Early Release is the 12th episode of Season 3 of My Name Is Earl, and the 59th episode overall. After Earl discovers that the Warden has destroyed his time off for good behavior certificates, he turns to his friends. After Earl goes crazy with sixty days in solitary confinement, Randy and Frank devise a plan to get Earl out of jail. With the help of Darnell, Joy and Catalina on the outside combined with Randy and Frank’s help on the inside, Earl decides that it is time to break out of the prison.