Joan of Arcadia
As a straight male it pains me to admit it sometimes but my favorite new show on TV is the CBS Friday night drama Joan of Arcadia. It stars the wonderful Joe Mantegna and the underrated Mary Steenbergen & newcomers Amber Tamblyn and Jason Ritter (son of the late John Ritter). It is a show were Joan, a teenage outcast basically, is confronted by God and told to do things. However, when God manifests himself he does so in various ways; sometimes as a student at her school, or a man walking his dog, or a waiter at a restaraunt. Joan usually follows his advice, but in a good TV Drama way things do not always work out perfectly.
On top of confronting her new found faith in God, Joan is still a high school student, dealing with her first boyfriend and her mother and brother who are both in the school with her. The oldest son (Jason Ritter) was a star athlete who was paralyzed in an auto accident and the father is a police detective dealing with his work problems. All the characters are deep and their storylines very interesting. Also the themes in the show do run from one episode to the next, so it is not just a one and done drama. It moves along with very believable problems that confront today's teens and today's families, all while intertwining the lost faith in God that seems to have swept today's society.
The family in the show is has no confirmed religious conviction, not even christian, but probably not Jewish. In the season finale tonite Joan's mother dreamt that God was talking to her, while Joan sick in a hospital confronted God during medicaly induced hallucinations asking wether or not he was real. Also the Father had his own leaps of faith in this episode. It was nice to see how the other characters dealt with God and how he comes into our lives. It is a very powerful drama which can help teach anyone some thoughts about God and his "plan" for us all.
I do not know where the show came from, but I am certainly happy it is on. I have not really been hooked into regualr viewing of a TV show since That 70's Show premeired in 1999. This show seems to have a staying power and I recommend to anyone regardless of your thoughts on God. By no means does it preach or be pushy with its religious overtones. It is just a quality show with quality writing and I enjoy it very much.
On top of confronting her new found faith in God, Joan is still a high school student, dealing with her first boyfriend and her mother and brother who are both in the school with her. The oldest son (Jason Ritter) was a star athlete who was paralyzed in an auto accident and the father is a police detective dealing with his work problems. All the characters are deep and their storylines very interesting. Also the themes in the show do run from one episode to the next, so it is not just a one and done drama. It moves along with very believable problems that confront today's teens and today's families, all while intertwining the lost faith in God that seems to have swept today's society.
The family in the show is has no confirmed religious conviction, not even christian, but probably not Jewish. In the season finale tonite Joan's mother dreamt that God was talking to her, while Joan sick in a hospital confronted God during medicaly induced hallucinations asking wether or not he was real. Also the Father had his own leaps of faith in this episode. It was nice to see how the other characters dealt with God and how he comes into our lives. It is a very powerful drama which can help teach anyone some thoughts about God and his "plan" for us all.
I do not know where the show came from, but I am certainly happy it is on. I have not really been hooked into regualr viewing of a TV show since That 70's Show premeired in 1999. This show seems to have a staying power and I recommend to anyone regardless of your thoughts on God. By no means does it preach or be pushy with its religious overtones. It is just a quality show with quality writing and I enjoy it very much.
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