Weekend in Bangkok with Two Olympic Gymnasts

This is one of my absolute favorites , but it's all because of Jake's attitude, and somewhat because of Charlie's response . Jon's character was overreacting, lame, childish , and pretty much not funny at all, unless you are a child and your bar for comedy is very low. But all of this is compensated by Jake and Charlie, who are just hilarious throughout the whole episode.

Back in its early days 'Two and a Half Men' was a well written sitcom that found the balance between heart and more adult jokes. This axis got seriously knocked out of whack as the years went on.

The strength of the show in these early years was the chemistry between Charlie and Jake, and this episode really highlights that. There is also some good opportunities for Jon Cryer to demonstrate what a good physical comedian he is.

People say that Angus T Jones was the breakout star of this show, but if anything it really elevated Jon Cryer too.

When it was good, this show was very good.

Two big plot points in this episode are that Jake is absolutely horrible and insufferable and that Alan is injured so he makes stupid faces and gestures when he attempts to do basic everyday things. The first of those points fails miserably and the second is not really funny. I don't know who thinks that it is funny when characters act obnoxiously and irritate other characters, but I find it simply annoying. Also, it is too easy for the stupid faces and gestures, or the so called "physical comedy" to fail miserably and be boring and cringey instead of funny, and while it is not terrible here, it is certainly not great. At least Rose was not in this one so it is not the absolute worst.

Jon Cryer's willingness to portray himself as injured, in the most uncomfortable way possible, makes this episode absolutely hilarious.

While the other storyline in the episode isn't nearly as funny (but entertaining, nevertheless), it still keeps does enough to make it one of my favorites.