10 Surprising Twist Endings (In TV Shows You Wouldn’t Expect)
3. Two And A Half Men - Father And Daughter Are Lying Lovers
Before this show became associated with Charlie Sheen's meltdown, for years it was just a successful and entertaining sitcom. It depicted Charlie Harper (Sheen) whose carefree bachelor lifestyle is disrupted when his fussy brother Alan (Jon Cryer) and son Jake (Angus T. Jones) move in with him.
Midway through the series, two new characters joined the flock: The attractive Courtney (Jenny McCarthy) and her wealthy father Teddy (Robert Wagner). They quickly became love interests for Charlie and his mother Evelyn (Holland Taylor), respectively. When Teddy is mysteriously found dead on the day of his and Evelyn's wedding, the CSI team are called to investigate. After intensive investigation, it's discovered that Teddy and Sylvia were actually lovers who were conning Evelyn and Charlie for their money.
Why it's surprising: After four seasons of the show, viewers had come to expect little more than smut and witty one-liners, certainly not elaborate betrayal and unpredictable twists. We were ripe for the show to surprise us and they did just that.
The fact that we got to know the characters of Teddy and Courtney over numerous episodes just made their betrayal all the more shocking.