Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt

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"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" is the premiere of the ninth season of the comedy series "Two Half Men" and the first appearance of Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, "an internet billionaire with a broken heart ". This is the 178th episode of the show, and the first episode without former leader Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper. This episode was watched by 28,740,000 people on its original air date, making it the most watched episode by Two and Half Half .

This episode received mixed criticism from critics, mostly for poor player replacement and improvisation, although Sheen reportedly enjoyed the episode and praised Kutcher's performance.

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Plot

Taking where "It Darn Priest" left, it was revealed that Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) was dead, who had been killed in an accident, offscreen, while on a weekend getaway to Paris with Rose (Melanie Lynskey).

The episode opens with Alan (Jon Cryer) delivering a speech at Charlie's funeral. Some ex-girlfriend Charlie present, such as Mia, Courtney, Isabella, Chelsea and even Miss Pasternak (now played again by Missi Pyle). They denounce Alan as he tries to talk and Courtney (Jenny McCarthy) expressed anxiety about it instead of an open crate ceremony. Alan produces the pulpit for Rose, who reveals that Charlie proposed to her in Paris. A few days later, however, Rose catches her in the bathroom with another woman, something everyone mutters Charlie to do while Berta (Conchata Ferrell) announces the thought with a laugh. Rose then goes on to explain she forgives him and is very sad when Charlie "accidentally" falls in front of the train that moves the next day. Alan suspects that Rose may have something to do with Charlie's death, but remains silent while Berta silently declares "Never cross a mad woman" and Jake (Angus T. Jones) claims he is hungry after hearing a dreadful yet curiously intriguing description of how Charlie's body was destroyed (describing it as a "meat-filled balloon").

Finding that Charlie's house has three mortgages and that Alan can not afford the payment, Evelyn (Holland Taylor) puts the house up for sale. Some people are considering buying a house, but ultimately decide to refuse it for one reason or another. First, John Stamos (appearing as himself), decides not to do so because he says that the place has bad memories. One bad memory includes John and Charlie having sex with a prostitute at home one night; when the whore fainted, they kept walking because Charlie said to. Second, the house was not bought by Dharma & amp; Greg (Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson), who decided against it because Greg said it was not "practical" and that the travel center would "kill" him. Some time later, Alan receives the remains of Charlie's cremation, and shares a heartfelt good-bye with his deceased brother, telling him how much he loves her and will really miss her. Given the impossibility of fulfilling Charlie's desire to get his ashes swallowed by Pamela Anderson (he also refused to take her to live in Evelyn's, claiming "That's how horror movies start"), Alan decides to sprinkle the remains on the beach. When he goes to do so, he is shocked by a young man (Ashton Kutcher) standing on deck, causing him to spill Charlie's ashes all over the living room. Berta quipped his classic phrase, "I did not clean it up."

The stranger requested to use the phone, and revealed that he tried to commit suicide because his wife had left him. After calling his wife and being rejected again, the stranger introduced himself to Alan as Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who made his money selling to Microsoft. After Walden asked for a dive suit so he could try to drown himself again, Alan offered to take him to the Pavlov bar. Both took a pair of sympathetic women to Walden. The four return to Charlie's house, which is now Alan, where Alan offers to make a drink. As she leaves, the two women lead Walden upstairs where they have sex with her in Charlie's room, leaving Alan downstairs and alone. Upset, Alan says Charlie's ashes (which are in Black & Decker DustBuster) to shut up for irony and put them in the trash. The next morning, Walden naked goes to the kitchen, meets Berta, who is impressed by his waqf and tells Alan what happened the night before. Walden also announced his intention to buy a house. When Judith (Marin Hinkle) came to release Jake on the weekend, they walked on Walden to hug Alan out of gratitude for his friendship. Judith says, "I like her." and then the episode ends with a message "To be continue".

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Production

The episode was written by the regular Chuck Lorre series, Lee Aronsohn, Eddie Gorodetsky, and Jim Patterson, directed by the regular series of James Widdoes, and recorded on August 5, 2011 to a full and enthusiastic audience, shortly after the conclusion of the eighth season production, in February because of Sheen's comments about Lorre.

Kutcher was announced as a substitute for Sheen for the series on May 13, 2011, after Sheen was fired on March 7, 2011. This is the second sitcom Kutcher has starred, after his debut role in his career at '70s Show , which started the season sixth when Two and Half Men aired in 2003.

Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson modeled their roles as Dharma and Greg Montgomery for the first time in nearly a decade. Elfman previously played a different character on Two and Half Men . However, Elfman and Gibson are only credited as an unnamed couple. This couple's chemistry feels darker than in Dharma & amp; Greg , with a Gibson character who makes satire about divorce and suicide. Elfman and Gibson co-star, Joel Murray, guest star as a mail delivery man in the episode.

This is the first episode on the show to display full nudity (though censored by pixelation). Chuck Lorre Productions dresser is only a picture of three cans, but one of them is placed on italics.

Denise Richards reportedly turned down the opportunity to appear in the episode in honor of Sheen.

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Reception

Ratings

With 28.74 million viewers in its original view, this episode was the most watched in show history. It scored a rating of 10.7/25 in the 18-49 age group. At one point, the audience reached 31 million viewers with a rating of 11.4/26. Including the DVR rating, which added 4.09 million viewers, this episode was watched by a total of 32.83 million viewers rated 12.5 18-49. In Canada, the event is watched by about 5 million viewers, with 6.7 million watching in part. In Australia, the event was watched by an average of 2.3 million viewers in five major cities, peaking at 2.6 million, giving the highest ratings for episodes aired in Australia. It was also the most watched show on Australian television that night, beating the third drama placed Rated to Rafters by 655,000 viewers. In the UK, this episode airs on September 20th on the Comedy Central digital channel and brings a total of 803,000 viewers, the most watched program in the channel's history.

Critical reception

This episode received mixed reviews from many critics. Tim Goodman from The Hollywood Reporter noted; "I do not know if Kutcher went for an empty, naive, nerdy, or very stupid (for a billionaire character), because I will never watch this show with the option again." However, he believes Sheen will be the last laugh because "her new show - if that ever happened - will be funnier than 22 minutes without a laugh from last night." Richard Lawson of Gawker Media was unhappy with how the show was dealt with the death/funeral of Charlie Harper and the introduction of Walden Schmidt in one episode. Lawson notes that Kutcher "should fit in fine", but viewers will still miss his "fingers-in-the-brin-of-forgotten" Sheen "equips the show" joke titles and dick jokes and fart jokes occasionally spiced by jokes delivered by a very non-sexual female character. "Lori Rackl of Chicago Sun-Times gave the episode a positive review, stating," Filling in the void left by established characters is not easy, but Kutcher works most ".

Charlie Sheen's reaction

Sheen watched the episode and was very pleased. He reportedly felt Charlie Harper's funeral was "scary but fun". Sheen also feels that disclosure of Kutcher's character in his own character's ash cloud is great fun.