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.
Ok I’m so upset. I just got put on to this show this past year and have been watching it. The show was amazing why the heck couldn’t we get a final season to get the closure -_- that sucks big time bring it back! #YOUSUCKNBC
I want more Earl!!!!
If they do make a season 5 in the future please dont kill it with different actors jesus the lord knows how many movies where fucked once they made a continued movie with different actors and **** all over the movie like the bride of chucky since when does he need an amulet to change bodies…just avoid making a season 5…
I also want to add that they should have also added that Dodge should choose if he wants to go to his dad’s house on weekends or during the week. Out of the question he should be with his dad during the vacations and holidays, but Joy and Earl need to come to an agreement on they should each get Doge. They should have also made it where Catalina should end up with her true love Paco, and they both get to stay in the United States together. I WANT MORE MY NAME IS EARL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you ,this was a great show with many laughs ,I recently started watching raising Hope and it is great as well,thank you!
no he did not, because I wanted to one, find out the fact that darnel was in fact Earl Jr. father, and that Doge was going to spend the weekends and school holidays with his father Earl and his Uncle Randy. I think that they should have also made it where Randy moves out and moves in with Cataleena so that Dodge would be able to spend time with this father who is indeed his father.
My favorite show ever. Glad I got to see it. Wish it would’ve went the distance.
Please please make a season 5!!!!
I see “My name is Earl” on daytime TV when I can (I work odd hours) – and love it! A much more relaxed (and slightly flipped …) humour than many other sitcoms. I read Garcias ideas about the ending – such a shame they didn’t get the chance to put it in goal. With good Karma…
I still watch the ones in Netflix. Maybe Netflix could finish he story. I loved it so much.
I just got done watching everyone and the last one really pissed me off.How could you just leave it that way.Worst ending of a show-Best ending of a show is breaking bad!
I need more my name is earl!!! Someone please bring it back!
i am so sad this show ended, it was genius. i dont know what to do with myself now. i just assumed the next episode would start on netflix, and then it didnt. im actually very emotional about this. PLEASE BRING MY NAME IS EARL BACK. soon.
Oh my gosh I have been watching my name is earl on net flix n I fell in love with it! !!! I don’t watch tv never maybe a movie here or there but my name is earl had me sucked in n I just said what will I do when the last episode is over thinking no way after a to be continued that could be it I flipped back n forth thinking my Netflix was messing up n Lord behold that was the last episode ….. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!???? I can not go on without this show… Read more »
I guess it’s better than wondering but I’m really disappointed that it got cancelled I still watch the series every day. Sure wish there were some new ones. I still laugh every time I watch.