Ashton Kutcher makes a late entrance into the new
incarnation of Two and a Half Men, in
the wake of Charlie’s (Charlie Sheen) funeral.
His entrance, though somewhat comical, is trumped by the
eulogies and appearances by the angry women in Charlie’s life, all of whom say they are
there to spit into his coffin.
The funniest moment comes when Rose (Melanie Lynskey), his stalker of many
years, relives the couple’s supposed trip to Paris, her finding Charlie with
another woman and his subsequent “accidental” fall onto the metro tracks. Berta, the family maid played by the talented
Conchata Ferrell, deadpans, “Never cross a crazy woman.”
With the exception of Jon Cryer (Alan), Charlie’s family
members don’t seem too upset either. They
rush to sell his home for the cash, but find it’s mortgaged to the hilt and
there’s no cash to be had.
And so begins a parade of potential buyers that makes way
for cameos by John Stamos and Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson
as their old ABC Darma and Greg characters. Huh?
They’re all friends of producer Chuck Lorre.
Following the second instance I’ve seen of a dead person’s
ashes ending up all over a character (Rescue Me), Ashton Kutcher
enters. He’s Walden Schmidt, a pathetic
billionaire, if there can be such a thing. Tossed out by his wife, he makes a deal with Cryer to buy the house.
The episode is “to be continued,” but I’m guessing Walden lets Cryer and
Angus T. Jones (Jake) stay.
In the episode's final minutes we learn that, like
Charlie, Walden is a “chick magnet” who brings home numerous women at a time,
though he's a naive womanizer. Subsequent episodes, therefore, promise the same old show with the same old gags. On the plus side, Kutcher looks great as the
crazy rich guy with a beard and long hair.
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