Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I puta a Heche i roto i te whakaari whakaari iti-iti "Te Ora Hinengaro" (2005), e whakaatu ana i te oranga aroha hou me te mahi tahi a Azura Skye me Elizabeth Banks. I whakaatuhia te kiriata ki te raupapa huihuinga kiriata me te whiwhi i tetahi whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata. I te tau 2006 ka tiimata a Heche ki te mahi i tana ake raupapa, "Men in Trees". I roto i te whakaaturanga, i wheturangitia e ia he kaituhi o New York, i muri i tana kitenga i tana hoa rangatira e tinihanga ana ki a ia, ka neke ki tetahi taone iti i Alaska, he maha nga taane takitahi me etahi wahine. I whakakorehia te "Men in Trees" i te marama o Mei 2008, i muri i te wa poto na te
te patu a te kaituhi. I te wa e whakaatuhia ana te whakaaturanga, i wheturangitia a Heche i roto i te whakaari whakamataku-whakaari "Suffering Man's Charity" (2007), te whakaari whakaari "What Love Is" (2007), me te whakaari whakaari-pūtaiao "Toxic Skies" (2008), kaore i tino kitea e te hunga whakarongo.