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My Name Is Earl

2005TV-144 seasons7.6 / 10

Karma is a funny thing.

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

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Synopsis

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

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About My Name Is Earl

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Cast

Jason LeeEarl Hickey
Ethan SupleeRandy Hickey
Jaime PresslyJoy Turner
Nadine VelazquezCatalina Aruca
Noah CrawfordYoung Earl
Eddie SteeplesDarnell Turner
Dale DickeyPatty
Silas Weir MitchellDonny Jones

Credits

Created by
Greg Garcia
Written by
Hilary Winston, Greg Garcia, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Michael Pennie, Kat Likkel, John Hoberg, Vali Chandrasekaran, Timothy Stack, Alan Kirschenbaum, Bobby Bowman, Erika Kaestle, J.B. Cook, J. B. Cook, Patrick McCarthy, Brad Copeland

Production details

Status
Canceled
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
92
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • NBCUnited States
  • 20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
  • Amigos de Garcia Productions

Themes

good deedkarmasitcomwhite trash

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Pilot

22m7.4 / 10

Today is the first day of the rest of Earl Hickey's life. After coming into a $100,000 scratch-off lottery ticket and losing it just as fast upon being hit by a car, Earl has an epiphany in the hospital--to make up for all the terrible things he's done in the past. With his brother Randy and a motel maid named Catalina, Earl writes up a list of every misdeed he was a part of. Earl sets out to do just that, starting with #64--Kenny James, a boy he picked on in elementary school.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Greg GarciaGuest stars Noah Crawford, Dale Dickey, Willam Belli, Leo Fitzpatrick, Gregg Binkley, Carson Daly, Trace Adkins, Laura Gardner

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Episode 2

Quit Smoking

22m8.4 / 10

Earl must make amends to Donny, an intimidating thug who spent two years in jail for a robbery Earl committed. Oddly enough, the only way he can do this is by helping Donny's mom quit smoking. Meanwhile, Joy discovers she's the beneficiary of Earl's will and decides to kill him!

Directed by Marc BucklandGuest stars Kathryn Joosten, Silas Weir Mitchell, Jack Axelrod, Tracy Ashton, Scott Lincoln, Andrew Wasser, Roy Lee Jones, Jeremy Kilpatrick

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Episode 3

Randy's Touchdown

22m8.0 / 10

Back in their high school days, Earl ruined Randy's chance to score a touchdown during a key football game; now Earl must figure out a way to make things right.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by J.B. CookGuest stars Dennis Burkley, Gregg Binkley, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Cheryl Hawker, Jack Axelrod, Kevin Olson

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Episode 4

Faked My Own Death

22m8.1 / 10

When Earl meets a tough biker chick at a Halloween party, it looks like a match made in heaven--but when the costumes come off, the mismatch becomes apparent and Earl takes drastic measures to get out of the relationship. Now, years later, Earl must find a way to make amends for deceiving the girl.

Directed by Tamra DavisWritten by Hilary WinstonGuest stars Beth Riesgraf, Montel Williams, Dax Shepard, Frances Callier, Darcy Shean

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Episode 5

Teacher Earl

22m8.2 / 10

Earl decides to teach English as a Second language to cross "Made fun of people with accents" off his karma list. While Ralph an old friend is released from prison, Earl tries to convince him in the ways of karma however Ralph ends up kidnapping Randy trying to get his hands on Earl’s lotto winnings.

Directed by Chris KochGuest stars Noah Crawford, Sunkrish Bala, Giovanni Ribisi, Patty Maloney, Pramod Kumar, Abdoulaye N'Gom, Tanner Maguire, David Aranovich

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Episode 6

Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine

22m8.3 / 10

In order to replace a fancy figurine that he broke, Earl lends a hand to help Joy's former adversary and her daughter win a mother/daughter beauty pageant . However, Joy enters the pageant also with her "dead" mother trying to win that same figurine, hoping to trade it for a hot tub.

Directed by Lev L. SpiroWritten by Danielle Sanchez-WitzelGuest stars Ellen Albertini Dow, Missi Pyle, Chloë Grace Moretz, Timothy Stack, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Cami Raich

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Episode 7

Stole Beer From a Golfer

22m8.2 / 10

Earl attempts to help Scott get over his preoccupation with golf--an obsession caused when he and Randy started fixing Scott’s golf game to get free beer. But after becoming so thoroughly entangled in Scott’s personal life that he drives Randy away, Earl realizes that he may be the one with the obsession.

