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Raising Hope
Executive producer:: Greg Garcia
Producer:: Henry J. Lange Jr.
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Plot Summary:: A 23-year-old must raise his infant daughter, conceived from a one-night stand, with the help of his flawed family after the baby's mother (who has killed multiple boyfriends) is given a death sentence and executed when the baby is only six months old.
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(cast)
Lucas Neff as James "Jimmy" Chance, Hope's father. He is a 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. Before having Hope, he met and had a one night stand with Lucy, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of Hope. He did not know about Hope until eight months later when Lucy contacts him. He also did not know that Lucy was a serial killer until she was put in prison by his family. Jimmy is harmless and kind hearted but when he was a teenager he went through a phase where he dressed like a goth. Jimmy is a fan of The Lord of The Rings and often does an impression of Gollum which his family finds irritating.
Trace Garcia as three-year-old Jimmy.
Mason Cook as eight-year-old Jimmy.
Greyson Chance as 13-year-old Jimmy.
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance. Hope's grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. Virginia conceived Jimmy when she was fifteen. Her mother left her when she was two years old with a story about being killed by a duck, and she was raised by her grandmother, Maw Maw.
Kelly Heyer as teenage Virginia.
Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance. Hope's grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He has a gardening business which he runs with Jimmy.
Cameron Moulene as teenage Burt.
Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins. She works at the nearby grocery market. She spends most of her time drawing on cantaloupes and mixing up the cereals and soup cans. She immediately catches Jimmy's attention, but has a boyfriend who is studying finance in New York.
Baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance (born Princess Beyonce Carlyle), Jimmy and Lucy's daughter.
Cloris Leachman as Barbara June Thompson/Maw Maw , Virginia's 85-year-old grandmother, Jimmy's great-grandmother and Hope's great-great-grandmother who tends to show signs of Alzheimer's Disease. Maw Maw has short-lived moments of lucidity in which she can be very helpful. For comedic purposes, she will be billed in the main credits as "And Introducing Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw".
Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes the manager at the store where Jimmy and Sabrina work.
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(Recurring cast)
Kate Micucci as Shelly, Sabrina's cousin. Shelly had previously made out with Jimmy during a party. Two years later, Shelly reappears after Jimmy needs a babysitter. Shelly is positive that Jimmy loves her and they start a relationship, only to be ended by Jimmy when he reveals his feelings for Sabrina to her. She used to have a dead tooth that she kept as a conversation starter, but had it fixed out of fear of being made fun of. In the episode "Mongooses," she is seen repeatedly turning her light switch on and off forty-five times, believing she must do it "to stay alive", implying she has Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder.
Todd Giebenhain as Frank, a creepy and incompetent co-worker at the store where Jimmy and Sabrina work.
Ray Santiago and Jermaine Williams as Javier and Marcus, Jimmy's best friends.
Skyler Stone as Mike Chance, Jimmy's cousin and Hope's first cousin once removed. He worked for Burt's gardening business before leaving with a girl to join a cult. In the March 8th, 2011, episode "The Cultish Personality", Mike returns with his wife Tanya (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and "brother-husbands" Jeff (Paul F. Tompkins), Rodney (Chris Frontiero) and Chester (Kent Avenido). Tanya practices polyandry. It is revealed that his father (Burt's brother) Bruce (J.K. Simmons) had kicked him out of the house, and Burt had taken him in. After being falsely accused by Burt of kidnapping Hope (Burt's attempt to get Mike out of the cult and back with his father), Mike reunites with his father and joins the family mattress business.
Ryan Doom as Wyatt, Sabrina's current boyfriend, who is away at college.
Bijou Phillips as Lucy Carlyle, Hope's mother. She is a serial murderer who has killed several of her boyfriends after influence provided by Shelly. She met Jimmy after trying to escape her latest attempt at killing. She then seduces him and becomes pregnant with Hope. Soon afterward, the Chances learn that Lucy is a serial killer and turn her in. Eight months later, Lucy contacts Jimmy and reveals that she has a baby. After delivering a daughter she originally names Princess Beyoncé, Lucy is sentenced to death by electric chair. In one of the later episodes, Jimmy, Burt, and Virginia receive the memoir Lucy left Hope, which includes a video about how to survive in prison and how to dance sexually.
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(Guest cast)
Greg Germann as Dale Carlyle, Lucy's father and Hope's grandfather, a psychiatrist treating his wife.
Valerie Mahaffey as Margine Carlyle, Lucy's mother and Hope's grandmother. She is being treated by her husband (who was previously her therapist) for depression. She and her husband try to kidnap Hope twice and wind up in prison.
Jason Lee as Smokey Floyd, a washed-up rock star for whom Burt once tried to audition until Smokey told him to take baby Jimmy and go.
Brandon T Jackson as Justin, a fellow young father who Jimmy tries to befriend.
Amy Sedaris as Delilah, Virginia's cousin, MawMaw's granddaughter, Jimmy's first cousin once removed and Hope's second cousin.
JK Simmons as Bruce, Burt's brother, Mike's father, Jimmy's uncle and Hope's great-uncle.
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Tanya, Mike's polygamist wife.
Paul F. Tompkins as Jeff, one of Mike's "brother-husbands."
Eddie Steeples as Tyler, the Gas Man / arcade manager.
