MY NAME IS EARL

Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Eddie Steeples, Nadine Velazquez

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

EARL (Jason Lee) has taken one too many wrong turns on the highway of life. However, a twist of fate turns his life into a tailspin of life-renewing events. Earl won a small lottery and, after an epiphany, he is determined to transform his good fortune into a life-changing event as he sets out to right all the wrongs from his past.

Season 1

PILOT - 1ALJ79 - 2005 - After a lifelong ne'er-do-well loses a winning lottery ticket, he decides karma is getting back at him for all his misdeeds, so he makes a list of people he's wronged and determines to turn his life around by making amends to all of them. Language(s): German

QUIT SMOKING - 1ALJ01 - 2005 - Earl tackles two items on his karma list: making up for all the second-hand smoke he's inflicted on the world, and confessing to a man who served time for a crime Earl committed; and Joy decides to kill Earl so she can inherit his money. Language(s): German

RANDY'S TOUCHDOWN - 1ALJ02 - 2005 - Earl tries to make up for having Randy fix a high-school football game years ago so he could win a bet with a bookie; and after Joy has Earl's car towed, not realizing that all the lottery winnings are in it, she and Earl race to get the car out of impound. Language(s): German

BROKE JOY'S FANCY FIGURINE - 1ALJ03 - 2005 - Earl decides to make up for breaking Joy's fancy figurine: When he learns that the only way to get a new figurine is to win one in a beauty pageant, Earl agrees to enter the pageant... as the target in a mother/daughter team's knife-throwing demonstration. Language(s): German

TEACHER EARL - 1ALJ04 - 2005 - To compensate for having made fun of people's accents, Earl teaches English to a group of immigrants; and an old friend of Earl's gets out of prison and tries to go straight, like Earl, but soon returns to a life of crime... including an effort to steal Earl's money. Language(s): German

FAKED MY OWN DEATH - 1ALJ05 - 2005 - Earl recalls how years ago he got involved with a clingy girl named Natalie, and faked his death in order to end his relationship with her; when he spots Natalie again, Earl decides to tell her the truth so he can cross "lying to her" off his list of misdeeds; but making amends to Natalie turns out to be harder than Earl expects. Language(s): German

STOLE BEER FROM A GOLFER - 1ALJ06 - 2005 - Randy is excited when the County Fair comes to town, but Earl won't attend until he crosses something off the list; Earl chooses a simple entry - making up for having stolen beer from a golfer - but the job proves to be surprisingly complicated. Language(s): German

JOY'S WEDDING - 1ALJ07 - 2005 - Hurt when he isn't invited to Joy and Darnell's wedding, Earl shows up anyway, but ruins it when he accidentally breaks Joy's nose; Earl decides to make up for it by throwing Joy a new wedding, but as the two plan together, they end up in bed.Language(s): German

COST DAD AN ELECTION - 1ALJ08 - 2005 - Earl decides to make up for having ruined his father's shot at being elected mayor, four years ago; but Carl doesn't want anything to do with Earl, sure that Earl hasn't changed; so Earl registers Carl as a candidate for mayor, without telling Carl. Language(s): German

WHITE LIE CHRISTMAS - 1ALJ09 - 2005 - Earl and Randy try to win a new car for Joy, as part of Earl's attempt to make up for having ruined a number of Joy's Christmases; Joy's parents come to visit, and Earl discovers that her whole family is keeping secrets from each other. Language(s): German

BARN BURNER - 1ALJ10 - 2006 - Earl decides to make up for having burned down a barn at a camp for wayward boys when he was young; but Earl is surprised and angry when Randy confesses that he was the one who really burned down the barn. Language(s): German

PROFESSOR, THE - 1ALJ11 - 2006 - Earl decides he has to make amends for stealing a laptop; he returns it to its owner, a sexy female university professor; she and Earl find themselves attracted to each other; and Randy finds himself attracted to a beer-drinking fraternity on campus. Language(s): German

O KARMA, WHERE ART THOU? - 1ALJ12 - 2006 - Earl fills in for an employee at a fast-food restaurant, but when the man's boss mistreats his staff, Earl is certain that karma will set things right. Language(s): German

