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Season 2

Season 2

2008
13 Episodes

Episodes

Bzzzzzzzzz!
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1. Bzzzzzzzzz!

Oct 1, 2008
43 min
6.3

Emerson is hired by Dusty Fitz, whose wife Kentucky died in a tragic bee-related incident. She was involved with another man who Dusty claims she was preparing to leave, and Dusty suspects murder. Meanwhile, Lily helps Olive move to a nunnery.

Circus, Circus
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2. Circus, Circus

Oct 8, 2008
43 min
8.5

Georgeann Heaps hires Emerson to find her missing daughter, and the trail leads to a circus. Meanwhile Ned and Chuck try to deal with the change in their relationship, and Olive considers staying longer at the nunnery.

Bad Habits
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3. Bad Habits

Oct 15, 2008
43 min
8.5

Olive calls on the Pie Maker and Emerson to solve a suspicious suicide of a fellow nun that she believes is murder. Meanwhile, Chuck considers what to do in the present with her new lease on life.

Frescorts
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4. Frescorts

Oct 22, 2008
43 min
8.0

A sexy new client hires Emerson to solve the murder of her best friend Joe. Emerson and the gang discover that Joe had a lot of best friends... and they all had a reason to kill Joe.

Dim Sum Lose Some
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5. Dim Sum Lose Some

Oct 29, 2008
42 min
8.5

The wife of a murdered chef, Bao Di, hires Emerson to investigate the death of her husband. They soon discover that Bao was heavily in debt, and wagered his daughter Mei's hand in marriage to cover his markers.

Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic
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6. Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic

Nov 19, 2008
43 min
9.0

Ned agrees to help a famed magician whose animal assistants are being killed off; Dwight Dixon tries to cozy up to Lily and Vivian, but Lily is suspicious of his motives.

Robbing Hood
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7. Robbing Hood

Nov 26, 2008
41 min
8.3

A lawyer for the late Gustav Hoffer suspects his client's death was not part of a robbery gone wrong as was reported, but rather murder. He hires Emerson Cod and Ned to find out who killed Hoffer.

Comfort Food
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8. Comfort Food

Dec 3, 2008
42 min
9.0

Ned brings back to life Colonel Likken, who was mysteriously deep fried to death. His world-famous original recipe has gone missing and Likken asks Ned, Emerson, and Chuck to find who stole it.

The Legend of Merle McQuoddy
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9. The Legend of Merle McQuoddy

Dec 10, 2008
43 min
7.8

Chuck and Ned deal with the shocking return of someone from their past; Emerson and Olive investigate the death of a lighthouse keeper.

The Norwegians
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10. The Norwegians

Dec 17, 2008
41 min
8.8

After Emerson turns down Vivian's request to look into Dwight Dixon's sudden disappearance, she turns to another P.I. team led by Magnus Olsdatter, Emerson's bitter rival.

Window Dressed to Kill
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11. Window Dressed to Kill

May 30, 2009
43 min
8.3

Erin Embry, window dresser extraordinaire for Dicker’s department store, is killed and Chuck manages to get the Pie Hole gang on the case. Erin’s fans think it was her window-dressing partner, Coco Juniper, who did the deed. Apparently the two artistic minds did not always meet. Meanwhile, Ned loses his zapping ability which causes him a small crisis of identity. How can he assist in solving cases if he can’t undead and redead? How does it change his relationship with Chuck? And why are Ned and Olive posing as a couple?

Water & Power
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12. Water & Power

Jun 6, 2009
43 min
8.2

Lila Robinson, a beautiful grifter from Emerson’s past resurfaces, revealing a painful secret that Emerson has kept hidden all these years. Now on the lam for murder, Lila promises Emerson a quid pro quo if he clears her name.

Kerplunk
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13. Kerplunk

Jun 13, 2009
43 min
8.8

The past becomes the present when one half of the Darling Mermaid Darlings’ arch rivals, the Aquadolls, is killed. In order to find the murderer, the Darling Mermaid Darlings must come out of retirement with Ned as their manager and Olive as their stylist. Chuck, of course, cannot participate. Olive gets close to Sid, with whom she shares her experiences in gender discrimination, what with him being a male synchronized swimmer and her attending Vassar on a jockey scholarship. But was Sid jealous enough of the headliners to commit murder?