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The Worst Episodes of My Name Is Earl

Every episode of My Name Is Earl ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of My Name Is Earl!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Creative Writing" is the worst rated episode of "My Name Is Earl". It scored 6.8/10 based on 723 votes. Directed by Chris Koch and written by Bobby Bowman, it aired on 10/18/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Little Bad Voodoo Brother".

  • Creative Writing
    6.8/10723 votes
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    #1 - Creative Writing

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2007

    Earl is given an assignment after attending a prison class which focuses on creative writing: to write a story. Soon Earl realises that writing is harder than he thought.

    Director: Chris Koch

    Writer: Bobby Bowman

  • Little Bad Voodoo Brother
    7.0/10497 votes
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    #2 - Little Bad Voodoo Brother

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2008

    Earl plans a Halloween party for Dodge and Earl Jr, while Catalina's nephew Oscar visits. This poses an opportunity for Randy to become the big brother he always wanted to be.

    Director: Chris Koch

    Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum

  • Killerball
    7.1/10549 votes
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    #3 - Killerball

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/2008

    When the hospital wants to get rid of Earl, Randy decides to take care of his brother by himself. But instead of working on the list for Earl, he uses Earl's help to cross things off in order to help him get better.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: N/A

  • Reading Is a Fundamental Case
    7.2/10504 votes
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    #4 - Reading Is a Fundamental Case

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2008

    Earl remembers a list item he crossed off while reading to the children of Camden County. While going down memory lane, Earl recalls that his old friend Raynard kept company with a raccoon while living in the great outdoors.

    Director: Michael Fresco

    Writer: N/A

  • Foreign Exchange Student
    7.3/10604 votes
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    #5 - Foreign Exchange Student

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/2007

    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: N/A

  • I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends (2)
    7.3/10579 votes
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    #6 - I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends (2)

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 4/3/2008

    Nothing can get Earl out of his coma, so Randy turns to a young faith healer from their past. However, the boy says that he no longer heals people because he discovered how Earl lived his life after he "healed" him the first time.

    Director: Marc Buckland

    Writer: Bobby Bowman

  • Stole a Motorcycle
    7.3/10552 votes
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    #7 - Stole a Motorcycle

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/10/2008

    While Earl is still in a coma, Randy starts to believe that he can help Earl get better by crossing things off the list.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Kat Likkel, John Hoberg

  • Love Octagon
    7.3/10542 votes
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    #8 - Love Octagon

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2008

    When Earl finally wakes up from his coma, he believes in Karma again and considers Billie his soul mate.

    Director: Michael Fresco

    Writer: Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

  • Our Other Cops is On! (1)
    7.4/10605 votes
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    #9 - Our Other Cops is On! (1)

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2007

    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.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: N/A

  • Our Other Cops is On! (2)
    7.4/10598 votes
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    #10 - Our Other Cops is On! (2)

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/2007

    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.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: N/A

  • Randy In Charge (...Of Our Days and Our Nights)
    7.4/10542 votes
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    #11 - Randy In Charge (...Of Our Days and Our Nights)

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/2007

    The Warden ask Earl to make a skit called 'scared straight' that will stop kids from committing crimes and stay out of jail. Meanwhile, Randy uses his authority to make Earl's life difficult in prison.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: N/A

  • Burn Victim
    7.4/10546 votes
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    #12 - Burn Victim

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/2007

    Earl helps the Warden solve another jail house problem between an inmate and his victims. Later Earl realizes that planning a prom for the inmates might deplete his lottery winnings.

    Director: Gail Mancuso

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Earl
    7.4/10568 votes
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    #13 - Bad Earl

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2008

    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

  • I Won't Die With a Little Help From My Friends (1)
    7.4/10586 votes
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    #14 - I Won't Die With a Little Help From My Friends (1)

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 4/3/2008

    After a car accident Earl is put in a coma and finds himself in an alternate world shown as a sitcom, while his friends try to keep him alive.

    Director: Marc Buckland

    Writer: Greg Garcia

  • Girl Earl
    7.4/10553 votes
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    #15 - Girl Earl

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2008

    Inspired by Earl, Billie starts a list of her own and when Earl is getting annoyed by Billie's little habits, he decides to focus on working on the list instead. He picks a task that is on both of their lists, atones for the injury of a champion grocery-bagger and discovers a unique talent of his own. But Earl soon finds out that they have different ways of interpreting Karma.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Ralph Greene

  • Stole an RV
    7.4/10510 votes
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    #16 - Stole an RV

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2008

    To cross Jerry off of his list, Earl can't just return the RV he stole, mostly because Randy blew it up. Earl and Randy set out to find what might make this grumpy war hero happy, and accidentally turn him into a 75-year-old killing machine. Elsewhere, Joy and Darnell attempt to turn the legend of a giant pig that lives near the trailer park into a one-of-a-kind, money making sideshow.

    Director: Chris Koch

    Writer: Kat Likkel, John Hoberg

  • We've Got Spirit
    7.4/10545 votes
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    #17 - We've Got Spirit

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2008

    To cross Randy off his list, Earl takes his brother to cheerleading camp. Once there, the tight cheer pants and their lack of flexibility are not their only problem. They also have to deal with Kimmi Himmler, the camp owner with a deeply scarred face and milky eye - both a result of a badger accident suffered while cheering in high school. When Himmler wants the brothers out of her camp, Earl goes to drastic measure to make sure that Randy's cheerleading dreams will come true. Elsewhere, Joy is hurt when her son Dodge indicates that Catalina is the most beautiful woman in Camden.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Hilary Winston

  • Chaz Dalton's Space Academy
    7.4/10479 votes
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    #18 - Chaz Dalton's Space Academy

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/2009

    Earl works on a list item that has to do with Chaz Dalton, his childhood hero. Meanwhile, Darnell tries to help Joy make friends using the internet.

    Director: Marc Buckland

    Writer: Hilary Winston

  • Barn Burner
    7.5/10815 votes
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    #19 - Barn Burner

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2006

    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: N/A

  • Boogeyman
    7.5/10744 votes
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    #20 - Boogeyman

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/2006

    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.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Vali Chandrasekaran

  • BB
    7.5/10716 votes
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    #21 - BB

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/2006

    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.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: Kat Likkel, John Hoberg

  • Blow
    7.5/10608 votes
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    #22 - Blow

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/2007

    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.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: J.B. Cook

  • Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy
    7.5/10582 votes
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    #23 - Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: Greg Garcia

  • Frank's Girl
    7.5/10574 votes
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    #24 - Frank's Girl

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2007

    It's conjugal visiting day at the prison and since no one is visiting Earl, Frank wants Earl to explain to his girlfriend why he cannot see her today. Things don't go as planned and Frank's girlfriend dumps him because of Earl. Earl is blames himself and vows to get them back together.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

  • Midnight Bun
    7.5/10550 votes
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    #25 - Midnight Bun

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/2007

    Joy enlists the help of Darnell to expediate the baby's birth. Meanwhile, Frank escapes from prison when Randy takes the convicts out for ice cream. Elsewhere, Catalina baby-sits Dodge and Earl Jr.

    Director: Eyal Gordin

    Writer: Hilary Winston