# List of Raising Hope episodes

Raising Hope is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that premiered on Fox on September 21, 2010. Season 1 of the half-hour single-camera television series aired on Tuesdays at 9 pm ET/PT. From the beginning of Season 2, Raising Hope moved to the new time slot of Tuesdays at 9:30 pm EP/PT. In Season 4, the show aired on Fridays at 9pm EST, until switching to 9:30pm on January 24, 2014. In March 2014, the show was cancelled.
During the course of the series, 88 episodes of Raising Hope aired over four seasons, between September 21, 2010, and April 4, 2014.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) | May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) | April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17) |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) | March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) |
| 4 | 22 | 22 | November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15) | April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2010–11)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Fresco | Greg Garcia | September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) | 1ARY79 | 7.48 |
| 2 | 2 | "Dead Tooth" | Michael Fresco | Greg Garcia | September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) | 1ARY01 | 7.09 |
| 3 | 3 | "Dream Hoarders" | Michael Fresco | Ralph Greene | October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) | 1ARY02 | 6.18 |
| 4 | 4 | "Say Cheese" | Eyal Gordin | Greg Garcia | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) | 1ARY03 | 6.01 |
| 5 | 5 | "Happy Halloween" | Greg Garcia | Dan Coscino | October 26, 2010 (2010-10-26) | 1ARY06 | 6.00 |
| 6 | 6 | "Family Secrets" | Randall Einhorn | Bobby Bowman | October 26, 2010 (2010-10-26) | 1ARY04 | 5.37 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Sniffles" | Eyal Gordin | Mike Mariano | November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09) | 1ARY05 | 5.77 |
| 8 | 8 | "Blue Dots" | Eyal Gordin | Liz Astrof | November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) | 1ARY07 | 5.91 |
| 9 | 9 | "Meet the Grandparents" | Jace Alexander | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23) | 1ARY08 | 5.70 |
| 10 | 10 | "Burt Rocks" | Jace Alexander | Alan Kirschenbaum | November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30) | 1ARY10 | 6.65 |
| 11 | 11 | "Toy Story" | Michael Fresco | Bobby Bowman | December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07) | 1ARY09 | 6.92 |
| 12 | 12 | "Romeo and Romeo" | Eyal Gordin | Ralph Greene & Tim Stack | February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08) | 1ARY13 | 6.58 |
| 13 | 13 | "A Germ of a Story" | Phil Traill | Tim Stack | February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15) | 1ARY11 | 5.36 |
| 14 | 14 | "What Up, Cuz?" | Rebecca Asher | Bobby Bowman | February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22) | 1ARY12 | 6.00 |
| 15 | 15 | "Snip Snip" | Chris Koch | Mike Mariano | March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01) | 1ARY17 | 8.68 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Cultish Personality" | Phil Traill | Matthew W. Thompson | March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08) | 1ARY14 | 6.60 |
| 17 | 17 | "Mongooses" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman | March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15) | 1ARY15 | 5.74 |
| 18 | 18 | "Cheaters" | Dan Attias | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19) | 1ARY16 | 5.31 |
| 19 | 19 | "Sleep Training" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman & Sean Conaway | April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) | 1ARY19 | 4.53 |
| 20 | 20 | "Everybody Flirts... Sometimes" | Jerry Levine | Christine Zander | May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03) | 1ARY18 | 4.67 |
| 21 | 21 | "Baby Monitor" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman | May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10) | 1ARY21 | 5.05 |
| 22 | 22 | "Don't Vote for This Episode" | Greg Garcia | Greg Garcia | May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) | 1ARY20 | 5.40 |

### Season 2 (2011–12)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Prodigy" | Eyal Gordin | Christine Zander | September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) | 2ARY02 | 6.73 |
| 24 | 2 | "Sabrina Has Money" | Troy Miller | Michael Pennie | September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27) | 2ARY03 | 6.14 |
| 25 | 3 | "Kidnapped" | Mike Mariano | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | October 4, 2011 (2011-10-04) | 2ARY01 | 6.36 |
