Maybe if I had seem the promos it would have bugged less, but as it was it felt like the purple elephant in the corner that no one was talking about.
When Pushing Daisies did that scene that was identical to the dream sequence in Vertigo, that was clearly an homage, not a ripoff, even though they did not refer to the film at all. Sometimes the intention of the writer/director is transparent. Sometimes, not so much.
And, I should think, a matter of the overall tone of the show. The tone of CSI:Blue being Very Different from Pushing Daisies. t /ObviousGal
Anyway, thanks for the info on the promos. At least it was acknowledged somewhere. I was just getting frustrated feeling like, "Why aren't they mentioning it? They can't think we don't recognize it! Or was this written by someone young enough not to know it's been done? But no, that can't be it - even if they hadn't seen Rear Window, Disturbia was just a few years ago..." &etc.
So I'm not crazy. This time.