Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2005)

Overview

Earl (Jason Lee) is learning the hard way that when you do something bad, it has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt! Hoping to turn his life around, Earl's got a lengthy list of detestable deeds to make up for, from stealing a one-legged girl's car, to avoiding a nasty break-up by faking his own death.

Cast

Jason Lee as Earl Hickey
Jason Lee

as Earl Hickey

Ethan Suplee as Randy Hickey
Ethan Suplee

as Randy Hickey

Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner
Jaime Pressly

as Joy Turner

Nadine Velazquez as Catalina Aruca
Nadine Velazquez

as Catalina Aruca

Eddie Steeples as Darnell Turner
Eddie Steeples

as Darnell Turner

Episodes

Pilot poster

Pilot 7.8

September 20, 2005

Today is the first day of the rest of Earl Hickey's life. After coming into a $100,000 scratch-off lottery ticket and l…

Quit Smoking poster

Quit Smoking 8.4

September 27, 2005

Earl must make amends to Donny, an intimidating thug who spent two years in jail for a robbery Earl committed. Oddly en…

Randy's Touchdown poster

Randy's Touchdown 8.0

October 4, 2005

Back in their high school days, Earl ruined Randy's chance to score a touchdown during a key football game; now Earl mu…

Faked My Own Death poster

Faked My Own Death 8.1

October 11, 2005

When Earl meets a tough biker chick at a Halloween party, it looks like a match made in heaven--but when the costumes c…

Teacher Earl poster

Teacher Earl 8.2

October 18, 2005

Earl decides to teach English as a Second language to cross "Made fun of people with accents" off his karma list. While…

Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine poster

Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine 8.4

November 1, 2005

In order to replace a fancy figurine that he broke, Earl lends a hand to help Joy's former adversary and her daughter w…

Stole Beer From a Golfer poster

Stole Beer From a Golfer 8.2

November 8, 2005

Earl attempts to help Scott get over his preoccupation with golf--an obsession caused when he and Randy started fixing …

Joy's Wedding poster

Joy's Wedding 8.1

November 15, 2005

Darnell and Joy decided to tie the knot while Earl learns thru Randy’s invitation that he is not invited. To make thin…

Cost Dad the Election poster

Cost Dad the Election 8.3

November 22, 2005

Earl tries to cross of number four off his list “Blew dad’s chance to be elected mayor”. Four years earlier, Carl Hicke…

White Lie Christmas poster

White Lie Christmas 8.6

December 6, 2005

As the holiday season comes under way a few secrets are exposed when Earl attempts to cross number seventy-four off of …

Barn Burner poster

Barn Burner 8.2

January 5, 2006

When trying to enroll her children into the Right Choice Ranch for troubled youth, Joy is denied enrollment because of …

O Karma, Where Art Thou? poster

O Karma, Where Art Thou? 7.2

January 12, 2006

When Earl and Randy try to return a stolen wallet they find out taking the money had cost two newlyweds their honeymoon…

Stole P's HD Cart poster

Stole P's HD Cart 8.1

January 19, 2006

Earl crosses another number off the list when he returns Pops’ Weiner Hot Dog cart he and Ralph stole in his youth. The…

Monkeys in Space poster

Monkeys in Space 7.8

January 26, 2006

Earl tackles number eighteen on his list when one of his old friends is arrested. Remebering that he told an inappropri…

Something to Live For poster

Something to Live For 8.1

February 2, 2006

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…

The Professor poster

The Professor 8.3

February 9, 2006

Earl's nervous about returning a laptop computer he stole from a college professor, mostly because he's uncomfortable a…

Didn't Pay Taxes poster

Didn't Pay Taxes 8.0

March 2, 2006

Earl attempts to cross off another deed of his list. This time trying to repay the government after failing to pay his …

Dad's Car poster

Dad's Car 8.0

March 16, 2006

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 Rand…

Y2K poster

Y2K 8.0

March 23, 2006

When Earl is attempting to cross number 24 ("Stole a red 'Take-a-number' machine” ) off his list, Randy tries to get Ea…

Boogeyman poster

Boogeyman 8.0

March 30, 2006

Earl decides to cross off "made a kid scared of the boogeyman" from his list. Earl soon discovers just what kind of las…

The Bounty Hunter poster

The Bounty Hunter 8.3

April 6, 2006

Number forty-five "Ditched Jessie to Marry Joy" is next on the list when Jessie, Earl's ex-girlfriend returns to town s…

Stole a Badge poster

Stole a Badge 7.9

April 27, 2006

Earl tackles No. 127 on his list by making amends for pilfering a police officer's badge. When he discovers that the th…

BB poster

BB 8.1

May 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 reuni…

Number One poster

Number One 8.9

May 11, 2006

In the season finale, Earl decides to cross off the first number on his karma list, “Stole ten dollars from a guy at th…