My Name Is Earl: Season 2

2006 · 23 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 2 of My Name Is Earl

Season 2 kicks off with Earl still dealing with the fallout from his past mistakes. His wife, Joy, cheated on him, and none of his kids are his, so he's living with his brother Randy. When Joy steals a truck to get back the money for a piece of furniture she can't return, Earl agrees to help her, and things quickly spiral out of control. Joy faces a possible life sentence, and Earl needs money to make bail. Meanwhile, his list of wrongs leads him to reconnect with people he once hurt, and Randy keeps chasing Catalina with little luck.

23episodes

Sep 21, 2006premiered

May 10, 2007latest episode

8.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Very Bad Things
Sep 21, 2006 · 21 min · ★ 8.0
When Joy and Darnell get into an argument over her surprise birthday, Earl jumps at the opportunity to cross off number 183 on his list “Never took Joy’s side”. Meanwhile Joy runs into various problems after trying to return a television set she recently purchased.
Directing: Marc Buckland · Starring: Jessica Cauffiel, Juan Pope, Harry Karp, Josh Wolf
2x02 Jump For Joy
Sep 28, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.4
In order to help a friend Earl has to raise a lot of money. He goes to Richard Chubby (Burt Reynolds), owner of Club Chubby a local strip club. He agrees to loan Earl the money if Earl can convince his most popular dancer to come back and work for him.
Directed by: Chris Koch · Written by: Vali Chandrasekaran · Starring: Carla Jimenez, Brad Grunberg, Burt Reynolds, Gregg Binkley
2x03 Sticks & Stones
Oct 5, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Earl decides to cross off number ninety-one on his list "Made fun of Maggie Lester for having a moustache." Earl and Randy visit Maggie who is now working for a carnival as "The Amazing Bearded Woman" meanwhile Joy has a run in with the law.
Directed by: Marc Buckland, Millicent Shelton · Written by: Danielle Sanchez-Witzel · Starring: Noah Crawford, Judy Greer, Marlee Matlin, Carel Struycken
2x04 Larceny of a Kitty Cat
Oct 12, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 7.8
Earl scratches number 56 off his list when he must return a prize winning cat back to its owner after sabotaging a cat show in Joy's favor. Meanwhile Randy forms an attraction with the cat’s owner.
Directed by: Millicent Shelton · Written by: Hilary Winston · Starring: Amy Sedaris, Bill Suplee, Kevin Farrell, William Newman
2x05 Van Hickey
Oct 19, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
Earl tries to make amends with Tom (number 50), the older man they let be the lead singer in his band but then kicked out before their first performance. While trying to arrange a reunion show Earl must also deal with Number 51, "Slept with Ralph's mom."
Directed by: Craig Zisk · Written by: J. B. Cook · Starring: Larry Hankin, Bill Erwin, Beth Grant, Nancy Lenehan
2x06 Made a Lady Think I Was God
Nov 2, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.1
Earl takes on Number 12 on his list "Made a lady think I was God." Millie Banks, she was the manager of Earl's trailer park, he pretended to be the voice of God to get her to stop bothering them.
Directed by: Marc Buckland · Written by: Bobby Bowman · Starring: Marcia Ann Burrs, Roseanne Barr, Carol Mansell, Marcy Goldman
2x07 Mailbox
Nov 9, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Catalina helps Earl cross off No. 75 on his list "Used a mailbox as a trash can" This leads to the discovery of two undelivered letters one is a declaration of a man's love the other reveals Darnell's secret.
Directed by: Michael Fresco · Starring: Jenny McCarthy, Johnny Sneed, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle
2x08 Robbed a Stoner Blind
Nov 16, 2006 · 25 min · ★ 8.2
In the middle of a heat wave, Earl decides to cross number 26 off his list "Robbed a Stoner Blind." To accomplish this task Earl and Randy find Woody the stoner and must live an environmentally conscious life in the commune with Woody for a week.
Directed by: Marc Buckland · Written by: John Hoberg, Kat Likkel · Starring: Michael Patrick McGill, Christian Slater, Eve Sigall, Jennifer Kenyon
2x09 Born a Gamblin' Man
Nov 30, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Earl tackles number 146 on his list. He decides to make 274 bologna sandwiches for Kenny because he stole them from him in school when they were kids. While delivering the sandwiches, Earl moves onto a new mission, to teach Kenny how to gamble but has trouble stopping. Joy goes to group therapy for her anger management issues.
Directed by: Chris Koch · Starring: Kadeem Hardison, Marlee Matlin, Gregg Binkley, Cheryl Hawker
2x10 South of the Border (1)
Dec 7, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
In the first half of this special one hour episode, Earl and Randy face problems in their quest to take Catalina off Earl's list and bring her home after she was deported because of Earl. Joy's friendly attitude causes the neighbors to get closer and Darnell doesn't like it at all.
Directing: Michael Fresco · Writing: Michael Pennie · Starring: Jimmi Simpson, William Schallert, Emilio Rivera, Benjamín Benítez
2x11 South of the Border (2)
Dec 7, 2006 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
