Joan of Arcadia Season 1 Episode Information

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Joan of Arcadia Episode Info

(Season 1)

Pilot
Episode Number 1
First Aired September 26, 2003
Written by Barbara Hall
Directed by James Hayman & Jack Bender

Guest Stars

Patrick Breen as Sammy
Kris Lemche as Cute Boy (God)
David Burke as Father Ken Mallory
Patrick Breen as Sammy
Ivonne Coll as Marlene
Morocco Omari as Prinicipal Chadwick
Deborah Theaker as Mrs. Marx
Stephanie Lineburg as Sophie
Baadja-Lyne Odums as Cafeteria Woman (God)
Noah Bean as Officer Osborne
Spencer Redford as Leslie
Erik Palladino as Lt. Michael Daghlian

Synopsis: Spirited 16 year old Joan Girardi gets an unexpected visit from a really hot guy claiming to be God. He gives Joan a mission…find a job. Joan's parents head a close-knit family trying to adjust to a recent move to Arcadia and the accident that left their eldest son a paraplegic. Joan's dad is the new chief of police and is trying to solve a serial killer case.

The Fire and the Wood
Episode Information
Episode Number 2
First Aired October 3, 2003
Written by Hart Hanson
Directed by James Hayman

Guest Stars

Derek Morgan as Lt. Roy Roebuck
Conor O'Farrell as Fire Chief Thomas Wyatt
James Martin Kelly as Sweeper Driver (God)
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
Robert Clendenin as Linesman (God)
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
John Kassir as Mime (God)
Erik Palladino as Lt. Michael Daghlian
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price

Synopsis: God tells Joan to stop squandering her potential, so Joan enrolls in an advanced-placement chemistry class. There, she is partnered with Adam Rove and Grace Polk. Will is frustrated when a possible murder trail goes cold because of an arson investigator’s overly thorough examination. After Kevin passes his driver’s ed test, Helen is eager for him to get a car.

Touch Move
Episode Number 3
First Aired October 10, 2003
Written by Barbara Hall
Directed by Josh Brand

Guest Stars
Spencer Redford as Sophie
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
Erik Palladino as Lt. Michael Daghlian
Kris Lemche as Cute Boy (God)
David Burke as Father Ken Mallory
Stephanie Lineburg as Sophie
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Ben Siegler as Dr. Rodney Hughes
Wendy Worthington as Mailwoman (God)
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Morocco Omari as Principal Chadwick
John Marshall Jones as Chess Player (God)
Lee Garlington as Charlotte Bloome
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
Wendy Phillips as Brenda Jameson

Synopsis: God asks Joan to learn how to play chess. After Kevin has a dream the he is walking and awakens to feel pain in his legs, Helen hopes that Kevin will walk again. Will is skeptical when a family asks the police to work with a psychic to find their missing son.

The Boat
Episode Number 4
First Aired October 17, 2003
Written by Randy Anderson
Directed by Kevin Dowling

Guest Stars

Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Erik Palladino as Lt. Michael Daghlian
Mitch Longley as Barry "Bear" Caldwell
Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Sgt. Eddie Fosberg
Sarah Aldrich as Janet Milner
Kathryn Joosten as Old Lady (God)
Joel McKinnon Miller as Don "Wood Man" Bicke
Phill Lewis as Naval Officer (God)
Robert Dolan as Archie Branson
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price

Synopsis: God asks Joan to build a boat. Despite believing it’s a school assignment, Helen worries that Joan is becoming eccentric when she enthusiastically tackles the boat-building project. Will encourages Kevin to join a wheel-chair basketball team.

Just Say No
Episode Number 5
First Aired October 24, 2003
Written by Tom Garrigus
Directed by Steve Gomer

Guest Stars

Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
Erik Palladino as Lt. Michael Daghlian
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
Nate Dushku as Clay Fisher
Kara Zediker as Sara Bonner
Jeremy Garrett as Todd Bainbridge
David Doty as Businessman (God)
Candy Azzara as Housewife (God)
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Rebecca Askew

Synopsis: God ask Joan to have a garage sale on Saturday. When sorting through her family’s unwanted belongings, Joan uncovers some paintings by Helen during a dark period in her life. Helen must decide if she wants to share that part of her history with Joan. Will tries to help a rape victim whose case the district attorney feels isn’t strong enough. Kevin gets a job at the newspaper.

