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Mickey ( Woody Allen ), as both the former husband of Hannah and the eventual husband of Holly, is shown primarily in scenes outside of the primary story.

All of the scenes that take place outside of the 24-month period of the primary story involve flashbacks from Mickey's previous marriage to Hannah, Hannah and Mickey's struggle with infertility, his subsequent role as a surrogate father to Hannah's children, and his first date with Hannah's sister Holly ( Dianne Wiest ).

Aside from these flashback scenes, Mickey is depicted within the timeline of the main story dealing with hypochondria, his professional and creative conflicts in the television industry, and an existential crisis that leads to unsatisfying experiments with religious conversion to Catholicism and an interest in Krishna Consciousness.

Ultimately, an unsuccessful suicide attempt leads him to find meaning in his life after unexpectedly viewing the Marx Brothers ' Duck Soup ( part of the ' joyous ' declaration of war sequence is featured ) in a movie theater.

The revelation that life should be enjoyed, rather than understood, helps to prepare him for a second date with Holly, which this time blossoms quickly ( and mostly off-screen ) into love and marriage.