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| - Earl decides to teach a class of foreign people how to speak English to make up for #27 on The List: "Made fun of people with accents.". He tries teaches them English, and after securing their abilities to be able to repeat "My name is Earl", he tries to teach them basic directions. However, it is unsuccessful. Whilst in the Crab Shack lamenting to Randy, Earl is surprised to see his old friend Ralph Mariano, with whom he used to steal. Ralph had been in prison and was unaware of Earl's new turnaround. Earl, wanting to have fun with Ralph, decides not to tell him as he was the one who encouraged Ralph to steal in the first place; when they were children Earl helped him get a gumball by smashing open a machine with a baseball bat. Earl decides the best way to deal with Ralph's stealing is to take everything back he stole whilst Ralph was asleep. Earl runs around town taking back a prom dress, takes money to a store clerk, Vali, who was in Earl's English class, and removes the empty cans from the pool that they threw in. Suddenly, Joy approaches Earl, angered that he was teaching an English class as one of his students, Kim Lee, had opened a competitive nail salon three trailers down from Joy's Custom Nails. To get an edge, she added "We speak English" to her sign, but became annoyed that Kim was now learning English. Ralph overheard them and questioned Earl on the List and, realizing that he had to tell him, explained that he no longer wanted to steal things. Ralph was upset and left. Over breakfast the next day, Earl explained everything from karma to his lottery win to Ralph, who agreed to follow a similar path to Earl so he too could have a better life. Earl managed to get him a job in a lamp shop, then decided to go back to his teaching job. However, he noticed that Kim Lee was missing, unaware that she was being talk improper English by Joy - 'Okay, so when you're doin' somebody's nails, say "I give you big infection."' Earl went home after class and Ralph revealed that he had moved in next door. Happy, Earl went to see him but was angered when he saw that Ralph had stolen hundreds of lamps from his new job. He explained that being good wasn't working out for him, and he was born to steal. Earl explained that he could not hang out with him if that was what he was like, and he told Randy that they needed to go. However, Randy did not want to leave and so Earl was left watching whilst Randy and Ralph enjoyed themselves with stolen goods. The next day Earl received a call from Ralph who said they were breaking into a house and Randy had got stuck going down the chimney. Earl left to help out, but it was revealed that Ralph had called from his motel room, just next door to Earl and Randy's. Then, he knocked Randy out by smashing a lamp over his head. He tied Randy up and took him into Earl's room and tried to find the lottery money. However, he was unsuccessful. When Randy woke up, Ralph questioned him to the whereabouts of the money, but Randy refused to help him. Meanwhile, Earl arrived at the house Randy was supposedly stuck at, telling the occupant that he needed to check out her chimney. Her suspicions were arisen when he began to call "Randy!" into the chimney, and she soon left to get her gun. Earl arrived back home after realizing Randy was not stuck up a chimney, but was assaulted by Ralph who knocked him out then tied him up with Randy. Randy revealed that he had not been able to hold out and told Ralph that Earl kept the key to the safe deposit box where the money was on him at all times. Ralph took it, dressed up as Earl and left. However, after calling karma for help the foreign students from Earl's class arrived, remembering the directions to his house that he had given them in class. They untied Earl who called the bank and told them not to let Ralph get the money. In turn they called the police who was unsuccessful in catching Ralph. Earl decided not to tell them where he was because they were still friends, and in exchange Ralph gave him the key back. At the Crab Shack Earl and Randy celebrated with all the foreign students, and Earl crossed #27 off his list.
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