The series finale of Men in Trees
aired on ABC last night. Of course, the proper response to that
statement is, "What, was that show still on?" But if you're one of the
loyal viewers who followed Anne Heche and her Alaskan friends'
snowbound love troubles through six different time slots and two
sometimes broken-up seasons, you probably found the episode to be a
fitting, if not entirely satisfying, conclusion.
As many have pointed out, the show was very much like a combination of Northern Exposure (with a New York fish out of water in the Alaskan wilderness) and Sex and the City
(creator Jenny Bicks' previous project, which also featured a
relationship writer pondering questions about love and gender roles).
And last night's episode brought out one of the show's most frequent
themes: how money and power issues can cause problems between manly men
and equally strong women. Luckily, most of those problems were solved,
for the time being anyway, by people simply calming down and talking
things out. Verbal Marin and taciturn Jack, sophisticated Jane and
down-to-earth Sam, and even former prostitute Sarah and celibate
minister Eric all seemed to settle their differences -- and, as far as
any of us will ever know, will remain happy couples forever.
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