Two & A Half Men: Every Holiday Episode, Ranked

The Significance of Holiday Episodes

The hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men may have come to an end back in 2015, but it featured so many memorable characters and hilarious storylines that it remains pervasive in pop culture seven years after its conclusion, and that includes those of the Two and a Half Men Christmas episodes. Of course, every sitcom has its holiday episodes, and Two and a Half Men is no exception. From Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day to Christmas, the show covered it all.

Alan watching Evelyn and Walden with decorations in the Two and a Half Men holiday episode Family Buble Deep Fried Turkey

The escapades of Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) and later Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher) may not have exactly been relatable, but, alongside every man Alan Harper (Jon Cryer), the Two and a Half Men crew endured the trials and tribulations of their complex social lives, something to which viewers may well have connected. Much of their social mishaps occurred during or because of big holiday gatherings, meaning that major holidays were an important part of the series' plot.

Ranking the Christmas Episodes

The final season is rich with holiday episodes, and this final Two and a Half Men Christmas episode touches upon all the traditional troubles one would expect to see in Two and a Half Men. All Walden wants is to get little Louis to believe in Santa, but Evelyn and Alan get in the way. This cringy and frustrating episode is a perfect holiday mess that's bound to make viewers laugh, but still not one of the best this show has to offer. Unfortunately, the twelfth season was one of the series' lowest-rated, and this is reflected in 'Family, Bubl\u00e9, and Deep Fried Turkey'.

In this episode, Kate makes plans to return to spend Valentine's Day with Walden, but she reveals that she's still not interested in him. Debuted on February 14, 2013, it's just another example of Walden's incredibly tumultuous love life, and fans more or less considered it to be a mediocre installment in Two and a Half Men's tenth season.

Kate and Walden sitting on either side of a table at a coffee shop in the Two and a Half Men episode Advatanage Fat Flying Baby

In the premiere of the show's final season, Halloween and fall are in the air. While Walden is dressed as zombie Elvis, he has a cardiac scare that puts him in the hospital. As it turns out, this Two and a Half Men Halloween episode leads to a total existential crisis for Walden, and he begins to consider adopting a child. It's a ridiculous episode, but it does have a zombie Elvis and a Ferris Bueller. Plus, it adds a dramatic flair to proceedings, something that's necessary to break up the monotony of a below-average sitcom season, and with the show's declining ratings in the final seasons, that's a real need.

Jon Cryer as Ferris Bueller and Ashton Kutcher as a zombie Elvis in a Two and a Half Men Halloween episode

The Best of the Holiday Episodes

Out of all the Two and a Half Men Christmas episodes in Two and Half Men history, this may be the most joyous. While masquerading as an average Joe, Walden takes on a job as a tree salesman to buy his girlfriend a new sewing machine. Meanwhile, he and Billy argue about selling to Zuckerberg for half a billion dollars. Plus, Alan is all alone at the beach house where chaos obviously ensues. Tech conglomerates and social media moguls are constantly in the news these days, proving that, though it ended seven years ago, Two and a Half Men remains surprisingly relevant. Plus, it's one of the most sincere episodes in the history of the series, something fans didn't get much of during the Charlie Sheen era.

Walden holding broccoli over his head as a woman kisses him in the Two and a Half Men episode Give Santa A Tail Hole

Throwing it back to season three, this Two and a Half Men Christmas episode was spent with Charlie, Alan, and Alan's romantic fling Sandy instead of one of Charlie's numerous girlfriends. Sandy had an almost zealous interest in Christmas, going all-out when decorating the house and getting upset when her reindeer figurines weren't aligned properly. This complicated holiday is definitely not one fans would like to have themselves, but it's certainly entertaining to watch it go down in the Harper household. It's a quintessential earlier episode of Two and a Half Men, full of all kinds of yuletide chaos.

Jake and Alan appear uncomfortable while Sandy smiles with their holiday decor around the piano in the Two and a Half Men episode Santas Village of the Damned

In this episode, Walden's mother arrives to spend Christmas. Of course, Alan can't help but be totally head over heels for her, creating a bit of conflict for the two. On a still more ridiculous note, Alan learns that Walden used to have an unusual pet. With Walden on a downward spiral and Alan smitten with his friend's mother, things get pretty awkward pretty quickly, and it's a typical example of how easily things can spiral out of control in Alan's life. That spiraling is par for the course with the show and the source of much of the show's comedy.

Sandy talking to Charlie in the kitchen before her holiday transformation in the Two and a Half Men episode Santas Village of the Damned