Two and a Half Men / Season 8
| Season 8 of Two and a Half Men | |||
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| Original title | Two and a Half Men - Season 8 | ||
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| Episodes | 16 | ||
| Country of production |
 United States
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| First broadcast | September 20, 2010 - February 14, 2011 on CBS | ||
| German-language first broadcast |
August 27, 2011 - December 13, 2011 on ORF eins + ProSieben | ||
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The eighth season of the US sitcom Two and a Half Men celebrated its premiere on 20 September 2010 at the transmitter CBS . The German-language first broadcast of the first 13 episodes was from August 27 to November 19, 2011 on the Austrian free TV channel ORF eins . The remaining episodes were first broadcast on ProSieben between November 29 and December 13, 2011 .
In German-speaking countries, the first season was broadcast under the title "My cooler Onkel Charlie" . From the second season the original American title was used and the German title was added as an addition: Two and a Half Men - Mein cooler Unkel Charlie .
On January 31, 2011, CBS, Warner TV and Two and a Half Men developer Chuck Lorre initially announced a break in filming of the eighth season of indefinite length. The reason given was Charlie Sheen's rehab at the time after his last excesses. Filming should resume on February 28, 2011. On February 24, 2011, there was a falling out between Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre over interviews in which Sheen Lorre severely attacked. Filming was then stopped by the broadcaster and the eighth season ended.
actor
main actor
| Role name | actor | Voice actor |
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| Charles "Charlie" Francis Harper | Charlie Sheen | Benjamin Völz |
| Dr. Alan Jerome Harper | Jon Cryer | Viktor Neumann |
| Jacob "Jake" David Harper | Angus T. Jones | Adrian Kilian |
| Evelyn Harper | Holland Taylor | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif |
| Judith Melnick (formerly Harper) | Marin Hinkle | Christin Marquitan |
| Berta | Conchata Ferrell | Regina Lemnitz |
supporting cast
| Role name | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lyndsey McElroy | Courtney Thorne-Smith | Claudia Kleiber |
| Eldridge McElroy | Graham Patrick Martin | Constantin von Jascheroff |
| Dr. Herb Melnick | Ryan Stiles | Oliver Siebeck |
| rose | Melanie Lynskey | Cathlen Gawlich |
| Melissa | Kelly Stables | Sonja Spuhl |
| Courtney | Jenny McCarthy | Victoria Storm |
Episodes
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A / D) | Director | script | D quotas | A quotas |
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| 162 | 1 | Tube cream | Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud | Sep 20 2010 | 27 Aug 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Acting: Don Foster , Jim Patterson & Eddie Gorodetsky |
2.14 million | - |
| Alan continues to have a relationship with Lyndsey without telling his son about it. When he comes home one morning, he and Charlie watch two girls come out of Jake's room. When he confronts Jake about it , Jake claims that the two wanted to surf and that he let them stay with him for the night. When Alan is back at Lyndsey's, Jake sees him leaving the house and Jake moves in with his mother. Charlie gives up drinking, which for him does not mean giving up beer or wine. | |||||||||
| 163 | 2 | A bottle of wine and a jackhammer | A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer | 27 Sep 2010 | 3rd Sep 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Susan Beavers Acting: Don Foster, Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson |
2.09 million | 137,000 |
| Lyndsey asks Alan if he wants to move in with her, after which he asks for some time to think it over. When Charlie learns that there is a possibility that Alan will move out, he tries to make his old home as uncomfortable as possible by putting a parrot in his room or keeping him company in the shower. When Alan's move only depends on whether Jake and Eldridge agree, he gives the two of them $ 500 so that they don't object to their parents moving in together. While Alan is on his way to see Lyndsey, he meets Melissa in a wine shop, with whom he dated for a long time and for whom he still has feelings, and takes her to his old room with Charlie. | |||||||||
| 164 | 3 | fire and flame | A pudding-filled cactus | Oct 4, 2010 | Sep 10 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & David Richardson Acting: Don Foster, Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers |
1.92 million | 124,000 |
| Even though Alan has now officially moved in with Lyndsey, he is still cheating on her with Melissa. The two Alans use Charlie's old room for two hours with Melissa. Since he now sleeps with two women at the same time, Alan quickly gets into trouble with potency and now and then even fakes his orgasm. Since Charlie wants to prevent Alan from moving in with him at all costs, he persuades Alan to break up with Melissa and finally move in with Lyndsey. When Alan and Lyndsey finally live together, Alan sets off a fire by putting down a pipe that destroys Lyndsey's house. Since the four of them don't know where to go, they soon stand at Charlie's door. | |||||||||
| 165 | 4th | Hookers, hookers, hookers | Hookers, hookers, hookers | Oct 11, 2010 | 17 Sep 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Don Foster, Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers Acting: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Jim Patterson |
