Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressley, Eddie Steeples

Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. Just ask Earl Hickey (Lee), a recovering ne’er-do-well with a lifetime’s worth of dirty deeds to make up for. In order to turn his life around, Earl needs a G.E.D., a job, an apartment and a whole lot of good karma. And, if he can keep his ex-wife out of prison, so much the better! Join Earl and his gang of loveable losers as he continues his wildly offbeat transformation from hood to good in the uproarious and outrageous Season Two of “My Name is Earl”…It’s not always politically correct, but it’s always hilarious!

When I read that Jason Lee was going to head up a TV sitcom I really couldn’t figure it out. Generally TV is where you start a career or where you finish one out. Hell back in the day the ''Love Boat'' was the vessel that took a star from this world across the river Styx to hades. Over the years many great and still talented stars have taken a leap to TV and some truly awesome shows have come out of the marriage poking more and more holes in the myth that TV is where stars go to die. Even that being the case Jason Lee going to TV didn’t strike me as a great idea for him. But ''My Name is Earl'' is a damn funny show and not only holding up but kickin some karmic ass so I’ll eat crow on those thoughts. Of I still cannot explain him being part of ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' without theories of alien abductions, blackmail, or dump trucks full of cash.

Looking at both seasons of ''Earl'' the biggest difference in season two is moving away from more episodic outings and continuing a more overall story line. While its not necessary to watch every show it certainly does ad to the enjoyment of watching the characters of Earl’s world, the recurring jokes, and just how these people unbalance his world and give him renewed purpose even if they are all a little too dense to understand or appreciate what Earl is trying to do.

Season Two really expanded on the show in a way that sitcoms rarely can. They stuck to their guns and the premise but managed to make the characters a little more human and likable (even Joy) without killing off what made them work in the first place. Sitcoms in general might be in a bit of a rebuilding era (face it they wont ever die off) but ''Earl'' has clearly got karma and talent on their side and sitting pretty at the all-star table.

Presented in widescreen 1:78:1 aspect ratio, the set also features English Dolby 5.1 Surround and English and Spanish mono and English, as well as Spanish and French subtitles.

Oodles of extras features - including commentaries, deleted scenes, numerous featurettes, a blooper real and more.

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Reviewer : Michael Dayspring