Men in Trees
Ok, so "
Men In Trees" is set in Alaska and I watch it for the 15 seconds or so of scenery which is actually British Columbia or someplace (but not Alaska) but I watch it mostly because my wife LOVES this show. Love as in unreasoning affection.
Starring Anne Heche (yeah, that Ellen Degeneres related Anne Heche) as relationship coach and author Marin Frist, the show has a number of other talents, notably (to me) John Amos and Cynthia Stevenson who do a more than passable job. The ladies on the show are ALL worth a look and appeal to a wide range of tastes.
The show started with recently jilted Marin going to Elmo, AK for a speaking engagement and, after meeting the quirky residents, stays to get over her heartbreak (as well as lust after local naturalist Jack). Aside from the comedic incidents common to such shows and attempts at psycho-babble wisdom, Marin and crew are a bunch of lusty lads and lasses constantly bedding one another albeit with some pre and post coital angst. Only barfly Jerome seems to go without but he does get to hear all about the others' "interactions".
So far we've seen everything but gay trysts but this might be changing as Buzz's (John Amos) long lost son George is brought to Elmo by his "white" son Patrick as a measure of thanks for his support. George is apparently gay as shown in the preview.
So what's important about this show? Well, I don't know that anything about this show is important. It ironically shows Anne Heche in a roll where she does what she apparently does in real life, that is she sleeps with whomever, wherever! That she is a relationship coach is particularly ironic. Makes me laugh. But the show IS entertaining and the recently separated-from-her-husband Miss Heche has a certain comedic sense that works well. The women are good looking as is the BC scenery.
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