White Lie Christmas

As the holiday season comes under way a few secrets are exposed when Earl attempts to cross number seventy-four off of his list: « always ruined Joy’s Christmas. » Earl, Randy, and Catalina enter a radio contest to win a brand new car for Joy to make up for all of the thoughtless Christmas presents Earl gave her while they were married. While Randy and Catalina vie over the car, Earl finds out that Joy’s parents believe that he’s still their son-in-law and that he’s just returned from the war in Iraq. Joy is afraid to tell her father, an alleged racist, that she is now married to Darnell, so Earl plays the part, afraid of ruining another one of her Christmases.

Recap:

Of course this episode is again about doing things right, but with a little difference: This time there are other people too who, well didn’t do all bad things BUT they all have secrets.
This episode begins with a contest. The contest consists of the following. You have to keep at least one hand on the Car which you can win at all times. (I think it’s a Dodge Neon.. but I am not sure), Why does Earl want to win the contest when he got a perfectly fine ’73 Al Camino with nice ’77 Door and a 1987 Camero Transmission.? Of course! It’s for the List! Number 74: ‘Always ruined Joys Christmas’. You see a few examples. 2002: He gives her something that looks like empty shell casings and gets asked: What shall I use them for? And he says: Whatever you like.
2003: She gets flavored condoms
2004: She gets Keys and says: « Wait, these are my keys? » and he says: « Yes, I found them » (Very funny moment in this episode).
Well, we are back at the contest. His brothers asks: « What does she need a new car for, she already has one » After that you see a extremely funny scene (and a little sad) where she and Darnell get out of the car .. and you see the two children in the back in the middle of the rain. And that kinda makes the point for earl. Back at the contest. Just when it began Earl shakes Randy’s hand, and a

Cost Dad the Election

Earl tries to cross of number four off his list “Blew dad’s chance to be elected mayor”. Four years earlier, Carl Hickey ran for mayor to redirect a proposed airplane traffic route over his house and away from the wealthy part of town. Earl unfortunately ruins any chances of his father winning when caught in on tape assaulting a police officer. Earl must now help his father get elected and mend his relationship with his father.

Recap:

It begins with hearing Earl talking to himself that he is not too eager to Cross Number 86 off his list, which is: ‘Stealing a Car from a ‘One-legged Girl’ Well but he overcomes his fear and goes to her house. He tries to explain, she curses at him and then her no-legged, but fitted with prosthetic legs, boyfriend runs after him, and as we know the Hickey Boys aren’t that fast, so he catches up with him and beats him with a sign which he takes as a hint from « Karma » that he should be somewhere else that day. He thinks about that while getting beaten with a sign which says « Marty Park for Mayor ». Which brings him to Number 4 on his list: « Blew Dad’s Chance to get elected Mayor. » For this you have to know that Earls father always complained about things and never did anything about it. But when they put the airplane route right above his neighborhood he decided to run for Mayor. In the course of that you see Earl and his brother always getting into trouble, first as children and then as young adults and their father always bailing them out of jail. But then he stopped bailing Earl out. But his opponent used the bad sons, more so Earl than Randy against him and thereby causing him to lose the election. They didn’t talk since then. Well, so much for the past. Now, trying to make things right, Earl signs him up to run for Mayor again. And even finds new voters to register. But when, due to Randy’s fault, the Voter Registrations are flying out of the Car and due to a misunderstanding with the Police while trying to pick up the

Odd Man Out

C-Note overhears Michael and Lincoln discussing that there are too many fugitives for available time and they share the information with the group telling that one shall be left behind. T-Bag feels threatened and calls his cousin James Bagwell, disclosing the escape plan and asking James to call the Warden Pope in case T-Bag does not contact him later. Abruzzi asks his outside man to kidnap James, but things go wrong and the mobster kills James and his five years old son Jimmy. Abruzzi feels guilty for the death of the child and feels the need of God’s forgiveness, but T-Bag betrays Abruzzi like Judas. Meanwhile Veronica and LJ bring Nick to the hospital and while in surgery, LJ escapes to see the funeral of his mother. Daniel Hale sees the teenager in the cemetery but he does not arrest him; later he tells his wife that they should move to West and gives an anonymous call to Veronica scheduling a meeting in the Highland Cafe. Maricruz tells Sucre that she is pregnant but she will marry Hector. Captain Bellick presses David to rat Michael telling everything he says. Michael tests the escape plan and informs the group that they are ready to go that night, but Lincoln was sent to solitary confinement protecting his brother.