| 26 | 4 | "Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent Baby! Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent!" | Dan Attias | Alan Kirschenbaum & Mike Mariano | October 5, 2011 (2011-10-05) | 2ARY05 | 5.85 |
| 27 | 5 | "Killer Hope" | Michael Fresco | Ralph Greene & Tim Stack | November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01) | 2ARY06 | 5.37 |
| 28 | 6 | "Jimmy and the Kid" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman | November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08) | 2ARY04 | 4.51 |
| 29 | 7 | "Burt's Parents" | Eyal Gordin | Sean Conaway | November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15) | 2ARY07 | 4.84 |
| 30 | 8 | "Bro-gurt" | Mike Mariano | Michael Pennie | November 29, 2011 (2011-11-29) | 2ARY08 | 5.34 |
| 31 | 9 | "The Men of New Natesville" | Michael Fresco | Matthew W. Thompson | December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06) | 2ARY09 | 4.57 |
| 32 | 10 | "It's a Hopeful Life" | Tucker Gates | Ralph Greene & Tim Stack | December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13) | 2ARY11 | 4.98 |
| 33 | 11 | "Mrs. Smartypants" | Eyal Gordin | Alan Kirschenbaum & Mike Mariano | January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) | 2ARY13 | 5.03 |
| 34 | 12 | "Gambling Again" | Rebecca Asher | Deweyne LaMar Lee | January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31) | 2ARY10 | 4.62 |
| 35 | 13 | "Tarot Cards" | Lee Shallat Chemel | Amy Hubbs | February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) | 2ARY12 | 4.47 |
| 36 | 14 | "Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend" | Rebecca Asher | Bobby Bowman | February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14) | 2ARY14 | 4.58 |
| 37 | 15 | "Sheer Madness" | Phil Traill | Story by : Josh Wolf Teleplay by : Greg Garcia | February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21) | 2ARY16 | 4.73 |
| 38 | 16 | "Single White Female Role Model" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman | March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) | 2ARY19 | 4.74 |
| 39 | 17 | "Spanks Butt, No Spanks" | Rebecca Asher | Michael Pennie | March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13) | 2ARY18 | 4.31 |
| 40 | 18 | "Poking Holes in the Story" | Eyal Gordin | Matthew W. Thompson | March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20) | 2ARY15 | 3.78 |
| 41 | 19 | "Hogging All the Glory" | Mike Mariano | Mike Mariano | March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27) | 2ARY20 | 3.81 |
| 42 | 20 | "Sabrina's New Jimmy" | Matt Shakman | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) | 2ARY17 | 3.93 |
| 43 | 21 | "Inside Probe" | Greg Garcia | Alan Kirschenbaum & Tim Stack | April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) | 2ARY22 | 3.81 |
| 44 | 22 | "I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back!" | Eyal Gordin | Bobby Bowman | April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17) | 2ARY21 | 3.79 |

### Season 3 (2012–13)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 45 | 1 | "Not Indecent, But Not Quite Decent Enough Proposal" | Greg Garcia | Greg Garcia | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) | 3ARY01 | 3.90 |
| 46 | 2 | "Throw Maw Maw from the House (Part 1)" | Eyal Gordin | Greg Garcia & Fred Shafferman | October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09) | 3ARY02 | 4.03 |
| 47 | 3 | "Throw Maw Maw from the House (Part 2)" | Eyal Gordin | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16) | 3ARY03 | 4.23 |
| 48 | 4 | "If a Ham Falls in the Woods" | Eyal Gordin | Mark Stegemann | October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) | 3ARY05 | 4.10 |
| 49 | 5 | "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What To Do" | Eyal Gordin | Matthew W. Thompson | October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30) | 3ARY07 | 4.05 |
| 50 | 6 | "What Up, Bro?" | Mike Mariano | Mike Mariano | November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13) | 3ARY04 | 3.73 |
| 51 | 7 | "Candy Wars" | Michael Fresco | Ralph Greene & Fred Schafferman | November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20) | 3ARY09 | 3.57 |
| 52 | 8 | "The Walk for the Runs" | Rebecca Asher | Joey Gutierrez | November 27, 2012 (2012-11-27) | 3ARY06 | 3.87 |
| 53 | 9 | "Squeak Means Squeak" | Lee Shallat Chemel | Stephnie Weir | December 4, 2012 (2012-12-04) | 3ARY10 | 3.66 |
| 54 | 10 | "The Last Christmas" | Greg Garcia | Greg Garcia | December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11) | 3ARY08 | 4.03 |
| 55 | 11 | "Credit Where Credit is Due" | Eyal Gordin | Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove | January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08) | 3ARY11 | 3.74 |
| 56 | 12 | "Lord of the Ring" | Dan Attias | Timothy Stack | January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15) | 3ARY12 | 3.63 |
