# Raising Hope: Another great show that I bet you don't watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038 "2012-03-28T13:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/41 "2012-04-18T02:23:00Z")
That was a fun episode, but it’s worrisome that they brought a character back from the dead. I hope it doesn’t mean they’re running out of story ideas. It’s bound to happen though, especially with a wacky show like this. I teared up when Jimmy made his decision. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/42 "2012-04-18T02:28:04Z")
Yeah, I was less than pleased with how they handled their decision to resurrect Lucy Carlyle. I would like season 3 to be madcap wacky hijinks and adorable malapropisms, thank you. If I want drama, I’ll go watch Glee or Private Practice or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/43 "2012-04-18T03:06:18Z")
Sepinwall says the producers didn’t know when they filmed these last two episodes whether or not the show would be renewed, so it was intended as a retrospective, bringing back all those characters from past episodes. If I look at it that way, it’s less disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/44 "2012-04-18T03:11:04Z")
Ah, that does make more sense. And I will say that a whole lot of the last five minutes were a little blurry. Someone must have been chopping onions in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/45 "2012-04-18T04:41:47Z")
I watched the show regularly for, oh, the second half of the first season. It never seemed to rise above “amusing but trying too hard to be wacky.” I gave up on it, but after seeing all the love here maybe I’ll try it again. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/46 "2012-04-18T04:52:03Z")
Some of the wackiness is a bit strained, but most of it comes naturally from the characters. It’s definitely not a show that can be compared with reality and nitpicked that way. Although I did find myself hoping that the Chances’ lawyer would find a way to get Lucy to talk about her past, so she’d “open the door”. Loved the jury. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/47 "2012-04-19T00:01:14Z")
It’s funny, I was watching it today and it caught my little girl’s attention. She saw killer-mama going after girlfriend with the knife and I reassured her that it would be okay. BAM. Oops. The look of shock on my daughter’s face…wow. _It’s okay baby, it was just a joke. It didn’t really happen. They’re just pretending! It’s like the coyote…you know, The Road Runner? No? Um…Tom and Jerry? Never saw that one either?_ Anyway, loved this episode as much as every other. It’s coming back right? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/48 "2012-04-19T00:14:33Z")
Yes, it was renewed a few weeks ago along with Glee and New Girl. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/49 "2012-04-19T00:19:45Z")
I was laughing pretty hard when Serial Killer Mom took off after Sabrina with the knife. Wonder if she’s _really_ dead now. ETA, I think SKM is pretty hot! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/50 "2012-04-19T15:54:56Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I was laughing pretty hard when Serial Killer Mom took off after Sabrina with the knife. Wonder if she’s _really_ dead now. …and now that she is dead, and was still married to Jimmy when she died, he now inherits all of her money? Could make for an interesting new season - the rich Chance family… ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/51 "2012-04-20T00:12:50Z")
One thing that surprised me (it’s possible I missed it) was that they didn’t have a better lawyer. You’d think Sabrina would have offered to put up money for one. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/52 "2012-04-20T00:51:55Z")
Yeah, but that’s _their_ lawyer, f-Ed up dysfunctional and sorta secondhand, just like everything else in their lives. It’s zany. When serial killer mom got out of the car and Sabrina took flight, I though SKM would fall on her blade samurai style. They so set up for it, I wonder why they didn’t take the punchline? ---
**Author:** ![tsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tsm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038/53 "2012-04-20T01:26:25Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > When serial killer mom got out of the car and Sabrina took flight, I though SKM would fall on her blade samurai style. They so set up for it, I wonder why they didn’t take the punchline? Because they wanted to give you something you weren’t expecting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-another-great-show-that-i-bet-you-dont-watch/617038.md?page=2)