When trying to enroll her children into the Right Choice Ranch for troubled youth, Joy is denied enrollment because of a barn burning incident at the hands of a younger Earl. Earl, Randy and Catalina travel to the camp to make amends for the barn burning by building a pen for the camp\'s ostrich. Earl learns the real reason behind the barn burning incident and decides that every incident on his list after the fire should be shared by Randy.
As the holiday season comes under way a few secrets are exposed when Earl attempts to cross number 74 off of his list: \"Always ruined Joy\'s Christmas.\" Earl, Randy and Catalina enter a radio contest to win a brand new car for Joy to make up for all of the thoughtless Christmas presents Earl gave her while they were married. While Randy and Catalina vie over the car, Earl finds out that Joy\'s parents believe that he\'s still their son-in-law and that he\'s just returned from the war in Iraq. Joy is afraid to tell her father, an alleged racist, that she is now married to Darnell, so Earl plays the part, afraid of ruining another one of her Christmases.
Earl tries to cross off number four on his list, \"blew dad\'s chance to be elected mayor\". Four years earlier, Carl Hickey ran for mayor to redirect a proposed airplane traffic route over his house and away from the wealthy part of town. Earl unfortunately ruined any chance of his father winning when caught on tape assaulting a police officer. Earl must now help his father get elected and mend his relationship with his father.
Darnell and Joy decided to tie the knot while Earl learns through Randy\'s invitation that he is not invited. To make things worse Joy has scheduled the wedding on Earl\'s birthday so that all of their friends will be unable to celebrate with him. A drunken Earl crashes the party accidentally breaking Joy\'s nose and now is forced to add \"ruined Joy\'s wedding\" to his list.
Earl attempts to help Scott get over his preoccupation with golf, an obsession caused when he and Randy started fixing Scott\'s golf game to get free beer. But after becoming so thoroughly entangled in Scott\'s personal life that he drives Randy away, Earl realizes that he may be the one with the obsession.
In order to replace a fancy figurine that he broke, Earl lends a hand to help Joy\'s former adversary and her daughter win a mother/daughter beauty pageant. However, Joy enters the pageant also with her \"dead\" mother trying to win that same figurine, hoping to trade it for a hot tub.
Earl decides to teach English as a second language to cross \"Made fun of people with accents\" off his karma list. While Ralph, an old friend, is released from prison, Earl tries to convince him in the ways of karma. However, Ralph ends up kidnapping Randy trying to get his hands on Earl\'s lotto winnings.
When Earl met a tough biker chick at a Halloween party, it looked like a match made in heaven, but when the costumes came off, the mismatch became apparent and Earl took drastic measures to get out of the relationship. Now, years later, Earl must find a way to make amends for deceiving the girl.
Back in their high school days, Earl ruined Randy\'s chance to score a touchdown during a key football game. Now Earl must figure out a way to make things right.
Earl must make amends to Donny, an intimidating thug who spent two years in jail for a robbery Earl committed. Oddly enough, the only way he can do this is by helping Donny\'s mom quit smoking. Meanwhile, Joy discovers she\'s the beneficiary of Earl\'s will and decides to kill him!