I really enjoyed the entirety of "My Name is Earl" and thought the prison episodes were quite funny. Upon re-watching it all recently, I can see that the later seasons got a bit sillier. The coma episodes didn't do much for me, but I think it was an underrated show with a lot of promise.

January 1994, I was fifteen years old — and I watched the "Bop Gun" episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. Robin Williams' portrayal of the grieving husband, blew me away. I became a dedicated fan of Homicide (and everything that came after it) because of that episode. I was just gobsmacked by his performance, it…