In the second half of this special one hour episode, Earl and Randy face problems in their quest to take Catalina off Earl's list and bring her home after she was deported because of Earl. Joy's friendly attitude causes the neighbors to get closer and Darnell doesn't like it at all.
Starring: Jimmi Simpson, Eddie Rivera, Ray Santiago, John Leguizamo
2x12 Our 'Cops' is On!
Jan 4, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 9.0
It's a trip down memory lane for Earl, Randy, Joy, Darnell and the Crab Shack regulars when they remember their fifteen minutes of fame watching a 2003 repeat of the TV show "Cops," which was filmed in Camden County.
Directed by: Ken Whittingham · Written by: Timothy Stack · Starring: Beth Riesgraf, Dale Dickey, Kathy Kinney, Silas Weir Mitchell
2x13 Buried Treasure
Jan 11, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.4
In classic whodunit fashion, Earl must determine who took his stolen "treasure" so he can cross it off his list. Joy, Darnell and Randy all give their own version of what happened to the buried treasure.
Directed by: Eyal Gordin · Starring: Jessica Cauffiel, Peggy Stewart, Victor Raider-Wexler, Kevin Farrell
2x14 Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck
Jan 18, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
Earl attempts to figure out how to make amends to a dead guy that he once locked in a truck. Meanwhile, newlyweds Randy and Catalina go hunting for an apartment.
Directed by: Eyal Gordin · Starring: Bob Clendenin, Josh Wolf, John Waters, Windell Middlebrooks
2x15 Foreign Exchange Student
Feb 1, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
Earl goes for #44 on his list trying to help Pierre, a French foreign exchange student, he made fun of when they went to school together. Earl flies him back to the US and he tries to hook Pierre up with a girl he had a crush on as a child. Meanwhile, newlyweds Randy and Catalina find their marriage changes in ways they would never imagine.
Directed by: Marc Buckland · Starring: Noah Crawford, Ernie Grunwald, Stacy Reed Payton, Jasmine Jessica Anthony
2x16 Blow
Feb 8, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
Earl takes on number 101 on his list, "Stole a girl's identity." The girl turns out to be Joy's half-sister that she never knew about and the one person that could possibly help her get sympathy from the jury. The problem, Joy and Liberty are enemies.
Directed by: Victor Nelli, Jr. · Written by: J.B. Cook · Starring: DJ Qualls, Dale Dickey, Tamala Jones, Gigi Goff
2x17 The Birthday Party
Feb 15, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Earl wants to use his birthday to look back on all the good he's done over the past year, but at his party, everyone seems to want to talk about his past misdeeds instead.
Directed by: Eyal Gordin · Written by: Hilary Winston · Starring: Noah Crawford, Melody Thomas Scott, Bob Clendenin, Silas Weir Mitchell
2x18 Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy
Feb 22, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.2
With Joy now pregnant again, Earl looks back on her pregnancy during their marriage, and how his father was responsible for one of his first truly good deeds.
Written by: Greg Garcia · Starring: Montel Williams, Nancy Lenehan, Beau Bridges, John O'Leary
2x19 Harassed a Reporter
Apr 12, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
As Earl and Randy work to cross No. 29 on the list "Harassed A Reporter," Randy gets tired of being in his brother's shadow. In an attempt to distance himself from his brother, Randy realizes the true power of karma and the media.
Directing: Chris Koch · Starring: Leigh-Allyn Baker, Dale Dickey, Timothy Stack, Louis T. Moyle
2x20 Two Balls, Two Strikes
Apr 19, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
After Richard Chubby dies, Little Chubby comes to town to take over the family business. While Earl tries to cross an item off his list he learns the true meaning of sacrifice.
Directed by: Victor Nelli, Jr. · Starring: Norm Macdonald, Louis T. Moyle, Trey Carlisle, Charles Robinson
2x21 G.E.D.
Apr 26, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
Earl tries to apply for a credit card but is declined because he doesn't have a job or a proper place to live, so he goes back to school to receive a diploma, where he realizes how hard it is for teachers to put up with badly behaved kids - just like the one he used to be.
Starring: Kurt Fuller, Arjay Smith, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Jesse Head
2x22 Get a Real Job
May 3, 2007 · 25 min · ★ 8.2
When Earl decides to get his first real job at an appliance store, he experiences 'growing pains'. Meanwhile, Joy makes another irrational decision when the forthcoming trial continues to get to her.
Directed by: Ken Whittingham · Written by: Erika Kaestle · Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Charles S. Dutton, Sean Astin, Jonathan Slavin
2x23 The Trial Season Finale
May 10, 2007 · 30 min · ★ 9.1
Things are finally looking up for Earl with a GED, a job, a new apartment and love interest however it may all come crashing down during Joy's trial date. Earl's shocking testimony could help Joy but at what cost?
Directed by: Michael Fresco · Written by: Timothy Stack, Vali Chandrasekaran · Starring: Marlee Matlin, Timothy Stack, Giovanni Ribisi, Louis T. Moyle