Season 12 | Episode 1 | “The Ol’ Mexican Spinach” | Aired Oct 30, 2014
Season 12 of Two and a Half Men opens with Walden walking downstairs dressed as zombie Elvis and asking Alan if he’s ready to go. Cue Jon Cryer’s Alan entrance as Duckie from Pretty in Pink, giving a tip of his ’80s hat to fans of the John Hughes film. Of course, Walden has no clue who he is, and when Alan mentions the movie, Walden identifies him as Molly Ringwald. Alan tries to correct him but only ends up being mistaken for Boy George in the process.
The boys are preparing for a Halloween rendezvous with a couple of Walden’s girlfriends. Alan is particularly excited about his date, whom Walden describes as cute and just recovering from a breakup. “Hot, lonely, and damaged. Duckie’s gettin’ lucky!” Alan says. “If Duckie really wants to get lucky, he’ll tell the girls he’s someone they’ll actually remember. Like Ferris Bueller,” Walden responds.
While Alan notes that putting the word “slutty” in front of any job makes it a costume, Walden grabs his chest and groans in pain. Once Alan realizes Walden is serious, he immediately calls an ambulance. Alan tries to keep Walden calm and tells him it’s probably just gas and to try and fart. The doorbell rings, Alan answers—and finds a slutty officer and slutty Harry Potter. Walden tips over, falls to the floor, and farts, grumbling, “Didn’t work!”
Berta arrives at the hospital dressed as a nun. When Alan apologizes for dragging her away from her Halloween party, she says she wasn’t at a Halloween party. The two sit down, waiting to hear from the doctor, and talk about how great Walden is and how much they would miss him. Being the nice guy that he is, Alan tells Berta that she would always have a job at the house if something were to happen to Walden. Berta retorts that she could inherit the house because she cleans his underwear; Alan answers saying he wears his underwear. The doctor arrives and tells them Walden had a mild heart attack but he’ll make a full recovery. Before leaving, he tells Alan that Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie.
Berta disregards the doctor and heads to Walden’s room, mainly because she’s dressed as a nun in a hospital and she can do whatever she wants. Walden awakens to Berta and Bueller’s smiling faces and believes he’s in hell. In his morphine-induced haze, Walden starts to realize how pathetic his life is. He thanks Alan and Berta for being there but comedically cries out that they’re “not enough”—right before Berta shoots him up with more morphine to send him to his happy place.
While resting at home with Alan’s indirect help, Walden realizes that he wants his life to have meaning and believes to do that he needs to have a kid. Alan says he doesn’t know what to say except … “Papa?”
Walden visits a lawyer who specializes in adoption. She says he would be more than qualified, but it will be extremely difficult since the program is geared toward married couples. In his panic to give his life meaning, Walden begins to blurt out excuses about his incapability of marrying a woman and about how he once tried to commit suicide after his wife left him. The lawyer begins to take notes and Walden hilariously asks her why she’s writing that down. He then admits that two other women shot down his proposals and he’s incapable of maintaining a long-term relationship. He concludes by saying, “Now gimme a freakin’ baby!”
Unhappy about how the adoption program is against single guys, Walden comes home complaining to Alan. Walden says that he wants to marry the right person, “or Mila Kunis.” Considering Mila just had a baby with fiancé Ashton, it’s hard to miss this obvious “art-imitating-life” scenario.
While being comforted by Alan’s banana bread, Walden’s eyes light up with an idea, but his “best friend” Alan is oblivious. “What if we were more than friends?” Walden asks with a smile. Alan, confused, responds, “Like super friends?” Walden then drops to one knee and asks, “Alan Harper, will you marry me?”
Duckie is about to become the Mila Kunis of the Two and a Half Men universe.
Two and a Half Men airs Thursdays at 9/8C on CBS.
Article source: http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0920/645156-leonard-cohen-at-80-i-like-life-on-the-road/
Season 12 | Episode 1 | “The Ol’ Mexican Spinach” | Aired Oct 30, 2014
Season 12 of Two and a Half Men opens with Walden walking downstairs dressed as zombie Elvis and asking Alan if he’s ready to go. Cue Jon Cryer’s Alan entrance as Duckie from Pretty in Pink, giving a tip of his ’80s h...
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