Charlie wants to impress an old girlfriend (played by real life wife at the time, Denise Richards). He invites her to a family Thanksgiving with his newly separated brother, Alan; his nephew Jake; his former sister in law Judith; his mother; and Judith's parents. Evelyn is in rare form as she outs Judith to her shocked parents. Rose stops by and Berta is well paid to work on Thanksgiving when she can be with her relatives. All Charlie wants is to make a good impression on his ex girlfriend who wants to believe Charlie has changed. Everybody is in rare form around this family gathering holiday. At the time, Charlie and Denise were married in real life. It is a memorable holiday episode.
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Who says Thanksgiving should be traditional?
callanvass31 January 2014
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Charlie wants to go to Vegas for Thanksgiving, but Alan wants to be traditional. Charlie learns that his ex Lisa (Denise Richards) , is around and meets for coffee with her. Charlie wants her back, but she's getting married. Charlie manages to manipulate Lisa into coming over for Thanksgiving, so he can impress her and convince her to come back to him. Charlie goes as far as to invite his mom, Alan's ex Judith, Judith's parents and Jake himself. Even Rose decides to come over. The night turns out to be a disaster. Charlie's Mom accidentally drops a bombshell to Judith's parents that Judith is a lesbian and nothing goes right on the night. This was one of the very first episodes that had a bit of serious drama in it. I thought Charlie Sheen & Denise Richards did very well together in their collaborative effort. What's interesting about this, is they are well-known for being married in real life. Their chemistry shows. This one has many laughs and I think quite a few of us have tried to do everything possible to convince someone you love or like to come back to you. Fans of this show should enjoy it. It's very entertaining
8/10
8/10
The family at the same time close and uncoordinated
salgonjulien4213 April 2013
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This tenth episode is clearly imperative as one of the best episodes of this first season of a very good level. He(it) takes for theme the classic episode on Thanksgiving. Except that here naturally nothing is classic. Charlie gathers(combines) all his(her) family to retie with Lisa, one of his(her) ex, played by the attractive Denise Richards. The episode distinguishes itself by its dialogs which remain almost constantly excellent with always this pricking, cruel and ironic humor. We are also entitled to a cult scene(stage): the scene(stage) of the dinner with the speech of each of the protagonists all very hilarious and who reflect perfectly the personality of each. Mention(distinction) special to Rose with her very moved side. In a surprising way Charlie is charming toward the end because he(it) in the air(sight) for once a little near sincere. In any case here is a very good episode where everything the characters are good balanced and used. An episode which we see again(revise) with pleasure several times.
Right on
shefchenko15 November 2020
Not so merry thanksgiving
studioAT10 March 2017
First series of shows are all about development and both the cast and writers finding out what does/doesn't work. And because of that the first series is normally a bit uneven. This is the case with 'Two and a Half Men'.
There's nothing hugely wrong with this episode. It has it's moments, but it never really gets going. Once we're over the very long pre-title sequence we then seem to jump to quite an embarrassing finale. Lots of characters are underused and seeing as they were married at the time the scenes between Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards feel strained.
This episode is still miles away better than anything it produced in later years though.
There's nothing hugely wrong with this episode. It has it's moments, but it never really gets going. Once we're over the very long pre-title sequence we then seem to jump to quite an embarrassing finale. Lots of characters are underused and seeing as they were married at the time the scenes between Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards feel strained.
This episode is still miles away better than anything it produced in later years though.
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