Two and a Half Men
I'd Like to Start with the Cat
TV Flash files “I'd Like to Start with the Cat” as hour 130 of 262 in the TV Flash guide — Two and a Half Men (2003–2015) on CBS, season 6, episode 15, aired 2009-02-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E15: listed hour 130 of 262 in the Two and a Half Men guide, hour 15 of 24 in season 6. It aired 2009-02-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie” (S06E14). Next is “She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime” (S06E16).
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Charlie finds himself in couples counseling.
Viewer FAQ
Where does I'd Like to Start with the Cat sit in the Two and a Half Men guide?
S06E15 is listed hour 130 of 262 — hour 15 of 24 in season 6, season 6 episode 15.
When did Two and a Half Men S06E15 air?
I'd Like to Start with the Cat aired 2009-02-09 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Sheen years or Kutcher years?
The Malibu joke engine is the Sheen-era hit; the 2011 exit was a global news event and Kutcher became replacement math. Cryer's Alan is the long-haul constant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Chuck Lorre's Malibu joke engine printed money, then became the decade's most public sitcom implosion. Charlie Sheen's hedonist, Jon Cryer's sad-sack brother, a kid on the couch — watch the multi-cam machine purr, then watch the tabloids eat the cast alive in prime time.
The first useful object is a beach house that printed money. A hedonistic jingle writer shares a Malibu place with his uptight brother and nephew — joke-engine sitcom that became a behind-the-scenes saga. Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn's CBS series (2003–2015) ran twelve seasons, 262 episodes: Charlie Sheen's Charlie Harper, Jon Cryer's Alan, Angus T. Jones, Holland Taylor, Conchata Ferrell's Berta. One of CBS's biggest comedy hits of the decade, then Sheen's 2011 exit as a global news event and Ashton Kutcher's…
Filed against
- Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
Charlie Sheen’s Charlie Crawford inherited Spin City’s mayor-office farce after a New York star left the building — 1990s catalog political sitcom, then Two and a Half Men turning the name into Malibu hedonist weather until the tabloids…
- Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Jon Cryer’s Alan Harper was Two and a Half Men’s sad-sack engine — Chuck Lorre’s Malibu joke machine printing money, Charlie Sheen’s hedonist, a kid on the couch, then the decade’s most public sitcom implosion. Multi-cam purr, tabloids…
- Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper
Angus T. Jones was Jake Harper, the half in Two and a Half Men — Chuck Lorre’s Malibu joke engine that printed money, then became the decade’s most public sitcom implosion. Sheen’s hedonist, Cryer’s sad-sack brother, a kid on the couch.…
- Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Holland Taylor's Evelyn Harper was the mother Two and a Half Men could not shame into quiet — Chuck Lorre's Malibu joke engine, Charlie Sheen's hedonist, Jon Cryer's sad-sack brother, a kid on the couch. Multi-cam machine, then tabloids.…
- Conchata Ferrell as Berta
Conchata Ferrell played Berta on Two and a Half Men — Chuck Lorre's Malibu joke engine that printed money, then became the decade's most public sitcom implosion. Charlie Sheen's hedonist, Jon Cryer's sad-sack brother, a kid on the couch.…
- Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt
Ashton Kutcher’s Michael Kelso made That ’70s Show a Wisconsin idiot savant in a circle — 1990s catalog basement nostalgia, then Two and a Half Men parking the grin on a Malibu couch after the tabloids ate the first lead. TV Flash files…