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.