gang points it out and then that’s all he can concentrate on. This opens a can of worms and by episode’s end each of the 5 have their most annoying traits exposed for mockery.

Lily is Chewbacca because she chews incredibly loud. There were the requisite gags about her chewing on nails, twigs, and such but the best was watching her reaction when Marshall called her out. Lily was floored that after 10 years this was the first he’d ever said anything.

Marshall was Mr. Sings What You Do. Apparently he’s got the tendency to sing every action, it’s his involuntary reflex like kids concentrating and sticking their tongue out.

Robin is the queen of saying “Literally” waaaay too much, and incorrectly…

As Ted, The Corrector is more than happy to point out at any given moment.

Barney had a trifecta of issues. He’s all high pitch/catch phrase/spaces out guy and one of my favorite moments of the night came when he combined them all and had no clue.

My issues with the episode were in the surreal moments, those HIMYM moments that sometimes work and other times fall flat. This week’s surreal moment was the smashing glass sound effect. We get it, the actors have the ability to use their faces and their voices to convey a moment of recognition… that moment of “Eureka” doesn’t need a sound effect just because you have that in your stock pile of sound fx. It was cheesy and over-used. This show does not always need trickery or gimmicks to stand out, the talent and the writing are enough to make HIMYM a killer show. Leave the canned antics to Nickelodeon…

Now for my favorite bits:

Marshall finding his shopping list which consisted of only candy, candy, candy, and more candy.
Marshall: “It’s a shopping list…”
Robin: “For who, a witch that lives in the woods?”

Robin (to Lily): “Where are those pretzels from, Ace Hardware?”

Barney (about Robin’s misuse of Literally): “Don’t they teach vocabulary in Canada?”
Marshall: “They don’t, literally they don’t!”

And finally, Barney’s newest catchphrase after finding out Marshall passed the NYS Bar Exam. “Lawsuit Up!”

WGA Strike Day 10
Updates and Links

The WGA Strike wages on and yesterday I didn’t have the chance to post any links because a group of us TV Bloggers went dark and all so, here today are the links I didn’t get to and the new ones.

*Updated: 11:20 a.m.

Ellen cancels NYC Show plans. Ya think?

*This post will update throughout the day so check back for the latest strike news.