Jenny Harper, Two and a Half Men

Jenny Harper (Amber Tamblyn)

Jenny was introduced in Season 11 when she came to find her Uncle Alan. Jenny was the intentionally satirical lesbian, depicted as promiscuous and carefree, “recruiting” women, and with no interest in a serious relationship until she met Brooke. At one point she woke up in her housemate Walden’s bed and the two wondered if they had sex. Jenny seemed unaffected by the possibility as it didn’t “mean anything” anyway. It turned out they never slept together but had taken part in an orgy. Another time she got payed to sleep with a woman who was cheating on her boyfriend, Larry, with Uncle Alan, as a birthday gift for him. It was unclear if the three engaged in a threesome or if Larry watched the two women.

Jenny later met Brooke and the two were in a brief relationship for a few episodes. However, they broke up off-screen, between episodes, and Brooke disappeared off the show while Jenny went back to her old ways. Jenny was reduced to a recurring character, and semi-written out of the series at the beginning of Season 12.

Being played for laughs, sexualized, or simply being there for the male characters enjoyment was something that was very prevalent in the lesbian storylines of Two and a Half Men.

Appearances:

• 24 episodes. Regular S11 Recurring S12

Female love interests:

• Brooke (Aly Michalka, lesbian, recurring)
• Numerous one-night stands

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

Male love interests:

• Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher, regular, off-screen/implied)
• Larry Martin (D.B Sweeney, recurring, threesome)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Recurring), Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.