Charlie Sheen returns to “Two and a Half Men” in... Kathy Bates form!

by Dimitris Ioannou

At the beginning of the 9th season of “Two and a Half Men” last fall, Charlie Sheen's character Charlie Harper was killed off the show, but it seems that the creator Chuck Lorre can't live without him for very long. So, for the Aprils 30 episode, Charlie Haprer returns... as a ghost! And not only Charlie Sheen wont play the role, but in fact a female actress and almost 20 years older than him will visit Alan.

As CBS announced on Monday, “Harry's Law” star Kathy Bates will guest on the show as Charlie Harper's ghost. In the episode, Jon Cryer's character Alan Harper suffers a minor heart attack, and is visited by Harper's ghost in the hospital.

Although Sheen was very lovable by the audience, his bizarre behavior off-screen and the insults towards Lorre made the last one decide to cut him off the hit series, by making him fall in front of a train in France, implying that he was pushed by his bride Rose, after she caught him with another woman, in the first episode. Sheen was replaced by Ashton Kutcher, who plays heartbroken internet billionaire Walden Schmidt.