Shows: My Name is Earl
I haven't quite decided what to think about this show just yet. Apparently some like it. It's definitely different. As near as I can tell, Earl (played by Jason Lee) won the lottery. When he did, he decided it was time to turn his life around. Not entirely, mind you. He's still white trash, and it seems he's likely to stay white trash.
But he has decided that he's got to do something about his karma. I don't know where he learned about karma (I've only seen the show twice, so perhaps I've missed that part), but he's decided it's important. So he made a list. The list appears to be about 200 items strong, and it contains everything he feels he's done wrong. Each week, he takes care of one of those things by revisiting it and trying to correct it.
Meanwhile, ex-wife Joy (Jaime Pressly), her new husband Darnell "Crabman" (Eddie Steeples) and Earl's brother Randy (Ethan Suplee, who seems to have lost a bit of weight since the last time I saw him) help him along the way.
Well, Joy actually seems to be trying to get some of Earl's lottery winnings while the Crabman is an easygoing guy who really does more to derail his new wife's plans than anything, and Randy probably is more dead weight than anything, but he means well. Most times.
But if nothing else, the show has heart. And it's different. That's for sure.
