"raising Hope" Murder, She Hoped(2013) Apr 2026

The episode concludes with a nod to Psycho , featuring new neighbors moving in who are revealed to be Norman Bates and his mother.

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

Barney speaks with a distinct James Stewart-like drawl while investigating the "crime". The episode concludes with a nod to Psycho

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

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.

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.