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Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt
"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt "
Schmidt" former lead Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper. The episode
was watched by 28.74 million people on its original air
Two and a Half Men episode date.[2][3]
Plot
Charlie Harper unexpectedly dies, offscreen, while on his
weekend getaway to Paris with Rose.
The episode opens with Alan (Jon Cryer) delivering
the eulogy at Charlie’s funeral. Several of Charlie’s ex-
girlfriends are in attendance, such as Mia, Courtney, Is-
abella, and Chelsea, among others. They heckle him while
Alan attempts to speak, Courtney (Jenny McCarthy) ex-
presses dismay about it not being an open-casket cere-
Ashton Kutcher first appears alongside Jon Cryer
mony. Alan yields the pulpit to Rose (Melanie Lynskey),
Episode Season 9 who reveals that Charlie proposed to her in Paris. A few
no. Episode 1 days later, however, Rose caught him in the shower with
Directed James Widdoes another woman, something everyone murmurs Charlie
by would do while Berta announces the thought with a
laugh. Rose then goes on to explain she forgave him and
Written by Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn, Eddie
was greatly saddened when Charlie "accidentally" fell in
Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson
front of a moving train the following day. Alan suspects
Original air September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19) that Rose might have had something to do with Charlie’s
date death, but keeps silent while Berta quietly states "Never
Guest stars cross a crazy woman".
Discovering that Charlie’s house has three mortgages
Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery
and that Alan is unable to afford the payments, Evelyn
Thomas Gibson as Greg Montgomery
John Stamos as himself (Holland Taylor) puts the house up for sale. Several peo-
Tricia Helfer as Gail ple consider buying the house, but eventually decide
Katherine LaNasa as Lydia against it for one reason or another. First, John Stamos
Jenny McCarthy as Courtney (appearing as himself), decides against it because he said
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Isabella
that the place has bad memories. One bad memory in-
Missi Pyle as Miss Pasternak
Jeri Ryan as Sherri cludes John and Charlie having sex with a prostitute in
Jennifer Bini Taylor as Chelsea the house one night; when the prostitute passed out, they
Liz Vassey as Michelle kept going because Charlie said to. Second, the house is
Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia not purchased by Dharma & Greg Montgomery (Jenna
Martin Mull as Russell
Elfman and Thomas Gibson[4]), who decide against it be-
Joel Murray as Delivery Man
cause Greg said it was not "practical" and that the com-
Episode chronology mute downtown would "kill" him. Some time later, Alan
receives Charlie’s cremated remains, and shares a heart-
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he loves him and will truly miss him. Given the impossi-
Two and a Half Men (season 9) bility of fulfilling Charlie’s wish to have his ashes be swal-
List of Two and a Half Men episodes lowed by Pamela Anderson, Alan decides to sprinkle the
remains on the beach. As he goes to do so, he is startled
"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" is the ninth season by a young man (Ashton Kutcher) standing on the deck,
premiere of the comedy series Two and a Half Men and the causing him to spill Charlie’s ashes all over the living
first appearance of Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, room, then Berta (Conchata Ferrell) says "I ain’t cleanin’
"an internet billionaire with a broken heart".[1] It is the him up."
178th episode of the show, and the first episode without
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The stranger asks to use the phone, and reveals that
he was attempting to drown himself in the ocean because
Reception
his wife had left him. After phoning his wife and being With 28.74 million viewers in its original airing, the
rejected again, the stranger introduces himself to Alan as episode was the most watched in the history of the show.
Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who made his money by It scored a 10.7/25 rating/share in the 18-49 age group.[9]
selling out to Microsoft. After Walden asks for a wetsuit At one point, the audience peaked at 31 million viewers
so that he can try to drown himself again, Alan offers with a 11.4/26 rating/share. In Canada, the show was
to take him to a bar. The two pick up a pair of women watched by approximately 5 million viewers, with 6.7
who are sympathetic towards Walden. The four return to million watching some of it.[10] In Australia, the show
Charlie’s house, which is now Alan’s, where Alan offers was watched by an average of 2.3 million viewers in the
to make drinks. While he is away, the two women lead five major capital cities, peaking at 2.6 million, which
Walden upstairs where they have sex with him in Char- gave the show its highest ever ratings figure for an
lie’s room, leaving Alan downstairs and alone. Annoyed, episode broadcast in Australia. It was also the most
Alan tells Charlie’s ashes (which are in a dustbuster) to watched show on Australian television that night, beat-
shut up because of the irony and puts them in the ing third placed drama hit Packed to the Rafters by 655,000
garbage. The next morning, a naked Walden goes into viewers.[11] In the United Kingdom, the episode aired on
the kitchen, meets Berta, who is impressed by his look September 20 on digital channel Comedy Central and
and tells Alan about what happened the night before. brought in a total of 803,000 viewers, the most watched
Walden also announces his intent to buy the house. As programme in the channel’s history.[12]
Judith (Marin Hinkle) comes by to drop Jake (Angus T. The episode received mixed reviews from numerous
Jones) off for the weekend, they walk in on Walden hug- critics. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter couldn’t
ging Alan out of gratitude for his friendship. Judith says quite figure out Kutcher’s character, noting; "I couldn’t
"I like him." and then the episode ends with a "To be con- quite figure out if Kutcher was going for vacant, naïve,
tinued" message. nerdy or astonishingly dumb (for a character who is a
billionaire), because I’ll never watch this show by choice
again." However, he believes Sheen would have the last
Production laugh given "his new show – if it ever happens – will
This episode was written by series regulars Chuck Lorre, be exponentially funnier than the laugh-free 22 minutes
Lee Aronsohn, Eddie Gorodetsky, and Jim Patterson, di- from last night."[13] Richard Lawson of Gawker Media
rected by series regular James Widdoes, and was taped was displeased with how the show dealt with both Char-
in August 5, 2011 to a full and enthusiastic audience, lie Harper’s death/funeral and the introduction of
long after the conclusion of the eighth production sea- Walden Schmidt in one episode. Lawson noted that
son, which was put to an end in February because of Kutcher "ought to fit in just fine", but that viewers would
Sheen’s comments on Lorre. still miss Sheen’s "teetering-on-the-brink-of-oblivion
Kutcher was announced as Charlie Sheen’s replace- verve" complementing the show’s "tit jokes and dick
ment for the series on May 13, 2011, after Sheen was fired jokes and fart jokes occasionally peppered by quips deliv-
on March 7, 2011.[5] This is the second sitcom Kutcher has ered by determinedly non-sexual women characters".[14]
starred in, after his career-debut role in That ’70s Show, Lori Rackl of Chicago Sun-Times gave the episode a positive
which was beginning its sixth season when Two and a Half review, stating, "Filling the void left by a well established
Men premiered in 2003. character isn’t easy, but Kutcher mostly succeeded".[15]
Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson reprised their roles Sheen watched the episode and was extremely
as Dharma and Greg Montgomery for the first time in pleased.[16] He reportedly felt Charlie Harper’s funeral
nearly a decade. Elfman previously played a different was "eerie but fun," and felt the reveal of Kutcher’s char-
character on Two and a Half Men. However, Elfman and acter in a cloud of Harper’s ashes was particularly enjoy-
Gibson were only credited as an unnamed couple. The able.[17]
couple’s chemistry is noticeably darker than in Dharma &
Greg, with Gibson’s character making sarcastic mentions
of divorce and suicide.[6][7]
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