Season 9 - Episode 5
Comedy Central (UK)
When Two and a Half Men returned for its ninth season sans Charlie Sheen and with added Ashton Kutcher, it was always questionable how things were going to work out. While Sheen's plots were becoming more ridiculous as time went on, he was still the source of most of the jokes. As season nine began, it's been mainly up to the always game Jon Cryer to carry the show while Kutcher finds his way.
Five episodes in, and Kutcher has found his way. And while he's pretty good (although seemingly just playing an older version of Kelso, his character from That 70s Show) the writing for him is wildly inconsistent. And it's not just the inconsistencies that are the most troublesome part of the writing. The only consistent part of the writing is that Kutcher's Walden Schmidt is a loveable broken hearted loser with money. He's basically a rich version of Cryer's Alan. The two characters at times are too similar in ideology, and it seems to create situations that just seem a little out of place.
"A Giant Cat Holding A Churro" isn't a terrible episode, it has some good laughs spread throughout, but it does annoy me that the writing is so all over the place and there's been so little screentime for the long established and very funny supporting characters. Two and a Half Men has never been a show with spectacular writing, but things really need to tighten up here. This episode fails to further any storylines, and while having some good laughs, just falls flat.
** 1/2
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