India, Sept. 11 -- Netflix's two-part, three-hour documentary aka Charlie Sheen takes a deep dive into the life of the actor, tracing decades of fame, scandal, and hard-won sobriety. Directed by Andrew Renzi, the series features an array of voices from Charlie's world: ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller, longtime friends like Sean Penn, collaborators such as Jon Cryer and Chuck Lorre, and even controversial Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. Absent, however, are Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez, whose refusal to participate is noted but never fully addressed.

From the very beginning, it's clear that this is a portrait of cycles - triumph and self-destruction, recklessness and reflection. Charlie, now seven years sober, narrates much o...