My name is Earl is criminally underrated.

My name is Earl is my 2nd favorite comedy series of all time behind arrested development. Although I’d say it means more to me than any other comedy show.

Yes it was a product of its time (early 2000s) and some of it might not hold up.

But the messages do. A dead beat good for nothing man who wants to better his life after realizing he’s done nothing but bad things. Why should his life be good?

The world building is probably the best out of any sit com I’ve ever seen. The entire city feels lived in. I could probably draw a map of where everything is. Where everyone would be. Why people are the way they are etc. the side characters don’t just show up for no reasons.

It genuinely feels like the coming of age story for a middle aged man, and it feels even better to watch as an adult knowing that life isn’t over despite whatever you have done or gone through.

More people need to check it out. It’s on Hulu.

My bad didn’t realize people were so uptight about the word underrated lol.