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

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

Summaries * Burt and Virginia get new back-fence neighbors, and Burt is convinced that there is something suspicious about them. * "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. The name "Murder, She Hoped" is a play

Virginia wears a black and white dress nearly identical to the one worn by Grace Kelly in Rear Window . Her other outfits throughout the episode also mirror various Hitchcock leading ladies. Convinced that Gary has murdered his wife with

Guest stars as the suspicious new neighbor, Gary .

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

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