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I do not know who wrote the summary on IMDb for this episode but it has absolutely nothing to do with Mikaela's lost fiancé. It is one of the few episodes to directly follow the previous episode's story line, without being a double one with any cliff-hanger. So after the election Myra does leave Hank... His reaction is startling and yet totally mis-understood. He clearly cared for Myra without showing it in the right way. What happens to Hank is the main plot, not what happens to any visiting Naturalist... having watched it I have no idea where that comes from! The Man in the Moon in the title refers to the sub-plot of the gift of a telescope from Mikaela's mother to Brian. It's another thought-provoking story as are they all.

This episode revolves around Hank and Myra's relationship. Myra freeing herself from her contact plans to marry Horace. Hank shows up at the engagement party drunk, jealous and begins shooting, aims the gun at Myra. Sully instead of knocking the gun out of Hanks hand with his tomahawk, gives Hank a head injury. Michaela goes to check on Hank in the saloon, we get the memorable line "Michaela, you don't know what love is. You've never been with a man". Michaela storms out saying she hopes to never see his face again. Hank congratulates her for speaking her mind. Hank ends up in a coma, no one visits til Myra confronts them attending church saying they are all hypocrites, sitting with their Bibles judging Hank. It's hard to understand Myra's devotion to Hank.

He took her in when she was a homeless young girl, made her a prostitute and "owned" her. She once told Hank she felt sorry for him because he didn't know what love was( aside from physical). But sometimes we see the damaged side of Hank that she maybe understood. I didn't like the way they dressed Myra in dark, drab buttoned up dresses, her hair all up in a bun. Well, everyone visits and talks to unconscious Hank. Grace says it best " your the devil we know". DrMike goes on about how she holds in all of her passion because she's afraid but Hank doesn't, that's when he wakes up. This episode is out of order and is named for Brian as he receives a telescope from "grandma" and is looking for "the man in the moon". He gets upset with Colleen because she doesn't believe we will someday go to the moon. Sully's line was to an angry DrMike about Hank, "Maybe it's you that can't forgive him" referring to Myra still caring about Hank after everything....