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The Best Episodes of My Name Is Earl

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

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    My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 23 - The Trial
    9.1/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Trial

    S2:E23

    Things are finally looking up for Earl with a GED, a job, a new apartment and love interest however it may all come crashing down during Joy's trial date. Earl's shocking testimony could help Joy but at what cost?

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writers:Timothy Stack, Vali Chandrasekaran

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  2. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 12 - Our 'Cops' is On!
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Our 'Cops' is On!

    S2:E12

    It's a trip down memory lane for Earl, Randy, Joy, Darnell and the Crab Shack regulars when they remember their fifteen minutes of fame watching a 2003 repeat of the TV show "Cops," which was filmed in Camden County.

    Director:Ken Whittingham
    Writer:Timothy Stack

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  3. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 24 - Number One
    8.9/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Number One

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Greg Garcia
    Writer:Greg Garcia

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  4. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 10 - White Lie Christmas
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #4 - White Lie Christmas

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Timothy Stack

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  5. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 2 - Quit Smoking
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Quit Smoking

    S1:E2

    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!

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 16 - The Professor
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #6 - The Professor

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

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  7. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 2 - Jump For Joy
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Jump For Joy

    S2:E2

    In order to help a friend Earl has to raise a lot of money. He goes to Richard Chubby (Burt Reynolds), owner of Club Chubby a local strip club. He agrees to loan Earl the money if Earl can convince his most popular dancer to come back and work for him.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Vali Chandrasekaran

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  8. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 13 - Buried Treasure
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Buried Treasure

    S2:E13

    In classic whodunit fashion, Earl must determine who took his stolen "treasure" so he can cross it off his list. Joy, Darnell and Randy all give their own version of what happened to the buried treasure.

    Director:Eyal Gordin
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 6 - Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Lev L. Spiro
    Writer:Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

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  10. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 9 - Cost Dad the Election
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Cost Dad the Election

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Bobby Bowman

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  11. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 8 - Robbed a Stoner Blind
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Robbed a Stoner Blind

    S2:E8

    In the middle of a heat wave, Earl decides to cross number 26 off his list "Robbed a Stoner Blind." To accomplish this task Earl and Randy find Woody the stoner and must live an environmentally conscious life in the commune with Woody for a week.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writers:John Hoberg, Kat Likkel

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  12. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 18 - Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy

    S2:E18

    With Joy now pregnant again, Earl looks back on her pregnancy during their marriage, and how his father was responsible for one of his first truly good deeds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Greg Garcia

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  13. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 22 - Get a Real Job
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Get a Real Job

    S2:E22

    When Earl decides to get his first real job at an appliance store, he experiences 'growing pains'. Meanwhile, Joy makes another irrational decision when the forthcoming trial continues to get to her.

    Director:Ken Whittingham
    Writer:Erika Kaestle

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  14. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 11 - Bad Earl
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Bad Earl

    S3:E11

    Earl is having difficulty re-adjusting to life on the outside. He returns to his old ways after he encounters Ralph. Randy plans an intervention for Earl on Christmas morning.

    Director:Eyal Gordin
    Writer:Alan Kirschenbaum

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  15. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 14 - No Heads and a Duffel Bag
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #15 - No Heads and a Duffel Bag

    S3:E14

    When Randy visits his parents to make up for their ruined vacation, he realizes that he forgot to tell them about Earl's prison sentence and the following coma at all.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 5 - Teacher Earl
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Teacher Earl

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 7 - Stole Beer From a Golfer
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Stole Beer From a Golfer

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Michael Pennie

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  18. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 8 - Joy's Wedding
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Joy's Wedding

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Greg Garcia

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  19. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 11 - Barn Burner
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Barn Burner

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Ken Whittingham
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 21 - The Bounty Hunter
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #20 - The Bounty Hunter

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Hunter Covington

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  21. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 10 - South of the Border (1)
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #21 - South of the Border (1)

    S2:E10

    In the first half of this special one hour episode, Earl and Randy face problems in their quest to take Catalina off Earl's list and bring her home after she was deported because of Earl. Joy's friendly attitude causes the neighbors to get closer and Darnell doesn't like it at all.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Michael Pennie

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  22. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 11 - South of the Border (2)
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #22 - South of the Border (2)

    S2:E11

    In the second half of this special one hour episode, Earl and Randy face problems in their quest to take Catalina off Earl's list and bring her home after she was deported because of Earl. Joy's friendly attitude causes the neighbors to get closer and Darnell doesn't like it at all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 14 - Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck

    S2:E14

    Earl attempts to figure out how to make amends to a dead guy that he once locked in a truck. Meanwhile, newlyweds Randy and Catalina go hunting for an apartment.

    Director:Eyal Gordin
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 15 - Foreign Exchange Student
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Foreign Exchange Student

    S2:E15

    Earl goes for #44 on his list trying to help Pierre, a French foreign exchange student, he made fun of when they went to school together. Earl flies him back to the US and he tries to hook Pierre up with a girl he had a crush on as a child. Meanwhile, newlyweds Randy and Catalina find their marriage changes in ways they would never imagine.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 16 - Blow
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Blow

    S2:E16

    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 and the one person that could possibly help her get sympathy from the jury. The problem, Joy and Liberty are enemies.

    Directors:Victor Nelli, Jr.
    Writer:J.B. Cook

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Trial" is the best rated episode of "My Name Is Earl". It scored 9.1/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Michael Fresco and written by Timothy Stack, Vali Chandrasekaran, it aired on 5/10/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Our 'Cops' is On!".