"My Name Is Earl" Foreign Exchange Student (2007)

Director:

Marc Buckland

Writers:

Gregory Thomas Garcia (creator)
Mike Mariano (writer)

TV Series:

"My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Original Air Date:

1 February 2007 (Season 2, Episode 15)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

While Earl tries to help a former French foreign exchange student on his list, Randy finally declares his true love for Catalina. Catalina says she loves him too, but she really doesn't--she just doesn't want to hurt his feelings. |

Plot Keywords:

Karma | Ne'er Do Well | Beer | Claim In Title | Narrated By Title Character

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner
Ernie Grunwald	...	Pierre
Noah Crawford	...	Young Earl
Adam Riancho	...	Young Pierre
Stacy Reed	...	Teacher
Jasmine Jessica Anthony	...	Young Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kara R. Stribling	...	Young Joy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

[trying to convince Pierre America is great]
Joy Turner: How can you not like this country? It's got everything you want, except for a big ass fence on the border. We're working on that, too.

Le Earl

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This time out, Earl decides to make things right with a French exchange student who he used to make life miserable for in school by flying him back to the states.

The French story is good (though very reminiscent of Sasha Baron Cohen's arrogant Frenchman in "Talladega Night" but this episode will probably be best remembered for being the one where Randy and Catalina finally consummate their marriage. Jealous of the way their French visitor is hitting on Catalina, Randy finally summons up the courage to tell Catalina he loves her--in front of the whole bar. Catalina tells him she loves him too--but doesn't really mean it. She enlists Earl to help her find a way to let Randy down, but its Joy who actually comes up with a plan: to give Rady the worst sex ever so he won't want her anymore.

The writing is once again crisp and funny and its nice to see Catalina finally get something to do on this show as she tries to make herself as disgusting as possible to turn Randy off.