"raising Hope" Murder, She Hoped(2013) Direct

In the Raising Hope episode "" (Season 4, Episode 7), which aired on December 6, 2013, the show delivers a comprehensive tribute to the films of Alfred Hitchcock , specifically the 1954 classic Rear Window . Plot Summary

The episode includes nods to The Birds , Vertigo , and Psycho through dialogue, camera shots, and background details. "Raising Hope" Murder, She Hoped(2013)

After Burt takes a bad fall and ends up in a wheelchair, he becomes obsessed with his new "back-fence" neighbors, Gary and Gina. Convinced that Gary has murdered his wife with an axe, Burt enlists Virginia to help him spy on them using a telescope—mimicking the telephoto lens used by Jimmy Stewart's character in Rear Window . Because the Chances have a history of making "loony" calls to the police, the department only sends auxiliary officer Barney to investigate. In the Raising Hope episode "" (Season 4,

"Raising Hope" Murder, She Hoped (TV Episode 2013) - Trivia - IMDb Convinced that Gary has murdered his wife with

Summaries * Burt and Virginia get new back-fence neighbors, and Burt is convinced that there is something suspicious about them. *

Barney speaks with a distinct James Stewart-like drawl while investigating the "crime".

The name "Murder, She Hoped" is a play on the long-running mystery series Murder, She Wrote .