My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl Recaps

• 'My Name is Earl': Joy profiteers off non-profits

  There is a saying, at least I think there is, that goes something along the lines of "charity begins at home." I've never quite been able to figure out what it means (I'm not much of a do-gooder), but I'm pretty convinced that whatever it might mean it certainly isn't anything along the lines of the scam Joy was working tonight on My Name is Earl.

• 'My Name is Earl': Earl and the ape man

  It strikes me that Earl has destroyed many a person's life. The stuff he did to people before My Name is Earl started and he learned about karma caused a lot of pain and suffering. Tonight though, I'm pretty sure that Earl hadn't really caused the main problem he was attempting to fix.

• 'My Name is Earl': The invincible Randy

  This week was something of a circular episode on My Name is Earl, and not just because it involved a whole bunch of tornadoes, although they did help. People found missions, lost missions, started fights, ended fights, and in the end, everyone pretty much ended up back where they started (except in a church basement).

• 'My Name is Earl': Happy anniversary!

  Sometimes watching My Name is Earl I get the feeling that the writers started with one idea for an episode only to decide that the episode was actually about something else entirely later. I had that feeling tonight, the episode started off being about a dent in the bar at the Crab Shack, but ended up being about Joy and Earl's marriage.

• 'My Name is Earl': The fish that grew feet

  No matter what anyone believes about evolution, I think we can all agree that Joy is probably not the right person to either prove or disprove the theory. However, tonight's episode of My Name is Earl featured Joy tackling just that issue. It wasn't the main thrust of tonight's episode, but it definitely made for some laughs.

• 'My Name is Earl': Do you do Voodoo?

  I've always liked Halloween episodes of television shows. I don't know why, but there's something about themed holiday episodes in general that works for me. Tonight's My Name is Earl wasn't the best Halloween show I've ever seen, but it had some good moments.