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The Trial
Having got his GED and a real job, Earl moves onto the final part of his three-step task of becoming an adult by moving out of the motel – but he's got a feeling his life is still missing something, only he can't work out what it is.
Having got his GED and a real job, Earl moves onto the final part of his three-step task of becoming an adult by moving out of the motel – but he's got a feeling his life is still missing something, only he can't work out what it is.
Having been tracked down by Dog the Bounty Hunter, Joy is in jail, her trial is looming and she needs Earl to gather as many character witnesses as he can. When he checks to see how Darnell is coping, Earl realises the thing he's missing – a woman to love and share a tiny gold heart necklace with.
The search for love and character witnesses don't go well until Earl meets Ruby, Joy's deaf lawyer. Not only does she think Earl would be a good character witness, she's also got the hots for some Hickey action
One date at the local pizzeria and a night of bedroom gymnastics later and love is on the cards, until Ruby reads the list and discovers he was the man who robbed her a few years ago.
Back in court, with fifteen sets of her prints on the truck, security pictures of her running towards the truck and a damning witness testimony, things are also looking bleak for Joy.
Back in court, with fifteen sets of her prints on the truck, security pictures of her running towards the truck and a damning witness testimony, things are also looking bleak for Joy.
Whilst Ruby discredits every shred of evidence against her, the Prosecution have one more trick up their sleeve and play back the years of emergency calls Earl made to the Police Department every time Joy tried to kill somebody.
Realising if she goes down her family will fall apart, Earl takes the blame and claims he stole the truck, and in doing so wins back Ruby's heart. He's got no major misdemeanours on his record, so is looking forward to being out before Christmas, until the judge gives him a two year sentence in the State Pen for not owning up earlier.
Just when he finally gets it all and becomes an adult with a job, apartment and a girlfriend, it all gets taken away – even the list – leaving Earl in a cell with Ralph, who has just picked an argument with a skinhead with a blow gun.
Just when he finally gets it all and becomes an adult with a job, apartment and a girlfriend, it all gets taken away – even the list – leaving Earl in a cell with Ralph, who has just picked an argument with a skinhead with a blow gun.
Karmic Words of Wisdom
"Earl get your ass down to the jail right now, I'm in big trouble! There's about to be a race riot and me and the baby are on different sides!" Joy "I haven't seen her for a few years, last time I saw her she drank too much cherry wine and had a threesome with my parents." Lulu
"How she managed to balance that dead pony on two pairs of roller-skates I will never know, but every single kid at that party got a ride." Earl
"Earl get your ass down to the jail right now, I'm in big trouble! There's about to be a race riot and me and the baby are on different sides!" Joy "I haven't seen her for a few years, last time I saw her she drank too much cherry wine and had a threesome with my parents." Lulu
"How she managed to balance that dead pony on two pairs of roller-skates I will never know, but every single kid at that party got a ride." Earl
