I wanna like this, I like Two and a Half Men, and I like the overall idea. The problem is that it doesn’t feel like Two and a Half men at all. The storyline has been way too heavy and dramatic for a comedy show, and Charlie feels like a completely different character. In the show Charlie struggles to be an uncle and part-time parent to Jake, and in this story he is the stereotypical perfect parent. He hasn’t hooked up with any women, hasn’t drank any alcohol, and hasn’t even cracked an innappropriate joke yet. He is emotionally available and compassionate, and is even civil to Rose without one clever insult. Feels like the author just wanted to put a background to their original story about a kids problems growing up, not a Two and a Half Men fic.