14 DAY TRIAL // Charlie Sheen’s popular character on “Two and a Half Men” will either be moving to Paris or die on the way there. A new report suggests either of these two is the most likely exit the character will take in the upcoming season.
As fans know already, Charlie Sheen will not be returning as Charlie Harper in the new season of the sitcom, after a very public and very embarrassing spat with CBS, Warner Bros. and series creator Chuck Lorre.
Though he was getting about $2 million per episode at the time he chose to rebel and get himself fired, and was considered the main pillar of the show, Sheen proved to be rather dispensable: he was let go from his contract and replaced with Ashton Kutcher.
While it’s unknown yet how Kutcher’s character will be written in the story, TMZ has two theories about how Charlie will be written out.
The last original episode of “Men,” which aired in February, saw him leave to Paris with the ever-faithful and sometimes creepy Rose, his stalker and neighbor.
Lorre and the writers will use the flight to Paris to write Harper off, either by killing him or by having him move there for good. The fact that he planned to ask Rosie to marry him could also work in their advantage in this sense.
The latter option is the most likely, TMZ says.
“Of course, the obvious scenario is a plane crash. But our sources say that’s not going to happen because producers are not going to make the other passengers sacrificial lambs – even though they don’t really exist,” the e-zine writes.
TMZ argues that producers never intended the flight to Paris to be a cliffhanger (naturally, since they didn’t know that Sheen was about to leave the show), but they will use it as such because they have no other choice for a good exit.
“As for what Lorre is planning, we’re told it's not in cement, but Charlie Harper could bid adieu to Malibu and say bonjour to Paris,” TMZ informs.
Unfortunately, the e-zine has no idea how Lorre and the writers may introduce Kutcher’s character and, for the time being, CBS is keeping mum on the issue.