The worst episodes of Men in Trees
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it. Fewer than 10 rated episodes — treat this ranking as provisional.
- 01
As everyone prepares for the First Annual Elmo Talent Show, the townsfolk display some very unlikely talents. Meanwhile, Marin receives a hefty check for her latest book, but the money may come between her and Jack when she wants to do something expensive for him. While Jane and Sam drive from New York to Elmo, his budget-friendly ways frustrate her. Sara has fantasies about other men, but not about her boyfriend, Eric. And Patrick goes to extremes to rekindle his romance with Annie.
- 02
Relationship coach and bestselling author Marin Frist feels confident that, when it comes to men, she knows what to look for, what to avoid, and what will make her happy. But after her own relationship falls apart, she finds herself stuck in a small Alaskan town full of the one thing she really doesn't need -- available men. Amid the amazingly beautiful world surrounding her, Marin, for the first time in her life, now has a chance to stop, breathe and take a look at her real self.
- 03
While Marin adapts to her new small town environment -- which includes being a relationship adviser on Patrick's radio show and being followed by a stray raccoon -- she gets surprising advice from the men in Elmo as to what she should do to get over her fiancé. Meanwhile, Jane helps Marin cancel her wedding in New York; Sara takes Marin to a sweat lodge to sort out her problems; Annie settles into town by getting a job working for Jack; and Marin accidentally blows out the towns power using her hairdryer, which inadvertently opens the door to new romance with a handsome stranger -- who is no stranger to Elmo.
- 04
Marin's struggle to come to terms with the fact that she is now indeed a single woman is more difficult than she thought. Meanwhile, she's been asked to host the towns charity Bachelor Auction. Little did she expect to be spending all her money on one particular guy. Patrick takes a nervous Annie to meet his over-protective mother, Celia, and Ben and Theresa's relationship gets more complicated.
- 05
Since Marin has been away from New York, she's fallen off the radar and there is a rumor going around New York that she's dead. When Elmo's town elder passes away, their sister city breaks up with the town before their New Moon Festival. So Marin seizes the opportunity to put herself to use by finding the town a new "mate." Meanwhile, the clothes that she had shipped from New York have mysteriously ended up on every other woman in town.
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