"My Name Is Earl" Barn Burner (2006)

Director:

Ken Whittingham

Writers:

Gregory Thomas Garcia (creator)
Brad Copeland (written by)

TV Series:

"My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Original Air Date:

5 January 2006 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Earl has to make up for burning down a barn at a boys' camp when he was a kid. But he later finds out that he's not the one who burned the barn down. |

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Karma | Ne'er Do Well | Beer | Claim In Title

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Jan. 7

7:00 PM

TBS

Barn Burner

#1.11

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner
John Ducey	...	Camp Counselor
Noah Crawford	...	Young Earl
Ryan Armstrong	...	Young Randy
Louis T. Moyle	...	Dodge
Trey Carlisle	...	Earl Jr.
Jeremy Slate	...	Bud
Abdoulaye NGom	...	Nescobar-A-Lop-Lop (as Abdoulaye N'Gom)
Christopher Grey	...	Married Man
Cesar Flores	...	Hector (as Cesar D. Flores)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josh Phillips	...	Man in Apt.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

It appears that Catalina is cursing out Joy in Spanish. Actually, what she says is "I want to thank all the Spanish speaking Latinos who faithfully tune in to watch the show every week. And to those of you who aren't Latino, I want to congratulate you for learning a second language."

Quotes:

Catalina: [in Spanish, appearing as if she were telling Joy off] I want to take this moment to thank our Latino audience for watching. And for those of you who can understand me but who are not Latino, I want to commend you for learning a second language.

Soundtrack:

Give It Away

The Birds

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Joy and Darnell are tired of their "little monsters", Dodge and Earl Jr., so they decide to put them in a camp for discipline. But they still have the last name Hickey and that last name is not well appreciate in the discipline camp so is the perfect time for Earl to fix the barn that he burned at that camp. In that camp Randy must face his phobia to birds and at the same the truth about that burned barn because he was the real guilty so Earl feels like it was Randy's fault that he became in a bad person so suddenly the karma list is now Randy's list.

This is a very good episode but maybe too sentimental because of the lesson that the "little monsters" teach to Earl that makes him forgive his brother; "You two are a couple of fruits", said Joy, "I think it's sweet", said Darnell. And yes, I think they look like a little of the two. Anyway, the flashbacks and the gags with Randy's phobia to birds are just great, feeling threatened of the ostrich even inside his own room. And also the little detail of Catalina's speech, dedicated to the Latino audience is really cool and funny because it looks like she is insulting Joy.