8.522 minSeason 2 • Episode 90
LatestCharlie has to make a decision between keeping his group and being a sports psychologist for a baseball team.
Charlie is a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. He has a successful private practice and he performs pro bono counseling for an inmate group at a state prison. Prior to his career as a therapist, he was a major league baseball player whose career was put on the shelf for good by his own struggle with anger issues.
Acting
Sheen basically playing himself—surprisingly watchable
Writing
Rapid-fire insults between misfit therapy patients
Creator
Bruce Helford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
FX ordered a staggering 90 episodes upfront—one of the largest single-season orders in TV history—essentially guaranteeing two years regardless of ratings.
This premiered months after Sheen's very public 'winning' meltdown, making his casting as an anger management therapist either brilliant irony or grim exploitation.
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