Earl Jehoshaphat Hickey, is a former criminal who, after discovering the concept of karma, decided to make a List of everything wrong he ever did in his life and make up for them one by one ("Pilot"). He has helped many people over four years of following karma, and despite having three failed marriages, being sent to prison ("The Trial"), falling into a coma ("Bad Earl") and temporarily losing his faith, he continued to make up for all the bad things he had done in his life.