Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt

"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt"
Two and a Half Men episode
Alan (Jon Cryer) delivering the eulogy at Charlie's funeral
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 1
Directed by	James Widdoes
Written by	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn Eddie Gorodetsky Jim Patterson
Original air date	September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19)
Guest appearance(s)
Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery Thomas Gibson as Greg Montgomery John Stamos as himself Tricia Helfer as Gail Katherine LaNasa as Lydia Jenny McCarthy as Courtney Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Isabella Missi Pyle as Miss Pasternak Jeri Ryan as Sherri Jennifer Taylor as Chelsea Liz Vassey as Michelle Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia Martin Mull as Russell Joel Murray as Delivery Man
Episode chronology
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"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" is the ninth season premiere of the comedy series Two and a Half Men and the first appearance of Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, "an internet billionaire with a broken heart". It is the 178th episode of the show, and the first episode without former lead Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper. The episode was watched by 28.74 million people on its original air date, making it the most watched episode of Two and a Half Men.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics, mostly for its cast replacement and poor improv, though Sheen is reported to have enjoyed the episode and praised Kutcher's performance.

Picking up where "That Darn Priest" left off, it is revealed that Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) is dead, having been killed in an accident, offscreen, while on his weekend getaway to Paris with Rose (Melanie Lynskey).

The episode opens with Alan (Jon Cryer) delivering the eulogy at Charlie's funeral. Several of Charlie's ex-girlfriends are in attendance, such as Mia, Courtney, Isabella, Chelsea and even Miss Pasternak (now played again by Missi Pyle). They heckle Alan while he attempts to speak and Courtney (Jenny McCarthy) expresses dismay about it not being an open-casket ceremony. Alan yields the pulpit to Rose, who reveals that Charlie proposed to her in Paris. A few days later, however, Rose caught him in the shower with another woman, something everyone murmurs Charlie would do while Berta (Conchata Ferrell) announces the thought with a laugh. Rose then goes on to explain she forgave him and was greatly saddened when Charlie "accidentally" fell in front of a moving train the following day. Alan suspects that Rose might have had something to do with Charlie's death, but keeps silent while Berta quietly states "Never cross a crazy woman" and Jake (Angus T. Jones) claiming he is hungry after hearing Rose's gruesome yet oddly appetizing description of how Charlie's body was demolished (describing it as a "balloon full of meat").