List of My Name Is Earl episodes
List of episodes of the sitcom My Name Is Earl.
Season 1: 2005-2006
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| 1-01(1) | "Pilot" | Marc Buckland | Greg Garcia | September 202005 | ||
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Earl J. Hickey is a small-time thief with a messed-up life. He wins a $100,000 lottery scratcher, but is immediately hit by a car and watches the ticket blow away. In the hospital recovering, Earl's wife divorces him, and Earl is introduced to karma while watching an interview with singer Trace Adkins on Last Call with Carson Daly. He decides to try to make up for all the bad things he has done and makes a written list of 259 items. After leaving the hospital he starts on his list and right away he finds his lost $100,000 scratcher. Figuring karma works pretty well, he resolves to continue making up for items on the list. | ||||||
| 1-02 (2) | "Quit Smoking" | Marc Buckland | Kat Likkel & John Hoberg | September 27 2005 | ||
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Made up for #112, "Let Donny Jones serve jail time for a crime I committed." Made up for #102, "Harmed and possibly killed innocent people with second hand smoke", and also added and made up for a 260th item, "Took Donny away from his mother for two years", by quitting smoking and extending her life by helping her quit too. (It was a miracle message). | ||||||
| 1-03 (3) | "Randy's Touchdown" | Marc Buckland | J.B. Cook | October 4 2005 | ||
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Made up for #58, "Fixed a high school football game", by returning the $100 to the bookie, and added a 261st item, "Took away Randy's touchdown" and tried to make up for that. | ||||||
| 1-04 (4) | "Faked My Own Death" | Tamra Davis | Hilary Winston | October 11 2005 | ||
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Made up for #84, "Faked death to break up with a girl", by finding Natalie Duckworth and telling her the truth. Natalie's current boyfriend likes the scam so much that he fakes his own death, and moves into a room at the hotel where Earl lives. Earl becomes conflicted, and tries to comfort Natalie, but ends up as her boyfriend again. | ||||||
| 1-05 (5) | "Teacher Earl" | Chris Koch | Victor Fresco | October 18 2005 | ||
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Made up for #27, "Made fun of people with accents", by teaching an ESL class. Meanwhile, Earl's old partner in crime Ralph gets out of jail, and decides to pay Earl a visit. | ||||||
| 1-06 (6) | "Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine" | Lev L. Spiro | Danielle Sanchez-Witzel | November 1 2005 | ||
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Made up for #153, "Broke Joy's fancy figurine." Earl discovers he can't buy another since they're the first prize in the Balboa & Sons Mother and Daughter Prettiest Pretty Princess Pageant. Earl finds Shelly Stoker, who has won several competitions, and helps her and her daughter practice their knife-throwing talent so they can win and give him the trophy figurine (a princess riding a "487 side-discharge, self-mulching lawn mower") to give to Joy. | ||||||
| 1-07 (7) | "Stole Beer from a Golfer" | Chris Koch | Michael Pennie | November 8 2005 | ||
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The fair is in town, but before they can go Earl has to cross an item off his list. Earl secretly fixed a ton of golf games for a golfer when he finds out that the golfer celebrates by buying everyone at the bar a free beer. When Randy slips and tell others about the scam, Earl and Randy have to stop. When they find the golfer to give him the beer they scammed him out of, they find that because the golfer thought he was going to go pro, he neglected his life for golf and lost his job, and is now living in his car. Since the golfer's life has tanked, and it is Earl's fault, Earl has to get him his old job back and get him back together with his girlfriend. | ||||||
| 1-08 (8) | "Joy's Wedding" | Marc Buckland | Greg Garcia | November 15 2005 | ||
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Made up for #262,"Ruined Joy's Wedding." Joy and Darnell have their wedding and invite Randy but not Earl. Earl becomes upset at the fact that he and Joy aren't close and he crashes Joy's wedding after getting drunk, managing to break her nose by accident in the process. After Joy recovers, Earl convinces her to let him fix what he did by planning her dream wedding. While helping Joy plan her wedding, Earl ends up having sex with Joy, and now has to add Darnell to his list, because he slept with his fiancee. | ||||||
| 1-09 (9) | "Cost Dad an Election" | Chris Koch | Bobby Bowman | November 22 2005 | ||
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Earl tries to make up for stealing a car from a girl who only had one leg, and gets beat up by her boyfriend with no legs. When her boyfriend is hitting him with a campaign sign, Earl remembers #4, how he cost his father the last mayoral election, and against his father's wishes Earl signs him up to run again. His father is at first angry at Earl for doing this, but after hearing the public's response, decides to go ahead with it. | ||||||
