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Bryan Fuller (creator)
Chad Gomez Creasey (written by) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
10 December 2008 (Season 2, Episode 9)
Plot:
Emerson and Olive investigate the murder of an infamous lighthouse keeper's wife, while Chuck's father schemes to keep Ned and Chuck separated forever. | full synopsis
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Candle On the Water more (1 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| Lee Pace | ... | Ned | |
| Anna Friel | ... | Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Emerson Cod | |
| Jim Dale | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Field Cate | ... | Young Ned (credit only) | |
| Ellen Greene | ... | Vivian Charles | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Lily Charles | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | ... | Olive Snook | |
| Josh Randall | ... | Charles Charles | |
| Perry Anzilotti | ... | Augustus Papen | |
| Alexander Gould | ... | Elliot McQuoddy | |
| Sammi Hanratty | ... | Young Chuck | |
| David Koechner | ... | Merle McQuoddy | |
| Mary Kay Place | ... | Annabelle Vandersloop | |
| Jordan Feldman | ... | Willie Gerkin |
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In this episode, many references to the Disney movie Pete's Dragon (1977) can be found. - A lighthouse keeper named Nora loses her lover to a storm at sea, and continues watching for him from her lighthouse. - Her son is named Elliot, her husband named Merle and their last name is McQuoddy. - At one point, two characters seek refuge in a cave by the sea. - At one point a vocal group comes to the lighthouse and sings Candle on the Water, a song from Pete's Dragon. - Also, the show has always been narrated by Jim Dale, who starred as Doc Terminus in Pete's Dragon. more
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Emerson Cod: Well we foe, fo' sho'. more
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References "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) more
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Candle on the Water more
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OK, I love this show soooo much. Does anyone know if the cancellation rumors are true? If so then I'm going to be inconsolable. This show is whimsical and clever and currently my favorite. This episode is my particular favorite, mostly because of the adorable Pete's Dragon references and the sensationally chipper rendition of Candle on the Water. I really hope they put out a second season soundtrack with that on it because I loved it. I watched the episode about twenty times in a row I was so tickled. Kristen Chenoweth especially shines as Olive Snook and the musical references throughout (Grease, Sound of Music and a few others have cropped up as well as Pete's Dragon) leave me grinning every time. Here's hoping the show will rise from the dead...maybe Ned can spare a little of his magic touch.