Raising Hope
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.
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Seasons
The first season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on September 21, 2010 and concluded on May 17, 2011 on the Fox Network. The show aired on Tuesday at 9:00 pm ET. The season consisted of 22 episodes and averaged 6.40 million viewers.
1.Pilot
6.921-09-201023mA 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.
2.Dead Tooth
8.128-09-201030mJimmy asks Sabrina's cousin to baby-sit Hope so he can return to work. Burt tries to persuade Virginia to quit smoking.
3.Dream Hoarders
8.005-10-2010The family baby-proofs the house as Hope learns to crawl. Jimmy visits the grocery store in hopes of seeing Sabrina.
4.Say Cheese
8.512-10-2010Jimmy realizes that he has no family photos that include Hope, so he organizes a family photo shoot.
5.Happy Halloween
8.526-10-201021mWhen 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, t...
6.Family Secrets
8.226-10-201022mWhen 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...
7.The Sniffles
8.109-11-201022mWhen 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...
8.Blue Dots
6.816-11-201022mJimmy 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 ha...
9.Meet the Grandparents
8.323-11-201022mInstead 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...
10.Burt Rocks
8.330-11-201022mA 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...
11.Toy Story
8.207-12-201022mJimmy finds out about his father's annual Christmas scheme where he sells the most wanted toy for a lot of money, which always left Jimmy disappointed when he was a child. Virginia...
12.Romeo and Romeo
8.508-02-201122mJimmy hasn't had any time to socialize or make friends since Hope was born, so when he meets another single dad at the grocery store, he immediately sets up a play date. But when J...
13.A Germ of a Story
8.215-02-201122mWhen Sabrina points out to Jimmy just how many germs are lurking around his house, the Chance family becomes obsessed with cleanliness. Finding it impossible to keep Maw Maw clean,...
14.What Up, Cuz?
8.322-02-201122mVirginia's cousin Delilah, who struggles to make ends meet, pays a visit to the Chance family unannounced, determined to claim her share of Maw Maw's - whom she thinks died years a...
15.Snip Snip
8.301-03-201122mWhen Virginia and Sabrina discover secrets about each other, Sabrina blackmails Virginia into keeping her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Jimmy takes Burt to get a vasectomy after a family...
16.The Cultish Personality
8.208-03-201122mMike returns after going through a spiritual quest with a wife and her other three husbands in tow. Burt attempts to fix the relationship between his brother and Mike.
17.Mongooses
8.015-03-201122mThe Chance family goes to see a lawyer to get their wills done, and Burt is insulted when Jimmy chooses Sabrina over him. Meanwhile, Sabrina is overcome with emotion by the news, w...
18.Cheaters
6.519-04-201122mMaw Maw has a crush on a man she meets at Shelley's daycare. Jimmy takes Sabrina to see Wyatt after she suspects he might be cheating on her, and he resorts to drastic measures to...
19.Sleep Training
8.426-04-201130mWhen Burt is introduced to a book on sleep-training, he and Virginia decide to try it on baby Hope. Meanwhile, Jimmy's wild new girlfriend introduces him to a special beverage that...
20.Everybody Flirts... Sometimes
8.403-05-201130mWhen Burt's flirtatious ways are exposed, the entire family begins to experiment with flirting. Jimmy and Sabrina compete to be Barney's favorite employee, Maw Maw gives away her t...
21.Baby Monitor
8.610-05-201120mBurt and Virginia try to help a couple they heard arguing on Hope's baby monitor.
22.Don't Vote for this Episode
9.517-05-201130mThe Chances reminisce about the year Jimmy turned 18 - when Maw Maw kicked them out of the house, when a goth Jimmy took up residence in the grocery store and when Burt and Virgini...
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