Bringeth It On
Episode Number 6
First Aired October 31, 2003
Written by Joy Gregory
Directed by David Petrarca

Guest Stars

Keri Lynn Pratt as Brianna Matthews
April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Morocco Omari as Principal Chadwick
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
Ivonne Coll as Marlene
Ashleigh Ann Wood as CeCe
Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
Dana Davis as Nicky
Jane Morris as Substitute Teacher (God)
Larry Hankin as Homeless Man (God)
Chris Hogan as Hot Dog (God)

Synopsis: God asks Joan to try out for the cheerleading squad, which puts her at odds with Grace and Adam. Joan impresses two pom-pom girls, which ask Joan to hang out with them outside of school. Meanwhile, a newborn is found abandoned in a high school gym bag in a dumpster. Will and Detective Toni Williams trace the baby’s mother to Joan’s high school.

Death Be Not Whatever
Episode Number 7
First Aired November 7, 2003
Written by Barbara Hall
Directed by Peter Levin

Guest Stars

Corinne Bohrer as Sylvia Tardio
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
Kris Lemche as Cute Boy (God)
Mia Cottet as Flight Attendant (God)
Richard Gilliland as Mayor Albert Dumbar
Sydney Tamia Poitier as Rebecca Askew
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
David Burke as Father Ken Mallory
Jesse Burch as Dave
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Andrew Kavovit as Officer Koczara
David Dorfman as Rocky Tardio
April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams

Synopsis: God asks Joan to help those in need, so Joan offers to be a babysitter for Rocky, a 6-year-old boy who is obsessed with death. Meanwhile, Will tries to deal with a political disaster when two officers assault a black man at a gas station and it is caught on film.

The Devil Made Me Do It
Episode Number 8
First Aired November 14, 2003
Written by Hart Hanson
Directed by James Hayman

Guest Stars

Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
David Burke as Father Ken Mallory
Brian Cousins as Allan Burns
Richard Gilliland as Mayor Albert Dunbar
Henry G. Sanders as Security Guard (God)
Paul Sand as Rabbi Polonski
Dendrie Taylor as Power-Walking Woman (God)
Dendrie Taylor as Miss Hamlin
Joseph D. Reitman as Music Store Clerk
Kyle Sabihy as Big Kid (God)

Synopsis: Joan has a crisis of faith when God asks her to stop Adam Rove’s sculpture from being in the school art show. Will feels political pressure to publicly declare a man a hero after he shot and killed an intruder in his home.

St. Joan
Episode Number 9
First Aired November 21, 2003
Written by Randy Anderson
Directed by Martha Mitchell

Guest Stars

April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Morocco Omari as Principal Stephen Chadwick
Patrick Breen as Sammy
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
Dan Desmond as Dr. Paul Dreisbach
Lily Knight as Kathleen Sundberg
Nelson Mashita as Gardener (God)
Derek Morgan as Lt. Roy Roebuck
Bill Camp as Painter (God)
Maricela Ochoa as Domestic Worker (God)

Synopsis: God tells Joan to score an “A” on a test about the Hundred Years War and the story of the saint Joan of Arc. Joan is shocked when she is asked to retake the exam to prove that she didn’t cheat. The entire Girardi family visits a therapist, out of concern for Joan.

Drive, He Said
Episode Number 10
First Aired December 5, 2003
Written by Tom Garrigus
Directed by Ron Lagomarsino

Guest Stars

April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Sydney Tamia Poitier as Rebecca Askey
Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
Evan Jones as Robert Morrison
Sherri Shepherd as DMV Clerk (God)
Steven Cole Cragg as Plumber (God)
Ivonne Cole as Marlene
Oliver Muirhead as Proctor (God)

Synopsis: When Will pulls over what he believes to be a local judge committing a traffic violation, he is put at the mercy of a crazed gunman. Helen has mixed emotions after getting a positive result on a home-pregnancy test. God tells Joan to finally take her driver’s exam and encourages her to drive often.

