Smell of Success (21 Nov. 2007)

A woman dies in a scratch-and-sniff book explosion. Was the scientist who wrote the book the target of the explosion, or was this part of an intentional publicity stunt gone horribly wrong?

Director:

Lawrence Trilling

Writers:

Bryan Fuller (creator), Scott Nimerfro

Stars:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Lee Pace	...	Ned
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (voice)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook
Paul Reubens	...	Oscar Vibenius
Field Cate	...	Young Ned
Tim Conlon	...	Chas Spielman
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Anita Gray
Christopher Sieber	...	Napoleon LeNez
Terry Anzur	...	Anchorwoman
Tina Gloss	...	Ned's Mother
Victor Z. Isaac	...	Delivery Boy

Storyline

Napoleon LeNez is a smell expert who's about to publish a self-help book on how smells can stir up beloved memories. A few days before the release of the book, one of his students, Anita Grey, tragically dies in a mysterious explosion. Her mother calls Emerson and Emerson, Ned and Chuck talk to Anita who tells them she died while scratching a scratch-and-sniff patch of the self-help book. Emerson concludes someone was trying to kill Napoleon LeNez instead of Anita. Meanwhile, Ned and Olive still don't fully know how to react to each other because of their kiss and, to Ned's dislike, Chuck wants The Pie Hole to start serving cup-pies.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jinks/Cohen Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scratch-n-sniff man that Ned, Chuck, and Emerson are trying to save has the name of Lenez. Le nez, in French, means "the nose."

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Quotes

Olive Snook: No, no. Five fingers. Five toes. Us Snooks are boring that way. I had a cousin with a third nipple. He'd let you see it for a dollar.
Vivian Charles: How fascinating.
Lily Charles: And a bargain, too.

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Connections

References Mystery Men (1999)
Paul Reubens (Vibenius) played 'The Spleen', whose super power is the targeted emission of very bad smells.

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Soundtracks

"Morning Has Broken"
Written by Eleanor Farjeon
Arranged by Jim Dooley (as James Dooley)
Performed by Ellen Greene
Piano performed by Christian Klikovits

User Reviews

The first appearance of Paul Rubens on this show...

Paul Rubens, know to practically everyone as Pee-Wee Herman (or that guy that did THAT in Sarasota) makes his first guest appearance on this show.

The show begins with the team going to revive and talk with yet another corpse. This one, however, is a bit unsightly than usual, as she was blown up by a booby-trapped scratch 'n sniff book!! It seems she was taking a sneak peek (and sniff) of her boss' new book--a book about smells by the famous Napoleon LeNez. However, reviving her didn't give them a clue as to WHO did this to the lady and so they, once again, must investigate. The trail leads to one of LeNez's revivals, Oscar (Rubens) but as they are about to talk with him, there is another explosion. Who is the crazy with a penchant for destruction? A kooky plot that is quite original make this one worth seeing.