CHARLIE HELPS ALAN COPE WITH HIS LIFELONG OBSESSION TO GET WOMEN'S APPROVAL, ON A REBROADCAST OF "TWO AND A HALF MEN," MONDAY, AUG. 14

"Something Salted and Twisted" -- Charlie helps Alan cope with his lifelong obsession to get women's approval, on a rebroadcast of TWO AND A HALF MEN, Monday, Aug. 14 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Rob Schiller directed the episode from a story by Eddie Gorodetsky and Mark Roberts, and a teleplay by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, two of the series' executive producers. (Originally broadcast 11/28/05)

Alan organizes a family dinner to celebrate the publication of a newspaper article that calls him a "good doctor, good neighbor and a good guy," but he's crushed when his mother, Evelyn, isn't impressed. After drowning his sorrow in many drinks, he has a life-changing epiphany and vows to a skeptical Charlie that he is no longer going to grovel for validation from his mother and the other women in his life.

Charlie Harper: Charlie Sheen
Alan Harper: Jon Cryer
Jake Harper: Angus T. Jones
Judith: Marin Hinkle
Evelyn: Holland Taylor
Berta: Conchata Ferrell
Leanne: Rebecca McFarland
Sheila: Jennifer Ann Massey
Emily: Aja Evans

RATING: TV14-DL