April 23, 2007: Who Is Alan Harper?
After meeting Greg (
Matt Roth), Alan's gay friend from his single-parent support group, Charlie began to question his own sexual identity. Might Charlie be gay, too? As he began to wonder, Alan gave him reason to think he might be: "You're 40 years old, never married and you play the piano." Charlie also found himself on the defense when Alan suggested that all of the special moisturizers and hair gels he keeps might be indicative of something more than a desire to look good. Charlie's response: "Excuse me for not wanting to spend my fifties looking like a catcher's mitt."
While Charlie did some soul-searching with his therapist, Alan found himself being congratulated by everyone from Berta to Judith for finally "coming out." Even Jake thought his dad was dating Greg. Once Judith suggested that Alan was now "glowing" because of his new relationship, he began to wonder if everyone might be onto something. Suddenly, Alan found himself thinking this could be the reason he's had so many failed female relationships.
As Charlie and Alan set out to determine their preferences, Jake was busy getting his groove on with Sophie (
Kay Panabaker), Greg's daughter. Well, as much as a boy of Jake's age could get his groove on. When Sophie suggested that Jake taste her lip gloss and he opted to swipe his finger over her lips instead of kissing her, it was pretty clear that Jake still needs to work on his moves.
In the end, Alan decided to give kissing Greg a shot to find out once and for all if he really was gay. At this point, Greg pretty much put Alan's questions to rest by telling him he was not gay and by rejecting his advances. Greg also took the opportunity to let Alan know that he thought Charlie was "pretty." Sibling rivalry ignited and Alan ended up leaving the scene in a jealous huff.
Next week's episode marks
Jon Cryer's directorial debut.