| 1-10 (10) | "White Lie Christmas" | Marc Buckland | Timothy Stack | December 6 2005 | ||
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Earl has wrecked every Christmas he's spent with Joy, so he, Randy and Catalina try to win a Dodge Neon in a contest wherein they had to keep their hands on said car, in an attempt to get Joy the car for a Christmas present. Earl is eliminated when he goes to shake hands with Randy, so it's up to Catalina and Randy to win the car. Earl decides to correct his mistake of wrecking Dodge's and Earl Jr.'s Christmas one year in the meantime. He then finds out that Joy never told her parents that she and Earl were no longer married, and lied about his absence by saying he was serving in Iraq. She explains to Earl that her father is a racist and would freak if he knew she were married to Darnell. Joy's mother has also been struck with rheumatoid arthritis and kidney failure, and needs dialysis and is in a wheelchair. Earl finds out that this is a lie, and Joy's mom was taking the money for her dialysis and gambling it away at an Indian casino. Earl's got a lot of work to do if he wants this Christmas to go well. | ||||||
| 1-11 (11) | "Barn Burner" | Ken Whittingham | Brad Copeland | January 5 2006 | ||
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Earl goes back to the Camp for Troubled Boys to make up for #164 "Burned down a barn at camp" that got him and his relatives banned from the camp, so that Joy's kids can go. After building an Ostrich pen to make up for it, Earl finds out that Randy burnt down the barn. This means that Randy is responsible for all of Earl's bad doings after that point, which is about 200 things. | ||||||
| 1-12 (12) | "O Karma, Where Art Thou?" | Michael Fresco | Barbra Feldman | January 12 2006 | ||
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Made up for #202,"Stole a wallet from a guy at the gas station." Earl gives back a wallet he stole, along with the $1000 that was in it. Earl finds out that the guy was going to use the money for his honeymoon, and now that he has the money, his wife wants to go on a real honeymoon. However, the guy can't get time off from work, so Earl volunteers to fill in for him at the fast-food restaurant he works at. However, the boss is a mean guy who is constantly stealing things from work. Earl has to keep his cool, or else end up getting the guy he's replacing fired. | ||||||
| 1-13 (13) | "Stole P's HD Cart" | Chris Koch | J.B. Cook | January 19 2006 | ||
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Made up for #159,"Stole P's HD Cart." After Earl returns a hot-dog cart that he and Ralph stole, his efforts are undone when Ralph, working for the competition, sets fire to the cart. Earl sets off to get the money to replace the cart from the competition, but that's harder than it sounds. | ||||||
| 1-14 (14) | "Monkeys in Space" | Marc Buckland | Greg Garcia | January 26 2006 | ||
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Earl needs to make up for #18 "Told an inappropriate story at Hank Lange's birthday party" before Hank gets shipped off to the State Penitentiary. Meanwhile, Randy looks for a job. | ||||||
| 1-15 (15) | "Something to Live For" | Marc Buckland | Kat Likkel & John Hoberg | February 2 2006 | ||
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Earl's having car trouble, and sees it as a sign to make up for "Sucked gas out of a hose." When he finds the man he stole all the gas from, he finds out that he is suicidal. Earl can't just leave him, so he makes it his duty to give him a reason to live. | ||||||
| 1-16 (16) | "The Professor" | Marc Buckland | Danielle Sanchez | February 9 2006 | ||
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While Earl and Randy are trying to return a laptop they stole, they accidentally knock over a bus stop sign. Earl promises to fix the sign, but gets sidetracked by the laptop's owner, the beautiful college professor Alex Meyers. Alex takes an interest in Earl and his List, and they begin dating. Earl soon notices that he is the target of bad accidents and random acts of violence, and remembers that he hasn't fixed the bus stop sign yet, and Karma is punishing him. Meanwhile, Randy has taken an interest in college life. | ||||||
| 1-17 (17) | "Didn't Pay Taxes" | Craig Zisk | Michael Pennie | March 2 2006 | ||
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Earl finds a check from an old odd job he did and feels he cheated the government because he didn't pay taxes. When he finds out the government doesn't want his money, he tries to find unorthodox ways of repaying his debt. | ||||||
| 1-18 (18) | "Dad's Car" | Chris Koch | Brad Copeland & Barbara Feldman | March 16 2006 | ||
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Made up for #266,"Never gave Mum a good mothers day." and #108,"Lost Dads Mustang." It's Mother's day and Earl decides to make up for all of the horrible mother's days he's given his mom. So Earl & Randy help her have a perfect mother's day but when they watch some old home videos, his Dad sees the old Mustang that Earl lost and Earl decides to make up for it. | ||||||
