Earl Jehosephat Hickey (played by Jason Lee)  The titular and viewpoint character, he has a long history of petty crimes and other repugnant acts of bullying classmates and taking advantage of others. In the opening episode, he wins a lottery scratcher but is immediately hit by a car; during his recovery where he watches a Carson Daly interview where the latter talks about karma, he realizes he has been a bad person and tries to turn his life around by making a list of all the bad things he has done and doing the good deeds to cross them off the list. He discovers that when he does good things he is rewarded by karma, first by getting the lottery ticket back.
Earl Jehosephat Hickey, portrayed by Jason Lee, is the main character of the story. He has a history of wrongdoing, including petty crimes and bullying others. In the first episode, he wins a lottery scratcher but gets hit by a car while recovering. During his recovery, he watches Carson Daly discuss karma and realizes he needs to change his ways. He starts making a list of all the bad things he's done and tries to make amends by performing good deeds, which leads him to experience positive consequences through karma.