"My Name Is Earl" White Lie Christmas (2005)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Marc Buckland

Writers:

Gregory Thomas Garcia (creator)
Timothy Stack (written by)

TV Series:

"My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Original Air Date:

6 December 2005 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Joy convinces Earl to pretend that they're still married while her parents visit for Christmas. But Earl discovers that Joy's mom is hiding an even bigger lie.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Turtle | Karma | Ne'er Do Well | Beer

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner
Blake Clark	...	Buzz Darville
Harland Williams	...	Radio Contest Announcer
Brett Butler	...	Connie Darville
Trey Carlisle	...	Earl Jr.
Louis T. Moyle	...	Dodge
Gil Christner	...	Contestant #1
Charles Noland	...	Guy
Saginaw Grant	...	Dakota

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #74: "Always ruined Joy's Christmas".

Quotes:

Connie Darville: [Repeated line] Don't you judge me!

Movie Connections:

References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Soundtrack:

Don't Let Go

A Christmas full of secrets

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Now we meet Joy's parents and just for this Christmas everything is going to be like in the old days.

The objective of Earl in this episode is to finally give Joy and kids a good Christmas but is going to be really difficult since everybody has secrets to hide from the rest of the family and Earl, suddenly, is the one who knows all of those secrets and he just can't say the truth if he want to complete his objective.

Is just funny to see that Earl has everything planned for a really special Christmas with Joy and kids but everything is going wrong and with many difficulties since he is eliminated in the first minute of a contest to win Joy's present, a Dodge Neon to, after Randy won the car, when his ex-mother-in-law lose the car in a beat. But the message enters here when Joy has a really great Christmas thanks to the happiness of her kids, forgetting just for a moment all the problems.

This is a great episode with many hilarious situations like the flashbacks of the previous Christmas, the fake racism of Joy's father, the story of Earl in the Iraq war and the way Randy and Catalina are competing for the car so definitely works perfect for a Christmas special.