My Name Is Earl: Season 1

Jason Lee has done himself brillantly in this wonderful US Sitcom about a man who is trying to change his ways from a past of robbery and theiving. Earl J. Hickey (Jason Lee) — The protagonist and narrator of the show. In flashbacks, we see Earl before he began reforming himself: a jobless ne'er-do-well with no respect for authority or just about anyone. Earl has done a list of all the bad doings, so then he could go back to these people he had upset in the past and make them feel good.
Earl is also helped by his brother Randy played by Ethan Suplee who has some mental problems, dumb but very loved by Earl as at times he actually helps out Earl at the most critical times with Earl's problems. Randy is very innocentand sometimes wonders if Earl is doing right by doing these deeds but is willing to help him on the way.
An Example in the second episode is that Five years prior, Earl robbed a donut shop while wearing Donny's football jersey and let him spend two years in prison for the crime he committed. Earl goes to his house expecting the worst, but instead receives forgiveness from Donny (Silas Weir Mitchell). It turns out Donny found Jesus in jail, and that helped him see the error of his ways, and to be kind and forgiving to others. However, Donny's mom doesn't feel the same way, as Earl took Donny away from her for two years, and she'll never get that time back. Earl figures out a way to give Donny's mom two more years to spend with Donny: help her quit smoking. So Earl kidnaps her, and together they work to quit smoking. Which was one of the finest episodes in the first series.
The Bonus features are brillant as well with as it features a 13-and-a-half minute long "mini-episode" called "Bad Karma" made specially for the set. The mini-episode is actually an alternate version of the events of the Pilot in which, instead of watching Carlson Daly on TV in the hospital, Earl watches Family Guy. Inspired by the megalomaniacal tendencies of Stewie Griffin, Earl comes up with a very different list and outlook on life. This is really he decides to take on the world with some funny results. There are also some brillant outtakes and there are some good audio commentaries.
I would give the first season of My Name Is Earl top marks.

Professional loser Ear Hickey"s ('Chasing Amy's' Jason Lee) life takes a turn for the better after he has what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity, and decides to adopt the karmic (or fortune cookie) principal of doing good to others as a means for good things to come your way. Earl wins the lottery, gets hit by a car, loses the ticket, wakes up in hospital, is mystically inspired by ex-'MTV' jock Carson Daley talking about karma, miraculously recovers the ticket, and along with kid brother Randy (Lee"s 'Mallrats' co-star Ethan Supple), uses his newfound wealth to put right all the wrongs of his past. And though 'My Name Is Earl' sounds rather unpromising, perhaps even trite or smaltzy, on paper; the end result is anything but.
I"ve been a Jason Lee fan since the movie 'Mallrats' back in 1995, and have seen him in pretty much everything he"s done since. An entertaining, consistently humorous, sitcom which manages to work on a variety of levels 'My Name Is Earl', whilst not always laugh out loud funny, is a real showcase for its star with some standout episodes ('Faked His Own Death', 'Cost Dad The Election' and 'Stole A Badge' are already classics in their own right). This 4 disc Season-1 set has a nice selection of outtakes, deleted scenes and a short making of featurette, which should keep the karma working in our favour until the next series.