"My Name Is Earl" Stole a Badge (2006)

Director:

Marc Buckland

Writers:

Gregory Thomas Garcia (creator)
Victor Fresco (written by)

TV Series:

"My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Original Air Date:

27 April 2006 (Season 1, Episode 22)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Earl must return a police badge he once found and used for his own benefit, to the officer who lost it. |

Plot Keywords:

Arrest | Police Officer | Bowling | Impersonating A Police Officer | Set Up

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Jan. 14

12:30 AM

TBS

Stole a Badge

#1.22

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner
Mike O'Malley	...	Stuart
Clint Howard	...	Creepy Rodney
Lauri Johnson	...	Captain Daniels
Kerry O'Malley	...	Sergeant Nancy
William Stanford Davis	...	Neighbor
Helen Siff	...	Waitress
Abdoulaye NGom	...	Nescobar-A-Lop-Lop (as Abdoulaye N'Gom)
Steve Seagren	...	Security Guard
Joan Blair	...	Woman
Joe Kay	...	Tow Truck Driver

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: -#127: Stole a badge from a police officer.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Earl steals the badge, is has a leather backing. When Earl picks the badge up from the water, there's no backing on it, later the backing reappears on the badge.

Quotes:

Joy: I can't believe this. That grunt Rodney just got into my car and licked my steering wheel. How the hell am I supposed to get home now?

Soundtrack:

I Put a Spell on You

Badges? We don't need no stinking' badges!

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is one of the best episodes of a great season of shows. This time Earl decides to return a police badge he found in a river. He and the gang used the badge to get free food and special considerations as kind of a magic charm . Only it turns out the badge belonged to a cop (Mike O'Malley from "Yes Dear") who was continually losing his badge and being made fun of it by the rest of the cops. He's really not in to police work, in his heart he's really a bowler.

This episode makes one of the best uses of Clint Howard ever. Howard plays a creepy guy named Rodney, who in almost a Smeagal/"Lord of the Rings" lust for the badge, tries to get "the Precious" for himself. He's rarely been funnier.