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Ned and Chuck are a couple from ABC comedy, Pushing Daisies (2007).

He is portrayed by Lee Pace and she is portrayed by Anna Friel.

Background[]

Field Cate and Sammi Hanratty, as Ned and Chuck, in Pie-lette from Pushing Dasies (2007)

Field Cate and Sammi Hanratty, as Ned and Chuck, in Pie-lette from Pushing Dasies (2007).

Ned and Chuck met when they were young children. The pair were neighbors and often played together in Chuck's front yard. Their relationship was halted when Ned's mother and Chuck's father suddenly died, at the same time, due to Ned's magic touch. Ned was then sent away to boarding school, where the pair lost touch.

Timeline[]

Friends[]

Pie-lette (Season 1, Episode 1) - Kerplunk (Season 2, Episode 13)

The Pie-lette episode details how Chuck and Ned were childhood friends, and how they reconnected in 2007, when Ned resurrected Chuck from death. They were friends after Ned could not bring himself to touch Chuck again, which would kill her.

Partners[]

Pie-lette (Season 1, Episode 1) - Kerplunk (Season 2, Episode 13)

Although there was an obvious romantic connection between the pair since the Pie-lette episode, seeing how Chuck wants to kiss Ned right off the bat, but Chuck is never asked to confirm the relationship status until the _______ episode.

Trivia[]

  • Lee Pace has stated he flinches when Anna Friel touches him when they're not shooting, because he has been conditioned to react that way.
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