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.

Thursday, October 5, 2006

"Sticks and Stones" - Season 2

Earl was helping Catalina wax a co-worker's mustache and it took him back to number 92 on his list - "Made Fun of Maggie Lester." Earl remembers when he was in junior high school and he made fun of the new girl for having a mustache. He called her Maggie P.I. in front of everybody in his class.
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Earl finds Maggie in the phone book and pays her a visit. He tells her about his list and explains that she's on it. He also finds out that Maggie has become successful while working for a traveling circus. She explains to Earl that he doesn't need to do anything more because she had forgiven him so he's allowed to cross her off his list.
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Randy and Earl discover that Maggie lives in a freak town where all the carnie folk live when it's not carnival season. They learn about all types of different people. Earl and Randy hang out with a boy that has lobster hands, a dwarf, and a man with a horn in his head. The tallest man of the freak show taught the two guys about the stock market.
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Joy and Darnell meet with Joy's court-appointed lawyer, who happens to be a deaf woman and Joy is not comfortable with Ruby Whitlow representing her. Ruby threatens to leave Joy and have her represent her own case, which Joy thinks is a great idea.
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While hanging out with the freak show, Earl is reminded of the time when he was younger and was forced to take off his shirt at the pool and the kids made fun of his hairy nipples. He decides to confront the swim coach who made him take off his shirt.
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Joy goes back to Ruby to ask her take the case and apologizes for being so insensitive before. Joy also informs Ruby that she's going to start giving her the utmost respect. But when Ruby starts to talk, Joy busts up laughing and once again Joy almost looses her lawyer.
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Earl wants to show that he isn't ashamed of his hairy nipples, so he decides to go back to the swimming pool and jump off the diving board with his shirt off. He almost chickens out, but his freak-show friends show up to give him support. Earl feels better and he jumps off the diving board.