Thursday, December 7, 2006

"South of the Border Part Uno y Dos" - Season 2

Catalina got deported back to Mexico when it was revealed that she was an illegal immigrant in the United States. Earl blames his gambling as the reason she was caught. He and Randy are preparing to take their first plane ride to Mexico to rescue Catalina!
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Joy has been taking pills in order to relax for court and she is a new woman. Earl and Randy aren't even able to recognize her with her new attitude. She even loaned Earl her luggage for their big trip. Darnell misses Joy's feisty side, especially when it comes to their annoying neighbors.
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Randy and Earl are surprised to learn that they need to get passports to go to Mexico. Earl has a difficult time keeping his eyes open for the picture, so Randy puts a picture of eyes over Earl's eyelids in order to make the photo work.
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Randy and Earl are on their first plane ride. Earl has all types of questions for the flight attendant and he annoys the other passengers. He ends up getting himself and Randy kicked off the flight and then they have to find another way to get to Mexico. Earl decides to see a doctor for a sedative to calm his flying fears.
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When Earl's sedatives wear off while they're on the plane, he and Randy are forced to leave once again. They have no choice but to take the bus to Mexico in order to rescue Catalina. At the bus stop, Earl wants to get a taco, but Randy is too afraid of missing the bus. He tackles Earl and the two begin to fight and Randy drags him onto the bus.
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Earl realizes how much Randy loves Catalina and gets on the bus. Before the bus can drive away, a man with a gun gets on board and kidnaps Earl. The bus drives away and Earl is left with two men armed with guns.
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Randy takes the bus to Catalina's village. He takes a sandwich and some flowers that he finds on a table. A woman embraces Randy, thinking that Randy carries her deceased son's soul. After talking to the woman, she says she will take Randy to Catalina, as long as they get one night with the man who carries their dead son's soul. Randy agrees.
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Darnell has to take care of confronting the new annoying neighbors since Joy is in the midst of her sudden streak of kindness. He decides to take them treats. Darnell gets tired of all the questions the neighbors ask him, so he quickly flees their trailer.
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The people who kidnapped Earl happen to be Catalina's uncle, Diego, and her little brother. When they learn that Earl wants to rescue Catalina, they agree to help him. Before that, however, Earl had to accompany the guys on their crime spree. Earl explains that he can't commit crimes because of his list. He explains karma to Diego and Diego says he will try to improve his karma.
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While Earl stays the night with Diego and his crew, Randy spends the night with the family who agreed to help him out. Both Randy and Earl realize that they haven't spent a night apart in a really long time.
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Earl and Randy are united and while Randy goes to go change, Earl walks around the village. Catalina spots him, gives him a huge hug, and says she will marry him. Diego had told Catalina that Earl wants to marry her for American citizenship. Earl had no idea Diego would do that.
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Randy is hurt that Catalina considers Earl her hero. Earl wants Randy to believe him that he had no idea Diego was setting up a marriage proposal. Randy accuses Earl of stealing his thunder - he had wanted to be the hero!
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Darnell is tired of the neighbors taking advantage of Joy's kindness. It wasn't until one of them threw a stray beer can through the window and it hit her son's head that the old, not-so-tolerant Joy paid the neighbors a visit. She tells them her happy pills will completely wear off in three days and that's when she'll return!
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Earl has to complete three tests in order to marry Catalina. He purposely tries 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.
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Randy passes all the obstacle courses with flying colors and wins Catalina's hand in marriage. He thinks about declaring his love for her, but didn't want to ruin his wedding day. Earl, Randy, and Catalina return to America.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

"Born A Gamblin' Man" - Season 2

Randy has finally built up enough confidence to tell Catalina how he feels about her. He decides to do it by writing her a love poem. Randy wants to make the moment special and decides to decorate the room with things Catalina likes.
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Earl visits Kenny with over two hundred sandwiches hoping to cross him off his list for all the times he stole his lunch in grade school. Earl and Randy walk in on Kenny and his boyfriend breaking up. Now Kenny wants Earl to teach him how to be more macho to attract more men.
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Joy's lawyer suggests that she attend an anger management meeting before she goes to court. The meeting is full of people will all sorts of problems, from stealing to sex addiction!
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After Kenny starts winning at gambling, Earl thinks karma finally is going in his direction. Earl and Randy pay Kenny a visit and discover that Kenny has gambled away all of his furniture and now he's addicted to the sport.
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After Kenny gets help for his addiction, Earl starts to take up gambling. He ends up in the East side of Camden betting on chickens. After that, Earl gets the number of a foreign place that accepts bets 24 hours a day.
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Earl takes Catalina with him to bet on chickens. Earl is surprised to see Kenny is there and back to gambling. Catalina has to leave early for her shift at Club Chubby's. She gives Earl her money that needs to be wired to her family in Mexico. Earl says he will make sure it's wired safely.
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Catalina gets pulled over on her way to work. She doesn't have a valid license and gets taken into police custody. Earl feels bad because if it wasn't for his gambling problem, she would have never had to drive herself to work.
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Earl returns to the motel to find a very sad Randy in the room he decorated for Catalina. Randy informs Earl that Catalina is getting deported back to Mexico. Earl suggests going to Mexico to rescue her. So the men prepare for their trip.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

