Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones Reunite for "Bookie" Premiere

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Chuck Lorre’s "Bookie" Revisits Poker Scene from "Two and a Half Men" Pilot, Reuniting Charlie Sheen & Angus T. Jones
by Denise Petski
Nov. 30, 2023


It’s quite a reunion in today’s premiere of Chuck Lorre‘s new Max comedy series "Bookie".

The episode revisits the poker scene in Lorre’s "Two and a Half Men" pilot, which reunites Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones.




In the "Bookie" premiere, Danny, played by Sebastian Maniscalco, heads to Malibu to collect a debt from Sheen, whom he finds at a rehab facility.

But Sheen isn’t a patient at the facility; he’s actually hosting a weekly poker game, and one of the players is Angus T. Jones, who played 8-year-old Jake Harper opposite Sheen on "Two and a Half Men".

The scene also includes the same poker buddies who attended Charlie Harper’s poker game in 2003.




Lorre spoke about the scene in an interview with Extra.

“Charlie and I were discussing recreating that poker scene. I said, ‘Let me call Angus and see if he’s game,’ and the other guys in the pilot were also in ‘Two and a Half Men’ in that poker scene and that was 21 years ago… It was just great being together with the two of them. It was a great day and I got to direct the episode. I had a blast,” Lorre said.

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