Gawky teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn), who has recently moved to Arcadia, Maryland with her family, suddenly starts meeting with strangers who claim to be God in human form, and who give her incomprehensible tasks. Each task seems to have "good ripples" (as Joan puts it) and she is willing to undertake more of them, but mysteries remain. Is Joan delusional? Or the victim of a huge practical joke? If she really is dealing with the deity, why did He pick an unpromising girl to do His bidding, and what are His plans for her? Without committing to any particular religious tradition,…
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Joan of Arcadia
Overview
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.
First air date
26/09/2003
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Shark
Eli Stone
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
J.J. Starbuck
Wonderfalls
Nightmare Cafe
Touched by an Angel
A Gifted Man
Promised Land
Journeyman
The Philanthropist
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
The Visitor
Then Came Bronson
Highway to Heaven
Beyond the Gates
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
The Smothers Brothers Show
Run for Your Life
God Friended Me