"Robbed a Stoner Blind" - Season 2

Years earlier, Randy and Earl met Woody when they broke into his apartment to use his air-conditioning. When Randy and Earl realized that Woody was a complete stoner, they decided to rob him blind without him even knowing. Nowadays, Woody is Number 26 on Earl's list - Robbed a Stoner Blind.
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Earl and Randy track Woody down at a hippie commune where he's building a house out of cow dung. Woody had smoked so much weed, most of his brain cells are gone. He can't even recall ever meeting Randy or Earl.
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In order for Earl to cross Woody off his list, Woody said they can help around the hippie commune for a week. Though they were reluctant, the both agree to do so. They are finding it hard to get used to the new environmental friendly lifestyle they are forced to live while in the commune.
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After collapsing from hunger, Randy bumps his head and is given some herbal remedy for his injury. Randy begins to eat some of the potent herbal medication that was meant for his skin. The herbal remedy begins doing a number on Randy's brain and suddenly he sees everything in claymation.
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Earl tries to convince Joy and Darnell the benefits of green living. Joy thinks it's a waste of time to try to save the environment. Meanwhile, Joy keeps snapping at Randy because he can't help staring at her chest. But her breasts look so funny in claymation.
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Earl sets out to make the world a better place, but he notices everybody else is canceling out his efforts. He even tries to save a tree and gets ridiculed for it. Earl decides he will make people change their ways whether they want to or not.
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While waiting for Earl, Randy is enjoying watching Catalina dance around the living room. He is still seeing everything in claymation, which makes the experience surreal. Meanwhile, Earl is flipping out because he feels that with everything good he's doing, the world is set on canceling out his efforts.
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A frustrated Earl lets Woody know how he's feeling. Woody assures Earl that if he helps out with the environment for only five minutes a day, he will feel better about himself. And in the end, that's what is most important. Meanwhile, Randy is relieved to be seeing everything normal again.

Thursday, November 9, 2006

"Mailbox" - Season 2

In order for her to feel better about herself, Earl enlists the help of Catalina for his next item on the list, Number 75 - Used the mailbox as a trashcan. Earl recalls when he and Randy were too lazy to throw garbage in the dumpster across the trailer park, so they used the thing closest to them, the mailbox.
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Randy decides to help Earl deliver some of the mail that had been neglected in the box. When Randy goes to Joy with a letter, she opens it up and discovers Darnell's secret - that he had really been in the Witness Protection Program and had assumed a new identity of Darnell. Joy kicked him out!
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Earl finds an unsent letter and delivers it back to the owner. The man, Will, is thankful and tells Earl the story of how the letter was meant for a personal trainer who he was in love with years earlier. Will explains that he used to be a body builder, but let himself go because he thought Wendy had retrieved the letter and wanted nothing to do with him.
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Will is worried some man is going sweep Wendy off her feet, so Earl offers to watch over Wendy while Will gets back in shape. Problem is Earl is beginning to fall in love with Wendy. Wendy finds the letter that Will had meant to send and she thinks it's Earl's letter, so she responds to it with a big kiss!
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Joy is still mad at Darnell for not revealing his true identity so she plasters his face on a billboard for all to see. He begs for Joy to take him back and confesses that he couldn't take the risk of losing everything he loves, including Joy. She decides to take him back.
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Wendy is meeting Earl at The Crabshack for their date. Will is there, too, and he confesses about the letter he had written Wendy. Catalina is responsible for getting Will and Wendy back together. Earl isn't happy with Catalina, but knows she was only doing the right thing.

