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

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

Guest stars as Agent Thompson . Hurd is the real-life wife of series regular Garret Dillahunt (Burt). Rebecca Lowman: Guest stars as the neighbor's wife, Gina . Hitchcock Tributes & Trivia The episode is packed with "Easter eggs" for film fans: "Raising Hope" Murder, She Hoped(2013)

Summaries * Burt and Virginia get new back-fence neighbors, and Burt is convinced that there is something suspicious about them. * The episode concludes with a nod to Psycho

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. Rebecca Lowman: Guest stars as the neighbor's wife, Gina

Guest stars as the suspicious new neighbor, Gary .

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