DJariya

By djariya at 2010-09-03

Synopsis:



Starring:
Garrett Dillahunt (in a non-psychotic role)
Lucas Neff
Bijou Phillips
Cloris Leachman
Martha Plimpton

The show was created by Greg Garcia, who created My Name is Earl.

I saw a few promos for this and they actually made me laugh.

kstublen

I'm definitely looking forward to this show. Probably my most-anticipated new show this season.

lol, that gets me every time.

Geofferson

^ Same here, I may tune in for that alone on the off-chance he turns into a crazed killer after the first commercial break.

Fist of Doom

at him covering the baby's eyes at the electric chair going off.

kstublen

10 minutes in and I can't stop laughing. This show is fantastic. If it keeps this up, it'll probably be my new favourite show of the season. It's got a great lead-in with Glee, so hopefully it retains some of the audience and does good ratings-wise, 'cause I'd hate to see it canceled when it's already off to such a great start.

Don Homer

Loved the My Name Is Earl reference. This show is hilarious. The spirit of Earl lives on.

kstublen

What was the reference? I didn't catch it.

kstublen

I'm dying at Cloris Leachman suddenly getting lucid and yelling at everyone.

kstublen

I'm calling it. Best new show of the season. God I hope it lasts.

BGPu

How did the Martha Plimpton character go from being a hot young mother to looking like Martha Plimpton?

Fist of Doom

Okay, that was fantastic. I didn't know what to expect from this show, but I laughed my ass off the whole way through. Hope they can keep it going.

dgmayor

I had absolutely no idea until I tuned in that Garrett Dillahunt was in this. That alone is worth price of admission.

kstublen

Funny piece of trivia. The show was originally titled Keep Hope Alive, but they retitled it to Raising Hope.

Martha Pimpleton's character, Virginia, at the end said something along the lines of "Keeping this baby alive." I imagine the Pilot was written and shot before the show was retitled, so I imagine it was a reference to the title.

These characters are already great after only one episode. One of the best pilots I've seen in years. I hope they can keep it up and don't get canceled.

I can't believe Virginia threw up on the baby too, lol. I loved the exchange about Charles Manson. Garrett Dillahunt was great!

Can't wait for next week!

EDIT: By the way, the baby in the episode doesn't look like the baby in the promo picture. Is that just my imagination?

Geofferson

Forgot to set the DVR. Hopefully it shows up on Hulu tomorrow.

Michael T Hudson

The funniest part was checking the grandma first when John Henry smelled they baby poop.

Michael T Hudson

I missed it as well.

THERE’S a throwaway joke in the pilot episode of Greg Garcia’s new Fox comedy, “Raising Hope,” in which a news anchor on a television screen promises the conclusion to a story about “a small-time crook with a long list of wrongs he was making amends for.” But before that tale can be told, the television conks out — or, more precisely, is conked over someone’s head — and its ending is never revealed.

kstublen

Haha, I heard the "on the lighter side of the news" part but completely missed the rest of it. That's so awesome!

MrX

"I got pH's to balance, that's science!"

Dillahunt and Plimpton were fantastic, great show.

Giantrobo

It hasn't aired here in LA yet, but I'm glad to see the positive posts in here. I've been looking forward to this show. I can't wait to see Leachman bring the funny.

It's strange, I've never been a Martha Plimpton fan and frankly, I've always thought she looked kinda funny to me. But I think she has aged into a really beautiful woman. In fact, I've been looking forward to this show thanks to her appearance on "FRINGE". When I saw she was in this new show I wanted to see it.

superfro

It actually ends with "And you're not gonna believe how it ends!" which is even more awesome.


Dillahunt was as awesome as anticipated. Definitely thought it was awesome, but man if it isn't going to piss of some humorless bastards out there.

The Infidel

Before I opened this thread, I didn't know anything about the show, other than reading something briefly the other day about a new Martha Plimpton show. I watched it tonight, and loved it all the way through. I thought while watching that it had a My Name Is Earl feel. Now I'm here reading, and it all makes sense.

kstublen

It has sort of a My Name Is Earl meets Malcolm In The Middle type vibe going, which is great as far as I'm concerned.

Yes, yes it will.

B.A.

My wife had to stop watching after the baby went flying across the back seat.

I liked it quite a bit.

marty888

Watched this primarily for Martha Plimpton (one of my favorite actressses after seeing her in several terrific stage performances the past few years) and loved every minute of it. Looks like Fox has another winner.

Giantrobo

Cromartie!!! (Sarah Connor Chronicles)

I didn't know the show would start out like that with the girl and all.