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  1. This is a photo that was posted of Earl at his foster home before he came to live with us. We “fostered” him, too. In our forever home.

    He’s my bestest little buddy. What a gift.

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  2. "MY NAME IS EARL" SERIES FINALE

    They never filmed an ending to "My Name Is Earl", so I'll toss out my idea how it should have ended.

    It starts with a time skip from where the show left off, maybe six months. Earl is a cab driver, his life is mostly on track. He's still doing the list, but he feels like the list is playing games with him: it's harder and harder to find people on his list, much less figure out what to do for them.

    We see the various series regulars and what they're up to: Randy's got a job but still chooses to live with Earl, Catalina is managing Chubby's, Joy finally started that nail salon. Darnell had to go back into witness protection (but not to worry, we see him later in the episode, a few trailers down, wearing a really fake beard, and letting Joy in when nobody's looking).

    Anyway, back to Earl: he's standing outside his cab one windy night, when the list blows away. He's about to chase it when he sees a young inebriated woman leaving a bar and some guys showing just a little too much interest in her. He drives the cab over, picks her up, and gives her a free lift home. He helps her to the door, hands her off to her mother, and that's when Earl and the mother recognize each other: they'd been in school together and she was someone on Earl's list. He immediately starts apologizing and she cuts him off: "Earl, you protected my daughter. Whatever happened 30 years ago, it doesn't matter. What you did tonight matters."

    And that's when it clicks with Earl: the reason the list isn't working like it used to, is because he doesn't need it to guide him any more. It's still good to make amends as he can, but what he really needs to do is just keep his eyes open, and be the good man he now is.

    As a final scene, Earl picks up another fare. He's got a piece of paper; seems he heard that, if you make a list of all the things you've done wrong and make amends for them all, you win the lottery. Earl asks, "how's that going?" And the guy responds, "... well, I haven't won the lottery. But I've patched up a few relationships, and I like not being disappointed in myself. So, I think I'll keep doing this." Earl agrees it sounds like a pretty good plan.

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