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Season 1, Episode 23, Aired
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Earl attempts to cross out number 147 on his list, "shot Gwen Waters with a BB Gun". To make things right he must reunite Gwen with her estranged father, which Earl finds increasingly difficult.
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  • Only Earl could shoot his crush in the butt

    8.8
    "Great"
    By jimbo_001, Dec 04, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode is a great example of the humour used in My Name is Earl, with Joy stealing Earl's license and waiting for thunder and Randy and Earl watching worms "fight" aswell as the whole concept of Earl being the straw that breaks the camel's back ("camels can go 40 days without water?").

    The ending was played very real and not a "happily ever after" ending you'd expect when a daughter finds out her horrible father is now a drunk, and it shows that while things may not go as expected, things can still be crossed off the list in new hilarious ways.moreless

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  • Not as funny as other episodes but still really worth watching.

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    By chazzock, Aug 13, 2006 Report Abuse
    When Earl bumps into an old crush who he accidentally shot in the butt with a bb he decides its time to cross another item off the list.

    A funny episode with a good plot line, the end was a bit disappointing but it was realistic.

    Randy chasing after the packet of baloney was hilarious, and the joke about his ignorance of the cavity search was well written.

    Its good to know that its not only Earls' life that gets changed by the good things he does and that Gwen changes her aspect on life as well.

    And the histoy of Patty as an under plot was good fun!moreless

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  • Hysterical

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    By pmaddox, Jul 06, 2006 Report Abuse
    I love this one! Right up there with the best of this series!

    Joy and Crab Man always crack me up! I am sure Jamie Pressly must have a blast playing Joy.

    It is amazing how they can cover so many story lines in less than 30 minutes!

    My husband is from Tennesse and watching Jason Lee doing this character reminds us of so many people from his home town! The nice thing is they dont just pander to the stereotypes. These characters have heart and depth even if they do talk with twaings and long \\\'a\\\'s. Even Joy who is superficial so much has deep love for her children.moreless

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  • Not as funny but still a great episode!!!

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    By xmano9, May 13, 2006 Report Abuse
    After karma punishes Earl by giving him tickets, he is forced to go down to the court house and finds the next thing he must cross off his list. When Earl was a kid he had shot a girl in the butt with a BB gun, and apparently the BB was still there. So Earl tells her all about his list and how he is now obligated to help her. He finds out that it was not the BB that hurt her, it was the fact that after that day she had never spoken to her dad. So Earl sets out to find her dad in hopes of a renewed relationship between the girl and her father, but getting her dad turns out to more of a problem then Earl had thought!!!moreless

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  • Who would have thought that the BB would stick???

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    By scooper549, May 05, 2006 Report Abuse
    The episode starts off with Earl putting quarters in parking meters. He quickly found out that doing so was illegal and at the same time her reviled that he had been driving without a license so he received another ticket. The reason he had been driving without a license was because in 2004 he and Joy got into a fight over the card game Uno. While on his way into court to take care of his tickets he finds his next project. When he was a child he had a crush on a girl and she was walking with another boy so Earl tried to shoot the boy in the ass. He missed and shot his crush in the ass and to this day the BB is still there. He found this out because she was stopped also going into court because she couldn't make it through the metal detector. Earl tries to confront her, but she wants nothing to do with him. Earl then tracks down Gwen's dad and tried to bring him to her, but he got away. Then Earl tries to get Gwen to go see her dad, but she still wants nothing to do with it. Earl then just tows Gwen's dads' trailer to Gwen. After seeing her alcoholic dad it didn't make her feel badit made her feel better about the way he treaded her when she was a child. After the whole situation Gwen is a much happier person.moreless

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    • In one of the earlier scenes, in the trailer park, Darnell mentions a 'Darwin fish' that he put on the back of the car. In the next scene, Earl exits the trailer, (when Randy and Catalina are trying to make the worms fight) and the fish is visible on the car. Edit
    • Featured Music: "American Woman" by The Guess Who "Double Trouble" by Lynyrd Skynyrd "Roll On Down The Highway" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive Edit
    • When Officer Ross runs toward Earl while he puts quarters in the parking meters, the policeman drops his gun on the sidewalk to the right of the parking meter. When he picks up the gun, it is located to the left of the parking meter and closer to the tire of the parking car. Edit

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    • The Czech episode title is "Brok v zadku", meaning "Pellet In the Butt". Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: October 14, 2009 on Prima COOL Edit
    • The birth date used for Earl is the actual birth date of Jason Lee. Edit

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    • Joy: (falls over painting) Damn it! Who left Jesus and his buddies down here? Edit
    • Randy: (to Earl) I bet he had twenty beers today. That's how many I had when I tried to plug the tv into that dog. Edit
    • Patty: (to Cops) Out of my way. I'm not going to jail for a cheesburger handy. Edit

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    • Joy claims the troops in Iraq will respond to a picture of her "spread-eagle Whitesnake-style on the hood" on her car. She's referring to Tawny Kitaen dancing on the hoods of two Jaguars in the 1987 video for Whitesnake's Here I Go Again. Edit
    • Randy tells Earl about how funny that diner show was with the "kiss my grits lady." He's referring to the show "Alice" (http://www.tv.com/alice/show/612/summary.html?q=alice). The "kiss my grits" line was also referenced in Kevin Smith's "Chasing Amy" in which Jason Lee played a major character. Ethan Suplee has a small role in Chasing Amy as well. Edit

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