SYNOPSIS: The Emmy-winning Season Four of TV?s #1 comedy starts with a shock (Alan?s getting divorced…again) and ends with a rock (the diamond Evelyn?s new boyfriend wants to put on her third finger, left hand). In between, Charlie Harper?s hip Malibu beach pad is the place for laughs, gorgeous girls, single parenthood, celebrity neighbors, family and more laughs. Charlie (Charlie Sheen) has a close encounter with his long- deceased dad. Alan (Jon Cryer), after a few resume embellishments, tries online dating. Jake (Angus T. Jones) swaps his Harry Potter posters for the joys of hottie wall art. Join the fun. Share the good life with everyone?s favorite men, men, men, men, manly men, men men.
SEASON REVIEW: I didn’t think it was possible, but the comedy has gotten even raunchier in the 4th season, and the subject matter is very mature. That being said, after you make sure the kids are in bed or out of ear shot, get ready for some of the most funny, laugh out loud comedy you’ve seen in a long time. This show does everything other sitcoms are to scared to do and talks about subjects that are usually a censor boards nightmare, but somehow they get away with it, and you’ll be glad they did, because these are some of the best jokes, one-liners and comebacks that I have heard in a long time. This series takes comedy to a whole new level, and it’s very refreshing to see how real they allow the show to be, and Season 4 has just raised the bar even higher for comedy, because now instead of a child, they have a teenager to work with, with all the hilarious awkwardness, nastiness and vulgarity a teenage male brings with him, but just under the line where it would be offensive. It’s just all in good fun and if you don’t take it too seriously, you’ll find you can’t help but laugh, in spite of yourself.
In this 4th season of the show, Jake is one year older and the comedy has grown with it’s character. He now is a lot wiser about the goings on with both Charlie and his dad, usually when it relates to sex, but he’s still as dumb as a tack when it comes to school, or just about anything else. Alan is now divorced, again, and dealing with all his insecurities of failing at a second marriage, so he’s now is even more neurotic, and wound up tighter than ever. Charlie, after having “dodged the bullet” with Mia, has become more degenerate, alcoholic ,promiscuous, and out of control than ever, both with the pain of losing the woman he loved and with his anger at Alan for returning to mooch off him again, after being the reason that he did not marry that woman. Of course their mother Evelyn is up to her usual antics and surgeries, Berta’s dry quick wit is as hilarious as ever, and Rose, the funny stalker, who, personally, is one of my favorite characters, does move away this season, much to my disappointment. Of course, though, it’s the women that go through the revolving door that is these 2 men’s lives that bring the most humor, and this season has plenty of real funny ones for both Alan and Charlie. The dynamic is now even funnier, and the more painful the subjects that these two and a half men deal with, the funnier the spins that are given to them , turning some otherwise heartbreaking situations into comedic genius.
Review By Helen