In response to
LadyMagic's
comment from Oct 3, 2008 at 6:32PM:
Yes, he brings her back to life after she is murdered. Ned (aka the pie maker) works with a privet eye (Emerson), Ned brings murdered people back to life to find out who killed them. The catch is that if he keeps them alive for more than a minute someone or something else will die, so he touches them and they go back to being dead. This is all explained at the beginning of each episode.
My favorite episode is called Dummy.
You really should try yo catch an episode, it's the best thing that no one's watching.