Joan of Arcadia - The Second Season

Joan of Arcadia - The Second Season
by Bethany Rooney, Gloria Muzio, James Hayman, Joanna Kerns, Kevin Dowling

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Actor: Amber Tamblyn, Jason Ritter, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Welch
Director: Bethany Rooney, Gloria Muzio, James Hayman, Joanna Kerns, Kevin Dowling
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 968 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount

DVD Reviews of Joan of Arcadia - The Second Season

DVD Review: Stunning in its theological lessons
Summary: 5 Stars

Here it is, 2009, and I never knew Joan of Arcadia (JOA) existed -- until a friend loaned us both season's DVDs. At first I was skeptical. I consider myself jealous for God -- meaning, I am often offended by Hollywood's portrayal of my Lord. But this show immediately captured my attention and has held it (at this writing I have finished the first season and the first two shows of the second).

JOA is a worthy watch on many levels. I would even recommend it as a discussion-starter for small church and non-church groups. The writers did a superb job presenting a side of God not usually seen on TV.

I'm glad my birthday is around the corner . . . I will definately buy these two seasons.

DVD Review: The best TV seris ever!
Summary: 5 Stars

I watched both seasons with my teenager. WOW! We had something to talk about!!! That was amazing. I HIGHLY encourage everyone over 13 to watch this show. I really wished that there was a season 3 and on. We are a US Military family stationed overseas with no regular American channels. So we buy lots of TV series. This one has be the BEST one all the way around. We watched a disk every Friday night. We called it "Joan Night". This would make a great gift for any teenager, parent of a teenager, someone who has everything, someone struggleing with the idea of God and for any public library or local USO or military hospital. YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS!!!

DVD Review: Joan of Arcadia-Season Two
Summary: 5 Stars

A fine series! Gave us God in everyday life lessons for young people. What a shame it is no longer on the air. Watch the two seasons and enjoy!Joan of Arcadia - The First Season

DVD Review: A Rare Gem
Summary: 5 Stars

Joan of Arcadia is one of those rare TV shows that are thought provoking, captivating and extremely well acted. Even better, it was completely believable. Like Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Amber Tamblyn demonstrated that she is more than talented enough to carry a TV show. Unfortunately the producers either didn't have confidence in Amber's abilities or themselves, and introduced a completely foreign concept to the show, the experiences of Amber's father working in the local police department, which was not only a major distraction from the theme of the show, but had no place in the show. It would have been as if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a show not only about Buffy, but about the experiences of Buffy's mother in her work world. Had the producers of Joan of Arcadia allowed the show to concentrate on Joan's involvement with God, as she made her way through high school, this would have been an outstanding show that could have lasted many more seasons. Still we can at least be happy it lasted two seasons, even with the unwanted distractions. And I'll be looking forward to seeing Amber Tamblyn in any new TV shows.

DVD Review: Television at its finest
Summary: 5 Stars

To the point: one of the top 10 tv shows ever produced for tv (to assess my judgement, I am also a fan of: Dead Like Me, Battlestar Galactica, Chuck). sadly, it was taken off the air after only two seasons. The spirituality and metaphysics of the writing never compromise depth for common audience appeal, and provide a beautiful view of God as active in the ordinary, every day activities of creation, in the everyday lives of people who try to live by a good heart. I never found it preachy, and always found it a bit uplifting, even when dark.

Description of Joan of Arcadia - The Second Season

An average 16-year-old, Joan is going through the growing pains typical of any teenager. But after she and her family (Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Michael Welch) relocate to Arcadia, her life gets especially interesting when God starts paying her visits.

For two years, CBS's Joan of Arcadia managed the neat trick of warming the heart, while keeping the gag reflex at bay. And for a family drama based around faith--and the lack thereof--preachiness was always in short supply. At the end of the first season, Joan (Amber Tamblyn) decides it's all in her head: God isn't really speaking to her. Over the summer, she attends a camp for troubled kids, and now she makes lamps. Her boyfriend, Adam (Christopher Marquette), is as confused as ever; he was just starting to believe her. While Joan questions God's existence, her mother, Helen (Mary Steenburgen), plans a return to the Catholic Church. To that end, she starts meeting with chain-smoking former nun Lilly (Constance Zimmer, Boston Legal) to help with her confirmation. Joan's father, Will (Joe Mantegna), older brother Kevin (Jason Ritter), and Helen must also contend with the lawsuit filed by the boy who caused Kevin's accident, while Joan's younger brother, Luke (Michael Welch), continues to see the surly Grace (Becky Wahlstrom) in secret.

New Arcadia arrivals include Will's controlling boss, Lucy (Annie Potts), Joan's "crazy camp" friend, Judith (Sprague Grayden), and enigmatic do-gooder Ryan (Wentworth Miller, Prison Break), who shares Joan's gift. Despite critical kudos and respectable ratings, Joan of Arcadia wasn't picked up for a third season, but its spirit lives on in such disparate shows as Medium, in which a woman communicates with the dead, and My Name Is Earl, in which a man goes around doing good deeds. This six-disc set features commentary by creator Barbara Hall, producer James Hayman, and writer Stephen Nathan. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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