From creator Bryan Fuller (Dead Like Me), this romantic comedy shows us the fairy tale like world of gifted pie-maker Ned (Lee Pace), a man who can bring dead people back to life through the power of his touch. The same touch he must use to 'kill' them after no more than a minute or another person will die. With the help of Emerson (Chi McBride), a local PI, Ned uses his ability to solve murder cases and cash in on any rewards.
But things get complicated when Ned's childhood sweetie Chuck (Anna Friel) is the victim of a murder and Ned just can?t help but wake her up for good - the only hitch is they can never touch each other.