10 Worst Ways TV Characters Were Written Out

10. Charlie Harper - Two And A Half Men

It seems odd now given how quickly his schtick became tedious, but in the heady days of 2010, everybody wanted a piece of Charlie Sheen. The troubled sitcom star was making a more than comfortable living on the bafflingly popular Two And A Half Men, but evidently got as bored of making it as we did watching it, and decided to stir the pot.

Sheen was, it’s fair to say, going through some things at the time, with stints in rehab and health issues abounding, but the final straw came when he decided to mouth off to TMZ, describing Two And A Half Men creator (and all round mediocre sitcom powerhouse) Chuck Lorre as a “stupid, stupid little man” - and much worse - leading to his termination.

Sacked on grounds of "moral turpitude", Sheen was killed off, the first episode of season nine revolving around his character’s funeral, and ultimately replaced by Ashton Kutcher.

Sheen, who had launched a $100,000,000 lawsuit in the interim, evidently calmed down by the time the episode aired, lavishing it with praise. The network and Sheen himself made the best they could of the whole situation, but the whole thing was unbecoming.