Raising Hope
Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after her mother, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on Death Row.
- Metascore76
- 2010-2014
- 4 seasons
- Fox Network
- Comedy, Family
- TV-PG
Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after her mother, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on Death Row.
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
Déjà Vu Man
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 22 mins
The Chances finally find out who's the scary man who keeps popping up in town as if to stalk them. It's Virginia's ever-absent father Arnold, who didn't want to abandon her with her mother but was chased for being gay. Trying to catch up, the Chases find him obnoxious and a bigot in his bossy way.
Episode 2
Burt Bucks
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 22 mins
Enthusiastic about cool payment in kind, like lobster they could not afford, Burt and Virginia convince their simpleton neighbors to organize an 'alternative' barter system. It works but people bicker over the exchange value of goods and services, so the next step is a fake currency, 'Burt bucks'. Jimmy finds himself the easy victim of the supermarket's reinstated ex-con clerk and Sabrina's attempts to restore her humiliated husband's confidence keep backfiring. The Chance couple can't resist the temptation to print and spend a lot they never earned, which causes a devastating devaluation.
Episode 3
Ship Happens
Fri, Nov 22, 2013 22 mins
When Jimmy finds out his parents never took him on a real holiday but faked cook travel adventures in town while he was a sleepy kid, well-traveled Sabrina resolves to take him and Hope along for the real thing. The Chance parents are tempted to join against better judgment, even with maw-maw, lured by a sweet deal to deliver a yacht, which turns out worse then a drag, under contract. Still the family vows to make the best of it, despite a horrible museum and Sabrina getting arrested for trying to steal back.
Episode 4
Hi-Def
Fri, Nov 22, 2013 22 mins
Victoria's cleaning company employer provides free, mandatory medical checkups with doctor Walters. He prescribes her delightfully efficient spectacles, but she soon learns that comes not only at full cost (because she couldn't read many advertisements before) but also that of the bliss of ignorance. The Chance family is now burdened with more responsibility and more expensive taste, and an atypical cleaning frenzy.
Episode 5
Extreme Howdy's Makeover
Fri, Nov 29, 2013 21 mins
Jimmy used to get humiliated whenever he believed to have some artistic talent, so his parents always played it down in advance. Now Sabrina pushes him to try his hand as a modern painter after Howdie's is taken over by reputedly innovative nut-case investor Maxine, who demands all supermarket staff to come up with ideas and fires Howard as soon as he objects to absurd experiments. Sabrina was hiding that Maxine is her aunt, who surprises her by insisting on profit, while Virginia and Maw-Maw demand their chance on the free podium.
Episode 6
Adoption
Fri, Nov 29, 2013 22 mins
Despite Jimmy's wedding with Sabrina, she has no legal parental status concerning Hope, so she plans to adopt her. Lawyer Wally Phipps is reluctant to take the case, considering the Chance grandparents repeatedly hired him for ludicrous trials, but rarely paid him a cent. However he's defending a murder-suspect and decides he needs to counter he prosecutor's flashy co-counsels with his own 'lookers', and decides to hire Burt and Virginia for the part, which ultimately gets extended to standing in, despite ignorance concerning penal law and procedure.
Episode 7
Murder, She Hoped
Fri, Dec 6, 2013 21 mins
The Chances are used to lame freaks as back neighbors, but the new couple is different. Virginia takes an instant liking to macho Gary, agreeing to keep mysterious packages for him. Burt makes a bad fall, landing him in a wheelchair, and is instantly suspicious, claiming Gary, who forces him to a humiliating thumb war, abuses his wife, even ax-murders her, but the police deputizes Barney as auxiliary officer as only response to the Chances, who exceeded the quota of loony calls. The truth about Gary proves even less likely.
Episode 8
Dysfunction Function
Fri, Dec 6, 2013 21 mins
Hearing from Jimmy that his sex life with Sabrina seems dying down, Burt and Virginia presume the problem is a lack of adversity, which always kept them together. So they set out to sabotage Jimmy's home and life, but overdo it in more then one way, even bringing in Sabrina's ex Wayne, as present assurance broker.
