Men in Trees

S01E04: Sink or Swim

Because Marin has been away from New York for awhile now, people there are beginning to forget her and are starting rumors she could be dead. When the Elmo town elder passes away, Elmo's sister city breaks its ties with the town just before the New Moon Festival, and Marin sees an opportunity to be useful by finding a new sister city for Elmos.

Overview

Relationship coach Marin Frist knows what to look for, what to avoid and what will make her happy. As the many fans of her two bestselling books could tell you, we're all in charge of our own happiness. But like many people full of advice, she fails to apply it to herself. On her way to a speaking engagement in Alaska, she learns that her fiancé has cheated on her. Slapped in the face with personal failure, a snowstorm then leaves her stuck in a small town full of the one thing she really doesn't need—available men.

Episodes

S01E01 Pilot

September 12, 2006 44 min
Relationship coach and best-selling author Marin Frist goes to a small town in Alaska for a conference about real love and the best ways to get married. After her own relationship falls apart, she finds...

S01E02 Power Shift

September 15, 2006 44 min
Marin is still adopting to her new lifestyle and her new job as relationship adviser on Patrick's radio station. Meanwhile, she has opened the door to a new romance with a handsome stranger.

S01E03 For What It's Worth...

September 22, 2006 44 min
This year the town's charity Bachelor Auction host will be -- Marin Frist! Meanwhile the relation between Patrick and Annie is ready to go to the next step, meeting Patrick overprotective mother, and another relationship...

S01E04 Sink or Swim

September 29, 2006 44 min
Because Marin has been away from New York for awhile now, people there are beginning to forget her and are starting rumors she could be dead. When the Elmo town elder passes away, Elmo's sister...

S01E05 Talk for Tat

October 6, 2006 44 min
As Elmo experiences a record heatwave, Marin realizes the energy bars she has been feeding the raccoon are making him sick. When she turns to Jack for help, she discovers something between them has changed.

S01E06 The Caribou in the Room

October 13, 2006 44 min
Marin wants to find out if you really can be friends after you've spelt together. She asks Jack to take her to Anchorage so she can get a dose of culture. Patrick begins to wonder...

S01E07 Ladies Frist

October 20, 2006 44 min
Marin is surprised not only by the birthday party that the people of Elmo are throwing her, but her younger sister shows up as well. Her sister immediately has the hots for Jack and wants...

S01E08 The Buddy System

October 27, 2006 44 min
Marin tries to help Patrick and Buzz build their relationship, but things go haywire when Celia reveals they are actually related to one another. Marin and Annie need to unwind and go to a beauty...

S01E09 The Menaissance

November 10, 2006 44 min
After Jane leaks an excerpt from Marin's new book on men to The New Yorker magazine, Marin is forced to defend her career to Jack. Elmo receives a special guest singer-songwriter Jewel, whose car has...

S01E10 New York Fiction (1)

November 30, 2006 44 min
When Marin goes back to New York during Thanksgiving week to meet with editors regarding publishing her new book, the emotions between her and Jack escalate. Although she is happy to be back in a...

S01E11 New York Fiction (2)

December 7, 2006 44 min
While Jack is waiting for Marin to return from New York, he receives an unexpected visitor who has arrived in Elmo with a secret. In the meantime, the relationship between Annie and Patrick hasn't gotten...

S01E12 The Darkest Day

January 11, 2007 44 min
While Marin is waiting for Lynn to leave Elmo and Jack, Annie thinks that Patrick can't have a relationship until he can survive without his mother. Meanwhile, Celia gets a visit from her out-of-town boss,...

S01E13 History Lessons

January 18, 2007 44 min
Marin volunteers to help at a rummage sale to deal with writer's block and her problems with Jack. She also gets an unexpected visit from Stuart Maxson, who wants to discuss the second chapter of...

S01E14 Bed, Bat & Beyond

January 25, 2007 44 min
While Marin moves into her rustic mountain cabin and finds some unexpected visitors, Jane unintentionally neglects Sam ("PlowMan"). In the meantime, Sara fills in at the Chieftain while Theresa takes care of Ben. Patrick is...

S01E15 Take It Like a Man

February 1, 2007 44 min
Marin receives an invitation from Stuart to join him on an overnight ski trip. Jack accompanies Lynn to the doctor for a sonogram, and Patrick tells Annie that he once made a donation to a...

S01E16 Nice Girls Finish Frist

February 8, 2007 44 min
Marin meets Cash, an attractive loner, who is the local handyman, when she can't get her construction crew to do what she wants on her cabin. Buzz's attempts to be supportive are thwarted when he...

S01E17 The Indecent Proposal

February 15, 2007 44 min
While Jack and Lynn's relationship gets more complicated, Patrick decides that he wants Annie's father to agree to their marriage. Meanwhile, a new visitor, Cash, moves into Marin's cabin temporarily in exchange for repairing it.

Cast

Cynthia Stevenson
Cynthia Stevenson
Celia Bachelor
Anne Heche
Anne Heche
Marin Frist
Emily Bergl
Emily Bergl
Annie
Abraham Benrubi
Abraham Benrubi
Ben Jackson
John Amos
John Amos
Buzz
Sarah Strange
Sarah Strange
Theresa Thomasson
Derek Richardson
Derek Richardson
Patrick Bachelor
James Tupper
James Tupper
Jack Slattery
Seana Kofoed
Seana Kofoed
Jane Burns
Suleka Mathew
Suleka Mathew
Sara Jackson
Timothy Webber
Timothy Webber
Jerome Robinsky

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