<P> Randy has a crush on Catalina, calling dibs on her when they first met . He dated a woman who liked cats in the episode "Larceny of a Kitty Cat", despite being allergic to them . Although he is afraid of birds, especially chickens, he is willing to forgo that for love as shown in "South of the Border (Part 1)", and in part 2, they get married at Catalina's village . In the episode "Foreign Exchange Student" he finally tells Catalina he loves her, but Catalina intentionally makes herself repulsive when they consummate the marriage later that night, after which Randy doesn't want to live with her anymore and just keeps it a green card marriage . </P> <P> In season 3, after finding that he is unable to function independently, he gets a job as a guard at the same state prison so he can hang out with Earl . In the episode "Creative Writing", Earl remarks that a psychologist had called Randy "borderline artistic". In the "Inside Probe" episodes, Geraldo Rivera describes him as the town simpleton and reveals he has 77 misdemeanors like his brother . </P> <P> Joy Farrah Turner (née Darville, also Joy Hickey) (played by Jaime Pressly) is Earl's ex-wife who divorces him in the first episode and then marries his friend Darnell during the first season of the series . She is pessimistic, cold - hearted, stubborn and vain . Joy is the mother of two boys, Dodge and Earl Jr . She drives a Subaru BRAT painted with the American flag . Her catchphrases are "Oh, snap!", "What the hell", and she frequently calls both Earl and Randy "Dummy". She is openly scornful of Earl's List, and has a strong dislike for Catalina, although she ends up saving her life in the fourth season . </P> <P> The episodes "The Bounty Hunter" and "Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy" cover parts of Joy's past . When she was pregnant with her first child, she was kicked out of her parents' house in the neighboring town of Nathanville . She looked for a sugar daddy, dating local celebrity TV's Tim Stack briefly . She and her friends get Earl drunk, after which they have a shotgun wedding in Las Vegas and move into a trailer at the Pimmit Hills Trailer Park . She would often go along with Earl, Randy, Ralph, Donny and others on their crime sprees . She has an affair with Darnell but when she becomes pregnant with her second child, she convinces Earl that he is the father . Some years later, at the start of the series, she and Earl divorce, but after he signs the papers, he wins the lottery money . Joy then tries some schemes to get her share, but eventually gives up . She then marries Darnell in the episode "Joy's Wedding". Although she is rather selfish and frugal, she cares deeply for her boys . </P>

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