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My Name Is Earl: The Bounty Hunter

 

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9.0 Superb
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Air Date

Thursday April 6, 2006

Production Code

1ALJ17

Episode Summary

Number 45, "Ditched Jessie to Marry Joy" is next on the list when Jessie, Earl's ex-girlfriend, returns to town seeking revenge. Earl must protect Joy in a lakeside retreat while Randy fights not to reveal their location to Jessie.

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    8 Great

    The truth behind Joy hide show

    This episode is very amusing because we learn that Joy and Earl's drunk marriage wasn't an accident but more of a conspiracy. Well, not a conspiracy but an evil plan nonetheless and I thought it was typical of Joy to do something like that to get married.

    Of course we also learn that Earl had a girlfriend when he married Joy and that's where the plot comes in. Jesse going nuts and building strength is quite a sight and the end is perfect with Joy's Springer watching coming in handy.

    Overall, the episode was great and so were the ways the actors portrayed Earl and Joy in this installment of My Name Is Earl.

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    7.8 Good

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    this was so hilarious! hide show

    this episode was great! Joy kicked butt in the end and it was so fuuny. jessies teeth got knocked out and so did the gold ones! joy didnt care at all! she just wanted earl and even if she had to drunk him she did it.the scene when kung-fu-figthing was being played had me in stitches!poor earl! he had to protect Joy even though she could do damage to jessie without even breaking a sweat!

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    8.2 Great

    it was allrigh wouldnt
    say it was the best but
    i wouldnt say that
    it wasnt good. hide show

    This one was good i liked it when it showed you what realy
    happened with joy and earl heh
    i think earl should have married that woman (oh man i forgot her name) instead of joy she seemed real nice well all accept when she was beating rhandy allthough i do have
    to addmit that was that was quite
    funny though hehe.
    this one made joy seem like she was a decent girl (accept for stealing earl from the woman having a one night afair with him (poor darnel they didnt even feel bad a bout it cruel or what)and punching the woman)

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    9.3 Superb

    Is it just me or is Joy getting nicer... hide show

    In this episode of Earl we see that before Joy, Earl had a very nice girlfriend, who even played games with Randy. However, Earl finds Joy and marries her within a night so he kind of decides not to see his girlfriends anymore. When she confronts him and Joy…Joy knocks out both her teeth. When she finally has a reason to go after Joy, she decides to get stronger so that she could knock out Joys teeth. So Joy runs to Earl’s motel when she finds out that Earls EX girlfriend is now a bounty hunter out to get her. So Earl sees this as an opportunity to remove an item from his list. Tune in to see what happens…

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  • Featured Music:
    "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
    "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas (Jessie and Joy fight)
    "La resa dei conti" by Ennio Morricone
    "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider (Jessie's workout montage) []
  • In the flashback to the morning after Earl and Joy got married, there is a closet right outside the bathroom door with a small hallway leading to them. But on the actual set you go straight in to the room and run into the bed. There is no closet to be seen. []
  • After Joy knocks Jessie's gold teeth out, Jessie falls to the ground. She opens her mouth and you can briefly see the actress' real teeth behind the prosthetic. []
More Trivia
  • International Episode Titles:
    Czech Republic: Lovec lidí (Bounty Hunter) []
  • Original International Air Dates:
    Czech Republic: October 12, 2009 on Prima COOL []
  • Ethan Suplee (Randy) is married in real life to guest star Juliette Lewis' sister, Brandy Lewis. []
More Notes
  • Earl: (voiceover) As important as it is for me to cross things off my list, it’s also important to take time out to enjoy the finer things in life. Like jumping a tiny motorcycle over my brother’s head. []
  • Bail Bondsman: You keep this up, I'm gonna have to rename this place "Hickey's Bail Bond."
    Earl: Well... as an investor, I'm gonna have to ask you to introduce a no nut-kicking policy. []
  • Randy: Okay, read it back.
    Jessie: Okay. Once upon a time there was a butt princess, who lived in a beautiful butt castle. Until one day she was captured by a fire breathing butt.
    Randy: (laughing) A beautiful butt castle… that’s just crazy. []
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Allusions

  • Earl tells Joy that he hung in a barn "Ponyboy Style." This is a reference from the book and film The Outsiders. []
  • Joy: I watch a lot of Springer.
    This is an in-joke to the fact that Jaime Pressly starred in the Jerry Springer movie Ringmaster. []
  • In a flashback sequence, Joy is sitting around a bar table telling her girlfriends she needs to find a man to be the father of her baby, when one points to and suggests Randy, Joy says: "Just cuz I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm gonna marry Corky". She is alluding to the Down Syndrome character in the old show, Life Goes On, Corky Thatcher. []
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