MONKEYS IN SPACE - 1ALJ13 - 2006 - Earl attempts to bring a prisoner three things he asked for, but the quest turns out to be easier said than done; and Randy searches for a job. Language(s): German

STOLE P'S HD CART - 1ALJ14 - 2006 - With some help from his old criminal gang, Earl tries to put a well-liked hot-dog vendor back in business. Language(s): German

SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR - 1ALJ15 - 2006 - Earl takes his car troubles as a sign that it is time for him to redeem himself for a long run of stealing gas out of a complete stranger's car. Language(s): German

DIDN'T PAY TAXES - 1ALJ16 - 2006 - Earl realizes he didn't pay taxes on all his income, and tries to give the government a check for what he owes; and when the government won't take his money, he tries various schemes to pay his debt. Language(s): German

BOUNTY HUNTER, THE - 1ALJ17 - 2006 - Earl wants to make things right with his ex-girlfriend Jessie, who he dumped when he abruptly married Joy years ago; Jessie wants revenge against Joy, who knocked out Jessie's two front teeth; an arrest warrant on Joy gives Jessie a chance at payback.

Y2K - 1ALJ19 - 2006 - Randy attempts to stop Earl from returning a stolen Take-a-Number machine, as it holds a special meaning for him. Language(s): German

BOOGEYMAN - 1ALJ20 - 2006 - Earl attempts to help a 12-year-old boy conquer his fear of the dark and the boogeyman. Language(s): German

BB - 1ALJ21 - 2006 - Earl attempts to reunite a father and daughter to make amends for having shot the daughter with a BB gun when they were kids. Language(s): German

STOLE A BADGE - 1ALJ22 - 2006 - Earl makes amends for stealing a police officer's badge after he discovers that the theft resulted in the officer's demotion. Language(s): German

NUMBER ONE - 1ALJ23 - 2006 - In order to cross Number One off his list, Earl decides he must part with all of his lottery winnings. Language(s): German

Season 3

MY NAME IS INMATE #28301-016 - PART 1 - 3ALJ01 - 2007 - After falsely confessing to a crime so that Joy wouldn't have to go to jail, Earl faces the reality of his actions as he is sentenced to two years in prison; and Joy agrees to take Randy in, as he is helpless without Earl.

MY NAME IS INMATE #28301-016 - PART 2 - 3ALJ02 - 2008 - Earl finds himself compromising his ethics in order to keep Glen at bay; and Joy decides that she needs to teach Randy how to make his own decisions, and be self-reliant.

CREATIVE WRITING - 3ALJ03 - 2007 - The gang has the "write stuff" when Earl attends a prison class on creative writing, which inspires the others to take pen to paper; while Earl suffers a nasty case of writer's block, Randy flourishes in his imaginary world; and Catalina crafts a story of a steamy love affair with a handsome hunk.

FRANK FACTOR, THE - 3ALJ04 - 2007 - Earl encounters a fellow prisoner named Frank, who happens to be an old friend of Earl's, and Joy's former co-worker; and Frank reflects on his long and winding road to prison, which sheds light on Earl and Joy's first meeting.

GANGS OF CAMDEN COUNTY, THE - 3ALJ05 - 2007 - With karma back on his side, Earl is approached by the jail warden to help resolve the problem of feuding Black and Latino gangs; Earl accepts the task and soon finds a whole new meaning for the phrase "love thy enemy"; Randy finds a way to be reunited with Earl.

FRANK'S GIRL - 3ALJ06 - 2007 - It's conjugal-visit day at the prison, and Frank is stuck in the hotbox again; he asks Earl to explain to his girlfriend why he can't see her today; things go awry, and Frank's girlfriend dumps him because of Earl; and Joy gets herself into a messy situation with Catalina.

BAD EARL - 3ALJ07 - 2008 - Finally released from prison, Earl quickly decides that his good deeds haven't gotten him anywhere; he reverts to his old criminal ways; desperate, Randy turns to Joy and the gang to partake in an intervention on Christmas morning; Earl rejects his friends, and tries to run from karma; karma catches up to him in the form of a car driven by Billie.

