Charlie Sheen has made it known that he wants to return to "Two and a Half Men" before the show signs off in February. Despite his character's demise at the beginning of season nine, he may have gotten his wish.
Ashton Kutcher recently learned the premise of the upcoming series finale episode and admitted on "Ellen" that he's "scared" and "a little terrified" of what's to come. Given that reaction, host Ellen DeGeneres immediately followed up with the question, "Does Charlie come back?"
Kutcher found no words to answer that question except to giggle like a little schoolgirl. He did issue a warning to anyone working at Warner Bros. Studios where "Two and a Half Men" (and "Ellen") film.
"If you're working on the Warner Bros. lot, if there's sirens, come save me," Kutcher told DeGeneres.
He refused to say explicitly that Sheen would return. DeGeneres took it upon herself to predict the return of the character Charlie Harper on the CBS comedy.
Kutcher then added, "If you smell something, I wasn't smoking it."
The current and former stars of "Two and a Half Men" have exchanged words on Twitter in the past, more so from Sheen. While congratulating his former co-star Jon Cryer, the self-described "Warlock" called out Kutcher.
"hey Jon!!! u r a GENIUS!!! I effin love and MISS YOU old pal! Q; who's your lame side-kik? C #NiceTryCanonBoy #CH," Sheen tweeted on Jan. 5.
He quickly made a somewhat apology when Kutcher called him out for still dwelling on the subject three years after he had left the show. "hey Ashton sorry bro all good. Now quit barfing on my old brilliant show. Remember Punk'd? how duz it feel? c harp," he tweeted.
Sheen first announced in September that he was working with the show to return in the final season. His character was killed in an off-screen train accident in the show's season nine premiere because Warner Bros. had fired Sheen earlier in the year for his bizarre attacks on the studio, CBS and the show's creator, Chuck Lorre.
"I've reached out to them and they've reached back," Sheen told TV Guide Magazine on Sept. 22. "We're trying to figure out what makes the most sense. If they figure it out like I've presented it to them and they want to include me in some final send-off, I'm available and I'm showing up early. If not, it's on them."
A month later, he expressed his interest again and believed he and the show were coming close to a deal.
"I have a brilliant idea, but don't want to give it away," the 49-year-old actor told Extra on Oct. 30. "It's the type of moment I think people would talk about for a long time and it wouldn't get in anybody's way. Think it would be a nice tip of the hat... they know I want to do it and I know they're open to it, so, guess we're just a meeting away from making it happen."
CBS will air the one-hour series finale of "Two and a Half Men" on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m.
