Two and a Half Men (TV Series) Mmm, Fish. Yum. (2009) User Reviews

Judith's Mother, Lenore, is a lush

[Eventuallyequalsalways · 5/10 · 5 October 2009]

Jake really wants to drive Charlie's car. Meanwhile, Judith and her husband want to have a weekend away in Laguna Beach, so they get Judith's mother, Lenore, (played by Annie Potts) to babysit the newborn baby girl. Alan goes over to be with the baby and Lenore. Lenore comes on to Alan in a major way, making suggestive remarks and licking his fingers. We learn that Lenore was kicked out of the Betty Ford Clinic because of drug dependency. She claims she can handle alcohol with no problems, but Alan is not so sure when she begins making sexual comments and suggestions to him. Charlie manages to kill Chelsea's cat, Sir Lancelot, and Jake takes a picture of Charlie and the dead cat so he can use it to blackmail Charlie and drive Charlie's car anytime that he wants to do so. Judith's mother wants Alan to go into the Jacuzzi nude. Judith calls Alan and asks him to go over to her house and check on the baby, but she is not aware that Alan is already there. Chelsea comes into Charlie's house unexpectedly while Charlie and Jake are trying to bury the cat. Alan and Judith's mother are taking the baby somewhere when she gets upset and leaps out of the car. Meanwhile, Jake has finally gotten to drive Charlie's car, and by coincidence, Judith's mother passes across the street in front of them. Chelsea comes home and she has Sir Lancelot, the cat, in her arms. Apparently, the cat Charlie killed was not Sir Lancelot. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door and a huge bald man is standing there, asking Chelsea if she might have seen his lost cat, Puss Puss, who is black and white and identical to Sir Lancelot.

Episode is offensive to those who like cats, or kindness

[cyclingsun · 2/10 · 5 September 2023]

This episode follows the Two & A Half Men pattern of using frequent mean-spiritedness to generate laughs. It sadistically and gleefully milks laughs from the sounds of a cat's pained meows, and a horrifying cat death. And it cruelly suggests that it's OK to conceal a cat's death from the anxious owner who will search for the beloved pet for months. Meanwhile, once again "fun" is had at the expense of an "older woman" (even though Annie Potts' "Lenore" is far more attractive than the 25-years-younger Alan). In a recurring bit, Judith's bitchy rejections of Herb glean more laughs from the studio audience.