My Name Is Earl: Season 1
My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom created by Greg Garcia that premiered on NBC on September 20, 2005. The series follows petty criminal Earl Hickey, portrayed by Jason Lee, who wins a $100,000 lottery jackpot and decides to improve his life by addressing the many bad deeds he has committed. Season 1 introduces Earl’s belief in karma: the notion that negative actions return to “bite you in the butt.” Motivated by
Season overview
My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom created by Greg Garcia that premiered on NBC on September 20, 2005. The series follows petty criminal Earl Hickey, portrayed by Jason Lee, who wins a $100,000 lottery jackpot and decides to improve his life by addressing the many bad deeds he has committed. Season 1 introduces Earl’s belief in karma: the notion that negative actions return to “bite you in the butt.” Motivated by this principle, Earl compiles a lengthy list of past transgressions he intends to rectify. The season’s storyline shows him attempting to make amends for a variety of misdeeds, including stealing a one‑legged girl’s car and f
Episodes
Pilot
Sep 20, 2005 · 22 min
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
Sep 27, 2005 · 22 min
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
Oct 4, 2005 · 22 min
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
Oct 11, 2005 · 22 min
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
Oct 18, 2005 · 22 min
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
Nov 1, 2005 · 22 min
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
Nov 8, 2005 · 22 min
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
Nov 15, 2005 · 22 min
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
Nov 22, 2005 · 22 min
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
Dec 6, 2005 · 22 min
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
Jan 5, 2006 · 22 min
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?
Jan 12, 2006 · 22 min
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
Jan 19, 2006 · 22 min
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
Jan 26, 2006 · 22 min
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
Feb 2, 2006 · 22 min
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
Feb 9, 2006 · 22 min
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
Mar 2, 2006 · 22 min
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
Mar 16, 2006 · 22 min
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
Mar 23, 2006 · 22 min
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
Mar 30, 2006 · 22 min
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
Apr 6, 2006 · 22 min
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
Apr 27, 2006 · 22 min
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
May 4, 2006 · 21 min
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
May 11, 2006 · 22 min
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