Raising Hope

Raising Hope

74% Match20104 SeasonsComedy, Family

James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.

Episodes

Pilot

1. Pilot

2010-09-21

A 23-year-old man must enlist his family to help him raise a baby that is the result of a one-night stand with a wanted felon.

EP 1
Dead Tooth

2. Dead Tooth

2010-09-28

Jimmy asks Sabrina's cousin to baby-sit Hope so he can return to work. Burt tries to persuade Virginia to quit smoking.

EP 2
Dream Hoarders

3. Dream Hoarders

2010-10-05

The family baby-proofs the house as Hope learns to crawl. Jimmy visits the grocery store in hopes of seeing Sabrina.

EP 3
Say Cheese

4. Say Cheese

2010-10-12

Jimmy realizes that he has no family photos that include Hope, so he organizes a family photo shoot.

EP 4
Happy Halloween

5. Happy Halloween

2010-10-26

When Sabrina's boyfriend can't make it to the deli guy's Halloween party, Jimmy offers to put on his costume and go in his place. Virginia takes Maw Maw, who is dressed as a cat, trick-or-treating while Burt plots ways to play tricks on Jimmy.

EP 5
Family Secrets

6. Family Secrets

2010-10-26

When a box containing videos of Hope's mother arrives from prison, Jimmy must decide whether or not to let Hope see them. Virginia explains that children need to be protected from the truth, leading Jimmy to question what exactly his parents have been keeping from him.

EP 6
The Sniffles

7. The Sniffles

2010-11-09

When Hope catches a cold, Jimmy panics because the family does not have health insurance. Jimmy figures out a way to get a second job at Sabrina's grocery store so he can afford to take Hope to the pediatrician.

EP 7
Blue Dots

8. Blue Dots

2010-11-16

Jimmy decides to put Hope in an expensive daycare center, but meets an obstacle in the form of an old record from Burt's past, so the family decides to take matters in their own hands and deal with the law.

EP 8
Meet the Grandparents

9. Meet the Grandparents

2010-11-23

Instead of sleeping in and ordering pizza, per his normal Thanksgiving custom, Jimmy invites Hope's other grandparents, Dale and Margine, to join the Chances for a more traditional holiday dinner. The Chances soon realize that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when Dale and Margine kidnap Hope, and it's up to them to get her back.

EP 9
Burt Rocks

10. Burt Rocks

2010-11-30

A washed-up rock star who is hired as the lead act at 'Grocery-Palooza', a rock concert at the supermarket where Sabrina works. Smokey was once Burt's musical idol, and Burt hopes to relive his rock-star years by playing backup for him at the concert.

EP 10