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Television's #1 comedy, Two and a Half Men has recently
been renewed for three more seasons on CBS. Critics may
hate the show, but audiences continue to come back for more
every Monday night at 9pm, and even every weeknight and
weekend in syndication. The series takes a page from The
Odd Couple, as it follows the relationship between brothers
of polar opposites: devil-may-care womanizer Charlie (Charile
Sheen) and strict-laced Alan (Jon Cryer), divorced dad of
Jake (Angus T. Jones). ***
The show's fifth 19-episode season includes Jake starting
junior high, as Charlie almost enters the possibility of
another long-term relationship with a judge (Ming-Na, ER)
-- and begins to confront his bad-boy ways with the help
of a shrink as well as his feelings for ex-stalker Rose.
Alan and Charlie almost come to blows when they fight about
Alan's role of the house, leading him and Jake to move in
with their mother Evelyn (Holland Taylor) and father-in-law
Teddy (Robert Wagner), who tries to back them together.
***
Two and a Half Men was nominated this season for six
Emmys: including Outstanding Comedy Series and nominations
for Sheen for Lead Actor (Comedy), and Cryer and Taylor
for Supporting Actor and Actress (Comedy). Television's
#1 comedy had a crossover with Television's #1 show CSI.
In the first half on Two and a Half Men, it looks as apparently
Teddy died of a heart attack -- and Evelyn's the suspect.
But remember: people may lie, but the evidence doesn't.
The second half concluded on CSI (available on this DVD),
as Grissom investigates the murder of a sitcom star (Katey
Sagal, Sons of Anarchy). ***
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