Episode
Raising Hope: DysfunctionFunction
Overview
Virginia and Burt fear that Jimmy and Sabrina's marriage has lost its spark, so they use their own relationship experiences to try and shake things up.
Details
- Series
- Raising Hope
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2013-12-06
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
DysfunctionFunction is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Raising Hope. It aired on 2013-12-06. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 7: Murder, She Hoped
Burt and Virginia get new back-fence neighbors, and Burt is convinced that there is something suspicious about them.
Episode 9: The Chance Who Stole Christmas
Burt wants to be elected the interim Mayor of Natesville so that Virginia will have the honor of plugging in the town Christmas tree. But being mayor turns Burt into a Grinch.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Adoption
Sabrina wants to officially adopt Hope as her own, but the official adoption process doesn't give her the "Motherhood Moment" for which she was hoping.
Episode 10: Bee Story
Burt and Virginia go undercover to expose a corporate scandal that is killing all the bees in Natesville.
Episode 5: Extreme Howdy's Makeover
Howdy's gets business innovator Maxine as its new owner, and all employees must come up with a big idea to change the store.
Episode 11: Hey There, Delilah
Maw Maw accidentally calls a wrong number in her contact book, bringing Virginia's cousin, Delilah, back to town. When the two rivals fight nonstop, Maw Maw threatens to give everything in her will to the granddaughter who can act the most civil. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Sabrina have trouble finding a babysitter for Hope.
Episode 4: Hi-Def
Virginia is thrilled when the doctor prescribes new glasses, until her new crystal-clear vision allows her to see every tiny imperfection around the house.
Episode 12: Hot Dish
Virginia offers to give Sabrina some much-needed cooking lessons. But when Jimmy proclaims that his wife's casserole is better than his mom's, it brings out Virginia's competitive side and she enters herself and her daughter-in-law in the Hot Dish competition. To ease the tension, Burt also invites his mother to enter the contest.
Episode 3: Ship Happens
When Sabrina learns Jimmy never went on a family vacation as a kid, she decides to take Hope on a trip and prove to Burt and Virginia that family vacations aren't necessarily stressful.
Episode 13: Thrilla in Natesvilla
In trying to help Barney and Maxine's budding relationship, Burt and Virginia wind up getting in a fight. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Sabrina decide to start fencing in order to relieve some of the tension in their relationship.
Episode 2: Burt Bucks
Burt and Virginia introduce Natesville to a new bartering system called "Burt Bucks," that looks an awful lot like a pyramid scheme. Jimmy questions his masculinity after Sabrina saves his life.
Episode 14: Road to Natesville
"Groce-letes" from around the world descend on Natesville for the International Grocery Games, where competitors battle for supremacy in the aisles of Howdy's. But, when the American delegation is embroiled in a shocking performance-enhancing drug scandal, the Howdy's team, along with Burt and Virginia, must pick up the torch for the Stars & Stripes.