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Joan of Arcadia

Plot

On this whimsical CBS dramedy with mystical overtones, Amber Tamblyn starred as Joan Girardi, an awkward, underachieving teenage girl. As the daughter of Arcadia's newly installed police chief, Will Girardi (Joe Mantegna), and the sister of a former high-school athletic star now confined to a wheelchair, Joan was pretty much resigned to the fact that she herself was nothing special, and never would be. Imagine Joan's surprise when she began receiving visits from God, who showed up in variety of mortal guises. It was possible that Joan was merely imagining these celestial drop-ins -- and just as possible that our heroine had been "chosen" for a higher purpose in life (though the deity didn't bother to tell her what that purpose was, but merely said that he needed her "to do some errands"). Joan of Arcadia debuted September 26, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Credit

Vicki Rosenberg - Casting, Alexis Frank Koczara - Casting, Drew Matich - Co-producer, Christine Peters - Costume Designer, Jack Bender - Director, James Hayman - Director, Tracy Lee Curtis - Editor, Barbara Hall - Executive Producer, James Hayman - Executive Producer, Peter Schindler - Executive Producer, Randy Anderson - Executive Producer, Jonathan Grossman - Composer (Music Score), Daniel Lomino - Production Designer, Bill Eigenbrodt - Production Designer, Charlie Lieberman - Cinematographer, Dave Eichhorn - Sound/Sound Designer, Barbara Hall - Screenwriter

Episodes

Joan of Arcadia: Season 01 (2003)
Being "the chosen one" isn't exactly a barrel of laughs for teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn) during the first season of the critically acclaimed CBS drama series Joan of Arcadia. For one thing, poor Joan never knows when God will choose to have one of his many conversations with her -- nor is she ever quite certain in what guise God will appear (a little boy, a street person, the school lunch lady, etc.). Also, the things God asks Joan to do don't always make sense; sure, she understands his motives when he persuades her to volunteer to work with underprivileged, but why in his name does he want her to join the school debate team? Finally, Joan has a tough time keeping her celestial chit-chats a secret from her police-detective dad, Will (Joe Mantegna); her art-teacher mom, Helen (Mary Steenburgen); her nerdy brother Luke (Mike Welch); her paraplegic older brother Kevin (Jason Ritter); and her somewhat befuddled artist boyfriend, Adam (Christopher Marquette). In the course of season one, Joan tries to help her dad Will capture a serial killer; she is shamed by God into enrolling in an advanced-placement chem class; she learns to play chess, a move that is linked with her dad's investigation of a missing child case; her brother Kevin ever so gradually adjusts to life in a wheelchair, though mom Helen never gives up hope of a miracle (the one issue that God hasn't entirely broached yet!); Will later lands a newspaper job, possibly via divine intervention, possibly not; God sees to it that Joan comes out of her shell by prodding her to try out for the pom-pom squad; Joan becomes mighty uncomfortable (one might say hot under the collar) when certain parties draw comparisons between her and another Joan of "Arc" fame; an acquaintance of Joan's dies, leading to some very pointed queries during her next conversation with the almighty; a cryptic request leads Joan to believe that God wants "something more" from their relationship; and in the season finale, Joan's mood swings lead her parents to wonder just where she goes and whom she's with when she's not at home -- and in so doing, realign their own attitudes toward faith in a greater power. ~ Rovi

Pilot
Drive, He Said
The Uncertainty Principle
The Fire & the Wood
Touch Move
The Boat
Just Say No
Bringeth it On
Death Be Not Whatever
The Devil Made Me Do It
St. Joan
Jump
Recreation
State of Grace
Night Without Stars
Double Dutch
No Bad Guy
Requiem for a 3rd Grade Ashtray
Do the Math
Anonymous
Vanity, Thy Name Is Human
The Gift
Silence

Joan of Arcadia: Season 02 (2004)

Only Connect
The Book of Questions
Dive
Out of Sight
Back to the Garden
The Cat
The Election
Wealth of Nations
P.O.V.
Friday Night
No Future
Game Theory
Queen of the Zombies
The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi
Romancing the Joan
Independence Day
Shadows and Light
Secret Service
Trial and Error
Spring Cleaning
Common Thread
Something Wicked This Way Comes