'Two and a Half Men': Here's how the series finale of the sitcom ended
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
We鈥檒l tell you right now: Charlie Sheen did not appear on the series finale for 鈥淭wo and a Half Men.鈥�
But the possibility of the former star of the show appearing was teased for the entire episode, culminating in an unusual ending.聽
鈥淭wo鈥� aired its series finale on Feb. 19 after 12 seasons on the air. The show originally starred Sheen as womanizer Charlie Harper, 鈥淐ompany鈥� actor Jon Cryer as his brother Alan, and Angus T. Jones as Alan鈥檚 son Jake. Sheen left the show in 2011 and 鈥淛obs鈥� actor Ashton Kutcher joined the show the same year as Walden Schmidt, who buys Charlie and Alan鈥檚 house but later allows Alan to move in with him.
Jones left the show after the program鈥檚 tenth season and 鈥淗ouse鈥� actress Amber Tamblyn joined the show in the eleventh season as Charlie鈥檚 daughter.聽
In the show, Sheen鈥檚 departure was explained by the fact that his character Charlie had died in France. However, in the series finale, Charlie鈥檚 former fianc茅, Rose (Melanie Lynskey), explained that Charlie was in fact alive. Alan and Walden ask a policeman (guest star Arnold Schwarzenegger) to try to track Charlie down. The police say they found Charlie, but viewers then see that the person the police have is actually actor 海角大神 Slater. At the end of the episode, someone wearing Charlie鈥檚 usual outfit approaches Alan and Walden鈥檚 house, but a piano falls on the person. The camera then goes to 鈥淭wo鈥� creator Chuck Lorre, and a piano also falls on Lorre.
A vanity card at the end of the episode read, 鈥淚 know a lot of you might be disappointed that you didn鈥檛 get to see Charlie Sheen in tonight鈥檚 finale. For the record, he was offered a role.鈥�
Lorre spoke with about the series finale.
鈥淲e thought it would be impossible to do a finale that tried to be oblivious to the meta elements around the show, all the tabloid elements that have swirled around the show over the years,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here was no getting around it, and we also wanted to honor these last four years with Ashton [Kutcher] in a satisfying way. So there was a lot going on. But our primary concern at all times was let鈥檚 put on a funny show and not leave anything on the table.鈥�
