Network: Comedy Central
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle, Conchata Ferrell, Ryan Stiles, Melanie Lynskey
Plot: After Charlie is killed in an accident in Paris, where he had recently proposed to Rose, a broken hearted suicidal billionaire named Walden Schmidt (Kutcher) forms a friendship with Alan and offers to but Charlie's house.
'Two and a Half Men' has returned, and whether you love it or hate it, the show will be hanging around for another few years if the this season's premiere is anything to go by. Coming into it's ninth season and after the much publicised firing of former lead Charlie Sheen this new season aims to reset the series by introducing us to the new main character in the form of Ashton Kutcher's Walden Schmidt.
'Two and a Half Men' is not a good show, that much is clear, but I used to enjoy it. In it's early years and when I was younger I laughed at the jokes because they were stupid and so was I. As time went on I gradually began to hate the show as it annoyed me that something that bad could be in it's 7th and 8th seasons while something masterful like 'Arrested Development' barely gets three before being cancelled. Then adding in all the exhausting crap about Charlie Sheen's not so private life to the stupid, laughless comedy and you get one pretty bad show.
So enter Ashton Kutcher to breathe new life into the series.....or not so much. It seems the writers don't want to veer too much away from what made so many idiots love 'Two And A Half Men' by quickly offing Charlie and setting the show up to essentially the same format. This is down to the fact that Kutcher plays a slightly dumber version of Charlie Harper, but at the same time he's a billionaire that tries to kill himself, but is maybe supposed to be smart because he's a billionaire, although he acts like an idiot...is he an idiot? Who knows or cares?
However I strangely enjoyed Kutcher's performance. I don't know why but he made me laugh a few times, all the other characters were the same as I remember them 5 or 6 years ago (no characters arcs in 'Two And A Half Men apparently) and not particularly funny. Kutcher was something different and despite some obvious problems with his character he had some good lines. And I know this is what the show has always been; just lines rather than built up jokes, but they made me laugh regardless of their stupidity. Kutcher's deliver of them was good and he did well with the material given to him.
So it seems he will buy Charlie's house and, go out hunting for women with Alan and Jake will just fart and whatever. The same dynamic set it seems for better or worse, although it seems unlikely the show will be that much better. I don't really believe this show has changed that much because there seems to have been an attempt to change as little as possible and keep the same dumb formula going. It is after all what the fans of the show want and I'm pretty glad I'm not one of them.
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