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.
NBC sucks ! They always seem to cancel the good shows. Hopefully Garcia , will find somewhere else to finish his work.
With rebooting old sitcoms happening these days my name is earl is number 1 on my list! Was absolutely the best written sitcom of this century! Every time I binge watch My name is earl on Hulu I think about it! It’s an injustice to deprive us of such a silly but heartfelt and well written and well acted white trash comedy! Sorry for such a long comment but i love this show and even though it’s been 9 years I still think they could make a reboot work!
It´s horrible that show doesn’t continue. This show was my most favorite one… I hope somebody will do something about it
This serie its the best one i ever seen!
I dont know why the network close it down.
If you look at Viaplay, My Name IS Earl have the ranking 7.8 of 10. Thats one of the highest of all the movies and series.
GARCIA! START MAKING REAL GOD TV AGAIN!
BEST REGARDS
PHILIP
SWEDEN
I used to watch this show as a kid, it was one of my favorite and after watching it again as an adult it still is my favorite and now i understand the sex jokes haha i wish it had a proper ending maybe something similar to Farscape?
Thank you! This was my favourite show to watch back in the day. It would be fantastic to have a new extended episode or a movie to give it a proper ending but only if it were with the original cast & with the same humour & backbone.
My Name is Earl was one of my favorite shows, the whole family watched it. Please bring it back or at least make a movie to give us closure.
Would love a reboot! One of my favorite shows!
We want earl back wtf was 1 of my favorite shows bring back the show PLEASE!!
Really bummed it was cancelled, who the heck is Earl Jr’s dad??????? BRING THE SHOW BACK PLEASE!!!
It is one of my favourite shows ever, you could connect to each character in their own little way, things were starting to fall into place and got to find out more information then we had hoped for. However it deserves a much better ending then that like Earl finally completes his list and then see’s another person get hit by a car right in front of him and the rest is history!
Never understood why it was cancelled and yet to be picked up. Funny show with good character. Literally with good karma. I’m not asking for a reboot, but a proper ending. I’m sure all the actors and actresses would love to give it a shot. Too good of a show for a bad ending. Needs to go out properly. Love the show!
I would love a reboot! I’ve been thinking about it since they put earl on hulu!
Please bring back my name is earl…perhaps dodge is grown up and earl Jr…who happens to look like crab man and dodge who happens to look like earl…..hmmmm my name is dodge?
i love love LOVE this show. still watch it. really bummed me out Darnell was not earl jr father. REALLY bummed me out. but i really love the ending, that a great way to end earls quest. good to see he did some good to others just by doing what he thought was right. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PICK THIS SHOW BACK UP!
Worst ending ever.