2.53 million | 158,000 |
| After Alan accidentally burned down his girlfriend Lyndsey's house, the two moved back in with Charlie with their sons. Charlie, who refuses to admit that Alan is living with him again, drives the two of them to the burned down house the next morning to look at the damage. When he gets home in the evening, he wants to order a hooker and finds out that he forgot his cell phone in the ruin. To get his cell phone back, he drives back to the burned down house, where he meets Lyndsey's ex-husband and talks to him. Herb, the pizza delivery company Gordon and Alan join the small group of men. When Lyndsey comes to pick Alan up, she meets her ex-husband, Chris, who she still has feelings for, and goes out for a drink with him. | |||||||||
| 166 | 5 | The mummy strikes back | The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel | Oct 18, 2010 | Sep 24 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Don Foster Acting: Eddie Gorodetsky, Susan Beavers & Jim Patterson |
2.03 million | 126,000 |
| Charlie got a big check for his jingles and tells Alan he is flying to Las Vegas but places himself in the care of a plastic surgeon. Because Alan's folding bed is jammed, he decides to sleep in Charlie's bed while Charlie is not at home. In Charlie's room, he discovers many beautiful things, such as an envelope with money or duvet covers made of Egyptian cotton. With the money Charlie found, Alan went to the nearest bar and served a round of drinks, which earned him the sympathy of many women. In the bar, Alan, who pretends to be Charlie, meets Gretchen and takes her to "his" beach house. When Gretchen explains to Alan that she has been with Charlie before, Alan tells her the truth and the two end up in bed together, where they play strange role-playing games. Meanwhile, Charlie comes back from his stay at the beauty clinic and pretends to have been beaten up in Las Vegas, which Alan sees through, however, because Evelyn has already told him about Charlie's stay at the beauty clinic. | |||||||||
| 167 | 6th | Superficial, vain and shallow | Twanging Your Magic Clanger | Oct 25, 2010 | Oct 1, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Lee Aronsohn & Don Foster Acting: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson |
2.31 million | 160,000 |
| Charlie is with an older woman, whose age he refuses to admit and which he even considers as a reason for separation. When he meets her 20-year-old daughter, who fits more into his prey scheme, he separates from her for the time being so as not to accidentally cheat on her with her daughter. When Michelle's daughter incidentally notices that she is not into older guys at all, Charlie decides to have a relationship with Michelle, and the two get back together. Alan, meanwhile, is bored and doesn't miss any opportunity to satisfy himself. | |||||||||
| 168 | 7th | Crazy women | The Crazy Bitch Gazette | Nov 1, 2010 | Oct 8, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Acting: Don Foster, Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson |
2.32 million | 172,000 |
| Charlie goes to a restaurant with his new girlfriend Michelle and is surprised by his brother and mother, who sit down with the two of them. After seeing Charlie's relationship with his family, Michelle is surprised that she still wants to date him. Even after Michelle has met his nephew Jake and his housekeeper Berta, she still wants to meet him. When Michelle is talking to Charlie and explaining to him that everyone carries their package and that you have to put up with your partner's package, another part of Charlie's package comes in the form of Rose. When Michelle realizes that Charlie still cares for Rose, she breaks up with him. | |||||||||
| 169 | 8th | Cloud storm on a stick | Springtime on a stick | Nov 8, 2010 | Oct 15, 2011 | James Widdoes | Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson | 2.17 million | 168,000 |
| Charlie comes back from a "date experience" and disturbs Jake, who is watching a movie with his girlfriend. The next morning, Charlie is woken up by Alan who needs a signature for Evelyn's birthday card. After Alan and Jake have brought the card and a present to Evelyn, the two want to leave her alone again. In order to get revenge on Charlie for his messed up date, Jake persuades his father to take Evelyn to dinner with Charlie. After Alan has delivered his son to Judith, he drives to Charlie's house with his mother. Since the three do not want to talk to each other, they watch television until there are no more olives for a martini and the three go out together to go shopping. Since Evelyn still needs a few women's products, the three of them stop at Russell's pharmacy on the way and invite him to Evelyn's "birthday party" after the successful purchase. Since Russel doesn't understand that Charlie and Alan want to pair him up with their mother, he brings a date with him, which doesn't really improve the mood at the party. When Evelyn disappears to the toilet for a moment to recover, Russell's date follows her, and the two women amuse themselves alone and shortly afterwards disappear without a male company. | |||||||||
| 170 | 9 | Nice hours in Central Africa | A Good Time In Central Africa | Nov 15, 2010 | Oct 22, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Don Reo Acting: Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson |
1.99 million | 196,000 |
