So it has finally come to this. I only saw the finale only once when it aired on CBS 6 years ago and then again when I finally had every season of the show on DVD (including the Ashton Kutcher episodes). So I'm gonna make this sort of quick, simple, and somewhat sweet. When it was announced that the show was coming to an end I was both sad and excited at the same time. While I have seen the show for all of my life, there was only one question that I had in mind, and the question was, "Will Charlie Sheen return for the final episode?" Because if you don't know what I mean by that, allow me to elaborate.
Charlie Sheen was the original star of the show when it first started back in 2003. And he was the reason the show was really popular not only with CBS executives, but also with the ratings. But in 2011 things started to take an odd turn for the show. Sheen was then fired from the show and the series was at a screeching halt. When it was determined that Charlie Sheen would be fired from the show a lot of people were considered for the replacement character, but they decided to go with Ashton Kutcher as he carried on the show for its last four seasons.
So now let's talk about the finale and its pros and cons.
Pros: An interesting plot, the return of many characters from the series, and guest star appearances
The plot was that 4 years after the "death" of Charlie Harper, there are said to be some unclaimed royalties from when he was a jingle writer in the amount 2.5 million dollars (I know it's cheesy but what can you expect from something like that?). The money has already been claimed by an unknown person which makes Alan suspect that Charlie might not be dead and is still alive after all of these years.
Return of Many Characters: A finale wouldn't be a finale without some surprise returns and this finale had a lot of memorable returns. While it was great seeing Alan, Walden, Jenny, Evelyn, Rose, and Berta, we got to see other characters from the series like Judith (Alan's ex wife), Kandi (Alan's second ex wife), and some of Charlie's exes like Mia, Chelsea, and Ms. Pasternak. But the one return that really surprised me was the return of Jake Harper (Alan's son). Seriously, he returns as a full grown man as he started out on the show as a little kid. And one of the best was Arnold Schwarzenegger is Lt. Wagner trying to track down Charlie so that Walden & Alan are safe.
The cons: A wasted opportunity, a bunch of unnecessary jabs, and the truth.
So like I said earlier, everyone was wondering if Charlie Sheen was going to return for the final episode of the series and the result was that while his character did (only seen in the back view), the actor Charlie Sheen did not. They basically set him up all this time and you would think that would work out but no, it was all a big joke to all of the die hard fans who had watched from the very beginning of the series. There are however a few jabs at charlie around the finale. Some about his past mistakes when he was let go from the show, some about his past before the show, and a few about his short lived series, Anger Management. Chuck Lorre used this as an opportunity to take every jab at Charlie he can get his hands on. Though Chuck said he had a good reason for why we never got to see Sheen in the finale.
I personally wasn't pleased with how it ended and I wish it could've been done better. So Chuck, you didn't win, you lost big time!
Charlie Sheen was the original star of the show when it first started back in 2003. And he was the reason the show was really popular not only with CBS executives, but also with the ratings. But in 2011 things started to take an odd turn for the show. Sheen was then fired from the show and the series was at a screeching halt. When it was determined that Charlie Sheen would be fired from the show a lot of people were considered for the replacement character, but they decided to go with Ashton Kutcher as he carried on the show for its last four seasons.
So now let's talk about the finale and its pros and cons.
Pros: An interesting plot, the return of many characters from the series, and guest star appearances
The plot was that 4 years after the "death" of Charlie Harper, there are said to be some unclaimed royalties from when he was a jingle writer in the amount 2.5 million dollars (I know it's cheesy but what can you expect from something like that?). The money has already been claimed by an unknown person which makes Alan suspect that Charlie might not be dead and is still alive after all of these years.
Return of Many Characters: A finale wouldn't be a finale without some surprise returns and this finale had a lot of memorable returns. While it was great seeing Alan, Walden, Jenny, Evelyn, Rose, and Berta, we got to see other characters from the series like Judith (Alan's ex wife), Kandi (Alan's second ex wife), and some of Charlie's exes like Mia, Chelsea, and Ms. Pasternak. But the one return that really surprised me was the return of Jake Harper (Alan's son). Seriously, he returns as a full grown man as he started out on the show as a little kid. And one of the best was Arnold Schwarzenegger is Lt. Wagner trying to track down Charlie so that Walden & Alan are safe.
The cons: A wasted opportunity, a bunch of unnecessary jabs, and the truth.
So like I said earlier, everyone was wondering if Charlie Sheen was going to return for the final episode of the series and the result was that while his character did (only seen in the back view), the actor Charlie Sheen did not. They basically set him up all this time and you would think that would work out but no, it was all a big joke to all of the die hard fans who had watched from the very beginning of the series. There are however a few jabs at charlie around the finale. Some about his past mistakes when he was let go from the show, some about his past before the show, and a few about his short lived series, Anger Management. Chuck Lorre used this as an opportunity to take every jab at Charlie he can get his hands on. Though Chuck said he had a good reason for why we never got to see Sheen in the finale.
I personally wasn't pleased with how it ended and I wish it could've been done better. So Chuck, you didn't win, you lost big time!