The Uncertainty Principle
Episode Number 11
First Aired December 12, 2003
Written by Joy Gregory
Directed by Helen Shaver

Guest Stars

Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
April Grace as Lt. Det Toni Williams
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Derek Morgan as Arson Investigator Roy Roebuck
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
Patrick Fabian as Gavin Price
Fred Koehler as Steve Ramsey
Kathryn Joosten as Old Lady (God)
John Getz as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
Jeffrey Licon as Goth Kid (God)

Synopsis: God instructs Joan to ask Steve Ramsey (Koehler), one of the school’s biggest troublemakers, to the Winter Semi-Formal. Chaos ensues at the semi-formal that puts Joan in a dangerous dilemma. Will discovers information that could be harmful to the former Chief of Police and other high ranking members of the city’s government.

Jump
Episode Number 12
First Aired January 9, 2004
Written by Hart Hanson
Directed by Timothy Busfield

Guest Stars

Corinne Bohrer as Sylvia Tardio
David Dorfman as Rocky Tardio
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Sydney Tamia Poitier as Rebecca Askew
Mitch Longley as Barry 'The Bear' Caldwell
Elaine Hendrix as Ms. Lischak
William Seymour as Reverend Dougherty
Derek Morgan as Undersheriff Roy Roebuck
Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
Jonathan Banks as Sheriff Mike
Dinah Lenney as FBI Special Agent Shannon Hodgins
Avery Clyde as Nurse (God)
Mageina Tovah as Glynis Figliola
Mary Gillis as Waitress
Thomas Kopache as Creepy Guy (God)
David Purdham as Doctor at Vending Machine

Synopsis: Joan has a dream about Rocky. When she wakes up, she is shocked and saddened to discover that Rocky has passed away. Surprisingly, Rocky appears to her at the funeral. When Joan questions God about life and death, she learns that one of her friends is in danger. Luke continues to work on a science project that he hopes to have Grace help him with. Kevin is injured during a basketball game. Will loses his job, when the police department is dissolved.

Recreation
Episode Number 13
First Aired January 16, 2004
Written by Barbara Hall
Directed by Elodie Keene

Guest Stars

April Grace as Lt. Det Toni Williams
Sydney Tamia Poitier as Rebecca Askew
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Derek Morgan as Undersheriff Roy Roebuck
Kris Lemche as Cute Boy (God)
Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
Mageina Tovah as Glynis Figliola

Synopsis: At Helen’s insistence, she and Will take a getaway to a spa, but things don’t go well when Will can’t forget about his job. With the parents away, the kids are up to a little recreation of their own. Kevin and his boss find it hard to ignore their mutual attraction. Joan, as she tries to sort out her feelings for Adam, is asked by God to throw a party. Luke tries to help her pull off a successful party.

State of Grace
Episode Number 14
First Aired February 6, 2004

Guest Stars

Aaron Himelstein as Friedman
Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Becky Wahlstrom as Grace Polk
Sydney Tamia Poitier as Rebecca Askew
April Grace as Lt. Det. Toni Williams

Synopsis: God tells Joan to join the debate team, but her partner has a stuttering problem. A new security system is implemented at Arcadia High School. After the art teacher quits, Helen wonders if she should try for the job. Both Kevin and Luke try to separately deal with the aftermath of a kiss. Will and Detective Toni Williams must deal with a case involving a reverend accused of child molestation.

Night Without Stars
Episode Number 15
First Aired February 13, 2004

Guest Stars

Christopher Marquette as Adam Rove
Russ Tamblyn as Hippie Dog Walker (God)

The Ties That Bind
Episode Number 16
First Aired February 20, 2004

Synopsis: God tells Joan to learn how to jump rope. Kevin goes on a date.

No Bad Guy
Episode Number 17
First Aired February 27, 2004

Synopsis: God asks Joan to work with kids, so she volunteers to babysit children of abused mothers.

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