| Berta goes to a family celebration for a few days and lets her friend Esmeralda stand in to replace her. Since Esmeralda really likes her job, Charlie is quickly enthusiastic about her, even if he cannot communicate with her because she only speaks Spanish. When Berta returns from her family celebration, Charlie has to choose between the two and chooses Berta with a heavy heart. Meanwhile, Alan reunites with Lyndsey and is then persecuted and threatened by her ex-husband. When Alan talks to Lyndsey about her ex-husband's behavior, she appeases Alan, claiming that Chris only talks and never does anything. Alan doesn't believe Lyndsey, however, and lives in fear of Chris and tries to barricade himself at home. | |||||||||
| 171 | 10 | The Japanese rain goggles | Ow, Ow, Don't Stop | Nov 22, 2010 | Oct 29, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Acting: Susan Beavers, Don Reo & David Richardson |
2.05 million | 154,000 |
| Charlie's ex-girlfriend Courtney has been released early from prison and runs off to Las Vegas with Charlie for three days . When the two return home, Alan has concerns about Charlie's relationship with his ex-lover, but Charlie doesn't care about Courtney's past and he doesn't want to do without "Japanese rain goggles". As Courtney spends more and more of Charlie's money, Alan seeks support from his mother, who, however, does not want to interfere in Charlie's life. When Charlie runs into his closed balcony door and injures himself on the broken pieces so that he has to go to the hospital, he realizes that Courtney is not good for him after all and tells Alan that he doesn't want to see her anymore. But when she comes into his room and kisses him, Charlie's concerns are forgotten again. | |||||||||
| 172 | 11 | Dead from the waist down | Dead From the Waist Down | Dec 6, 2010 | Nov 5, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Susan Beavers, David Richardson & Don Reo Acting: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn |
2.11 million | 175,000 |
| Alan's friend Lyndsey has a birthday, and Alan wants to give her a nice present without having the change. In order to get enough money for a present, Alan offers massages in the shopping center and after some overtime he manages to get enough money. For the money from his hard work, he buys what appears to be a pearl necklace from a parking lot dealer, but it turns out to be a peppermint chain. Since Alan cannot see any other way, he steals a pair of diamond earrings from his ex-wife, which she never wore, whereupon he is plagued by a guilty conscience, but finally has a present for Lyndsey. | |||||||||
| 173 | 12 | The man with no friends | Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead | Dec 13, 2010 | Nov 12, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre Acting: Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson |
2.24 million | 143,000 |
| Charlie and his girlfriend Courtney are arguing in bed and Charlie realizes that he no longer feels anything for them. Then they split up. Nevertheless, this makes Charlie sad and he doesn't know what to do with himself and feels lonely. So he begins to get drunk in a bar, where he complains to a strange woman of his suffering. Then he shows up drunk at Jake's party. Jake's mother, Judith, throws him out and recommends that he seek help. So once again he is sitting on Dr. Freeman's couch, who quickly discovers in conversation that Charlie doesn't have a single boyfriend, but has many female acquaintances who are all about sex. And he has Alan, with whom he then cries again drunk. | |||||||||
| 174 | 13 | Skunk, ketchup and dog poop | Skunk, Dog Crap And Ketchup | Jan. 3, 2011 | Nov 19, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Alissa Neubauer Acting: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn, Don Reo & David Richardson |
2.33 million | 172,000 |
| Lyndsey cannot sleep because of childhood trauma to Alan . She gets up again and meets Charlie in the living room, who is studying sports betting . She gives him recommendations, Charlie is surprised that she knows so well. Lyndsey admits that she once worked as a bookmaker , but asks Alan not to reveal anything. The following morning, Charlie asks Lyndsey in riddles for a tip on a bet, but Alan has the feeling that something is going on between the two.
Alan visits Lyndsey at her new house, she gives him a key so he can come to visit anytime. But he starts to get neurotic and accuses her of having a relationship with Charlie. So she takes the key away from him and throws it out. Alan doesn't want to come to their housewarming party, but afterwards sneaks around the house anyway and sees through the window how Charlie is talking to Lyndsey excitedly. Then a skunk gets in his way and splatters him. Herb tries to help, but only makes things worse. When he appears at Lyndsey's door, he embarrasses himself to the bone. |
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| 175 | 14th | The human volcano | Lookin 'For Japanese Subs | Jan. 17, 2011 | Nov 29, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Acting: Eddie Gorodetsky, Susan Beavers & Jim Patterson |
2.29 million | 142,000 |
| A few months have passed since Rose and “Manni” got married. By chance Charlie meets Rose in the supermarket, she tells him how happy she is and that they are living in the beach house again. Rose doesn't want Chalie to visit her and her "husband". Alan gets Charlie to admit that he still loves Rose. Charlie then goes by Rose anyway, but she rejects him. On the second attempt, Rose agrees to a visit because "Manni" has to leave again. Charlie confesses his love to her and they end up in bed together.
