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My Name Is Earl: Darnell Gets Outed Part II

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If you missed last week's episode, click here to get the backstory. Suffice it to say that Darnell's cover in the Witness Protection Program has been blown by Earl and Joy, but mostly Earl. And mostly Joy. For Earl to cross off item # 31 - Ruined Joy's Chance Of Being On TV, Earl's got to make things right. That's proving to be very difficult because Joy and Darnell and the boys have been snatched and Earl has no idea where they are.

But that's no reason not to hang out at the Crabshack, drink some beer, and watch Loser of the Week on Camden County news. Why is this relevant? Because this week's LotW is none other than Joy Turner and her infamous antics on Estrada or Nada that led to Darnell's Getting Outed.

Really, you're going to have to read last week's recap if you want to sit at the big table with the grown-ups.

The Turners are hunkered down in a Hitleresque bunker. Darnell is meditating like Qui-gon Jinn at the Theed Generator Complex while Joy is on simmer. She goes to full rolling boil when the WPP G-man delivers their new identities: Marty & Phyllis Rosenstein and their sons Ira and Lennie from Ohio. Joy's dumbfounded: "I speak Hebrew?!?" She'd also prefer a better name, Goldie Cristal (like what Diddy drinks), and she's none too happy about her new avocation, sewing clothes for dogs for her boutique Collie Wanna Cracker. Sounds spiffy to me though.

Earl and Randy (and the still-lost Mr. Turtle) have no idea how to find Joy and Darnell, but they know someone who might. Willie the One-eyed Mailman has been forwarding their mail, and that gives Earl an idea. One double-doofus-sized crate later, and Earl and Randy are trying to mail themselves to Joy and Darnell. Catalina, who has experience in this sort of thing, helps with the accommodations. And the stamps. Seeing the over-sized crate and having some experience of his own in these matters, Willie believes it's Catalina in the box and wishes her a happy vacation.

Now in full WPP-mode, Darnell admires his new tweed look, and the boys look dapper in their new yarmulkes (especially Earl Jr. who looked like Jose CardenĂ¡l), but Joy's new attire (dark hair, glasses, and frumpy sweater) makes her look like a Before on The Swan.

Overhearing Darnell tell the G-man how he preferred to stay in the trailer park with Joy instead of taking a different "assignment" to Tokyo, Joy realizes what Darnell gave up for her and the boys and she decides to hold up her end of the bargain. She becomes Phyllis Rosenstein, granny panties and all. Quite a nice performance by Ms. Pressly too, might I add. It was great hearing Hebrew in a Southern accent. I couldn't tell if she was actually reading that scroll or clearing her throat, but hey, that's just me.

Earl and Randy have been crated for over six hours by now, and, after splitting a cricket (the insect, not the game), find themselves deposited in a dumpster with a whole bunch of other undeliverable quote unquote forwarded mail. Earl finds a letter addressed to Joy inviting to her to re-tryout for Estrada or Nada. Looks like Earl just might be able to cross off # 31. All he needs is $50 and a whole bunch of text messages from his co-horts at the Crabshack. Even Catalina will text for Joy. She Jumped For Joy, so texting for Joy should be no big, especially if it'll help the guys who want to kill Joy find Joy.

After tallying the text message votes, Erik Estrada announces that Joy Turner is the winner (I must admit...I kinda saw that one coming), and is invited to appear on the show to put up her talents against the inimitable, toothsome, and seemingly endlessly talented Mr. Estrada. A quick Darnell judo chop to the back of the G-man's neck and the Turners are on their way.

At the taping or Estrada or Nada, Earl and Randy are in the audience when at the very last minute Joy appears. She challenges Mr. Estrada to a series of circus sideshow acts: Joy - Stretchy Singing Thing; Erik - Cannonball To The Stomach While Kazoo-ing. It's a tie! Next act? Fire-breathing. Another Tie!! Next act? Music on Wine Glasses. And it's yet another tie!!! The tension is so thick and delicious you could frost a cake with it. Now it's up to Joy to pick, and she chooses her newfound talents: Dressing A Dog While Speaking Hebrew And Answering Ohio Trivia. Mr. Estrada delivers and astounds and loses by the slimmest of margins: He mis-spelled his Ohio trivia answer. Quoth Mr. Dunkleman: "The Great One has fallen." Conceding defeat, Erik tells Joy, "You remind me of a young me. Prepare to be famous."

After the show, Joy realizes that it was Earl who made all of this happen. She crosses # 31 off of his list, and in a very touching and emotional scene she tells Earl that she treated him like crap all those years out of love. Earl and Randy part ways with Joy and Darnell, and much like being unable to keep his eyes open for a photogragh, Earl finds himself unable to say the word "goodbye." Just like Trapper and Hawkeye at the end of M*A*S*H. Roll credits.



Posted by Randy Welk on January 23, 2009 10:39 AM
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Does anyone know if Jamie Pressly & Eddie Steeples have actually been written out of the show? Last night's episode sure made it seem like it.

-- Posted by: Randy at January 23, 2009 12:34 PM

They were not written out of the show..I saw something on the internet about Danny Glover playing Darnell's father on an upcoming show

-- Posted by: Roxanne at January 23, 2009 1:03 PM

No, they've not been written out of the show...THAT would've gotten some ink.

If you click on the MNIE News hyperlink toward the top of this page you'll find I wrote a short item (referencing a TV Guide interview with MNIE show-runner Greg Garcia) about Mr. Glover's appearance.

-- Posted by: Randy (the blogger) at January 23, 2009 2:45 PM

Darnell and joy are not written out of the show. Ive seen a future show on youtube showing joy somewhere rich & posh and a show with darnells dad. I'm not completely sure though.

-- Posted by: anon at April 16, 2009 5:41 PM

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