# Raising Hope S04E07

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**Created:** [December 10, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-s04e07/675951 "2013-12-10T03:36:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-s04e07/675951/1 "2013-12-10T03:36:58Z")

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I realize I’m late to the party but I can’t believe no one else thought this was worthy of commentary.

If you have any appreciation for homages and Raising Hope, you should go to Hulu and watch Murder, She Hoped. I thought it was fantastic and I’m just disappointed I didn’t twig immediately upon seeing Virginia’s hair.

No sub-plot with Sabrina, Jimmy or Hope, but I suspect you won’t miss it.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-s04e07/675951/2 "2013-12-10T04:52:41Z")

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I thought it was brilliant, and Virginia’s new hairdo didn’t clue me in either.

Have they done any other homages?

They did do a cool Wizard of Oz a couple seasons back. And I didn’t twig to that until the very end. I just don’t expect that kind of wit in a low-rated sitcom.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-s04e07/675951/3 "2013-12-10T05:26:31Z")

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None come to mind beyond the Back to the Future with Christopher Lloyd and Modern Family with the wedding, although I don’t know if that was a tribute so much as a riff.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-s04e07/675951/4 "2013-12-10T06:18:56Z")

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This was incredible. Took us a minute as well, but we knew something was up right away. Everything was just so stylized. Terrific episode. I had to keep pausing and rewinding because we were laughing so hard.