Darnell Turner

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Darnell "Crab Man" Turner
First appearance	Pilot
Statistics
Gender	Male
Age	30s
Spouse	Joy Darville (wife)
Children	Dodge (adopted), Earl Jr
Portrayed by	Eddie Steeples
Created by	Gregory Thomas Garcia

Darnell "Crab Man" Turner is a character on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, played by Eddie Steeples.

[edit] Character history

Darnell began having an affair with Joy Darville while she was still married to Earl Hickey and is the father of Joy's younger son, Earl Jr. Joy eventually left Earl to be with Darnell. Despite this, he and Earl are good friends (although they rarely do something together, they greet each other every episode with the well-known lines: -"Hey, Earl!" -"Hey, Crabman!"). He works as a cook at the local Crab Shack (hence his nickname). It was revealed that his real name is Harry Monroe, but he was forced to change it through the Witness Protection Program. Joy threw him out after learning this, believing everything she knew about him was now a lie, but took him back after he convinced her his feelings were genuine.

Although generally calm and soft-spoken, Darnell is implied to be quite intelligent and occasionally makes highly intellectual statements, which the others usually ignore or brush off. He has a fondness for cheese and a pet box turtle named Mr. Turtle. He is almost always seen wearing a "wifebeater t-shirt." Unlike most of the characters on the show, Darnell is not a habitual criminal. He once attempted to steal an old woman's purse (most likely at Joy's urging) but immediately gave it back and apologized.

In the pilot, it was mentioned his parents had recently thrown him out for growing weed in their trailer, though only his mother was seen at his wedding. He has a sister Daneesha who was also present at his wedding. He mentioned in one episode that his family had actually emigrated from Canada, though given his past, this may not be true.

My Name Is Earl

Karma • The List • Episodes

Characters

Earl Hickey • Randy Hickey • Joy Darville • Catalina Aruca • Darnell Turner • Minor characters