# What'll happen on "Two and a Half Men" this fall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203 "2011-07-07T16:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/21 "2011-07-08T23:56:22Z")
I’m not a huge fan of the series, but find it really hard to think there could be comedy around Charlie dying. I dunno how they would pull that off. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/22 "2011-07-09T00:49:55Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > One of the senarios I heard is that Charlie dies in a car accident and Alan is forced to sell the house, with Kutcher character being the guy who buys it. Kutcher takes pity on them and allows Alan and the kid to stay. That just sounds weird, even by sitcom standards. Maybe if Kutcher’s character is some kind of long lost relative or bastard love-child I could see it, but not if he was just some random stranger buying the house. I haven’t seen it, but didn’t the last episode filmed have Charlie going off somewhere with Rose? _That_ would have all sorts of implications if they kill Charlie off. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/23 "2011-07-09T13:28:15Z")
I would love to see Alan open Charlie’s bedroom door and find him hanging dead, a victim of auto erotic asphixiation. Serves him right. Since Jake is now obviously a full man, they should then find out that Charlie has a illegitmate eight year old son whose mother is dying, so they take him in to be the new 1/2 man. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/24 "2011-07-09T13:49:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I would love to see Alan open Charlie’s bedroom door and find him hanging dead, a victim of auto erotic asphixiation. Serves him right. > > Since Jake is now obviously a full man, they should then find out that Charlie has a illegitmate eight year old son whose mother is dying, so they take him in to be the new 1/2 man. So, with Kutcher, that’s . . . three-and-a-half men? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/25 "2011-07-09T13:52:05Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > So, with Kutcher, that’s . . . three-and-a-half men? Who needs Kurtcher? I think my idea is better. And Lorre should pay me one million dollars for it. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/26 "2011-07-09T16:38:32Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I’m not a huge fan of the series, but find it really hard to think there could be comedy around Charlie dying. I dunno how they would pull that off. They have had at least two episodes based around death. **Fish in a Drawer** Charlie and Alan’s new stepfather Teddy, played by Robert Wagner, is found dead in Charlie’s bedroom. At one point the CSI team scans the bedroom for semen stains and they are looking at the ceiling and Charlie says, “There’s a funny story about that.”. **The Devil’s Lube** This is set mostly at the funeral of an old friend of Charlie’s played by Emilio Estevez. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/27 "2011-07-09T16:41:05Z")
Not to mention the death of one of their many step-fathers. Jake lost his GameBoy in the casket. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/28 "2011-07-09T17:17:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not to mention the death of one of their many step-fathers. Jake lost his GameBoy in the casket. That episode was actually rather touching, if it’s the one where Charlie and Evelyn ended up being nice to each other. (I don’t remember if it was Teddy’s death or the other guy’s.) I still don’t think they should kill Charlie, but I guess they’ve done it on other sitcoms. Didn’t the dad die in _Good Times_? How about _Rhoda_? Didn’t her husband die? What did they do on _8 Simple Rules_ when John Ritter died? I never watched that one. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/29 "2011-07-09T17:36:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Jake lost his GameBoy in the casket. They need to teather that boy to his handhelds…there’s another episode where Jake’s oblivious to what’s going on around him, because he couldn’t find his GameBoy. (… OK, it’s Jake, he’d have been oblivious, anyway, but his missing GameBoy is what had his attention instead.) AuntiePam - Yes, James died on Good Times when John Amos left. But, no, they didn’t kill Joe off on Rhoda - he and Rhoda simply divorced, and most of the third season was about it. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/30 "2011-07-11T00:52:57Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > It will continue to suck ass. Wow. I sure didn’t expect any comments like this in here. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/31 "2011-07-11T14:59:23Z")
Up front: I am NOT a fan of Charlie Sheen or of the show. That said, it’s been a big hit, and Charlie Sheen was 90% of the reason for the show’s popularity. The millions of people who DO love the show weren’t tuning in because it was original or well written. For the most part, they watched because they liked Charlie Sheen. Hence, I don’t see the point of trying to continue the show without him. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/32 "2011-07-11T15:45:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not to mention the death of one of their many step-fathers. Jake lost his GameBoy in the casket. “Where’s the dead body?” “Jake, show some respect!” “Where’s the dead body, sir?” There was also an episode where Evelyn’s elderly lover died. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203/33 "2011-07-11T15:49:14Z")
Mike Conners (Mannix!), who dies after taking Viagra. Probably due to all the blood rushing to his other head. “It’s the biggest I’ve ever seen!” - Evelyn [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatll-happen-on-two-and-a-half-men-this-fall/588203.md?page=1)