Plot summary
When Jimmy realizes he needs a daycare service for Hope, he goes to Sabrina ( Shannon Marie Woodward ), an employee at the local grocery store and whom he has an infatuation with, for help. She directs him to her cousin, Shelly ( Kate Micucci ), whom Jimmy had hooked up with two years previously. Jimmy is reluctant to hurt her feelings when she still cares for him, but has a dead tooth on one of her front teeth. When he does hurt her feelings however, Shelly starts charging her services. Meanwhile, Jimmy pressures Virginia to quit smoking for Hope's health; Virginia will only do so if Burt convinces her mentally unstable grandmother Maw Maw ( Cloris Leachman ) to quit also, which is no easy task.
During one of her lucid episodes, Maw Maw reveals she initially quit smoking in the 1970's to live long enough to see Virginia grow up. Virginia decides to follow suit and offers Jimmy money she usually spends on cigarettes to pay for Shelly's day care.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Raising Hope season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.