They'd never believe her if she told them that God is talking to her. Does Joan have a higher purpose on earth, or are these strange conversations just in her head? Comedy Crime Drama Fantasy. Did you know Edit. These "commandments" are: 1. God cannot directly intervene. Good and evil exist.
God can never identify one religion as being right. The job of every human being is to fulfill his or her true nature.
Everyone is allowed to say "no" to God, including Joan. God is not bound by time. This is a human concept. God is not a person and does not possess a human personality. God talks to everyone all the time in different ways. God's plan is what is good for us, not what is good for him. God's purpose for talking to Joan, and everyone, is to get her us to recognize the interconnectedness of all things - i.
However, the exact nature of God is a mystery, and the mystery can never be solved. Quotes God : Good is relative. User reviews Review. Top review. What if God was one of us? What if God actually took bodies of real people that you knew and than spoke to you?
With that in mind you'd probably be nice to every person you came into contact with. But with that aside it makes me think as well as being entertaining. It's somewhat like the book except I don't think she gets burned to death in the end.
Joan doing good deeds is nice to see, and plus she's just a normal teenager Joan of Arcadia ran for two seasons on CBS starting in , in an era when networks were hanging on to the last gasps of dominance. It aired on Friday nights, opposite a sad pile of canceled sitcoms. The show was a tough sell: Teenage girl, played by Amber Tamblyn, talks to God, who appears to her in human form via various avatars. Maybe it sounds a little corny. Sometimes it actually was a little corny.
Plenty of series wonder that, but none with as open a heart as Joan. Some teen shows pity teen characters, or revel in their daily humiliations from the comforting distance of adulthood. Despite widespread critical acclaim and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama, CBS gave Joan the heave-ho when viewership declined in season two. A direct revival of Joan would be great — the show ended on a cliff-hanger, after all — but a general successor would be terrific, too.
Sign In. Joan of Arcadia — Season: 1 2. Year: S2, Ep1. Error: please try again. Joan returns home after spending the summer at a 'crazy camp' where she met with a therapist who convinced her that the visions of God were hallucinations.
She goes back to work in the bookstore and when God continues to visit her, she denies it is anything more than her imagination. Helen pursues Catholicism by meeting with a former nun who bucks the stereotype. Grace and Luke are meeting in secret and he has signed a contract to not reveal their relationship to anyone. Will learns that the kid who was driving when Kevin was paralyzed in the accident is suing them Add Image S2, Ep2.
Still struggling between believing in the visions of God and thinking they are hallucinations, Joan's friend Judith from camp transfers to Arcadia High. Judith decides to throw a party since her parents are out of town, but her attempt to merge with Joan's group of friends goes awry.
Grace and Luke try to agree on music and have a difficult time finding 'their song'. Kevin goes to visit Andy to see whether he's really as distressed as the lawsuit contends. Meanwhile, Will is looking for anyone to come forward to tell who shot a young boy, but everyone seems scared to Add Image S2, Ep3. Joan is concerned about Judith hanging with a bad crowd and skipping school. For a physics assignment, Joan begins cultivating a garden near the bleachers, with little hope that anything will grow.
Slowly, she gains the support of her friends - even Judith. Helen continues to meet with Lilly, the former nun. Will finds that the death of his shooting witness was arson and that all the fingers are pointing in the direction of his own police force.
As his parents try to keep him away from it, Kevin realizes he needs to be more involved with the lawsuit. Add Image S2, Ep4. Joan is tasked with adopting a cat that is quite hostile, but has to find a new home for it when her mother's Aunt Olive comes to stay with them after having a stroke. Grace and Luke are still keeping their relationship a secret, but things move forward when she decides to confide in him.
Add Image S2, Ep5. It's time for the class president to be elected and Joan takes the side of Brian Beaumont - the guy who kicked her off the yearbook staff - becoming his campaign manager. But she has to decide how far she is willing to go for a victory. Helen battles with a students' objection to an art piece that contains the shellacked remains of a pet gerbil. Will asks Kevin to investigate the new police lieutenant. Add Image S2, Ep6.
Buoyed by an excellent economics test, Joan decides to help her Mom with the church's clothing drive. When she finds some high end donations, Judith suggests they sell the items instead of giving them to the church. At first, they do so and buy more items with the money, but when Joan decides that Adam could free up some time if he had a laptop that Friedman is selling, she keeps some of the money.
Helen purchases one of the items and is accused of having stolen it from the clothing drive. Kevin decides to try doing comedy at an open mic night after he bumps into Beth Add Image S2, Ep7. Adam is struggling to get his work done while working with an internship at a graphics company.
Joan is just as busy with schoolwork and doesn't have time to help with his sculpture, so Judith helps him instead. When Joan gets a video camera and begins filming her family and friends, she captures Adam and Judith hugging, but without sound, she misinterprets their intention.
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