Directed by Chris KochWritten by Michael PennieGuest stars Johnny Galecki, David Reivers, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Kristina Hayes, Raymond Ma, Jill Benjamin, Art Frankel

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Episode 8

Joy's Wedding

22m8.2 / 10

Darnell and Joy decided to tie the knot while Earl learns thru Randy’s invitation that he is not invited. To make things worse Joy has scheduled the wedding on Earl’s birthday so that all of their friends will be unable to celebrate with him. A drunken Earl crashes the party accidentally breaking Joy’s nose and now is forced to add “ruined Joy’s wedding” to his list.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Greg GarciaGuest stars Dale Dickey, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Bill Suplee, Sam Rubin, Pam Trotter, Toya A. Brown, Lindsay Taylor

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Episode 9

Cost Dad the Election

22m8.3 / 10

Earl tries to cross of number four off his list “Blew dad’s chance to be elected mayor”. Four years earlier, Carl Hickey ran for mayor to redirect a proposed airplane traffic route over his house and away from the wealthy part of town. Earl unfortunately ruins any chances of his father winning when caught in on tape assaulting a police officer. Earl must now help his father get elected and mend his relationship with his father.

Directed by Chris KochWritten by Bobby BowmanGuest stars Noah Crawford, Nancy Lenehan, Beau Bridges, Bill Suplee, Niecy Nash, Kipp Shiotani, Tracy Ashton, Jack Axelrod

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Episode 10

White Lie Christmas

22m8.5 / 10

As the holiday season comes under way a few secrets are exposed when Earl attempts to cross number seventy-four off of his list: "always ruined Joy's Christmas." Earl, Randy, and Catalina enter a radio contest to win a brand new car for Joy to make up for all of the thoughtless Christmas presents Earl gave her while they were married. While Randy and Catalina vie over the car, Earl finds out that Joy's parents believe that he's still their son-in-law and that he's just returned from the war in Iraq. Joy is afraid to tell her father, an alleged racist, that she is now married to Darnell, so Earl plays the part, afraid of ruining another one of her Christmases.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Timothy StackGuest stars Brett Butler, Blake Clark, Harland Williams, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Gil Christner, Charles Noland, Saginaw Grant

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Episode 11

Barn Burner

22m8.2 / 10

When trying to enroll her children into the Right Choice Ranch for troubled youth, Joy is denied enrollment because of a barn burning incident at the hands of a younger Earl. Earl, Randy and Catalina travel to the camp to make amends for the barn burning by building a pen for the camp’s ostrich. Earl learns the real reason behind the barn burning incident and decides that every incident on his list after the fire should be shared by Randy.

Directed by Ken WhittinghamGuest stars Noah Crawford, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Abdoulaye N'Gom, John Ducey, Jeremy Slate, Josh Phillips, Christopher Cho

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Episode 12

O Karma, Where Art Thou?

22m6.9 / 10

When Earl and Randy try to return a stolen wallet they find out taking the money had cost two newlyweds their honeymoon. In an attempt to make things right Earl takes over for the groom at his fast food restaurant. After time Earl finds out the boss is a jerk and Earl wonders how such a man with a luxurious house and beautiful wife could not be affected by the only thing he believes in, Karma.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Greg GarciaGuest stars Jessica Cauffiel, Lindsay Hollister, Jeremy Howard, Jon Favreau, Tyler Kain, Juan Pope, Adria Dawn, Scott Freeburg

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Episode 13

Stole P's HD Cart

22m8.1 / 10

Earl crosses another number off the list when he returns Pops’ Weiner Hot Dog cart he and Ralph stole in his youth. The good deed does not last long as Ralph, who works for a competing franchise sets fire to Pops cart. Earl now must set things right with a bizarre plan while recruiting Randy, Joy, Catalina and Darnell to assist him.

Directed by Chris KochWritten by J. B. CookGuest stars Lou Wagner, Terence Bernie Hines, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Patricia Belcher, Giovanni Ribisi, Gregg Binkley, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle

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Episode 14

Monkeys in Space

22m7.8 / 10

Earl tackles number eighteen on his list when one of his old friends is arrested. Remebering that he told an inappropriate story at his birthday party he must give him one great day to make up the the terrible one before he was sent to prison.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Greg GarciaGuest stars Tim DeKay, Dona Hardy, Booth Colman, E.J. Callahan, Tracy Ashton, George Sharperson, Daniele O'Loughlin, Michael Hagiwara

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Episode 15

Something to Live For

22m8.1 / 10

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.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by John Hoberg, Kat LikkelGuest stars Adam Goldberg, Peter Spruyt

