Gordon, sometimes referred to as Ted, is a minor recurring character of Two and a Half Men during Seasons 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8. He is a pizza delivery guy, who usually delivers to Charlie at his Malibu Beach House. He also dated Rose for a little while. He is portrayed by J. D. Walsh.
Season 1[]
Gordon, then called Ted, makes his first appearance in I Can't Afford Hyenas, to whom Charlie tips 300% of what the pizza cost. Later that week, Charlie finds out that all his credit cards have been disabled, as he now has no money left, and that his royalties wouldn't be coming for another couple of months. With Alan helping him by cutting down on his expenses, he tips Gordon only $2. Charlie returns the bottle of wine Gordon brought him free of charge, but Gordon doesn't take it, saying ‘You need it more that I do.’
Season 3[]
Gordon is then introduced by Rose as her boyfriend, offering Charlie a couple’s date. But as soon as Charlie tells Rose that he no longer dates Mia, she immediately asks Gordon to leave and comforts Charlie. She later tells Charlie that she is with Gordon now, and they can’t be with each other. This surprised Charlie as he never wanted to be with her in the first place. She later brings Gordon to Jake’s birthday party, where he was dressed exactly like Charlie, suggesting that Rose was trying to make him a replacement for Charlie. His final appearance in season 3 was when Rose asks Charlie to tell him that she needs some space. After the two quarrel and are on the verge of breaking up, Charlie gets them back together, particularly because he did not want Rose to stalk him anymore.
Season 4[]
Gordon comes to the Malibu beach house to deliver pizza to Charlie. Charlie, being tired of Alan being cheap and not paying his share of money when they go out, finds out that Alan had been hiding a stack of cash valuing almost $ 5,000. Charlie paid Gordon with that money, tipping him $50.
Season 6[]
After an absence of two years, Gordon reappears to deliver pizza to Charlie. He explained his absence as “I finished night school, got a Business Degree, met an amazing girl, got married, landed a great job as a stock broker, the company went under, my wife left me and uh.., that will be $ 28.50”. That night, he stayed with Charlie, Alan, Herb and Jerome for a drink.
When Chelsea moves in with Charlie at his Malibu Beach house, Charlie prefers privacy. He gets away for a night at Chelsea’s apartment, and orders a pizza, which is delivered by Gordon. When Gordon learns about Charlie’s situation and solution, he responds “You know what you are Mr. Harper? Genius!”
Season 8[]
Gordon then appears at the burnt, ruined house of Lyndsey, where Charlie seeks some privacy, but is joined by Chris, Herb and Alan. When referenced by Charlie as his favorite pizza boy, Gordon responds “I’m 30 years old Mr. Harper. I have high blood pressure and alimony payments”. He then joins them.
Gordon’s latest appearance involved him finding out the truth about Rose’s "marriage" to Manfred "Manny" Quinn. He tried to explain it to Charlie, who was being tricked by Rose into believing that she was married, but Charlie didn’t catch up with Gordon’s explanation. Gordon left the beach house saying to himself “He’s got the beach house and I'm delivering pizzas. Un-freaking-believable!”
Trivia[]
- Due to Charlie Harper’s death, it is unclear whether Gordon would appear on the show again, as he only delivered pizzas to him. It is also unclear if Gordon even knows that Charlie is dead.
Quotes[]
- Gordon : He's got the beach house, I'm delivering pizzas. Un-fricking-believable!
- Gordon : Everything okay, Mr. Harper?
- Charlie Harper : My date just cancelled.
- Gordon : Can't the service send over another girl?
- (men laughing in distance)
- Charlie: So, Alan's, like, I don't know, five, six years old and I walk into his bedroom and he's in there with the dog, and I start yelling, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! No, no! Are you crazy?! Stop that!" Looks up at me and he says, "What?" I say "Alan, the dog is supposed to lick the peanut butter off you."
- All: (laugh)
- Charlie: To this day, I can't eat peanut butter.
- Alan: Hello?
- Charlie: Hey, we were just talking about you.
- Alan: All good, I hope.
- Gordon: Oh, yeah, it was good.
- All: (laugh)
- Herb: Hookers?
- Charlie: Pizza.
- Herb: That's nice too. - Episode Mr. Roundtree
- "Holy crap, this is great." - Season 8 Episode 15
- Gordon: Wait. So Herb has slept with Alan, and Alan has slept with Chris, which means that...
- Herb: I've slept with Lyndsey! (chuckles) Yes!
- Alan: So, what's going on?
- Charlie: Just having a drink with a few friends. Chris, I believe you know my brother, The man who's banging your wife and burned down your house.
- Chris: Hi.
- Charlie: Pull up a chair. Have a drink with your girlfriend's ex and your wife's new husband.
- Gordon: I just brought the pizza. I don't think I've slept with anyone you know.
- Alan: Okay.
- Gordon said: Mannequin Mannequin. - Episode Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak
- - Hey, Gordon! Small world.
- - Hey, Mr. Harper. What are you doing here?
- - Oh, I just rented this place. Decided I needed a weekend getaway.
- - From Malibu?
- - You’d be surprised. It gets crowded sometimes.
- - Okay. What happened to the beautiful woman that used to live here?
- - She lives with me in Malibu. We’re engaged.
- - And you’re hanging out here all alone?
- - Yep.
- - You know what you are, mr. Harper?
- - What?
- - Genius.
- - Thanks, Gordon. Good night.
- - Good night.
- - It’s nice when someone gets you.