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== Overview ==
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The series revolved initially around the lives of the Harper brothers, Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), and Alan's son Jake ([[Angus T. Jones]]). Charlie is a [[bachelor]] who writes commercial [[jingle]]s for a living, while leading a [[hedonism|hedonistic]] lifestyle. When Alan's wife, Judith ([[Marin Hinkle]]), decides to divorce him, he moves into Charlie's [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] beach house, with Jake coming to stay over the weekends. Charlie's housekeeper is [[Berta (Two and a Half Men)|Berta]] ([[Conchata Ferrell]]), a [[Sardonicism|sardonic]] woman who initially resents the change to the household, but eventually accepts it. Charlie's one-night stand [[Rose (Two and a Half Men)|Rose]] ([[Melanie Lynskey]]) was first introduced as his [[Stalking|stalker]] in the [[Pilot (Two and a Half Men)|pilot episode]].

The first five seasons find Charlie in casual sexual misadventures with numerous women until the [[Two and a Half Men season 6|sixth season]], when he becomes engaged to Chelsea ([[Jennifer Taylor (actress)|Jennifer Taylor]]), but the relationship does not last, as Chelsea breaks off their engagement. Afterwards, Charlie flies to Paris with his stalker Rose in the show's [[That Darn Priest|''de facto'' eighth-season finale]]. However, in the [[Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt|ninth-season premiere]], Charlie is said to have died after he was struck by a [[Paris Métro|Paris subway train]]. Rose hints that she threw Charlie into the train's path after learning that he had cheated on her.

Alan's attitude and experiences are contrasted with Charlie's. Throughout the series, Alan deals with his son Jake's growing up and the aftermath of his bitter divorce, while having little success with women. His marriage to [[Kandi Harper|Kandi]] ([[April Bowlby]]) at the end of the [[Two and a Half Men season 3|third season]] was short-lived. In the [[Two and a Half Men season 4|fourth season]], Alan is back at the beach house paying [[alimony]] to two women out of his low earnings as a chiropractor. In the [[Two and a Half Men season 7|seventh season]], he begins a relationship with [[List of Two and a Half Men characters#Lyndsey McElroy|Lyndsey McElroy]] ([[Courtney Thorne-Smith]]), the mother of one of Jake's friends. Their relationship is temporarily suspended when Alan cheats on her and accidentally burns down her house, but the relationship is eventually resumed.

In the ninth-season premiere (after [[Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)#Reported death|Charlie's death]]), the beach house is sold to [[Walden Schmidt]] (Ashton Kutcher), an Internet billionaire going through a divorce from [[List of Two and a Half Men characters#Bridget Schmidt|Bridget]] ([[Judy Greer]]). Alan leaves to live with his mother [[Evelyn Harper|Evelyn]] ([[Holland Taylor]]) when the house is sold, but later Walden invites both Alan and Jake back to live in the beach house.

At the end of the ninth season, Jake joins the [[US Army]]; he appears occasionally during season 10, briefly dating Tammy ([[Jaime Pressly]]), who is 17 years his senior and has three kids, as well as Tammy's daughter Ashley ([[Emily Osment]]). In the 10th season, Walden proposes to his English girlfriend [[List of Two and a Half Men characters#Zoey Hyde-Tottingham-Pierce|Zoey]] ([[Sophie Winkleman]]), only to be turned down and discover she has another man. He becomes depressed. Meanwhile, Alan gets engaged to his girlfriend Lyndsey, while Judith leaves her second husband [[Herb Melnick]] ([[Ryan Stiles]]) (to whom she had been married since the fourth season) after he cheats on her with his receptionist (they later reconcile). Alan and Lyndsey's relationship of three years ends as she wants to move on. Rose returns and briefly dates Walden, later stalking him as she did to Charlie. Walden begins to date a poor but ambitious woman named [[List of Two and a Half Men characters#Kate|Kate]] ([[Brooke D'Orsay]]) and changes his name to [[Falcon (comics)|"Sam Wilson"]], pretending to be poor to find someone who wants him for him, not for his money. They later break up when he reveals who he really is, though Kate realizes that Walden's money helped her become a successful [[Fashion design|clothing designer]]. Jake announces he is being shipped to Japan for at least a year, so he and Alan go on a father-son bonding trip. Other than a cameo in the series finale, this is the last time Jake appears on the show, though verbal references are made to him.

In the 11th season, a young woman arrives at the beach house, announcing that she is Charlie Harper's biological daughter, Jenny ([[Amber Tamblyn]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homorazzi.com/article/two-and-a-half-men-lesbian-character-season-11-charlie-harpers-daughter/|title=Two and a Half Men lesbian character season 11, Charlie Harper's daughter|work=Homorazzi.com|access-date=July 1, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714031840/http://www.homorazzi.com/article/two-and-a-half-men-lesbian-character-season-11-charlie-harpers-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref> She moves in with Walden and Alan, and later displays many of Charlie's traits, including a love of women and [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]]. Lyndsey begins dating a man named Larry ([[D. B. Sweeney]]).  In an attempt to learn more about Larry, Alan takes on the pseudonym "Jeff Strongman". His double-life becomes complicated when "Jeff" begins dating Larry's sister, Gretchen ([[Kimberly Williams-Paisley]]).

In the 12th season, after a health scare, Walden decides to reprioritize his life by [[Adoption|adopting]] a baby. He realizes that the only way to do this is to be married, but does not know anyone who will marry him.  He asks Alan to marry him and pretend that they are a [[Same-sex relationship|gay couple]], thus ensuring success at adopting. Jenny moves out of the house, and moves in with Evelyn, due to Walden and Alan's preparing to adopt. They adopt a child, Louis (Edan Alexander), and subsequently divorce to pursue relationships with women. Alan proposes to Lyndsey a second time and she accepts, while Walden begins a relationship with Louis' social worker, Ms. McMartin ([[Maggie Lawson]]). Charlie is revealed to be alive, having been kept prisoner by Rose until escaping, but he is killed before he can reunite with Walden and Alan.
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