Joan of Arcadia — Episode Guide

1-22
2004.05.14
The Gift
A thumbnail sketch of the episode to hold you until the recap goes live.


Ep. Title Air/Pub'l Author
1-22 Recaplet The Gift
The Gift - A thumbnail sketch of the episode to hold you until the recap goes live.
2004.05.14
2004.05.15
Strega
1-21 Recap Maybe He's Born With It...Maybe It's Maybelline
Vanity, Thy Name Is Human - A course on cosmetology leads Joan to various extremes, including flipping out on Adam. It also leads to Glynis and Luke breaking up. Kevin runs into an old girlfriend, and has nothing but completely misguided hostility and bitterness for her. Will busts a teenage prostitution ring, on a hunch, and becomes a local hero yet again. And Helen's painted a really good painting...so she burns it.
2004.05.07
2004.05.13
Deborah
1-20 Recap "Anonymous" Was A Woman
Anonymous - Envious of the things Adam and Iris have in common, Joan volunteers to be a photographer for the yearbook, trying to find something she's good at. In the process she learns that Adam loves her just as she is, with all her floundering. Joan also discovers a good but anonymous poem -- which turns out to have been written by Grace. Will and Toni thwart an uxoricide.
2004.04.30
2004.05.05
Deborah
1-19 Recap Collision
Do the Math - Joan dredges up her father's estranged half-brother, upsetting Will deeply. Kevin continues to pursue his neurological recovery and Joan takes piano lessons at God's behest. Adam gives himself a much-needed barnaclectomy.
2004.04.02
2004.04.08
Deborah
1-18 Recap Are You There, God? It's Me, Joan
Requiem for a Third Grade Ashtray - Joan gets a tiny taste of familial responsibility. Grace finally gives in after a few years of resistance and submits to her bat mitzvah preparation. Will is trapped in an elevator with a woman who goes into labour. Helen is frazzled, Luke is sick, and Kevin farts. Fortunately, no one is trapped in an elevator with him.
2004.03.12
2004.03.18
Deborah
1-17 Recap Revenge Is Sour
No Bad Guy - God tells Joan to join the band, for reasons that are not totally clear. Some snotty girls disseminate a picture of Joan in her underwear. Helen's first art show is trashed by a critic. Some old guy mows down a bunch of people by accident. Joan sprains her ankle doing laundry. Adam and Jane confess they're in love with each other -- but not in so many words. Yeah, it's a big muddle.
2004.02.27
2004.03.03
Deborah
1-16 Recap Casper, The Friendly Ghost
Double Dutch - Joan makes friends with a homeless girl named Casper, who abruptly disappears from Joan's life. Adam's school art project is meant to hurt and upset Helen. Will and Luke have a very honest discussion about their relationship. Rebecca is pissed off when Kevin responds to the advances of another woman.
2004.02.20
2004.02.25
Deborah
1-15 Recap Boiling Point
Night Without Stars - The Girardis show their ugly sides. Adam gets involved with a plot device named Iris.
2004.02.13
2004.02.19
Deborah
1-14 Recap Grace Under Pressure
State Of Grace - God gets Joan on the debate team to argue in favour of the newly instituted security measures at the high school. Grace is so adamantly opposed even to participating in a debate about it that it drives a wedge into her friendship with Joan. Helen applies to be the art teacher at Arcadia High, and Friedman convinces Luke to go after Glynis. Will investigates an apparent gay bashing.
2004.02.06
2004.02.11
Deborah
1-13 Recap Dance Me Outside
Recreation - God finally gives Joan a fun assignment: have a party. She and Luke don't have very much fun, though. Helen and Will go away to a spa and don't have very much fun, either. Kevin and Rebecca, however, manage to buck the Girardi trend by having some fun. Adam and Joan struggle to redefine their relationship in the wake of The Kiss.
2004.01.16
2004.01.21
Deborah
1-12 Recap Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy
Jump - Jane and Adam kiss. Deborah breaks her Squee-o-Meter. Yeah, all kinds of other stuff happens, too. It's all good.
2004.01.09
2004.01.15
Deborah
1-11 Recap Bully For You
The Uncertainty Principle - God instructs Joan to invite the school bully to the winter semi-formal dance. Grace kisses Luke. Will and Toni blow the lid off the steaming cauldron of municipal corruption.
2003.12.12
2003.12.19
Deborah
1-10 Recap My Sister's Keeper
Drive, He Said - Will is abducted when he stops a criminal making a getaway, and Joan gets her driver's licence. Luke wins a $30,000 TriMathlon competition, with more than a little help from C8-H10-N4-O2 -- and Helen's home pregnancy test indicates she's pregnant. Luke believes Joan's the one who's pregnant, and tries to intervene in her relationship with Adam.
2003.12.05
2003.12.10
Deborah
1-9 Recap Paranoid Schizophrenic With A Miscellaneous Complex
St. Joan - When Joan is accused of cheating on a history test, she has to figure out how to respond to that, and is surprised when God tells her to back down. The whole family finally gets into therapy together, which prompts an emotional outburst from Kevin. And Will hates his job, and can't take much more of the dirty local politics.
2003.11.21
2003.11.26
Deborah
1-8 Recap God Told Me To
The Devil Made Me Do It - God asks Joan to do something fairly questionable: keep Adam's sculpture out of an art show at the high school. Joan's so conflicted about this request that she starts wondering if it's really God asking.
2003.11.14
2003.11.19
Deborah
1-7 Recap Nor Yet Canst Thou Kill Me, Yo
Death Be Not Whatever - A dying child, a dead mother, police brutality, a suicide attempt, and grief. As if that's not enough, it gets worse: a high school career fair. Wait! Come back! It's really good.
2003.11.07
2003.11.12
Deborah
1-6 Recap Cheer Nation
Bringeth It On - A high school girl abandons a baby in a dumpster, and God tells Joan to try out for the cheerleading squad.
2003.10.31
2003.11.04
Deborah
1-5 Recap Maternal Instincts
Just Say No - Some wanker named Clay asks Joan out, but it doesn't take her long to figure out that he's a loser. It takes her a little longer to figure out what's troubling her mother, and even then, God needs to give her a really big hint. Will and Daghlian work on a stagnating rape case, and Daghlian ends up pulling a boneheaded (if well-intentioned) move that gets him fired. But Kevin gets a job, so the employment rate for Arcadia remains unchanged.
2003.10.24
2003.10.28
Deborah
1-4 Recap Joan of Ark
The Boat - Will tries to convince Kevin to play wheelchair basketball, but Kevin wants no part of it, or of his father's expectations. Will is also dealing with a cop killer on the loose -- maybe two. Joan's current assignment is to build a boat. God gives her some money but no explicit instructions. And she's tempted to tell Adam about the whole God thing.
2003.10.17
2003.10.21
Deborah
1-3 Recap The Medium and the Message
Touch Move - Will is forced to work with a psychic on a child abduction case. Helen struggles with whether to hope or pray or search for miracles to help Kevin. And Joan's latest assignment from God is to study chess.
2003.10.10
2003.10.14
Deborah
1-2 Recap The Smallest Catalyst
The Fire & The Wood - Joan gets a glimpse of the nature of catalysis, as God continues working through her. Will investigates an arson case. Kevin gets his license, and a car, and almost gets a date.
2003.10.03
2003.10.07
Deborah
1-1 Recap "Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True"
Pilot - If God started talking to you when you were a teenager, would you listen? Yeah, sure you would.
2003.09.26
2003.09.30
Deborah
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