Tuesday September 27, 2005
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Earl must make amends to Donny, an intimidating thug who spent two years in jail for a robbery Earl committed. Oddly enough, the only way he can do this is by helping Donny's mom quit smoking. Meanwhile, Joy discovers she's the beneficiary of Earl's will and decides to kill him!
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Quit Smoking....another early example of how brilliant this show really is. hide show
Quitting smoking is not the easiest thing to do in real life, the trials and tribulations of the smoker going through withdraw symptoms is just not funny at the time, but the real life tricks of a smoker going through it is so right on the mark.
The notion of kidnapping Donny's mom in order to give her back the two years she missed out on when Donny was wrongly inside jail, due to Earl, is an absolute hoot, only this show can get the format just right.
Catalina summed it up, by saying, "that is the most justified reason for a kidnapping".
Classic parts in this episode include Joy finding out Earl won the Lottery and deciding to kill him as she's the only heir of his videotape will.
The hidden jokes are abundent throughout and only on watching the episodes time and time again am I catching them all.
The size of the Bible for Donny's mom, who won't admit to needing her reading glasses, reminded me of my Nan's.
Joy being an assassin is so funny also.
The first episode was not a fluke hide show
While this episode isn’t as terrific as the pilot, though that would be an almost impossible feat as the pilot is perfect, it certainly is entertaining and still worthy of a superb score.
Framing Donny Jones was a very amusing item on the list and is dealt with brilliantly, though Earl doesn’t necessarily get any closer to his goal but rather replaces his accomplishment with a new item: giving Donny’s mother two years with her son back.
Trying to smoke carrot sticks, his ex-wife’s attempts to kill him and the giant bible are all very memorable additions to this magnificent episode and if I hadn’t seen the brilliance of the first episode and what the show can pull off, I’d rate this episode 10 for sure.
Again a fine example of the show! hide show
Again this is a fine example of the show as
It is beautifully well-written but also don't forget very well-acted
Due to star Jason Lee and his crazy but lovable sidekick
Ethan Suplee. As Joey wants to kill Earl for being the
Beneficary to his will while Earl wants to help one of the
Mothers quit smoking the one and only way to make
Things right!
This episode makes each character a little bit more lovable, and brings the humor up another notch. Maybe Earl had it a little bit too easy so far, though. Crabman is cool. i lov this because it was so funny when the mom hit Earl with the big book that was so great and the fact that this show has a great morel is way i really love this show.
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