Meanwhile, Jake and Eldridge try to produce stunt scenes like in Jackass themselves. Because of this, they get into a heated argument with Alan. The two of them make him angry because they turn every word he says into a sexual innuendo. All stunt attempts literally fail. |
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| 176 | 15th | Still and stiff | Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak | Feb 7, 2011 | Dec 6, 2011 | James Widdoes | Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson | - | 166,000 |
| Charlie continues to meet with Rose and still doesn't know that "Manni" is just a mannequin . Pizza delivery boy Gordon tells Charlie that he, too, was with Rose once and that she wanted him like Charlie during that time: dressed in bowling shirts, shorts and the same scotch to drink. Later Gordon has to deliver a pizza to Rose, "Manni" is sitting on the sofa and slowly it dawns on him that Rose has only acted out her wedding because "Manni Quinn" means nothing else than "Mannequin". He hints at Charlie, but Charlie doesn't figure it out on his own.
Alan wants to advertise his practice because an old fellow student has great success with it, but needs money to do it. He persuades Charlie to invest, which Charlie does. After that he also takes money from his mother and Herb. Since Charlie doesn't think that he really needs the money for the practice, he demands his share back and promptly receives it with interest. So surprised, he immediately invests it again. Berta also participates now, and then his mother and Judith (with Herbs money) want to invest the borrowed money again. This is how Alan's pyramid scheme works until his guilty conscience catches up with him. |
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| 177 | 16 | Your husband is a doll | That Darn Priest | Feb 14, 2011 | Dec 13, 2011 | James Widdoes | Synopsis: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Acting: Susan Beavers, David Richardson & Don Reo |
2.50 million | - |
| Alan says that he can solve his money problem by making a confession in the church, but the pastor makes it clear to him that his pyramid scheme is not allowed and that the only solution is to repay everyone. Because he does not receive absolution , he leaves again with the remark that he is trying another church. When he tries to explain to Charlie that he is broke, the latter tells him that Rose also wants to get into the business. Alan's evil side prevails and he lies his way out of the affair. Shortly thereafter, Rose exposes his game and threatens to tell the others everything. Alan visits Rose and tries to blackmail her into telling "Manni" all about her affair with Charlie. Alan sees a bird pulling at the doll's hair. Now he knows Rose's secret and she suggests a counter-deal to give him as much money as he needs to repay his debts. But Alan turns down the offer. Shortly afterwards, Berta demands her money back because two of her granddaughters are pregnant. Alan now has no choice but to enter into the deal with Rose.
Meanwhile, Charlie has invited Rose to a weekend in Paris because there is a Disneyland where wine is served. As they get ready for the trip, Rose tells Charlie that her "husband" is at a fashion show in New York. Then she realizes that she left her raincoat in the bedroom. Charlie offers to get him and Rose says that she will be exposed. Charlie opens the closet and sees the mannequin, but he only tells himself that 'Manni took his work home', takes the raincoat and goes back downstairs. |
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DVD release
In the United States , the eighth season DVD was released on September 6, 2011. The DVD for the eighth season has been available in Germany since February 10, 2012.
Web links
- Episode list of the eighth season of Two and a Half Men at fernsehserien.de
- Voice actor for Two and a Half Men at synchronkartei.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two And A Half Men: series canceled - on ORF . Serienjunkies.de. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Two and a Half Men: Broadcast dates for the television series on ProSieben . Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- ↑ Charlie Sheen says hello from withdrawal. Kino.de, January 31, 2011, accessed February 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Charlie Sheen wants to sue CBS at quotenmeter.de, accessed March 1, 2011
- ↑ These are the Germany quotas from ProSieben and not the German-language first broadcast on ORF eins
- ↑ These are the quotas for the German-language first broadcast on ORF one
- ↑ Top odds for Charlie's Abgesang --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
- ↑ Good start for "The Big Bang Theory" --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
- ↑ Primetime check: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 15, 2011 .
- ↑ "Two and a Half Men" is also attracting in this country --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Primetime check: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved October 4, 2011 .
- ^ "Half Men" strong, "Big Bang" brilliant --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved October 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Primetime check: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved October 12, 2011 .
- ↑ Primetime check: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved February 17, 2012 .