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Episode 16

The Professor

22m8.4 / 10

Earl's nervous about returning a laptop computer he stole from a college professor, mostly because he's uncomfortable around smart people. When the professor turns out to be a beautiful woman, he feels even more ill at ease, until she flatters him and asks him to speak about his list in front of her class. Meanwhile, Randy experiences fraternity life---and absolutely loves it.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Danielle Sanchez-WitzelGuest stars Noah Crawford, Christine Taylor, Samm Levine, Anthony De Marco, Cameron Bender, Jeanette Miller, Kasan Butcher, Kevin Michael Walsh

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Episode 17

Didn't Pay Taxes

22m8.0 / 10

Earl attempts to cross off another deed of his list. This time trying to repay the government after failing to pay his taxes in the past.

Directed by Craig ZiskWritten by Michael PennieGuest stars Tim DeKay, Yvette Cruise, Bill Suplee, Thomas Crawford, Countrified Wedman, Patrick Thomas Gorman, Seth Sultan, Michael Bailey Smith

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Episode 18

Dad's Car

22m8.0 / 10

It's Mother's Day again when Earl remembers that he has never given his mother a Mother's Day gift Just as he and Randy are about to finish carrying out his long overdue gift his mother decides her repayment should include Earl doing something for his father.

Directed by Chris KochWritten by Brad Copeland, Barbie AdlerGuest stars Noah Crawford, Timothy Olyphant, Dale Dickey, Nancy Lenehan, Beau Bridges, Andy Pessoa, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle

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Episode 19

Y2K

22m8.1 / 10

When Earl is attempting to cross number 24 ("Stole a red 'Take-a-number' machine” ) off his list, Randy tries to get Earl to back down by trying to make him remember, through a flashback, how they got the machine around New Year’s Eve 1999. Darnell convinces the gang to believe that Y2K will signal the end of the world and they, happily, will be the last people on Earth.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Hilary WinstonGuest stars Tatum McCann, Silas Weir Mitchell, Timothy Stack, Alejandro Patiño, Doug Wax, William Charlton, Charles Howerton, Rob Elk

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Episode 20

Boogeyman

22m7.8 / 10

Earl decides to cross off "made a kid scared of the boogeyman" from his list. Earl soon discovers just what kind of lasting affect he had on the little boy.

Directed by Eyal GordinWritten by Vali ChandrasekaranGuest stars Malcolm David Kelley, Khamani Griffin, Tucker Smallwood, Louis T. Moyle, Leonard Earl Howze, Andrea De Oliveira, Cece Tsou, Anne Johnson

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Episode 21

The Bounty Hunter

22m8.2 / 10

Number forty-five "Ditched Jessie to Marry Joy" is next on the list when Jessie, Earl's ex-girlfriend returns to town seeking revenge. Earl must protect Joy in a lakeside retreat while Randy fights not to reveal their location to Jessie.

Directed by Marc BucklandWritten by Hunter CovingtonGuest stars Don Swayze, Tiffany Haddish, Juliette Lewis, Dana Cuomo, Maxie J. Santillan Jr., Joon Lee, Jackson Bond Jr.

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Episode 22

Stole a Badge

22m7.9 / 10

Earl tackles No. 127 on his list by making amends for pilfering a police officer's badge. When he discovers that the theft resulted in the cop's demotion, he tries to get the officer reinstated.

Directed by Marc BucklandGuest stars Joan Blair, Kerry O'Malley, Mike O'Malley, Clint Howard, Max Perlich, Abdoulaye N'Gom, Lauri Johnson, William Stanford Davis

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Episode 23

BB

21m8.1 / 10

Earl attempts to cross out number 147 on his list "Shot Gwen Waters with a BB Gun." To make things right he must reunite Gwen with her estranged father which Earl finds increasingly difficult.

Directed by Victor Nelli, Jr.Written by John Hoberg, Kat LikkelGuest stars Noah Crawford, Miriam Shor, Dale Dickey, Jack Betts, Geoffrey Lewis, Shailene Woodley, John DiMaggio, Grace Bustos

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Episode 24

Number One

22m8.9 / 10Finale

In the season finale, Earl decides to cross off the first number on his karma list, “Stole ten dollars from a guy at the Camden Market.” Earl to his dismay finds out that he owes much more than ten dollars, in fact he must surrender all his lotto winnings. Earl now ponders when karma is going to help him with his misfortunes.

Directed by Greg GarciaWritten by Greg GarciaGuest stars Lin Shaye, Dale Dickey, Max Perlich, Bill Suplee, Tracy Ashton, Abdul Goznobi, Dennis Burkley, Yetta Ginsburg

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