Two and a Half Men is the story of the ultimate wealthy bachelor, Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen), who is forced to take in his newly seperate brother, Alan (Jon Cryer) and his ten year old son Jake (Angus T. Jones)

Other main characters in the show include their sarcastic, unattractive maid, Berta (Conchata Ferrell), Alan's first ex-wife, Judith (Marin Hinkle), and the boys' bitchy mother, Evelyn Harper (Holland Taylor).