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  Two and a Half Men (2003) [TV series]  
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OMDB: 0415342
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 22 min
   
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Charlie Sheen Charlie Harper
Jon Cryer Alan Harper
Angus T. Jones Jake Harper
Melanie Lynskey Rose
Marin Hinkle Judith Harper
Holland Taylor Evelyn Harper
Emmanuelle Vaugier Mia
Conchata Ferrell Berta
Ashton Kutcher Walden Schmidt
Natalie Zea Colleen
Jenna Elfman Frankie / Dharma
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Two and a Half Men

The cast of Two and a Half Men
Genre Sitcom
Running time 22 min/episode
Creator(s) Chuck Lorre
Lee Aronsohn
Starring Charlie Sheen
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Jon Cryer
Angus T. Jones
Marin Hinkle
Holland Taylor
Melanie Lynskey
Conchata Ferrell
Country of origin USA
Original network/channel CBS
Original run September 22, 2003–present
No. of episodes 72
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award nominated television sitcom centred around a hip single bachelor whose lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother moves in. Charlie and his nephew form an "unsuspecting bond" with each other. Two and a Half Men was the highest rated sitcom on the season of 2005-2006 in American television.

Cast and characters


Only Sheen, Cryer and Jones appeared in every episode. Guest stars so far have included Ryan Stiles (who starred with Sheen and Cryer in Hot Shots), Jeri Ryan, Denise Richards, Richard Lewis, Heather Locklear, Camryn Manheim, Sean Penn, Elvis Costello, Emmanuelle Vaugier, April Bowlby, and Martin Sheen.

Synopsis

Charlie is a successful mid-thirties single guy who apparently has a career writing TV ads and jingles. He lives in a large house in Malibu, California and is a typical womanizer. The plot begins when his uptight brother Alan becomes divorced from his wife Judith, loses his house to her and has to move in with his brother. His 10-year-old son Jake often stays for weekends and at other times. Alan also, at one point, thinks that his ex-wife Judith is a lesbian.

A particularly stupid character on the show is Rose, Charlie's zany neighbor and female stalker. We learn Rose had a one-night-stand with Charlie shortly before the show started and keeps on entering his house through the patio in the most inopportune moments, expressing her ambition of obtaining Charlie, and often serving as a good albeit crazy friend and advisor.

In one episode, Rose's father, Harvey, (played by Charlie Sheen's real father, Martin Sheen) appears to ask Charlie what are his intentions with his daughter after an apparent second one-night-stand between the two. Harvey then meets Charlie's and Alan's mother and has an affair with her, stalking her and popping in just like his daughter does. We then learn from Harvey´s mother that "that's what happens when you marry a first cousin", explaining Rose's family's dementia soon after Rose revealing the one-night-stand was not real, they only woke up together.

Another important recurring character is Berta, the sarcastic and somewhat rude housekeeper with a ferine tongue.

One of the show´s main themes however is the mother-son relationship, whereby the Evelyn character (played by Holland Taylor) enters the picture as the hip early-sixties many-times-divorced slightly slutty controlling mother of the brothers. Charlie and Alan attribute their life's problems to the dark manipulative force their mother manages to exert upon them even now, adding to the caustic humor of the show in the situations where they try everything to avoid seeing her, usually failing.

Another recurring theme in the show is the conflict of personalities between the two diametrically opposed siblings, the relaxed, good-life, woman-catching commitment-phobic Charlie and the uptight self-conscious nerdy Alan.

DVD Releases

DVD cover art for Two And A Half Men Season 1
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DVD cover art for Two And A Half Men Season 1

At Current Warner Bros have not released Two And A Half Men on DVD In North America, however Season 1 is available in Europe, and Season 2 is scheduled for release on August 28, 2006 in Europe.

DVD Name Region 1 Region 2
Two And A Half Men Season 1 N/A September 12, 2005
Two And A Half Men Season 2 N/A August 28, 2006

Program information

The show was co-created by executive producers Chuck Lorre (who previously co-created Dharma & Greg) and Lee Aronsohn.

The show debuted on Monday, September 22, 2003, at 9:30 p.m., EST/PST. In its third season, starting September 2005, it moved to Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (taking Everybody Loves Raymond's time slot).

International Broadcasts

Trivia

  • In an episode of Two and a Half Men it is shown that there is a hate mail website for Charlie Harper called www.charlieharpersucks.com, and is a functioning website on the Internet.
  • Jon Cryer was Michael J. Fox's choice to replace him on Spin City. The role ended up going to Charlie Sheen.
  • Jon Cryer was also a favorite to play the part of Chandler Bing from the hit sitcom Friends. He wasn't able to make it to the auditions, so the role was given to Matthew Perry.
  • Unlike traditional sitcoms, Two and a Half Men doesn't have episode titles. Instead, a quotation from the episode is used — e.g., "Go Get Mommy's Bra"
  • Won the 2004 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Comedy Series.
  • TV Guide gave it "three-and-a-half stars out of four." It was the magazine's sole new show "Top Pick" for Monday nights in 2003.

