I've been watching the recently canceled TV show "Pushing Daisies" via Netflix instant (thank you Netflix). It's an interesting TV show about a man who has the ability to bring dead things back to life with one touch and if he touches them a second time they will die forever. The catch is if he brings someone back to life for longer than a minute, someone else in the vicinity has to die. Mostly he uses his "power" to solve murder cases and gain the reward because he can bring the victims back to life for a minute, ask them who did it, touch them again so they die and nobody gets hurt.
What I find most interesting is the correlation to Jesus and the little nuances they have made towards Jesus in a few episodes. The show is in no way connected to Christianity; but as a Christian I'm watching it from a Christian perspective. There is an episode where a nun dies and Ned is scared to bring someone back to life in a nunnery, to which his colleague replied that "He" did raise the dead once referencing Lazarus (John 11). Fortunately Jesus is God and therefore there were no rules as to how long Lazarus could stay alive and if someone else had to die in his place after a minute.
Honestly, though the show has little to do with the Christian perspective of death I still like the show. It is interesting what people do with only a minute to explain their death and the cinematography is very unique (actually reminds me of Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") so all in all I'd recommend checking the show out, especially if you have Netflix.
What I like most about the show is how it reminds me that we as Christians have something to hope before beyond death. Whenever Ned wakes someone up from the dead they always ask if they are dead, as if they were asleep and didn't know it. We have a God who is faithful and just and is going to "wake" us again into eternal life, to be with Him forever. Therefore we have no reason to fear death and that is also the best news anyone could ever hear; perhaps you could even use this show as a springboard into a conversation about what death really means and share God with someone.
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Tim and I discovered the series after it had run only a few episodes. The quirkiness and cinematography does take a little getting used to but it only took me about three episodes to be hooked. Tim loved it the moment he saw it. Too bad they canceled it! They clearly had a story arc along with the episodic murder mystery and it was never resolved. Grrrr.
One of the things I loved about the show is how the different characters struggle with various moral dilemmas. Early on it's about Ned and his new power/curse. Later there are more interpersonal issues and the ends never justify the means. Overall, the issues are relatively simple with relatively simple resolutions but that's the beauty of it. So often we overthink problems and solutions but when you get right down to it the right thing is still the right thing. For that reason the series is both cute and entertaining. I miss it!
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