| 1-19 (19) | "Y2K" | Marc Buckland | Hilary Winston | March 23 2006 | ||
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Earl goes to make up for #24, and recounts how the gang met during Y2K. | ||||||
| 1-20 (20) | "Boogeyman" | Eyal Gordin | Vali Chandrasekaran | March 30 2006 | ||
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Earl and the gang tried to rob a house, but the owners returned. Earl ends up stuck hiding in a kid's bedroom under the bed. When he tried to sneak out the kid mistook him for the boogeyman and has since been afraid of the dark. Earl tries to make up for this mistake, #239 "Made a kid afraid of the Boogeyman", and ends up with more than he bargained for. | ||||||
| 1-21 (21) | "Bounty Hunter" | Marc Buckland | Hunter Covington | April 6 2006 | ||
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Earl recounts his life prior to marrying Joy, and introduces Jesse, a clerk at a Bounty Hunter company, who he dated right before getting married to Joy. After Jesse found out that Earl had married Joy, Joy knocked out her two front teeth. Now that Joy has a bounty on her head, Jesse is out for revenge. | ||||||
| 1-22 (22) | "Stole a Badge" | Marc Buckland | Victor Fresco | April 27 2006 | ||
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| 1-23 (23) | "BB" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Kat Likkel & John Hoberg | May 4 2006 | ||
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| 1-24 (24) | "Number One" | Greg Garcia | Greg Garcia | May 11 2006 | ||
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Earl has to deal with item #1 "Stole $10 from a guy at the Camden Market", which he used to buy his winning lottery ticket. | ||||||
Season 2: 2006-2007
| # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | ||
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| 2-01 (25) | "Very Bad Things" | Marc Buckland | Michael Pennie | September 21 2006 | ||
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Earl helps Joy try to get rid of a stolen delivery truck, which becomes harder when they discover that someone is still in the back of the truck. | ||||||
| 2-02 (26) | "Jump for Joy" | Chris Koch | Vali Chandrasekaran | September 28 2006 | ||
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Earl and Randy ask Catalina to return to her old job at the strip club, but they don't tell her that they need her to do it so that the club's owner will pay for Joy's bail. | ||||||
| 2-03 (27) | "Sticks & Stones" | Marc Buckland | Danielle Sanchez | October 5 2006 | ||
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Earl makes up for teasing a mustached girl in school, and it forces him to confront his fear of taking his shirt off in public. | ||||||
| 2-04 (28) | "Larceny of a Kitty Cat" | Millicent Shelton | Hilary Winston | October 12 2006 | ||
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Randy has a crush on the next woman on Earl's list, so he pretends to be a cat lover. But based on Randy's past experiences as a poser, Earl knows that this one will end badly. | ||||||
| 2-05 (29) | "Van Hickey" | Craig Zisk | Story: J.B. Cook & Marc Singer, Teleplay: J.B. Cook | October 19 2006 | ||
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Earl has to get his old band back together to take care of an elderly man on his list. But it only brings out a nasty secret which ultimately forces Earl to marry Ralph's mom. | ||||||
| 2-06 (30) | "Made a Lady Think I Was God" | Marc Buckland | Bobby Bowman | November 2 2006 | ||
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Earl wants to make amends to an angry, bitter trailer park manager for playing a trick on her. But the trick caused her to change her life for the better, and the apology makes her even angrier than she ever was. | ||||||
| 2-07 (31) | "Mailbox" | Michael Fresco | John Hoberg & Kat Likkel | November 9 2006 | ||
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Catalina helps Earl cross #75 off his list which involves delivering mail which was found in a mailbox which Randy and Earl used as a waste basket. Earl then falls in love with a woman at the gym who was a recipient of one of the letters. | ||||||
| 2-08 (32) | "Robbed a Stoner Blind" | Marc Buckland | John Hoberg & Kat Likkel | November 16 2006 | ||
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After Earl and Randy attempt to make amends with a former drug addict, Earl decides to join him for a week at a commune and then tries to prevent global warming from spreading. | ||||||
| 2-09 (33) | "Born a Gamblin' Man" | Chris Koch | Victor Fresco | November 30 2006 | ||
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Earl decides to cross #146 off his list by helping one of his gay friends become more masculine when he introduces him to gambling. | ||||||
| 2-10 (34) | "South of the Border, Part Uno" | Michael Fresco | Michael Pennie | December 7 2006 | ||
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Earl and Randy head south to bring Catalina back to America, but run into a few roadblocks along their way. | ||||||
| 2-11 (35) | "South of the Border, Part Dos" | Marc Buckland | Danielle Sanchez | December 7 2006 | ||
