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| "Pilot" |
Earl learns about karma in the Pilot |
| Episode no.: |
1 |
| Prod. code: |
1ALJ79 |
| Airdate: |
September 20, 2005 |
| Writer(s): |
Greg Garcia |
| Director: |
Marc Buckland |
| Guest star(s) |
None |
"Pilot" is the first episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl.
[edit] Synopsis
Earl J. Hickey is a small-time thief with a messed-up life. He wins $100,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket, but is immediately hit by a car and watches the ticket blow away. In the hospital recovering, Earl's wife divorces him, and Earl is introduced to karma while watching Carson Daly. He decides to try to make up for all the bad things he has done and makes a written list of 259 items. After leaving the hospital he starts on his list and right away he finds his lost $100,000 scratcher. Figuring karma works pretty well, he resolves to continue making up for items on the list.
[edit] The List
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| Item |
Number |
Source |
Status |
| Everything I did to Dad |
59, 61 |
1.1, Titles |
Outstanding |
| Harmed and possibly killed innocent people with second hand smoke |
102 |
1.1, 1.2, NBC.com |
Completed when Earl quits smoking (1.2) |
| I've been a litterbug |
136 |
1.1, NBC.com |
Started when Earl is seen picking up litter, saying he has to pick up as much as he's littered, and finds his lost lottery ticket (1.1), may have been completed. |
| Peed in the back of a cop car |
23 |
1.1; NBC.com |
Outstanding |
| Picked on Kenny James |
64 |
1.1, NBC.com |
Completed when Earl helps Kenny come out (1.1) |
| Snatched a kid's Halloween candy when he came to my trailer to trick-or-treat |
41 |
1.1, NBC.com |
Outstanding |
| Stole a car from a one-legged girl |
86 |
1.1, 1.2, 1.9, NBC.com |
Attempted in 1.9, but was chased away and attacked by her handicapped boyfriend. |
| Threw Carol's alarm clock out window2 |
62 |
1.1 |
Outstanding |
[edit] Trivia
- Neither Wanda nor Sonny are seen again in Season 1.
- According to the commentary included on the Season 1 DVD, the scenes where Randy is sleeping on the couch (In the trailer, later in the hospital room), the writers suggested that Randy be nude, but actor Ethan Suplee refused.
- The DVD release of the first season of the show features a 13-and-a-half minute long "mini-episode" called "Bad Karma" made specially for the set. The mini-episode is actually an alternate version of the events of the Pilot in which, instead of watching Carlson Daly on TV in the hospital, Earl watches Family Guy. Inspired by the megalomaniacal tendencies of Stewie Griffin, Earl comes up with a very different list and outlook on life. [1]
- On the hospital television, The Carson Daly Show is on channel 3.
- According to the DVD commentary, when Randy is about to go into Kenny James' parents' house, he steps in dog excrement.
