Earl过去的生活中做了许多错误的工作，可是一件工作却使他的生活产生了不小的转变，让他有了重新起头的机会，Earl中了彩票。在知道这一切后，他做了一个重大决议，要用这笔财富来改变他的生活方式，全力填补他在过去所犯的错误，他进展这是他新生活的起头。惋惜，在他实施这一措施之前，不幸就曾经出现了。兑奖前几秒钟，他被汽车撞倒了，而且落空了记忆，彩票也被风吹走了。在病院里，Earl看了《Last Call with Carson Daly》的节目，Carson在采访时说，他之所以成功是好心有好报的结果，就在这时，Earl发明真的有因果报应这回事。他想要自己的生活变得美好，所以起头填补自己之前的错误。最后，他选择了Kenny，一个小学里做滑稽表演的人。赞助Earl追求改变命运，洗刷罪恶的是他的一群朋友们，尽管他们的脑筋有些不灵光：总是比较不利的兄弟Randy、非常性感的Catalina 、还有Darnell，Earl喜好去的酒吧Crab Shack的老板，他们都给了Earl良多的赞助和支持。可是Earl的前妻Joy却不想赞助他，除非她能从中得到甚么益处。尽管Earl的脑筋有些迟钝，可是他异常地全力，所以中央也产生了不少的趣事。Earl这小我物非常有自己的特色，有独特的声音和造型。他是Greg Garcia笔下所缔造的人物。《My Name is Earl》是Garcia和Marc Buckland一路写的故事，由20世纪福克斯电视台拍摄。Earl’s life has been full of poor choices and mistakes, but after winning a small lottery jackpot he has an epiphany and vows to change his ways. Upon discovering that he is the holder of a winning ticket, Earl is hit by a car and the ticket blows out of his limp hand as he lies unconscious in the street. While recovering in the hospital and watching television, Earl has a karmic epiphany, thanks to Carson Daly, who attributes his success to doing good for others. A light bulb goes off in Earl’s dim head and he sets out to right every wrong he has done starting with a grade school geek.
