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.
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.
My Name Is Earl was such a good show and it sucks they never finished it. The show really deserved better. I found the show a while back on some streaming service (don't remember which one it was anymore) and began watching it since I remembered liking it but never got around finishing it. Then I looked it up a bit and learned the show got cancelled, which was probably why I got the feeling I fell out of the loop.
I kinda want to see at least some conclusion for the show. Full reboot wouldn't do the show justice anymore, but maybe like a mini-series or a TV movie (or, well I guess most movies are these days TV movies) that just kinda wraps things up.
📺 There are those who think they are helping you by showing you all the bad that there is in the world, but in reality, what they are really doing is closing your eyes to all the good this planet has to offer.
"Both are all around. You just have to decide which one to focus on."
- Earl
This isn't an exact quote; just something I heard Earl Hickey say while watching an episode of My
Name Is Earl: Sold a Guy a Lemon Car|S4 E9.
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"MY NAME IS EARL" SERIES FINALE
They never filmed an ending to "My Name Is Earl", so I'll toss out my idea how it should have ended.
It starts with a time skip from where the show left off, maybe six months. Earl is a cab driver, his life is mostly on track. He's still doing the list, but he feels like the list is playing games with him: it's harder and harder to find people on his list, much less figure out what to do for them.
We see the various series regulars and what they're up to: Randy's got a job but still chooses to live with Earl, Catalina is managing Chubby's, Joy finally started that nail salon. Darnell had to go back into witness protection (but not to worry, we see him later in the episode, a few trailers down, wearing a really fake beard, and letting Joy in when nobody's looking).
Anyway, back to Earl: he's standing outside his cab one windy night, when the list blows away. He's about to chase it when he sees a young inebriated woman leaving a bar and some guys showing just a little too much interest in her. He drives the cab over, picks her up, and gives her a free lift home. He helps her to the door, hands her off to her mother, and that's when Earl and the mother recognize each other: they'd been in school together and she was someone on Earl's list. He immediately starts apologizing and she cuts him off: "Earl, you protected my daughter. Whatever happened 30 years ago, it doesn't matter. What you did tonight matters."
And that's when it clicks with Earl: the reason the list isn't working like it used to, is because he doesn't need it to guide him any more. It's still good to make amends as he can, but what he really needs to do is just keep his eyes open, and be the good man he now is.
As a final scene, Earl picks up another fare. He's got a piece of paper; seems he heard that, if you make a list of all the things you've done wrong and make amends for them all, you win the lottery. Earl asks, "how's that going?" And the guy responds, "... well, I haven't won the lottery. But I've patched up a few relationships, and I like not being disappointed in myself. So, I think I'll keep doing this." Earl agrees it sounds like a pretty good plan.