Burt becomes obsessed with gambling when he believes he can reclaim all the items he lost when he bet away all the Chance’s belongings nearly 20 years ago. Worried about his bad habit reemerging, Virginia and Jimmy try to intervene but soon get swept up in the betting frenzy and develop their own gambling habit. But their luck begins to run out when they miss Shelley’s staged play written by Sabrina and starring Hope as the lead.

If the press release is anything to go by, Dale Dickey from Winter’s Bone guest stars.

I’ve added pages for the next two episodes: 2×13 Tarot Cards (with pics), 2×14 Jimmy’s Fake Girlfriend. And I’ll get to that movie too one of these days.

Three sneak peeks from tonight’s episode are embedded below. Before that, a couple of interviews showed up since the last update. The first one is from KTLA (via Raising-Hope.us). It aired before “Mrs. Smartypants,” but was posted online a bit later.

The second one is with Garret and Martha, and with some other familiar faces previewing what’s coming up on their shows.

And those sneak peeks:

Fox Lounge: Smartypants

Interviews:

‘Raising Hope’ Springs Eternal: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

‘Raising Hope’ Springs Eternal: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

Sneak peeks:

Big congrats!

The complete list of nominees is here (PDF).

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
FELLAG – Monsieur Lazhar
GARRET DILLAHUNT – Oliver Sherman
MICHAEL FASSBENDER – A Dangerous Method
PATRICK HUARD – Starbuck
SCOTT SPEEDMAN – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Also congrats to Ryan Redford, who scored a nomination for best adapted screenplay.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
PHILIPPE FALARDEAU – Monsieur Lazhar
RYAN REDFORD – Oliver Sherman
DAVID SHAMOON – In Darkness
STEVEN SILVER – The Bang Bang Club

Here is what Winnipeg Free Press writes:

The nominations were announced this morning by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television at simultaneous news conferences in Toronto and Montreal.

Rounding out the best picture race is the thriller “The Whistleblower” and the francophone comedy “Starbuck.” They earned six nominations apiece.

The Genie Awards will be held March 8 in Toronto and will be broadcast on CBC-TV.

The acting categories are studded with international stars.

Notables include Michael Fassbender, Michelle Williams, Viggo Mortensen, Vanessa Paradis and Rachel Weisz.
Fassbender is in the best actor race for his turn as Carl Jung in “A Dangerous Method.” Rivals include Garret Dillahunt, who plays a disillusioned war vet in “Oliver Sherman”; Scott Speedman, as the notorious Canadian bank robber in “Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster”; Montreal’s Patrick Huard, who plays a frequent sperm donor in “Starbuck”; and Algeria’s Mohamed Fellag, who stars as a sensitive school teacher in “Monsieur Lazhar.”

Hollywood Reporter also has the story.

Fred Willard guest stars in “Mrs. Smartypants” as a high school teacher with a history with the Chance family who comes back into their lives when Jimmy decides to go back to school and earn his GED. And his parents end up following him into the classroom.

“None of us want to be the dumbest person in the house, so it’s ‘if you’re going to go, then we will to’!” Garret Dillahunt previewed for us when we caught up with him in Los Angeles last week.

Though we had personally assumed Burt and Virginia (Martha Plimpton) had actually graduated, Dillahunt shrugged and said “apparently not.” Well, they did have their hands full with a new baby and all! And the cycle was repeated for Jimmy (Lucas Neff), who decides to better himself when he sees indication of above-average intelligence in his daughter, Hope (Baylie and Rylie Cregut). — More at Examiner

And these two are from FOX All Access and TV Watchtower:

AP Photo/Danny Moloshok

For photos, see Raising Hope on FB and Zimbio.

The next new episode, Mrs. Smartypants, airs next Tuesday. Hit the link for the synopsis and photos. The teaser is embedded below.

And just a quick update on Cogan’s Trade: The Film Stage writes that it won’t be released in March as previously announced, but in the last quarter of 2012.

(^ Via Spoiler TV.)

http://www.adamcarolla.com/garret-dillahunt/

He shows up about half an hour into the podcast. Careful, the show is not safe for work.

In a nod to the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the Chances go to the movies and are surprised when they discover that the film they’re watching is strikingly similar to their own family life. Meanwhile, Jimmy is transported into a cinematic dreamlike state and experiences the world as though he never met Hope’s serial killer mom Lucy (guest star Bijou Phillips). But when he returns to reality, he soon realizes that life without Hope would not be nearly as sweet.

The episode airs at 9:30 pm.

The interviews:

And the sneak peeks: