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Raising Hope Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Prodigy
Tue, Sep 20, 201121 mins
Watching his 13-year-old self play the piano and singly beautifully, on home video, Jimmy sees through the claim that it was just a pianola, now broken. Virginia owns up to feeling guilty for having strangled Jimmy's talent, estranging him from his schoolmates.
Episode 2
Sabrina Has Money
Tue, Sep 27, 201122 mins
Burt accidentally discovers that Sabrina's father Cap is really rich and tells the home front. They now hope to 'coach' her into sharing some of the Collins wealth, but she replies to have chosen to earn her own, modest income at the supermarket.
Episode 3
Kidnapped
Tue, Oct 4, 201122 mins
Jimmy is envious of Sabrina's smart-phone, yet anxious to sabotage a message on it from 'rival' Wyatt. To Jimmy's surprise, Virginia 'welcomes' pony-tailed hippie Jack by knocking him unconscious with a portable TV as Burt's kidnapper twenty years ago.
Episode 4
Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent, Baby! Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent!
Wed, Oct 5, 201122 mins
Virginia's nemesis, spoiled cousin Delilah, invites the whole family to Las Vegas for her high-profile wedding with an air force hero. Jimmy asks Sabrina along, as she always wanted to 'go wild once'. Burt is allowed to come but without cash, given his gambling record.
Episode 5
Killer Hope
Tue, Nov 1, 201121 mins
Virginia, Burt, Jimmy, Sabrina, Maw Maw and Hope camp out on the front lawn after their house becomes tented for termites, but getting caught in the rain is the least of their problems. After learning that Hope hit a boy at day care, the family attempts to stop arguing out of fear.
Episode 6
Jimmy and the Kid
Tue, Nov 8, 201122 mins
Supermarket manager Barney's wicked ex Gloria is in town and gets him to employ her cute teenage son, Trevor. Jimmy's sympathy for the kid turns into panic when Sabrina clearly prefers his wittier humor and boyish charms and Trevor digs her.
Episode 7
Burt's Parents
Tue, Nov 15, 201122 mins
Jimmy, Virginia, Burt, Sabrina, Maw Maw and Hope borrow a house to impress Burt's wealthy parents who have decided at the last minute to celebrate Thanksgiving with the family. Things also get interesting when the real homeowners return early.
Episode 8
Bro-gurt
Tue, Nov 29, 201122 mins
The Chances dream of winning riches and fame at the National Invention Convention Extravaganza, whose star Andrew Dice Clay is announced to a stop in town. Each family member is supposed to come up with one brilliant novelty, but only greediest Virginia actually does so alone.
Episode 9
The Men of New Natesville
Tue, Dec 6, 201122 mins
Jimmy's close relationship with daughter Hope has him sewing dresses, baking cookies, and wearing fancy hats at tea parties until Burt yells at him to "Stop being a girl!". In an attempt to be a little more 'dangerous' he decides to spend some time with Frank.
Episode 10
It's a Hopeful Life
Tue, Dec 13, 201122 mins
A remarkably recognizable movie forces the Chances to have a look at their own family life. For Jimmy, Maw-Maw's spirit takes him on a frightening journey to an alternative future, if he hadn't met Hope's mother and hence remained childless.
Episode 11
Mrs. Smartypants
Tue, Jan 17, 201222 mins
Based on a block assembly toy, Jimmy and parents proudly assume Hope inherited her serial ma's IQ. Afraid of looking stupid to Sabrina as his daughter outsmarts him, Jimmy decides to return to high-school. Refusing to be left as the family's dumbest, his parents follow suit.
Episode 12
Gambling Again
Tue, Jan 31, 201222 mins
Tired of losing family possession to the pawn shop, Burt is tempted to resume gambling. Unlike his officially addicted period, he's on a winning streak. Virginia sees that as a handicap in curing him, but Jimmy and she end up playing and winning too, so the bookies want to cut them off.
Episode 13
Tarot Cards
Tue, Feb 7, 201222 mins
Burt's annual tax return frenzy leads to a sneer about 'mere' cleaners making Virginia meanly blow all his stacked firm finances documentation into a mess. Desperate, he turns to Barney, who suggests hiring a manager and hesitantly accepts the job.
Episode 14
Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend
Tue, Feb 14, 201222 mins
Bored and increasingly desperate for a distraction even they can afford, Burt and Virginia try out various hobbies, until they agree improvisation acting fits them scoundrels. Jimmy feels Sabrina a lost cause after her engagement with Wyatt.
Episode 15
Sheer Madness
Tue, Feb 21, 201222 mins
As Jimmy and Sabrina's relationship continues to grow, they both begin to realize that they've been hiding some of their habits from each other. They agree to let their guards down and start acting like themselves completely, but when Sabrina reveals an unusual childhood phobia.
Episode 16
Single White Female Role-Model
Tue, Mar 6, 201222 mins
In a revolutionary mood, Sabrina starts a wide protest, but once the police arrives her followers invoke excuses one by one, even Jimmy deserts. Stubbornly provoking arrest, she lands in a prison. Her block is handled by jealous, frustrated jailer Rikki Hargrove.
Episode 17
Spanks Butt, No Spanks
Tue, Mar 13, 201222 mins
When a raccoon decides to take residency under the Chances' porch, Virginia and Sabrina work together to try and lure the critter out. Meanwhile, Hope's misbehavior has become such a problem that Virginia and Burt suggest that it might be time for Jimmy to spank her.
Episode 18
Poking Holes in the Story
Tue, Mar 20, 201222 mins
Jimmy starts child-proofing the house, which proves very expensive. His parents admit in retrospect to have exposed him to excessive risks, so Virginia grudgingly accepts a sufficiently lucrative job she previously turned down. She and Burt move in to house-sit for a client.
Episode 19
Hogging All the Glory
Tue, Mar 27, 201222 mins
Natesville parish's charitable group's insufferable chairperson Sara Louise expected another term by acclamation, but against better judgment and spousal warnings Burt decides to stand against her. So he can't refuse the perilous duty of minding blind church organist Carl's 'guide pig'.
Episode 20
Sabrina's New Jimmy
Tue, Apr 3, 201222 mins
Sabrina's new study buddy Philip is a gorgeous hunk, so Virginia convinces Jimmy he must be considered a likely rival, probably harder to eliminate than Wyatt. A dirty trick with text messages after stealing her phone does the trick, but only leads to the arrival of another stud, Philip.
Episode 21
Inside Probe
Tue, Apr 10, 201222 mins
Geraldo's stand-in Nancy Grace interviewed the Chance family and friends for a documentary on the Natesville crime cloud since Lucy arrived. As it's finally aired, they, now jealous Sabrina and townsfolk are shocked time and again, how badly evil's shadow struck.
Episode 22
I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back
Tue, Apr 17, 201222 mins
After the talk-show discloses in detail how diabolically smart serial killer Lucy survived her mishandled execution and the embarrassed authorities discretely released her, she returns to Natesville and files for custody of Hope. The Chances still can hire no better lawyer the self-confessed incompetent Wally Phipps.