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Randy looks to marry Catalina so she can get her green card and return to America. | ||||||
| 2-12 (36) | "Our "Cops" Is On" | Ken Whittingham | Timothy Stack | January 4 2007 | ||
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The townspeople gather around the Crab Shack's TV to watch an episode of Cops featuring Camden County. | ||||||
| 2-13 (37) | "Buried Treasure" | Eyal Gordin | Erika Kaestle & Patrick McCarthy | January 11 2007 | ||
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Earl decides to cross number 52 off his list: “Dig up and return buried treasure”. | ||||||
| 2-14 (38) | "Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck" | Eyal Gordin | John Hoberg & Kat Likkel | January 18 2007 | ||
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Earl sets out to atone for having locked a man in a truck, only to discover that that man has since died, and puzzles over how he can make amends. | ||||||
| 2-15 (39) | "Foreign Exchange Student" | Marc Buckland | Mike Mariano | February 1 2007 | ||
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Earl wants to make up for number 44 on his list and flies a former foreign-exchange student to America. Catalina holds back the truth on how she really feels about Randy. | ||||||
| 2-16 (40) | "Blow" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | J.B. Cook | February 8 2007 | ||
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Earl takes on number 101 on his list, "Stole a girl's identity." The girl turns out to be Joy's half-sister that she never knew about. | ||||||
| 2-17 (41) | "The Birthday Party" | Eyal Gordin | Hilary Winston | February 15 2007 | ||
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Hoping for his good deeds to be recognized, Earl celebrates his birthday but is instead reminded of more unresolved issues on his list. | ||||||
| 2-18 (42) | "Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy" | Michael Fresco | Greg Garcia | February 22 2007 | ||
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Joy's pregnancy with Earl Jr. makes Earl reflect on his marriage between him and Joy. | ||||||
| 2-19 (43) | "Harassed a Reporter" | Chris Koch | Brad Copeland & Barbara Feldman | April 12 2007 | ||
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Earl tries to make amends with a television reporter, Nicole, whose career went down after reporting false news that Earl and the gang had given. Nicole interviews Earl about his past and the list in hopes that it will bring back her career. | ||||||
| 2-20 (44) | "Two Balls, Two Strikes" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Bobby Bowman | April 19, 2007 | ||
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Camden County's well-known businessman, Richard Chubby dies. His son, Little Chubby (Norm Macdonald) takes his place. Like his father, Little Chubby also had a terrible demeanor, until an "unfortunate accident" caused by Earl several years ago. Earl wants to cross Little Chubby off his list, but when he goes about helping him, it only turns out for the worse. | ||||||
| 2-21 (45) | "G.E.D." | Michael Fresco | Hunter Covington | April 26, 2007 | ||
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After Earl gets rejected to apply for a credit card for not having a high school diploma, a job, or a real place to live, he decides he needs to take some big steps towards finally growing up. When Earl returns to school to re-learn everything he needs to know to take his GED, he finds out how hard it is for teachers when they have to deal with students like the one he used to be when he was a kid. | ||||||
| 2-22 (46) | "Get a Real Job" | Ken Whittingham | Story: Ralph Greene, Patrick McCarthy & Erika Kaestle, Teleplay: Patrick McCarthy & Erika Kaestle | May 3, 2007 | ||
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Earl and Randy work at an appliance store as truck loaders. When Earl tries to get promoted to salesman, he gets his customers stolen away by the other, college educated staff. With Joy's court date approaching, she prepares Darnell and her kids for their uncertain, possibly Joyless future. | ||||||
| 2-23 (47) | "The Trial" | Michael Fresco | Timothy Stack, Mike Mariano, Vali Chandrasekaran | May 10, 2007 | ||
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Earl and Randy move out of the motel and get an apartment. Joy faces a life sentence in prison, and Earl decides to testify as a character witness. Earl starts dating Joy's deaf lawyer when he still has a void in his life that an education and a job couldn't fill. | ||||||
Season 3: 2007-2008
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| 3-01 (48) | "My Name is Inmate 28301-016 (Part 1)" | Michael Fresco | Michael Pennie | September 272007 | ||
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Earl finds out that prison life is going to be harder than it is. Randy is having a hard time living without Earl by his side, so Joy and Darnell take him in. | ||||||
| 3-02 (49) | "My Name is Inmate 28301-016 (Part 2)" | Michael Fresco | Kat Likkel & John Hoberg | September 272007 | ||