Vanity cards

At the end of each episode, a message appeared on the screen for a brief moment, so that it is readable only to those who record the program (using a VCR, for example) and pause it. These "vanity cards" were written by producer and show co-creator Chuck Lorre, and express his personal views on a variety of subjects. A complete archive of his vanity cards is available at Chuck Lorre Productions

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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 1 -  Pilot
After Charlie's night with a girl is ruined due to Alan's interuption, Alan moves in, being kicked out of his house by his "suffocated" wife: Judith. The next day Alan brings over his son, Jake while he and Judith can talk about their marraige....


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 2 -  Big Flappy Bastards
While spending time with Jake, Charlie finds it hard to enforce rules that Alan has set out for him. It gets to the point were Jake lures a folk of sea gulls into his room, and Charlie gets very upset. This prompts Jake to try and get Charlie to...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 3 -  Go East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell
After spending a day at Disneyland, Jake gets sick and wants to go to his mothers' house, to have her take care of him. This sends Alan into a state of misery, as he realizes he's losing his wife, and son. Charlie suggests that they go drinking,...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 4 -  If I Can't Write My Chocolate Song I'm Going to Take a Nap
Charlie is very unhappy with his housekeepers' decision to quiet, after she experiences Alans demanding ways. Alan then offers to take on the role of housekeeper, but this situation doesn't work at all. So Alan decides to get the housekeeper to...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 5 -  That's Not What They Call It In Amsterdam
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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 5 -  The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up With a Hump
After spending a night in Los Vegas, Charlie decides to live up to his promise that he made to Jake about attending his soccer game. During the game, Charlie sets up a play-date with an unattached mother named Kate, and they hit it off. During one...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 6 -  Did You Check With the Captain of the Flying Monkeys?
Charlie tries to teach Jake to avoid certain calls that Charlie doesn't want to deal with, like his mother (Evelyn) for one. Evelyn gets so frustrated with not being able to talk to Charlie, that she decides to drop in while in the neighbourhood....


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 7 -  If They Do Go Either Way, They're Usually Fake
Judith gets worried when, for a school assignment, Jake draws the tattooed buttocks of a female surfer friend of Charlie's who is in the habit of walking around his place half naked. Then Alan gets worried about Judith after she becomes...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 8 -  Twenty-Five Little Pre-pubers Without a Snoot-ful
Alan tricks Charlie into joining him and Judith in leading Jake and his classmates in the school's annual music show.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 9 -  Phase One, Complete
After meeting Wendy, a one-night stand of Charlies, Jake befriends her. Charlie doesn't like this situation, as he believes Wendy is using Jake to further their relationship, and he has no intention to keep it going. It gets to the point...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 10 -  Merry Thanksgiving
In an attempt to prove that he is a family man, Charlie invites Lisa over for Thanksgiving dinner


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 11 -  Alan Harper, Frontier Chiropractor
While at the movies, the brothers bump into Judith and her new boyfriend. Seeing that Judith has changed her look, and the fact that Jake doesn't think Alan is as cool as Judith; prompts Alan to realize that if he wants to get back into the...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 12 -  Camel Filters Pheromones
When Berta is forced to bring her granddaughter Prudence to work with her, the boys find themselves a little preoccupied with her.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 13 -  Sara Like Puny Alan
Charlie finally gets a chance for a double date with a hot neighbor, who is out for revenge on her cheating husband, and her sister who's a hot soap opera actress, and needs Alan to come along. The problem is that Alan gets sick from Jake, so...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 14 -  I Can't Afford Hyenas
Stan, Charlie's accountant, tries to explain Charlie's financial woes to him.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 15 -  Round One to the Hot Crazy Chick (1)
Against Alan's judgment, Charlie falls for a seemingly crazy woman named Frankie.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 16 -  That Was Saliva, Alan (2)
Frankie tells Charlie and Alan why she and her daughter are on the run; Frankie's daughter has a crush on Jake.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 17 -  Ate The Hamburgers, Wearing The Hats
Alan offends Charlie by choosing harebrained cousins as Jake's guardians in the event of his death.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 18 -  An Old Flame With a New Wick
Charlie is stunned to learn his ex-girlfriend is now a man.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 19 -  I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You
Judith's sister, Liz, hits on Alan at Jake's birthday party; Evelyn prefers alcohol to cake.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 20 -  Hey, I Can Pee Outside in the Dark
Judith believes that Jake is having a hard time dealing with his parent's divorce, after he starts annoying everyone with his non-stop guitar playing. So she suggests that they send Jake to a therapist. Alan doesn't agree at first, but after...


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 21 -  No Sniffing, No Wowing
Charlie jeopardizes Alan's divorce settlement by sleeping with his attorney, Laura.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 22 -  My Doctor has a Cow Puppet
Charlie attempts to cure Alan of his recent bout of sleepwalking; Jake sees his therapist.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 23 -  Just Like Buffalo
Charlie tries to sweet talk Judith's divorcee support-group into letting Jake continue to spend weekends at his place.


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  Two and a Half Men:   Episode 24 -  Can You Feel My Finger?
A pregnancy scare has Charlie heading to the doctor for a vasectomy.


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