The series had already seen a decline in quality before Kutcher came along.
The underlying sweetness of the early seasons had been completely eradicated and the raunchiness had fully taken over.
But it was still a funny show; that decline became a lot steeper after Kutcher came in.
The post-Sheen downfall is made clear by the 10 top-ratedepisodes ofTwo and a Half Menon IMDb.
When Sheen left, the series shouldve just ended.
Even if Charlie had stuck around,Two and a Half Mendidnt have much further left to go.
The only reason it was still going at all was becauseCharlie was still a great character.
Sheens rift with Lorre began to affect the series itself.
This made the Walden years much more boring than the Charlie years.
Two and a Half Men follows the Harper family: Charlie (Charlie Sheen), a womanizing, hedonistic jingle writer who enjoys his lazy lifestyle from the comfort of his large beach house; Alan (Jon Cryer), Charlie’s neurotic, far less successful brother; and Jake (Angus T. Jones), Alan’s impressionable son. When Alan’s marriage falls apart, he moves in with Charlie, much to the older brother’s dismay. After bonding with his nephew, Charlie reluctantly embraces Alan’s presence, paving the way for one of television’s most dysfunctional family environments.
Eventually,Alan was the only main character left and hed been completely Flanderized.
