Earl, a petty criminal, is hit by a car and loses his $100,000 lottery ticket. Drugged, he signs divorce papers. He now believes in Karma and makes a lists of wrongs to right, starting with Kenny.
Randy and Catalina try to get Earl to cross "quit smoking" off the list. They also take him to Donny Jones, who did 2 years for a crime done by Earl. Joy tries to kill Earl to inherit the money.
Earl wants to make up for breaking Joy's fancy figurine by replacing it. However, it can't be bought because it's a prize in mother and daughter beauty contest.
Earl talks Joy into letting him set up a new wedding with Darnell after ruining their last one, but he only makes things worse by sleeping with her before the wedding.
Joy convinces Earl to pretend that they're still married while her parents visit for Christmas. But Earl discovers that Joy's mom is hiding an even bigger lie.
Earl works as a fast-food clerk for a week for a man he stole a wallet from. While he's there, he discovers that his new boss seems to be immune to bad karma--he's a total jerk but lives a charmed life.
Earl returns a hot dog cart which he once stole to its rightful owner. However, his buddy Ralph manages to set it on fire, forcing Earl and his 'gang' to break into the town hall to make things right.
Earl struggles to give his recently incarcerated friend the perfect day in order to cross him off his list; meanwhile, Randy tries to find his purpose in life.
Earl neglects the list while he hangs out with a sexy psychology professor who is fascinated with concept of karma. But as a result of blowing off his list, karma catches back up with him.
Earl tries to make up for not paying taxes his whole life. Unfortunately, the Government is not interested in his money, so he has to figure out another way to pay the money back.
When Earl tries to return a take-a-number machine to a department store, it triggers memories of when the gang moved into the department store on January 1, 2000--thinking that they were the only people alive in town after Y2K.
When Earl decides to cross off "made a kid scared of the boogeyman" from his list, he discovers just what kind of lasting affect he had on the little boy.
The girl Earl dumped for Joy years earlier has become a bounty hunter and tries to track Joy down. Earl feels responsible for the mess, until Joy tells him how they really hooked up.
Earl finds out that by accidentally shooting a young girl with a BB gun, he has caused an argument between her and her father. It will take all his energy and patience to get father and daughter to reconcile again.
Earl finds out that a guy he stole money from was going to use the money to buy the winning lottery ticket. So he returns the money to him, which makes Randy very angry.
