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Despite the plot revolving around his character's return, in the episode.

Rose confesses she never actually saw Charlie die in France. Instead, she found him cheating and attempted to push him in front of a train, but he survived. She then held him captive in a dungeon pit beneath her house for four years until his recent escape. [S12E16] (15-16)Of Course He's Dead Part One-Pa...

Alan discovers that Charlie has over $2.5 million in unclaimed music royalties , which further fuels the suspicion that he is still out there. Despite the plot revolving around his character's return,

The episode is filled with inside jokes about the show’s behind-the-scenes drama, including references to "tiger blood," Sheen's "anger management" issues, and even a joke about how Walden’s character replaced him. Fan Reception Of Course He's Dead | Two and a Half Men Wiki She then held him captive in a dungeon

The finale centers on the shocking revelation that Charlie Harper is alive after being presumed dead for four years.

In a highly meta conclusion, a figure resembling Charlie approaches the beach house only to be immediately crushed by a falling piano . The camera then pulls back to show series creator Chuck Lorre in a director's chair; he turns to the camera, says "Winning," and is also crushed by a second piano. Guest Stars and Cameos

Lorre explained in a post-episode title card that Sheen was offered a role but turned it down because he didn't agree with the proposed ending, which involved a fourth-wall-breaking rant about drug abuse.