What is two and a half men

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

  • The Harper brothers Charlie and Alan are almost opposites but form a great team. They have little in common except their dislike for their mundane, maternally cold and domineering mother, Evelyn. Alan, a compulsively neat chiropractor and control-freak, is thrown out by his manipulative wife Judith who nevertheless gets him to pay for everything and do most jobs in the house. Charlie is a freelance jingle composer and irresistible Cassanova who lives in a luxurious beach-house and rarely gets up before noon. Charlie "temporarily" allows Alan and his son Jake, a food-obsessed, lazy kid who shuttles between his parents, to move in with them after Alan's separation/divorce. The sitcom revolves around their conflicting lifestyles, raising Jake (who has the efficient, caring dad while having a ball with his fun-loving sugar uncle who teaches him boyish things), and bantering with Evelyn and various other friends and family. Other fairly regular characters include Charlie's cleaning lady Berta and his rich, self-confessed stalker neighbor Rose who often sneaks in to spy on Charlie.

    —KGF Vissers

  • After the death of his brother, Alan Harper meets and befriends a lonely young man named Walden Schmidt who turns out to be a billionaire. Unable to afford his brother's home, Alan sells Walden the house, and as a way of showing his gratitude, Walden allows Alan and his son Jake to move in with him.

    —Anonymous

  • Chiropractor and single father Alan Harper lives in a beachfront house with divorced Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt, who bought the house following the untimely death of Alan's brother, Charlie. As they acclimate to their living arrangement, the tightly wound Alan finds himself taking on a mentor role with Walden, whose lifelong dependence on being taken care of has left him a bit naive. Despite his unsuccessful romantic history, Alan also tries to help Walden overcome his limited experiences with dating. Berta, a sharp-tongued, unapologetic housekeeper, is also featured in the series.

    —Jwelch5742

  • Jingle-writer Charlie is forced to change his lifestyle and learn to control his drinking, smoking, gambling and womanizing when after a twelve years marriage his fresh dumped-by-wife brother and his son need a place to stay. Everything re-changes again after almost ten years when Charlie dies. Everybody's devastation is swallowed when internet billionaire Walden Schmidt buys the house that used to be Charlie's and nothing is the same.

    The fourth season of Two and a Half Men originally aired on CBS from September 18, 2006, to May 14, 2007.

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    The sixth season of Two and a Half Men began on September 22, 2008, and concluded on May 18, 2009.

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    No.EpisodeRatingShareRating/Share
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    (Viewers)Ref1"Taterhead Is Our Love Child"9.1135.3/12414.8811[6]2"Pie Hole, Herb"8.4124.7/11413.5811[7]3"Damn You, Eggs Benedict"8.8135.1/12614.0710[8]4"The Flavin' and the Mavin"9.0135.3/12314.728[4]5"A Jock Strap in Hell"8.9135.1/12514.6310[5]6"It's Always Nazi Week"8.0114.6/10712.7611[9]7"Best H.O. Money Can Buy"8.9134.9/11814.50128"Pinocchio's Mouth"9.3135.3/12415.1899"The Mooch at the Boo"9.0135.3/1214.95[10]10"He Smelled the Ham, He Got Excited"9.5145.2/13415.594[11]11"The Devil's Lube"10.6165.6/1317.92[12]12"Thank God for Scoliosis"10.2155.6/13517.107[13]13"I Think You Offended Don"9.8145.4/12516.094[14]14"David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie"10.0155.5/12616.555[15]15"I'd Like to Start with the Cat"9.2134.8/11715.007[16]16"She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime"9.2134.9/11715.477[17]17"The "Ocu" or the "Pado"?"8.1124.8/12613.4412[18]18"My Son's Enormous Head"8.5134.8/12714.129[19]19"The Two Finger Rule"8.5135.2/13414.569[20]20"Hello, I am Alan Cousteau"8.8135.3/13315.036[21]21"Above Exalted Cyclops"8.7134.9/12414.168[22]22"Sir Lancelot's Litter Box"8.6135.0/12414.179[23]23"Good Morning, Mrs. Butterworth"8.2124.5/12713.1113[24]24"Baseball Was Better with Steroids"9.9155.3/14316.187[25]

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    OrderEpisodeViewers (100'00s)Rank1"Taterhead is Our Love Child"9.96#19[26]2"Pie Hole, Herb"8.09#303"Damn You, Eggs Benedict"8.51#274"The Flavin' and the Mavin'"10.47#225"A Jock Strap in Hell"9.89#226"It's Always Nazi Week"11.13#217"Best H.O. Money Can Buy"10.55#268"Pinochhio's Mouth"10.19#259"The Mooch at the Boo"10.14#2211"The Devil's Lube"11.41#1112"Thank God for Scoliosis"16.17#1213"I Think You Offended Don"15.78#1014"David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie"18.37#615"I'd Like to Start With the Cat"14.56#1216"She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime"16.21#1017"The 'Ocu' or the 'Pado?'"14.34#1418"My Son's Enormous Head"17.24#1119"The Two Finger Rule"17.50#820"Hello, I am Alan Cousteau"20.84#521"Above Exalted Cyclops"15.39#1422"Sir Lancelot's Litter Box"14.87#1523"Good Morning, Mrs. Butterworth"15.30#1024"Baseball Was Better with Steroids"16.14#6

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    Why do they call it Two and a Half Men?

    The name wasn't just catchy. At around 21 minutes per episode, or 62 hours, the show's length in total (back then) actually equated to a running time of exactly two and a half days.

    What is two and half men story?

    Jones, the series was about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper, his uptight brother, Alan, and Alan's mischievous son, Jake. As Alan's marriage falls apart and divorce appears imminent, he and Jake move into Charlie's beachfront Malibu house and complicate Charlie's freewheeling life.

    Is Two and a Half Men based on Charlie?

    The producers of "Two and a Half Men" liked Sheen for the role of Charlie Harper because the character was based on him. Still, they took a calculated risk when they hired Sheen, who eventually came unglued on set.

    Why is Ashton Kutcher on Two and a Half?

    According to Kutcher on Howard Stern's show, he only took the role when CBS offered him a huge amount of money. Beforehand, Kutcher had joked with his agent during lunch he would only take the Two and a Half Men role if offered as much as Sheen was making.