OUR OTHER 'COPS' IS ON! - PART 1 - 3ALJ08 - 2007 - A locally filmed episode of the reality TV show Cops features a wealth of bad behavior that is all tied to Earl and the gang in some way; and Kenny happens to have won an auction to ride along with the officers in their police car that day.

OUR OTHER 'COPS' IS ON! - PART 2 - 3ALJ09 - 2007 - A locally filmed episode of the reality TV show Cops features a wealth of bad behavior that is all tied to Earl and the gang in some way; and Kenny happens to have won an auction to ride along with the officers in their police car that day.

RANDY IN CHARGE (...OF OUR DAYS AND OUR NIGHTS) - 3ALJ10 - 2007 - Randy gets into a fight with Earl over who is actually in charge between the two of them, and uses his guard privileges to make Earl's life difficult; and the warden appoints Earl to develop a 'Scared Straight' skit to prevent kids from committing crimes and ending up in jail.

MIDNIGHT BUN - 3ALJ11 - 2007 - Joy is determined to induce her labor; and Earl and Randy are given 48 hours to retrieve Frank, who escaped from prison when Randy took the inmates out for ice cream.

BURN VICTIM - 3ALJ12 - 2007 - The Warden offers Earl a get-out-of-jail-free card if he starts a program that will mediate disputes between inmates and their victims; Earl jumps at the chance, taking on the case of an inmate whose meth lab burned his parents' house down; and the inmate agrees to comply… as long as Earl throws a prison prom, which may deplete his remaining lottery winnings.

EARLY RELEASE - 3ALJ13 - 2007 - Having earned time off of his prison sentence, the day arrives for Earl to be released but the Warden has destroyed his early release certificates because he relies on Earl's help with various prison programs; Earl enlists the help of his friends to plan a prison break!

I WON'T DIE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - 3ALJ14 - 2008 - Earl and Billie are both struck by cars and knocked unconscious; Earl's injuries land him in a coma, where he finds himself in alternate world, living the life of a '50s sitcom husband, and happily married to Billie; meanwhile Randy and the gang are doing whatever they can to save Earl, including bringing in a little boy that can cure everything with his finger.

I WON'T DIE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - 3ALJ15 - 2008 - Earl and Billie are both struck by cars and knocked unconscious; Earl's injuries land him in a coma, where he finds himself in alternate world, living the life of a '50s sitcom husband, and happily married to Billie; meanwhile Randy and the gang are doing whatever they can to save Earl, including bringing in a little boy that can cure everything with his finger.

STOLE A MOTORCYCLE - 3ALJ16 - 2008 - With Earl still in a coma, Randy, Joy, and Darnell tackle an item on Earl's list with the hopes that it will help him get better; they decide to solve the mystery of the motorcycle stolen from the Teutul family; and Earl's unconscious mind is still manifesting his life as a sitcom where he is happily married to Billie, and has a son.

NO HEADS AND A DUFFLE BAG - 3ALJ17 - 2008 - Randy and Joy continue crossing items off of Earl's list to speed up his recovery; and they decide to make amends for the time that Earl's father had to reimburse a drug dealer for a duffle bag full of marijuana.

KILLERBALL - 3ALJ18 - 2008 - Randy must begin caring for Earl himself, and helps his still-comatose brother to cross three more items off his list; including a wheelchair-bound pair of siblings.

LOVE OCTAGON - 3ALJ19 - 2008 - Earl recovers from his coma; believing that Karma wants the two of them to be together, he tries to reunite with Billie; and Joy and Darnell take up residence at the Crab Shack.

GIRL EARL - 3ALJ20 - 2008 - Earl thinks he and Billie have nothing in common until he learns she has a Karma list of her own; and he helps her make reparations to a supermarket grocery-bagger they both wronged in the past.

CAMDENITES PARTS 1&2 (SEAMLESS 1HR) - 3ALJ21 - 2008 - Taking romantic advice from his friends, Earl focuses on his list, hoping that Karma will reward his good deeds by making the real Billie more like the Billie in his coma fantasy world.

