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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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 5 - Frank's Girl
    6.8/10(801 votes)

    #1 - Frank's Girl

    S3:E5

    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

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  2. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 8 - Little Bad Voodoo Brother
    7.0/10(550 votes)

    #2 - Little Bad Voodoo Brother

    S4:E8

    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

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  3. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 18 - Camdenites
    7.2/10(604 votes)

    #3 - Camdenites

    S3:E18

    When Earl finds out that making up for all the bad things he did to women changes Billie's behavior to the good, he picks the worst thing he ever did to women on his list. Billie wants him to choose between her and his list. When he picks the list, she steals it and starts undoing the items he has already accomplished.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writers:Hilary Winston, Michael Pennie

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  4. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 12 - Reading Is a Fundamental Case
    7.2/10(553 votes)

    #4 - Reading Is a Fundamental Case

    S4:E12

    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:Unknown

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  5. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 15 - Foreign Exchange Student
    7.3/10(673 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 15 - Killerball
    7.3/10(638 votes)

    #6 - Killerball

    S3:E15

    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:Unknown

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  7. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 16 - Love Octagon
    7.3/10(610 votes)

    #7 - Love Octagon

    S3:E16

    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

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  8. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 8 - Midnight Bun
    7.4/10(667 votes)

    #8 - Midnight Bun

    S3:E8

    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

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  9. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 9 - Burn Victim
    7.4/10(602 votes)

    #9 - Burn Victim

    S3:E9

    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:Unknown

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  10. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 10 - Early Release
    7.4/10(615 votes)

    #10 - Early Release

    S3:E10

    When Earl finds out that the Warden has destroyed all the certificates that would grant him early release from prison, he seeks the help of his friends to escape.

    Director:Jason Ensler
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 11 - Bad Earl
    7.4/10(612 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 13 - Stole a Motorcycle
    7.4/10(625 votes)

    #12 - Stole a Motorcycle

    S3:E13

    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
    Writers:John Hoberg, Kat Likkel

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  13. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 14 - No Heads and a Duffel Bag
    7.4/10(647 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 4 - Stole an RV
    7.4/10(564 votes)

    #14 - Stole an RV

    S4:E4

    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
    Writers:John Hoberg, Kat Likkel

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  15. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 20 - Chaz Dalton's Space Academy
    7.4/10(526 votes)

    #15 - Chaz Dalton's Space Academy

    S4:E20

    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

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  16. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 11 - Barn Burner
    7.5/10(894 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 20 - Boogeyman
    7.5/10(818 votes)

    #17 - Boogeyman

    S1:E20

    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

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  18. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 23 - BB
    7.5/10(782 votes)

    #18 - BB

    S1:E23

    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.

    Directors:Victor Nelli, Jr.
    Writers:John Hoberg, Kat Likkel

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  19. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 16 - Blow
    7.5/10(670 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. My Name Is Earl Season 2 Episode 18 - Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy
    7.5/10(645 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. My Name Is Earl Season 3 Episode 7 - Randy In Charge (...Of Our Days and Our Nights)
    7.5/10(674 votes)

    #21 - Randy In Charge (...Of Our Days and Our Nights)

    S3:E7

    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:Unknown

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  22. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 6 - We've Got Spirit
    7.5/10(599 votes)

    #22 - We've Got Spirit

    S4:E6

    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

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  23. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 7 - Quit Your Snitchin'
    7.5/10(550 votes)

    #23 - Quit Your Snitchin'

    S4:E7

    When Randy's birthday is coming up, Earl gets him a new car, but it is stolen before he can present it to Randy. Apparently, Earl no longer falls under the code of criminals, that no criminal steals from another one. Now that he is treated as a "civilian", he needs to decide whether to take the matter to the police and become a snitch.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. My Name Is Earl Season 4 Episode 9 - Sold a Guy a Lemon Car
    7.5/10(546 votes)

    #24 - Sold a Guy a Lemon Car

    S4:E9

    Suddenly at the top of Earl's list a life-or-death item appears right after a new mysterious man moves in next door. Meanwhile, a science fair has Joy all worked up to the point of obsession. She' so fixated on winning the fair so she can buy something special with the prize money.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Michael Pennie

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  25. My Name Is Earl Season 1 Episode 9 - Cost Dad the Election
    7.6/10(919 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Frank's Girl" is the worst rated episode of "My Name Is Earl". It scored 6.8/10 based on 801 votes. Directed by Eyal Gordin and written by Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, it aired on 10/25/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Little Bad Voodoo Brother".