The American sitcom Two and a Half Men, created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, premiered on CBS September 22, 2003. Lorre and Aronsohn are also its executive producers. The show initially centers on seven characters: the brothers Charlie and Alan Harper; Jake Harper, Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan's first ex-wife, Jake and Milly's mother; Rose, one of Charlie's previous one-night stands who continuously stalks him; Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's wealthy, five-time widowed, bisexual mother, and Jake's grandmother; and finally Berta, Charlie's sharp-tongued housekeeper, who later joins the mai
The American sitcom Two and a Half Men, created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, premiered on CBS September 22, 2003. Lorre and Aronsohn are also its executive producers. The show initially centers on seven characters: the brothers Charlie and Alan Harper; Jake Harper, Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan's first ex-wife, Jake and Milly's mother; Rose, one of Charlie's previous one-night stands who continuously stalks him; Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's wealthy, five-time widowed, bisexual mother, and Jake's grandmother; and finally Berta, Charlie's sharp-tongued housekeeper, who later joins the mai
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The American sitcom Two and a Half Men, created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, premiered on CBS September 22, 2003. Lorre and Aronsohn are also its executive producers. The show initially centers on seven characters: the brothers Charlie and Alan Harper; Jake Harper (the son of Alan and Judith, his first ex-wife), Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan's first ex-wife, Jake and Milly's mother; Rose, one of Charlie's previous one-night stands who continuously stalks him; Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's wealthy, five-time widowed, bisexual mother, and Jake's grandmother; and finally Berta, Charlie's sharp-tongued housekeeper, who later joins the main cast starting with season 2 after playing a major recurring role throughout the first season. In season 9, the show is revamped when Charlie is struck and killed by a moving train. Walden Schmidt replaces him as the new owner of the beach house. He is a recently divorced internet billionaire. In season eleven, Jake moves to Japan and leaves the series. To replace "the half-man", Charlie's long-lost-daughter moves into the beach house after looking for her late father.
Over time, several supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles: Berta (recurring in season 1, regular in seasons 2–12), Charlie and Alan's (and later Walden's) sharp-tongued housekeeper; Kandi (recurring in season 3, regular in season 4; guest in seasons 10 and 12), one of Charlie's former one-night stands and later on, Alan's second ex-wife; Chelsea (recurring in season 6, regular in season 7, guest in season 9), Charlie's second most notable love interest (after Rose), and ex-fiancée; Walden Schmidt (seasons 9–12), an internet billionaire who buys Charlie's beach house after his death; Jenny (seasons 11–12), Charlie's illegitimate daughter from a one-night stand twenty years before; finally, Louis (season 12), the 6-year-old boy that Walden decides to adopt. The show also features numerous supporting characters, each of whom plays a prominent role in a small group of episodes.
Overview
Legend
= Main cast (credited)
= Recurring cast (actor appears in three or more episodes that season)
= Guest cast (actor appears in two or fewer episodes that season)
Notes
Charlie Harper
Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper (Charlie Sheen, Seasons 1–8; Kathy Bates, Season 9) is the series' original central character. He is a womanizing bachelor who tends to abuse his younger brother Alan (whom he loves dearly, although he would never admit it) and usually takes pleasure in any misfortune or trouble he runs into. Charlie is a jingle writer and a children's music performer under the name Charlie Waffles. He spends his days partying, sleeping, gambling, drinking alcohol, womanizing, and wearing bowling shirts. He has had many serious romantic relationships. Some of these are with his stalker Rose, a ballerina and dance teacher named Mia, and Chelsea. He is the opposite of Alan: wealthy, confident, and charismatic. He gives his nephew Jake advice (much of which is age-inappropriate). But the two increasingly trade barbs as well.
Alan Harper
Dr. Alan Jerome Harper (Jon Cryer, Seasons 1–12), is Charlie Harper's younger brother by two years. He is well-meaning, but continuously makes poor choices and mistakes, while being bullied by Charlie, housekeeper Berta, and ex-wife Judith. Alan and Judith are Jake's parents. Alan is also possibly the biological father of Judith's second child, daughter Millie Melnick.
Alan moves in with Charlie after losing his house to Judith in their divorce settlement. He is generally a pleasant and supportive man, but he seems to have an attraction to women who treat him poorly. This may have stemmed from his relationship with his non-nurturing mother Evelyn. In the season 4 episode "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head", it is revealed that Alan has a pregnancy fetish. He says this is due to Judith, varying from her sexless marriage policy only while being pregnant with Jake. Also, in the Season 6 episode "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime", he confesses that he likes feet (see foot fetish).
Charlie is killed sometime between seasons 8 and 9 when he is hit by a train. It is revealed that he had proposed marriage to Rose before his death. While Alan is in the hospital, Charlie's ghost appears to him (it is implied that this is due to a hallucinogenic reaction caused by the medication Alan was on). He explains that his spirit now lives on in Hell, forced to live eternally in a woman's body (Kathy Bates) as punishment for his womanizing behavior during his lifetime. He acts as his brother's spirit guide, though he later confesses that he really could not care less about what he does. Before returning to the afterlife, Charlie tries to reveal himself to Jake but fails. As a result of retroactive continuity, the series finale reveals that Charlie never dies but is held captive by Rose in a basement pit under her house in Sherman Oaks. He escapes, collects $2.5 million in royalty money from his children's songs, and sends Alan, Evelyn and Walden (who Rose has told him about) texts and emails promising revenge while also sending large checks to his former romantic interests, Jenny, and Jake. However, as he is about to enter the beach house, a grand piano being transported to the house by helicopter falls on him. This kills him and, thus, ends the show.
In the season 3 finale, Alan marries 22-year-old dumbbell Kandi, one of Charlie's former girlfriends. After Charlie cancels his wedding with Mia, Alan and Kandi get married instead. However, in the season 4 premiere, four months into the marriage, Kandi throws Alan out of her condo and divorces him. This now leaves him paying alimony to two ex-wives.
In season 6, Alan starts his first serious relationship since his second divorce. Alan begins dating his receptionist, Melissa. The relationship gets serious when she has him move in with her and her mother, but their happiness is short-lived. Melissa walks in after her mother gets Alan high on brownies and seduc
