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Joan of Arcadia

A teenage girl receives visits from God, who appears in the guise of ordinary individuals, tasking her with assignments that ultimately lead to profound and uplifting impacts on the lives of those around her.

Teenage Joan Girardi's life becomes complicated when she starts receiving unexpected conversations with God, amidst her struggles to fit in with her family and navigate her own sense of purpose.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 26, 2003

Joan Girardi thinks she hears someone calling to her in her room in the middl...

Episode 2 The Fire and the Wood

2. The Fire and the Wood

Aired: Oct 3, 2003

Joan sees a newscaster on TV speak to her as God, but doesn't get to see what...

Episode 3 Touch Move

3. Touch Move

Aired: Oct 10, 2003

God, as a postal worker, delivers a book on chess on Joan, telling her to lea...

Episode 4 The Boat

4. The Boat

Aired: Oct 17, 2003

God asks Joan to build a boat. Meanwhile Will deals with the killings of two ...

Episode 5 Just Say No

5. Just Say No

Aired: Oct 24, 2003

God asks Joan to hold a yard sale. While Will gets involved in a pending rape...

Episode 6 Bringeth It On

6. Bringeth It On

Aired: Oct 31, 2003

God suggests that Joan try out for cheerleading. Will looks for a mother who ...

Episode 7 Death Be Not Whatever

7. Death Be Not Whatever

Aired: Nov 7, 2003

God asks Joan to be on the lookout for people needing help and she ends up ba...

Episode 9 St. Joan

9. St. Joan

Aired: Nov 21, 2003

God asks Joan to ace her history test - on Joan of Arc. In doing so, Joan is ...

Episode 10 Drive, He Said

10. Drive, He Said

Aired: Dec 5, 2003

Joan takes her driving test on instruction from above. Will Girardi follows t...

Episode 12 Jump

12. Jump

Aired: Jan 9, 2004

God appears to Joan as Rocky, the young boy that she babysat with Cystic Fibr...

Episode 13 Recreation

13. Recreation

Aired: Jan 16, 2004

God tells Joan to throw a party while her parents are spending the weekend at...

Episode 14 State of Grace

14. State of Grace

Aired: Feb 6, 2004

God asks Joan to join the debate team. When Joan's assigned debate partner is...

Episode 15 Night without Stars

15. Night without Stars

Aired: Feb 13, 2004

Kevin seems back to his old self, participating in the wheelchair basketball ...

Episode 16 Double Dutch

16. Double Dutch

Aired: Feb 20, 2004

Joan is bummed that Adam has Iris and Luke has Glynis and she's alone. God te...

Episode 17 No Bad Guy

17. No Bad Guy

Aired: Feb 27, 2004

After a picture of Joan wearing only underwear in the locker room is leaked t...

Episode 19 Do the Math

19. Do the Math

Aired: Apr 2, 2004

Joan is struggling with math when God tells her to take some piano lessons. S...

Episode 20 Anonymous

20. Anonymous

Aired: Apr 30, 2004

Now that Adam has broken up with Iris to be with Joan, she's worried that the...

Episode 22 The Gift

22. The Gift

Aired: May 14, 2004

God tells Joan that she needs to give Adam and gift, which she mistakes at fi...

Episode 23 Silence

23. Silence

Aired: May 21, 2004

Helen has a strange dream, partly reliving the night of Kevin's accident, and...

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Info about Joan of Arcadia

Seasons: 2

Current Status: Canceled

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Crime, Fantasy