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Earl encounters one of the people on his list, Glen. Earl helps Glen by making him earn his scout badges, which in turn leads to Glen getting parole. Randy steals a car hoping to get into prison. | ||||||
| 3-03 (50) | "The Gangs of Camden County" | Michael Fresco | Victor Fresco | October 42007 | ||
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Earl is offered a deal to receive a lesser sentence if he can resolve problems between rival gangs. But, he finds the task harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Randy looks for ways to join Earl in prison. | ||||||
| 3-04 (51) | "The Frank Factor" | Greg Garcia | Greg Garcia | October 112007 | ||
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Earl reunites with an old friend and now fellow inmate Frank. They recall the story on how Earl, Joy, and Randy met up. The episode also touches upon how Catalina and Darnell came to Camden County. | ||||||
| 3-05 (52) | "Creative Writing" | Chris Koch | Bobby Bowman | October 182007 | ||
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The prison holds a class for creative writing, but Earl can't think of anything to write. | ||||||
| 3-06 (53) | "Frank's Girl" | Eyal Gordin | Danielle Sanchez-Witzel | October 252007 | ||
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Earl feels guilty when Frank's girlfriend breaks up with him. | ||||||
| 3-07 (54) | "Our Other Cops Is On! (Part 1)" | Ken Whittingham | Tim Stack | November 12007 | ||
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Earl and Randy watch the filming of Cops in Camden County where the different situations are slightly related to Earl. Meanwhile, Kenny's hatred for Earl is caught on camera. | ||||||
| 3-08 (55) | "Our Other Cops Is On! (Part 2)" | Ken Whittingham | Vali Chandrasekaran | November 12007 | ||
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As a result of the Cops episode the prisoners respect for Randy increases. | ||||||
| 3-09 (56) | "Randy in Charge: Of Our Days and Our Nights" | Eyal Gordin | Mike Mariano | November 82007 | ||
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When Earl suggests that Randy might not be right for the job of prison guard, the brothers quarrel over who is really in charge while Earl is in prison, but things get out of hand when Randy takes some convicts out for ice cream. Meanwhile, the warden offers Earl five weeks off his prison sentence if he creates a skit designed to steer kids away from a life of crime and encourage them to be eco-friendly; also, overdue surrogate mother Joy is desperate to give birth. | ||||||
| 3-10 (57) | "Midnight Bun" | TBA | TBA | November 152007 | ||
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An impatient Joy prepares to give birth and pressures Darnell to expedite the process. Meanwhile, escapee Frank seeks to collect his hidden loot; and Catalina babysits Joy's children. | ||||||
| 3-11 (58) | "Burn Victim" | TBA | TBA | November 292007 | ||
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After helping the Warden out with numerous tasks, Earl has discovered that his sentence has been reduced to six months left in jail. However, the Warden is now faced in a major dilemma and needs Earl's help. He promises Earl six months off his sentence if he will help him start a program that will mediate a situation between an inmate and their victim. Earl decides on an inmate who was in for running a meth lab that eventually burned his parent's house down. The inmate agrees to comply if Earl would throw a prison prom, because he missed his in high school. Earl turns to Joy to help plan the prom and soon discovers it will cost him the rest of the money he had left from his lottery winnings. | ||||||
| 3-12 (59) | "Early Release" | TBA | TBA | December 62007 | ||
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After all of the early release certificates that Earl has received from the Warden, the day has finally come for Earl to be released from prison. Or not? After Earl discovers that the Warden has destroyed his early departure tickets, he turns to his friends to help him escape from prison. Randy and fellow inmate Frank devise a plan to get Earl out of jail. With the help of Darnell, Joy and Catalina on the outside combined with Randy and Frank’s help on the inside, Earl should be home free. Or not? | ||||||
| 3-13 (60) | "Bad Earl" | TBA | TBA | TBA 2007 | ||
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Earl’s lifestyle in prison seems to be transitioning to his regular life outside of bars. He is having a hard time adjusting back to normal life and continues to hold a grudge with karma. With no job, no home and no money, Earl decides that his good deeds are not getting him anywhere, so he reverts back to his old bad ways. Earl's path to trouble starts when he sees that Ralph is living a lavish life after conning an elderly woman. Randy can not handle Earl’s changed lifestyle, so he turns to Joy and many others to partake in an intervention on Christmas morning. Earl rejects his friends and tries to run from karma, but karma catches up to him in the shape of a car, and Billie. | ||||||