Men in Trees stars the newly sane Anne Heche as Marin, a motivational speaker and writer about relationships. Surprise, she has been booked for a speaking engagement in Alaska. That’s where ice is born.

Marin accidentally grabs her fiancé’s laptop. Golly, there sure are a lot of pictures featuring his lips on another woman’s lips. He probably just Photoshopped those. I guess that is still creepy.

Patrick Bachelor meets Marin at the dock. In Alaska, planes pull up to docks. Patrick is Marin’s first taste of the quirky characters we are sure to meet throughout the series.

I think Marin has also been called Mary and Annie. It’s like a damn Russian novel. Hrm, Alaska is pretty close to Russia.

Patrick is the one who booked Marin, who normally speaks in front of large groups of women. Since there are 10 men to every woman in Alaska, Patrick brought Marin up to give the bearded gentlemen help. No, it isn’t hairy rock group Grandaddy. It’s just Alaskans.

Uh oh, I laughed. That must mean I am enjoying myself.

Since there are no spin classes in Alaska, Marin goes for a real bike ride to the sounds of KT Turnstall. She almost biked off a mountain.

Through a series of events like sleeping in and storms, Marin and then her publicist get stuck in the tiny Alaskan town. Soon Marin will find it charming, the men interesting, and decide to stay. Sorry, sorry. I hope I didn’t ruin the next half hour for you.

Do you know about KnowMenopause.com? I do, and now you do too. Go ahead, click the link and giggle.

As long as the “oh my goodness, where can I find cell phone reception” jokes get the heave ho next episode, I think this show will do just fine.

Marin, on an unachievable quest for a cigarette, ends up falling through a frozen lake. Yeah, she bought cigarettes from a vending machine in a well lit area and then walked into the wilderness by herself. You know, no matter how much you keep saying that it doesn’t make sense, that doesn’t change what happened. Give it a rest.

Then Marin has to spend the night naked with the man she keeps brushing off, even though he isn’t coming on to her. Don’t judge. You think you know Alaska? You don’t know Alaska. You don’t even have a hat that says Alaska on it!

And so, with all of these events, Marin blows off an appearance on Oprah, stays in Alaska, and starts writing a book on men. Not actually on men, like men were the paper she was writing on. I mean, about men. But writing on men, that’s an idea. Who wants to start a project for Burning Man?

Guess what is being Tivoed next hour? Yeah, this show is alright so far.