South of the Border, Part Dos

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My Name Is Earl episode

"South of the Border, Part Dos"

Episode no.:	35
Prod. code:	2ALJ11
Airdate:	December 7, 2006
Writer(s):	Danielle Sanchez-Witzel
Director:	Marc Buckland
Guest star(s)	John Leguizamo, Jimmi Simpson

"South of the Border, Part Dos" is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl.

1 Synopsis
2 The List
3 Songs
4 Trivia
5 Quotes

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Randy took the bus to Catalina’s village. He took a sandwich and some flowers that he had found on a table. A woman embraced Randy, thinking that Randy carried her deceased son’s soul. After talking to the woman, she said she would take Randy to Catalina, so long as they got one night with the man who carried their dead son’s soul. Randy agreed.

Darnell had to take care of confronting the new annoying neighbors since Joy was in the midst of her sudden streak of kindness. He decided to take them treats. Darnell got tired of all the questions the neighbors asked him, so he quickly fled their trailer.

The people who kidnapped Earl happened to be Catalina’s uncle, Diego, and her little brother. When they learned that Earl wanted to rescue Catalina, they agreed to help him. Before that, however, Earl had to accompany the guys on their crime spree. Earl explained that he couldn’t commit crimes because of his list. He explained karma to Diego. Diego then said he would try to improve his karma.

While Earl was staying the night with Diego and his crew, Randy was staying the night with the family who had agreed to help him out. Both Randy and Early realized that they hadn’t spent a night apart in a really long time.

Earl and Randy were united. While Randy went to go change, Earl walked around the village. Catalina spotted him, gave him a huge hug, and said she would marry him. Diego had told Catalina that Earl would marry her for American citizenship. Earl had no idea what Diego had done.

Randy was hurt that Catalina was considering Earl as her hero. Earl wanted Randy to believe him the he had no idea that Diego was setting up a marriage proposal. Randy accused Earl of stealing his thunder. He had desired to be the hero!

Darnell was tired of the neighbors taking advantage of Joy’s kindness. It wasn’t until one of them threw a stray beer can and it hit her son’s head that the old, not-so-tolerant Joy paid the neighbors a visit. She said her happy pills would completely wear off in three days and then she would return.

Earl had to complete three tests in order to marry Catalina. He purposely tried to fail the tests so that Randy could be the hero and have to marry Catalina. The plan didn’t work. A new, karma-loving Diego let Earl slide. It wasn’t until after Earl failed all three tests that Randy had a chance to win Catalina’s hand at marriage.

Randy passed all the obstacle courses with flying colors and won Catalina’s hand in marriage. He thought about declaring his love for her, but didn’t want to ruin his wedding day. Earl, Randy, and Catalina returned to America.

[edit] The List

Main article: The List (My Name Is Earl)

Item	Number	Source	Status

[edit] Songs

#	Song Title	Artist	Notes
1	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	Instrumental guitar version performed by a Mariachi. Although, the original version is played soon after.
2	Time after Time	Cyndi Lauper	Spanish Cover version performed by a Mariachi.

[edit] Trivia

Diego is obsessed with US-american 80's music and television. When he first meets Earl, he asks him "Are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" referring to the old commercials for Bugle Boy Jeans. He also mentions White Wedding by Billy Idol, and shouts out "Wolverines!" at the end, a reference to the movie Red Dawn.

Catalina's Brother is missing a finger. This is due to the fact that Catalina could not wire the money to his kidnappers in the episode "Born a Gambling Man"

Under 2006 US Immigration Law, specifically INA 245, Catalina would not be able to return to the United States for at least ten years without applying for a pardon. The pardon process itself can take more than a year. It would simply not be possible for Catalina to enter the U.S. legally immediately after a formal deportation.