| 57 | 13 | "What Happens at Howdy's Doesn't Stay at Howdy's" | Eyal Gordin | Gina Gari | January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22) | 3ARY13 | 4.00 |
| 58 | 14 | "Modern Wedding" | Rebecca Asher | Sean Conaway | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) | 3ARY14 | 3.84 |
| 59 | 15 | "Yo Zappa Do (Part 1)" | Eyal Gordin | Amy Hubbs | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) | 3ARY15 | 3.32 |
| 60 | 16 | "Yo Zappa Do (Part 2)" | Lee Shallat Chemel | Jordan Young & Elijah Aron | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) | 3ARY16 | 3.87 |
| 61 | 17 | "Sex, Clown and Videotape" | Rebecca Asher | Deweyne LaMar Lee | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) | 3ARY17 | 3.53 |
| 62 | 18 | "Arbor Daze" | Eyal Gordin | Ralph Greene & Timothy Stack | February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19) | 3ARY18 | 3.65 |
| 63 | 19 | "Making the Band" | Mike Mariano | Sean Conaway | February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26) | 3ARY19 | 3.53 |
| 64 | 20 | "The Old Girl" | Eyal Gordin | Joey Gutierrez | February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26) | 3ARY20 | 3.12 |
| 65 | 21 | "Burt Mitzvah – The Musical" | Eyal Gordin | Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove | March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) | 3ARY21 | 4.16 |
| 66 | 22 | "Mother's Day" | Rick Kelly | Greg Garcia | March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) | 3ARY22 | 3.28 |

### Season 4 (2013–14)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 67 | 1 | "Déjà Vu Man" | Mike Mariano | Mike Mariano | November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15) | 4ARY01 | 2.38 |
| 68 | 2 | "Burt Bucks" | Rebecca Asher | Joey Gutierrez | November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15) | 4ARY02 | 2.03 |
| 69 | 3 | "Ship Happens" | David Katzenberg | Sean Conaway | November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22) | 4ARY03 | 2.45 |
| 70 | 4 | "Hi-Def" | Mike Mariano | Matthew W. Thompson | November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22) | 3ARY24 | 2.25 |
| 71 | 5 | "Extreme Howdy's Makeover" | Jay Karas | Matthew W. Thompson | November 29, 2013 (2013-11-29) | 4ARY05 | 1.74 |
| 72 | 6 | "Adoption" | Rebecca Asher | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | November 29, 2013 (2013-11-29) | 4ARY04 | 1.63 |
| 73 | 7 | "Murder, She Hoped" | Rebecca Asher | Audra Sielaff & Becky Mann | December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06) | 4ARY08 | 2.74 |
| 74 | 8 | "Dysfunction Function" | Rick Kelly | Mark Stegemann | December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06) | 4ARY07 | 2.13 |
| 75 | 9 | "The Chance Who Stole Christmas" | Mike Mariano | Dave Holstein | December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13) | 4ARY10 | 2.10 |
| 76 | 10 | "Bee Story" | Ken Whittingham | Mark Torgove & Paul A. Kaplan | December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13) | 4ARY06 | 1.91 |
| 77 | 11 | "Hey There, Delilah" | Jeffrey Walker | Timothy Stack | January 10, 2014 (2014-01-10) | 4ARY09 | 2.70 |
| 78 | 12 | "Hot Dish" | Rebecca Asher | Kevin Henderson | January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17) | 4ARY11 | 2.50 |
| 79 | 13 | "Thrilla in Natesvilla" | Rick Kelly | Shelly Gossman | January 24, 2014 (2014-01-24) | 4ARY12 | 2.35 |
| 80 | 14 | "The Road to Natesville" | Rebecca Asher | Mark Stegemann | January 31, 2014 (2014-01-31) | 3ARY23 | 1.85 |
| 81 | 15 | "Anniversary Ball" | Timothy Stack | Mike Mariano | February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07) | 4ARY13 | 1.68 |
| 82 | 16 | "The One Where They Get High" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Joey Gutierrez | February 28, 2014 (2014-02-28) | 4ARY14 | 1.80 |
| 83 | 17 | "Baby Phat" | Garret Dillahunt | Mark Stegemann | March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07) | 4ARY15 | 1.58 |
| 84 | 18 | "Dinner With Tropes" | Rebecca Asher | Mark Torgove & Paul A. Kaplan | March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14) | 4ARY16 | 1.42 |
| 85 | 19 | "Para-Natesville Activity" | Melissa Kosar | Jordan Young & Elijah Aron | March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21) | 4ARY17 | 1.38 |
| 86 | 20 | "Man's Best Friend" | Richie Keen | Ralph Greene | March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) | 4ARY18 | 1.53 |
| 87 | 21 | "How I Met Your Mullet" | Rick Kelly | Timothy Stack & Matthew W. Thompson | April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) | 4ARY19 | 1.60 |
| 88 | 22 | "The Father/Daughter Dance" | Mike Mariano | Mike Mariano | April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) | 4ARY20 | 1.52 |