1. The Magic Hour

While Joy creates Make-A-Wish T-shirts so her boys can line jump at the grand opening of an amusement park, Earl remembers when he stole a pony from a boy named Buddy whose Make-A-Wish dream was to ride it in a parade. when Earl goes to make amends with Buddy's parents, he discovers that Buddy ( Seth Green ) is still alive. Buddy does not want a pony, but he wants Earl's help to produce a sci-fi action film called 2 The Max. With Buddy as the title character, they cast Randy as the president, Joy and Patty as assistants, Catalina as a terrorist, and other townsfolk for other parts.

Although Randy turns out to be a good actor, everyone gets tired of Buddy's perfectionistic directing, and they eventually quit. Buddy tells Earl to throw him a premiere in two weeks while he edits and finishes the film. On the big night, everyone turns up, except Buddy. His mother tells Earl that Buddy had finally died of his terminal illness (it is revealed that whenever Buddy was storming off the set, he was actually getting some treatments). Earl wants to tell everyone of Buddy's death after the screening, but finds that Buddy used the movie to help himself achieve many of his dreams. As well as crossing Buddy off his list, Earl also finds the movie to have inspired many others to follow their own dreams.