Episode 9
The Chance Who Stole Christmas
Fri, Dec 13, 2013 21 mins
After the mayor, recovering alcoholic Hellmann, falls from a Thanksgiving parade float apparently drunk, Burt runs for interim mayor, so 'first lady' Virginia could light the public Christmas decoration. Burt however finds, like all predecessors, including barney, that interim mayor 'opportunities' are traps to do the incumbent's dirty work, in this case canceling this year's Christmas festivities to save money needed for the public swimming pool.
Episode 10
Bee Story
Fri, Dec 13, 2013 22 mins
Burt and Virginia go undercover to expose a corporate scandal that is killing all the bees in Natesville.
Episode 11
Hey There, Delilah
Fri, Jan 10, 2014 21 mins
Maw Maw accidentally calls a wrong number in her contact book, bringing Virginia's cousin, Delilah, back to town. When the two rivals fight nonstop, Maw Maw threatens to give everything in her will to the granddaughter who can act the most civil.
Episode 12
Hot Dish
Fri, Jan 17, 2014 21 mins
Virginia offers to give Sabrina some much-needed cooking lessons. But when Jimmy proclaims that his wife's casserole is better than his mom's, it brings out Virginia's competitive side and she enters herself and her daughter-in-law in the Hot Dish competition.
Episode 13
Thrilla in Natesvilla
Fri, Jan 24, 2014 21 mins
Jimmy and Sabrina start a fencing course initially as part of a ploy to appease her family, but actually take the sport up as an outlet for growing marital tension. Barney and his domineering new girlfriend Maxine feel Burt and Virginia's marriage is a far stronger relationship, so she hires them as role models to record the good example on real life film, but discovers the 'magical formula' includes a broader family dynamic, even (ab)using Jimmy.
Episode 14
Road to Natesville
Fri, Jan 31, 2014 22 mins
"Groce-letes" from around the world descend on Natesville for the International Grocery Games, where competitors battle for supremacy in the aisles of Howdy's. The American delegation is embroiled in a shocking performance-enhancing drug scandal.
Episode 15
Anniversary Ball
Fri, Feb 7, 2014 21 mins
Virginia thinks that Burt is getting her an expensive gift for their 25th anniversary. So she decides to take him to a dude ranch that is run by a crazy cowboy. But Burt isn't able to enjoy himself, because of a secret he is keeping from Virginia.
Episode 16
The One Where They Get High
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 21 mins
Maw Maw has found a new love, Hubert, who encourages her to engage in some reckless activity. When Virginia finds herself scolding Maw Maw, she fears she's become a lame adult and wants Burt to do more risk-taking activities with her. Jimmy and Sabrina follow suit.
Episode 17
Baby Phat
Fri, Mar 7, 2014 21 mins
Burt and Virginia are in desperate need of a vacation and, at Barney's suggestion, head to a resort for a little R&R. But the "resort" turns out to be a different kind of place than they were hoping for. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Sabrina decide they want to have a baby.
Episode 18
Dinner with Tropes
Fri, Mar 14, 2014 21 mins
Virginia's boss, Louise, begins grooming her for the role of regional sales manager. But when Virginia sees what her boss' job is really like, she has second thoughts. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Sabrina are worried about Hope's lack of compassion.
Episode 19
Para-Natesville Activity
Fri, Mar 21, 2014 22 mins
Virginia stops believing in magical things, but second-guesses herself when it seems there's a ghost in their house. When Burt discovers the real reason behind the disturbances, he keeps it going to make her believe in magic again. In the end.
Episode 20
Man's Best Friend
Fri, Mar 28, 2014 22 mins
When Virginia and Burt realize they are suffering from "empty nest syndrome," Sabrina suggests they adopt a dog. But when they are turned down by the pound, they are given a trial period as dog owners with Michael, who ends up overstaying his welcome at the Chance's home.
Episode 21
How I Met Your Mullet
Fri, Apr 4, 2014 21 mins
Jimmy and Sabrina get a surprise when they learn that Sabrina's late grandmother has left them the family maid, who has a lifetime contract with the family. Meanwhile, Virginia gets a promotion at work that allows Burt to retire and pursue his passion - even if he doesn't know what his passion is.
Episode 22
The Father Daughter Dance
Fri, Apr 4, 2014 21 mins
Virginia's father, Arnold, returns to Natesville seeking help in planning his upcoming wedding. But Arnold surprises everyone when he reveals that the wedding Virginia has planned is really for her and Burt - the dream wedding they never got to have as teen parents.