CAMDENITES PARTS 1&2 (SEAMLESS 1HR) - 3ALJ22 - 2008 - Resenting the fact that Earl spends more time with his list than with her, Billie tries to get his attention by undoing all his good deeds; and she ends up hiding out with a strict Amish sect, with surprising results.

Season 4

WE'VE GOT SPIRIT - 4ALJ01 - 2008 - Another list item has Earl arranging for Kenny to go to cheerleading camp, but it turns out that it wasn’t Kenny who wanted to be a cheerleader…it was Randy; and when Joy finds out that Dodge finds Catalina beautiful, she is determined to supplant Catalina as the epitome of beauty in her son’s eyes.

STOLE AN RV - 4ALJ02 - 2008 - Earl and Randy try to make amends with Jerry, the man from whom they stole an RV; but they accidentally turn him into a killing machine; and Joy and Darnell attempt to turn a giant pig into a money-making sideshow.

MAGIC HOUR, THE - 4ALJ03 - 2008 - When Joy attempts to scam the Make-A-Wish Foundation, it causes Earl to recall a wish he stole from a dying child; Earl returns to the kid's home to find that little Buddy beat the odds, and is still alive; to make amends, Earl agrees to help Buddy produce his dream movie; and soon all of Camden finds themselves starring in a high octane, low-budget action film.

MONKEYS TAKE A BATH - 4ALJ04 - 2008 - While working to make amends with their childhood neighbors, Earl and Randy discover some skeletons in the old family closet.

JOY IN A BUBBLE - 4ALJ05 - 2008 - Earl’s gift to Joy keeps on giving when she contracts a flesh eating infection on her toe from the hot tub he found on the side of the road; and Earl learns the real reason why Dodge and Earl Jr. have no friends.

SWEET JOHNNY - 4ALJ06 - 2008 - Earl tries in vain to cross off an amateur stuntman whom he cuckolded, but the man’s permanent injuries make it a challenge; and Joy buys a gun after being carjacked.

QUIT YOUR SNITCHIN' - 4ALJ07 - 2008 - Earl buys Randy a car so that he can finally have something better than what Earl has, but it is stolen before he can present it to Randy; with his criminal days behind him, Earl no longer is protected by the code that criminals don’t steal from one another; and he resorts to becoming a snitch.

SOLD A GUY A LEMON CAR - 4ALJ08 - 2008 - When a mysterious man moves next door to Earl and Randy, a seemingly innocuous list item becomes a life-or-death situation; and Joy becomes obsessed with winning Dodge’s science fair so that she can buy a Jane Seymour Open Heart necklace with the prize money.

READING IS A FUNDA MENTAL CASE - 4ALJ09 - 2008 - Earl takes a walk on the wild side when he helps an old friend who’s “gone native” re-integrate into society: he discovers the feral Raynard living in the abandoned Bookmobile they stole years before, and feels it is his job to rehabilitate him.

LITTLE BAD VOODOO BROTHER - 4ALJ10 - 2008 - While Earl is busy planning a Halloween party for Dodge and Earl Jr., Randy befriends Catalina's visiting nephew… and discovers that when disciplined, he turns to voodoo for revenge.

EARL AND JOY'S ANNIVERSARY - 4ALJ11 - 2008 - While Earl fixes the dent in the Crab Shack’s bar, he begins to reminisce about his first wedding anniversary with Joy, when Randy threw them a surprise party: when Earl's more successful and handsome cousin Blake showed up, Earl felt like a less than adequate husband.

NATURE'S GAME SHOW - 4ALJ12 - 2008 -  A series of tornados hitting Camden County isn’t Earl's biggest concern when he loses his list; a wild ride in a boat and deflecting bullets cause Randy to think he's invincible; Joy and Darnell argue over which of the two of them is smarter; and Catalina and Patty have a religious awakening.
 
ORPHAN EARL - 4ALJ13 - 2008 - When Earl finds out that Joy has not only continued a scam they started years ago, but has recruited her friends to be a part of it, he makes it his mission to cross the conned man off his list.

GOT THE BABY SITTER PREGNANT - 4ALJ14 - 2009 - A young Earl gets his heart broken by his babysitter; he exacts revenge by sabotaging her boyfriend’s condom, causing her to get pregnant; Earl attempts to make amends with the babysitter, only to find out that it’s her son that needs the help; and Joy loses Mr. Turtle.

