My Name Is Earl aired for four seasons on NBC before it was cancelled, and the creator has revealed how he would have ended the series if it had continued on to a natural end. The series ended with a bit of a cliffhanger, but Greg Garcia did have a plan in mind for how to wrap things up.
In a Reddit AMA, he revealed how he would have ended the comedy series if he had been able to close it out. He said:
“I had always had an ending to Earl and I’m sorry I didn’t get the chance to see it happen. You’ve got a show about a guy with a list so not seeing him finish it is a bummer. But the truth is, he wasn’t ever going to finish the list. The basic idea of the ending was that while he was stuck on a really hard list item he was going to start to get frustrated that he was never going to finish it. Then he runs into someone who had a list of their own and Earl was on it. They needed to make up for something bad they had done to Earl. He asks them where they got the idea of making a list and they tell him that someone came to them with a list and that person got the idea from someone else. Earl eventually realizes that his list started a chain reaction of people with list and that he’s finally put more good into the world than bad. So at that point he was going to tear up his list and go live his life. Walk into the sunset a free man. With good karma.”
Garcia also revealed that he had asked the network if it was okay for him to end the season on a cliffhanger. The network told him to go ahead, and it was only after that NBC decided to cancel the series. Garcia might have written a different season four finale if he had known the network was going to cancel the series.
In addition, Garcia also planned to reveal who Earl Jr’s father was before the show ended. The writers were thinking that it would be someone famous who’d been in town for just one night. The writers didn’t get to decide who that would be, but the baby daddy was intended to be revealed before the series ended.
Were you a fan of My Name is Earl? Did Garcia’s reveal give you closure for this series? Tell us what you think.
His list is non completed!! We need 5.Season of this best serial ever!!!
No the story is not over as he never completed the list!
No I think they should have finished it. There is way to many things unanswered.
I was mad well who made this is a pretty bad writer the Siri was good until the guy ended it so I’m really had a guys really never
rofl u drunk like the boys were b4 the list wtf u saying
I absolutely love this show!!! I watch it over and over on Netflix… I was so angry it got cancelled.. I wish they would do something to finish it out… Funniest show ever!!!!!!
I LOVED the show!! It was not just funny, but it actually made you strive to be a better person. There should be more of this in the world! So sad, no season 5 🙁
The show was the funniest I’ve ever seen. Pisses me off the cancelled it. Bring it back or go home.
I loved my name is earl the show made me think i actually lived in Camden and knew every character I wish I knew how the series and list ended and who earl jrs father actually was I wish the show would come back on
I love my names Earl. I miss it and I want them to bring it back. It’s the only show I actually like. I want Joy, Crabman, Catalina, Randy, and most importantly Earl back. This show taught a lot of lessons and was the funniest show I’ve seen. The need to bring it back. Everybody misses it. I love My Name Is Earl. I’ll never forget it.
I think you should have finished it. Especially how you end a show on a “to be continued” moment. It just blew my mind that it ended. I love earl. Great show. Funny people. An it’s sad to see the end to such a great show that could probably go for so long and I’d never leave interest in it. Maybe one day yall will make a series called “his name is earl” an make the ending that you wanted kind of start with that person and earl just show up and the show just continue from there. Do ittttt.
SUPORT the Petition for a MY NAME IS EARL MOVIE here:
https://www.change.org/p/my-name-is-earl-producer-greg-garc%C3%ADa-marc-buckland-tom-palmer-and-20th-century-fox-my-name-is-earl-movie-finish-the-story-610a92b6-c8d6-42a0-b03d-dd2515588036
Jason Lee told E! Online he has been in talks with Greg Garcia to finish the list via a movie, possibly to be released online.
I love this show! There needs to be more!
This shows awesome… what dumb **** thought it was a good idea to cancel it?
Does crab man stay with Joy if the writer ended it his way? Joy’s the ****. This show is so original ive never met anyone who didn’t lover it. NBC made a big mistake.
Is there something we can sign to bring it back
I love this show, I truly miss it and hope it comes back