Just recently, I wrote about how “Men In Trees” (starring Anne Heche) has quite a few interesting “religion” plotlines going this season, including one about a Christian pastor, Eric, who loses his Elmo church congregation because he’s unmarried and in a relationship with Sara, the former town prostitute–even though they’re practicing chastity. With the support of the very same Sara–who’s letting him live in her home (chastely) while he’s out of a job and trying to build a new church–Eric is actually doing it: building a church, I mean.
Last week’s episode–”Get a Life“–featured Eric’s church-building progress–quite literally, with land and wood and a hammer and nails and all that–and has him doing the hottie-worship-band-guy thing (could they get more predictable with this one?). Turns out–if that’s actually him singing–he’s pretty good at the guitar, has a nice voice, and is wooing women and converts left and right with the Christian singer/songwriter deal.
He even has a fan club (also very funny)–they call themselves “The Pastorettes”–these women groupies bake him his favorite cookies, have a fan club website devoted to all things Pastor Eric, and chat on and on about his band appearances and soulful voice.
The episode finished with Pastor Eric celebrating the roof of this new church–no walls, but definitely a roof–playing with his band in the open spring air of beautiful Alaska. The Pastorettes were there in full force, but Eric only has eyes for Sara, and he sings a song he wrote for her as part of the church-building celebration. I’m curious to see where this one goes….it’s shaping up to be a pretty interesting portrayal of a Christian pastor starting a new church, maintaining a good, healthy relationship in the process, and somehow coming out ahead as a really cool guy, too. (Apparently, Eric and Sara, played by Nicholas Lea and Suleka Mathew, are dating in real life.)
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posted April 8, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I love, love, love Men In Trees…addiction is a strong word, but I’m almost there!!!!! It’s so quirky, predictable, and fun. The cast is such a riot, you almost want to go and live in Elmo. Keep up the good work and if you need another wacky New Yorker, Call ME:):)
posted April 9, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yes, this is Nick singing and playing the guitar. He was the leader of a group (Beau Monde) for five years before becoming an actor. For a few years now he’s been back to performing in local clubs (in Vancouver) with Twisted Siskel, a band formed by cinema pros. Some of them are playing with him in the episode. He wrote the song at the end (I See In You) for Suleka- just like “Pastor Eric” did for “Sara” in the series
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In a recent interview with The Province, Suleka Matthew explained she saw Nick for the first time as he played at her pre-grade party when she was in college… with Beau Monde.