Two and a Half Men: 6.01 ‘Taterhead Is Our Love Child’ Recap
September 23, 2008 by Chandra
Original Air Date: September 22, 2008
Judging by the season premiere, it looks like Two and a Half Men shall remain the sitcom of choice of people who appreciate humor bursting with sexual innuendos and references to stuff like wiping (yeah — that kind of wiping).
The episode opens with the two and a half men at a coffee shop, where Charlie notices one of his many exes, this one from eight or nine years ago, standing on line with a boy who’s obviously her son and looks remarkably like Charlie, right down to the matching shirts.
Of course, Alan takes great delight in milking this development for all it’s worth, so he’s the one who first insists that Charlie might be the boy’s daddy. That becomes even more likely when the woman, Chrissy, walks over and introduces the boy as Chuck while noting he likes music and playing the piano.
Charlie is flustered not so much by the possibility he might be a father but by how it could have happened since he uses condoms without fail. It seems he never bothered reading the disclaimer on the box clarifying that condoms are not 100% effective 100% of the time.
Now convinced he’s a daddy, Charlie visits Chrissy, who indirectly confirms he’s the boy’s father when she asks what difference it would have made if she had told him. However, her insistence that she doesn’t want Chuck to have anything to do with Charlie just makes him more determined to not be a deadbeat dad, which is why Charlie returns with a substantial check and a promise more money will follow. And he doesn’t even ask for the privilege of spending time with Chuck.
The next-to-last scene finally reveals the truth about Charlie’s supposed parenthood. It turns out Chuck is really not even named Chuck, and he’s no relative of Chrissy, either. He’s just her neighbor’s son, and Chrissy was just babysitting him. Score one for the jilted former lover who was dumped by a guy, meaning Charlie, after he started sleeping with her best friend at the same time he was sleeping with her.
A special shout-out goes to comedy icon Martin Mull as the cough syrup-drinking, beleaguered pharmacist.
