Earl J. Hickey is a petty criminal, living in the fictional rural county of Camden, whose winning $100,000 lottery ticket is lost when he is hit by a car. Lying in a hospital bed, under the influence of morphine, he develops a belief in the concept of karmic retribution when he hears about karma during an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly.
To turn his life around, he makes a list of every bad thing he’s ever done in an attempt to correct them, as he believes that this is the only way he can gain positive karma. After doing his first good deed, he finds the $100,000 lottery ticket he had previously lost. He sees this as a sign of karma rewarding him and, with his new-found wealth, he begins doing good deeds according to his list.
As he continues to perform good deeds, Earl’s motives at first appear to be selfish – only doing good to improve his
karma and by extension his own life; however, Earl begins to develop a genuine sense of morality and ethics, refusing to participate in illegal or morally wrong activities – though sometimes finding himself in very awkward situations…
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My take away from all of this is that there has to be a better way to bust karma. And, there is…get it all here!