Thursday, November 2, 2006

"Made A Lady Think I Was God" - Season 2

Joy has to drive to Henderson to apologize to her old trailer park manager, Millie Banks, so she'll drop the restraining order she has against Joy. Joy's attorney thinks it will look good in court. Earl remembers the horrible thing he did to Millie while he was married to Joy.
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Earl remembers when he discovered that his walkie talkie was being picked up by Millie's hearing aid. So, he, Randy, and Joy decide to play a trick on her and pretend they were God talking to Millie and she fell for it. She did everything that Earl told her to do through the walkie talkie, including ripping up citations and giving away valuables.
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Earl finds Millie working in a convent and tells her about his cruel trick and she's furious. She goes back to managing the trailer park and becomes a bigger pain for Joy and Darnell. She has Darnell get rid of his turtle and she refuses to drop the restraining order she has on Joy.
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Earl tries to find a way to be in good graces with Millie. Catalina comes up with the idea of trying to get Millie to go back to the convent. She points out that Millie seemed her happiest when she was a nun. Joy actually agrees with Catalina's opinion. Meanwhile, Randy is excited that Darnell let him be a foster parent to Mr. Turtle.
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Earl wants to give Millie a sign to go back to being a nun. He breaks into her trailer and places a grilled cheese sandwich with the image of Jesus on her counter. She catches him in her kitchen and begins to pelt him with rocks from her slingshot.
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Before she can do anymore damage, Earl tries talking some sense into Millie. He explains to Millie that she has become miserable and cranky since leaving the convent and she should go back to being a happy nun. She considers Earl her sign to go back to being a nun and even drops the restraining order against Joy.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

"Van Hickey" - Season 2

Earl is at an elderly recreational center to take pictures of Joy doing good deeds and volunteering her time. Earl hears his name being called out and it's Tom Sparks. Number 50 on Earl's list - Fired lead singer from his band.
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Earl remembers first hiring Tom to be lead singer of his, Randy, and Ralph's band, "Phish Tahko." The problem was, the guys thought Tom was too old and he scared all the hot chicks away, so they fired him. Well, now Earl felt he had to make Tom feel like a rock star again.
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Phish Tahko gets ready to make their comeback. Tom points out #52 on Earl's list - Slept with Ralph's mom. Ralph can't believe it. Earl remembers hooking up with her after one of their rock star parties at Ralph's house.
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Ralph tells Earl that he's going to murder him for sleeping with his mom. After Ralph's mom offers no help, Earl decides to leave town. He stops by his parents house to say goodbye and finds Ralph there. Ralph says he's going to even the score and sleep with Earl's mom.
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Earl has to marry Ralph's mom so that Ralph will forgive him and not kill him. Earl realizes that being married to Ralph's mom is kind of nice. He feels like he's part of a family again. The only problem is he will eventually have to consummate the relationship, which so far he has been avoiding.
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Ralph tells Earl that if he doesn't consummate the marriage, he'll kill him. Earl promises that after their Phish Tahko concert, he will do the deed. He decides he needs to get liquored up at the bar first. But he passes out, so Ralph's mom goes home with Tom. Tom makes Ralph's mom happy and that makes Ralph happy.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

"Larceny of a Kitty Cat" - Season 2

Randy and Earl are walking through a parking lot and a black cat crosses their path. This makes Earl remember the time he kidnapped a cat from a cat show so Joy's cat could win the competition. Now, Earl feels he has to track down Sebastion, the cat he kidnapped, and give it back to his rightful owner.
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Earl breaks into the sleeping cat lady's house to rescue Sebastian. But, now there is a bigger problem, Randy has developed a crush on Sebastian's owner, Judy. Earl worries because every time he developes a crush, he pretends to be something he isn't.
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Earl's fears come true - Randy pretends to like cats so he can get closer to Judy. The truth is that Randy is allergic to cats and they make his face blow up. Randy refuses to listen to Earl's advice about revealing his true self to Judy. He also tells Randy that if Randy gets his heart broken, Earl won't pick up the pieces.
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Randy and Judy continue their relationship and leave it up to Earl to find a home for Sebastian. Darnell thinks that Earl should put Sebastian on his list because Sebastian used to be a show cat and now he's just a fat cat who Earl's trying to get rid of.
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Earl brings Sebastian to the cat show determined to win his career back. Randy and Judy are in the audience. After Judy buys him a collar, it becomes clear to Randy that she's beginning to treat him like a cat. Randy has replaced Sebastian in Judy's life, so Randy has to break up with Judy.
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Earl gets second place with Sebastian in the cat show. Judy takes Sebastian back and vows to finish what Earl started. She's impressed that Earl's exercise routine on Sebastian has been working. Earl also assures Randy that he's going to find a girl who loves him for him.