My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
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My Name Is Earl

Karma is a funny thing.

7.7 / 10
2005
4 seasons
92 episodes
Comedy

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

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Earl is learning the hard way that when you do something bad, it has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt! Hoping to turn his life around, Earl's got a lengthy list of detestable deeds to make up for, from stealing a one-legged girl's car, to avoiding a nasty break-up by faking his own death.

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.4
    20-09-200522m

    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 ep...

  • Quit Smoking

    2.Quit Smoking

    8.4
    27-09-200522m

    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 q...

  • Randy's Touchdown

    3.Randy's Touchdown

    8.0
    04-10-200522m

    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.

  • Faked My Own Death

    4.Faked My Own Death

    8.1
    11-10-200522m

    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...

  • Teacher Earl

    5.Teacher Earl

    8.2
    18-10-200522m

    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 c...

  • Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine

    6.Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine

    8.3
    01-11-200522m

    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...

  • Stole Beer From a Golfer

    7.Stole Beer From a Golfer

    8.2
    08-11-200522m

    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 tho...

  • Joy's Wedding

    8.Joy's Wedding

    8.2
    15-11-200522m

    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...

  • Cost Dad the Election

    9.Cost Dad the Election

    8.3
    22-11-200522m

    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...

  • White Lie Christmas

    10.White Lie Christmas

    8.5
    06-12-200522m

    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 C...

  • Barn Burner

    11.Barn Burner

    8.2
    05-01-200622m

    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,...

  • O Karma, Where Art Thou?

    12.O Karma, Where Art Thou?

    6.9
    12-01-200622m

    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...

  • Stole P's HD Cart

    13.Stole P's HD Cart

    8.1
    19-01-200622m

    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 compe...

  • Monkeys in Space

    14.Monkeys in Space

    7.8
    26-01-200622m

    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 da...

  • Something to Live For

    15.Something to Live For

    8.1
    02-02-200622m

    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.

  • The Professor

    16.The Professor

    8.4
    09-02-200622m

    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 beau...

  • Didn't Pay Taxes

    17.Didn't Pay Taxes

    8.0
    02-03-200622m

    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.

  • Dad's Car

    18.Dad's Car

    8.0
    16-03-200622m

    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...

  • Y2K

    19.Y2K

    8.1
    23-03-200622m

    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 fla...

  • Boogeyman

    20.Boogeyman

    7.8
    30-03-200622m

    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.

  • The Bounty Hunter

    21.The Bounty Hunter

    8.2
    06-04-200622m

    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 w...

  • Stole a Badge

    22.Stole a Badge

    7.9
    27-04-200622m

    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 offic...

  • BB

    23.BB

    8.1
    04-05-200621m

    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 increasing...

  • Number One

    24.Number One

    8.9
    11-05-200622m

    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 m...

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