Man in the Moon My
most favourite Dr. Quinn episode is "Man
in the Moon"! "Man in the Moon" is my most favourite episode, because in my eyes it’s THE episode which shows and explains Myra’s character the best! It’s the first time that she really speaks her mind and that the audience gets an insight in her real feelings and thoughts. And above all that it’s such a strong episode for Myra. She finally manages to change her whole life. Right from the beginning on, when she’s packing her few things in her room at the Saloon it becomes crystal clear that she’s absolutely serious with her intentions of finally leaving the Saloon, and most of all leaving Hank! When she stands straight up to him, faces him and tells him that she will definitely leave, no matter what he’ll try to do against that and that she doesn’t even care if he’ll let her be put to justice and she acclaims that she will never be “his” again and that he can’t force her to nothing anymore, her strength and strong will leave no doubt that there’s something within her that was not yet discovered. A very touching scene is when Myra moves to the clinic and Michaela helps her with all the new things Horace has bought her, and she tries out one of her new dresses. Myra is so excited of her new life that begins from now on with Horace, the life she always longed for. When she watches herself in the mirror and can hardly believe it’s really her whom she sees, this is the first indication that there might be something about her upcoming life that isn’t quite what she wanted, because she won’t be able to be herself anymore. And also the new dress itself can be taken as a symbol for that. On one hand it’s a beautiful dress that suits Myra very well, but on the other hand it’s so tight and it covers every part of her body. This shows that from that time on, although Myra finally thinks to be free, she actually isn’t. Not only her new clothes limit her, but she’ll even be restricted again in her new life with Horace which is far from what she wished. But since she has no clue yet that it’s going to be like that she still wants her new life more than anything else. Later at hers' and Horaces’ engagement party when Hank shows up completely drunk and attempts to shoot her, Myra is the only person out of all the others who does not hide behind or under a table but calmly walks up to Hank, faces him and tries to talk to him and convince him to give up. Although everybody is sure that Hank would’ve shoot Myra if Sully wouldn’t have interfered, she knows better. She is sure that he could never do that to her, no matter how hurt he is by the fact that she really left him. The way Myra worries about Hank when he’s in coma is the fact, that brings up the worst conflict. Nobody can understand why, after all what Hank had done to her, she still cares for him. But she manages to explain her intentions and feelings so well and her believe in what is right is so strong that she step by step convinces each town member. And already then there’s a slight hint on that Myra’s and Horace’s relationship might not work well for too long. By insisting on staying at Hank’s site all the time while he is in coma, she provokes Horace’s misunderstanding. He cannnot see why she does that. Myra even risks to lose Horace right before she ever had him just because she feels that she has to be with Hank and that she has to show Horace that she has her own opinions of what’s wrong and what’s right and that she wants to be able to make her own decisions. And when Horace tells her that he wouldn’t marry her if she’d stay at Hank’s side, and Myra still does, it’s the first time that the audience might think she won’t be able to be happy with Horace forever because if he turns out to be aswell a man that gives her rules and orders he wants her to follow, she can’t live like that happily ever after. My most favourite scene in the whole episode is when Myra appears in the church during the Reverends’ service and gives her speech to the townsfolks! Never before Myra has spoken about her thoughts and feelings as free and strong as then. She has the courage to face the whole town and tell them her point of view straight away. She wouldn’t have done this earlier! In this scene it can be discovered how intelligent Myra really is and she even can convince the other people in town of that she’s right. She stands up against everybody, not just Horace, and shows them the real meaning of honesty, forgiveness and finally the necessity of supporting and loving each other, even somebody like Hank. It’s great to see that she succeeds because finally the others begin to understand and maybe even change their mind and visit Hank. I think it’s wonderful to once more get a proof that Myra, although she’s actually uneducated and an ex- Saloongirl, is such an intelligent, strong and good-hearted women with such a true and honest view on everything. She is very thoughtfull and almost without any prejudice. Alltogether “Man in the Moon” is my most favourite episode because the character Myra finally gets the chance to present herself like she really is and I think that is very interesting. The audience gets to know what’s really going on inside her and what she thinks and feels and wants. "Man in the Moon" is definitely an episode with Myra's strongest moments! And since Myra is my most favourite Dr. Quinn character, I'm glad that in this episode it finally turns out what really is inside her and what she has within her! It's wonderful to have an episode like this that allows a deeper insight in Myras' character!
by Ira Koch from Germany
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