buzzfeed.com/emilyorley/the-two-and-a-half-men-series-finale-had-a-crazy-twist">bizarre series finale involving Rose and Charlie? Alan's Life-Changing Epiphany | Two and a Half Men
Alan organizes a formal dinner at a restaurant to celebrate being featured on the front page of a local newspaper as a "good doctor, good neighbor, and good guy". However, Charlie and their mother, Evelyn, are entirely indifferent to the news, which deeply upsets him. The story takes several "twisted" turns: "Two and a Half Men" Something Salted and Twist...
Upset by the lack of praise, Alan gets drunk and has a late-night emotional breakdown with Jake. He realizes he has spent his entire life seeking approval from "castrating mother figures," including his mother and his ex-wife Judith. buzzfeed