DARNELL OUTED - PART 1 - 4ALJ15 - 2009 - Joy’s audition for Erik Estrada's reality show ”Estrada or Nada” quickly goes awry, forcing Darnell to take the stage and keep her from pummeling the show’s host; and when the segment is aired on TV, Darnell’s cover in the Witness Protection Program is blown!

DARNELL OUTED - PART 2 - 4ALJ16 - 2009 - In the aftermath of having his cover blown, Darnell, Joy, and the kids are sent to a relocation facility where they are assigned new identities: Hasidic Jews from Columbus, Ohio; and Earl is determined to get Joy another shot at “Estrada or Nada.”

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS - 4ALJ17 - 2009 - Earl returns Mr. Turtle to Joy and Darnell at their new home in a gated community… where Joy presents him as her spiritual advisor in order to fit in with her trophy-wife neighbors; and back in Camden, Randy accidentally starts dating a guy named Jim.

MY NAME IS ALIAS - 4ALJ18 - 2009 - Thomas, Darnell's absentee father who is a covert spy, arrives in Camden claiming he needs to make amends with his son; Earl and Randy agree to deliver a note to Darnell on Thomas’ behalf, only to find out that that his father is the reason Darnell’s in the Witness Protection Program; once discovered, Darnell is forced to take part in one last covert mission.

RANDY'S LIST ITEM - 4ALJ19 - 2009 - Randy assumes karma is work when he loses his winning lottery ticket, so he starts a list of his own; and Joy is not happy with her new identity in the Witness Protection Program, and is determined to get what she wants.

CHAZ DALTON'S SPACE ACADEMY - 4ALJ20 - 2009 - When Dodge begs Joy to let him attend space camp, Earl recalls the fun he and Randy had at Chaz Dalton's Space Academy as kids; but his childhood hero may be more myth than man; and Darnell runs into trouble trying to help Joy make friends on the Internet.

WITCH LADY - 4ALJ21 - 2009 - After he apologizes to a crazy witch lady for all the trouble he caused her as a kid, Earl faces his fears and tries to make it up to her; when she turns out to be crazier than Earl thought, he and Randy wind up in a life-or-death situation along with a bunch of their friends; and Joy tries to convince Darnell that she has a nice side.

PINKY - 4ALJ22 - 2009 - As Dodge develops feelings for a young girl in the neighborhood, Randy is reminded of the summer when he met his first love, Pinky; encouraged by Darnell to reconnect with her, Randy and Earl set off to find the girl Randy has been dreaming of all these years.

BULLIES - 4ALJ23 - 2009 - When Randy complains to Earl about Joy's bullying, Earl is reminded of how he bullied little Wally back in school; when Earl finds out that Wally is now a bodybuilder, he hits the gym to cross Wally off his list; and when Randy goes to drastic measures to avoid Joy's bullying, Earl soon realizes he has created two monsters.

GOSPEL - 4ALJ24 - 2009 - While addressing a list item concerning a local Reverend, Earl realizes that he and Randy have wronged the man more than once, and the Reverend starts finding it hard to forgive Earl for all he's done; and after hitting Catalina with a riding mower, Joy turns to Darnell for help, but doesn't like his advice.

DODGE'S DAD - 4ALJ25 - 2009 - When Dodge tells Joy that he wants Earl, his “real father,” to speak at Career Day, Earl realizes that its time Dodge found out who his father really is; despite Joy's protests, Earl and Randy attempt to hunt down the deadbeat dad, but what they discover is worse than they could have imagined.

INSIDE PROBE PT. 1 - 4ALJ26 - 2009 - When the owner of the Crab Shack disappears, Geraldo Rivera arrives to investigate; eight years later the story finally airs, and Earl and Randy become the prime suspects in what is now a murder case.

INSIDE PROBE PT. 2 - 4ALJ27 - 2009 - How did the Crab Shack's owner disappear? Was it an alien abduction; a hundred-year-old feud; or could the victim’s fetish videos be the answer? When the truth is revealed, everyone is shocked to find that the answer has been under their noses all along.