Raising Hope
Executive producer:: Greg Garcia
Producer:: Henry J. Lange Jr.
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Plot Summary:: A 23-year-old must raise his infant daughter, conceived from a one-night stand, with the help of his flawed family after the baby's mother (who has killed multiple boyfriends) is given a death sentence and executed when the baby is only six months old.
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(cast)
Lucas Neff as James "Jimmy" Chance, Hope's father. He is a 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. Before having Hope, he met and had a one night stand with Lucy, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of Hope. He did not know about Hope until eight months later when Lucy contacts him. He also did not know that Lucy was a serial killer until she was put in prison by his family. Jimmy is harmless and kind hearted but when he was a teenager he went through a phase where he dressed like a goth. Jimmy is a fan of The Lord of The Rings and often does an impression of Gollum which his family finds irritating.
Trace Garcia as three-year-old Jimmy.
Mason Cook as eight-year-old Jimmy.
Greyson Chance as 13-year-old Jimmy.
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance. Hope's grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. Virginia conceived Jimmy when she was fifteen. Her mother left her when she was two years old with a story about being killed by a duck, and she was raised by her grandmother, Maw Maw.
Kelly Heyer as teenage Virginia.
Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance. Hope's grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He has a gardening business which he runs with Jimmy.
Cameron Moulene as teenage Burt.
Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins. She works at the nearby grocery market. She spends most of her time drawing on cantaloupes and mixing up the cereals and soup cans. She immediately catches Jimmy's attention, but has a boyfriend who is studying finance in New York.
Baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance (born Princess Beyonce Carlyle), Jimmy and Lucy's daughter.
Cloris Leachman as Barbara June Thompson/Maw Maw , Virginia's 85-year-old grandmother, Jimmy's great-grandmother and Hope's great-great-grandmother who tends to show signs of Alzheimer's Disease. Maw Maw has short-lived moments of lucidity in which she can be very helpful. For comedic purposes, she will be billed in the main credits as "And Introducing Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw".
Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes the manager at the store where Jimmy and Sabrina work.
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(Recurring cast)
Kate Micucci as Shelly, Sabrina's cousin. Shelly had previously made out with Jimmy during a party. Two years later, Shelly reappears after Jimmy needs a babysitter. Shelly is positive that Jimmy loves her and they start a relationship, only to be ended by Jimmy when he reveals his feelings for Sabrina to her. She used to have a dead tooth that she kept as a conversation starter, but had it fixed out of fear of being made fun of. In the episode "Mongooses," she is seen repeatedly turning her light switch on and off forty-five times, believing she must do it "to stay alive", implying she has Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder.
Todd Giebenhain as Frank, a creepy and incompetent co-worker at the store where Jimmy and Sabrina work.
Ray Santiago and Jermaine Williams as Javier and Marcus, Jimmy's best friends.
Skyler Stone as Mike Chance, Jimmy's cousin and Hope's first cousin once removed. He worked for Burt's gardening business before leaving with a girl to join a cult. In the March 8th, 2011, episode "The Cultish Personality", Mike returns with his wife Tanya (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and "brother-husbands" Jeff (Paul F. Tompkins), Rodney (Chris Frontiero) and Chester (Kent Avenido). Tanya practices polyandry. It is revealed that his father (Burt's brother) Bruce (J.K. Simmons) had kicked him out of the house, and Burt had taken him in. After being falsely accused by Burt of kidnapping Hope (Burt's attempt to get Mike out of the cult and back with his father), Mike reunites with his father and joins the family mattress business.
Ryan Doom as Wyatt, Sabrina's current boyfriend, who is away at college.
Bijou Phillips as Lucy Carlyle, Hope's mother. She is a serial murderer who has killed several of her boyfriends after influence provided by Shelly. She met Jimmy after trying to escape her latest attempt at killing. She then seduces him and becomes pregnant with Hope. Soon afterward, the Chances learn that Lucy is a serial killer and turn her in. Eight months later, Lucy contacts Jimmy and reveals that she has a baby. After delivering a daughter she originally names Princess Beyoncé, Lucy is sentenced to death by electric chair. In one of the later episodes, Jimmy, Burt, and Virginia receive the memoir Lucy left Hope, which includes a video about how to survive in prison and how to dance sexually.
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(Guest cast)
Greg Germann as Dale Carlyle, Lucy's father and Hope's grandfather, a psychiatrist treating his wife.
Valerie Mahaffey as Margine Carlyle, Lucy's mother and Hope's grandmother. She is being treated by her husband (who was previously her therapist) for depression. She and her husband try to kidnap Hope twice and wind up in prison.
Jason Lee as Smokey Floyd, a washed-up rock star for whom Burt once tried to audition until Smokey told him to take baby Jimmy and go.
Brandon T Jackson as Justin, a fellow young father who Jimmy tries to befriend.
Amy Sedaris as Delilah, Virginia's cousin, MawMaw's granddaughter, Jimmy's first cousin once removed and Hope's second cousin.
JK Simmons as Bruce, Burt's brother, Mike's father, Jimmy's uncle and Hope's great-uncle.
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Tanya, Mike's polygamist wife.
Paul F. Tompkins as Jeff, one of Mike's "brother-husbands."
Eddie Steeples as Tyler, the Gas Man / arcade manager.
