Re: 2nd Season Joan of Arcadia - Spring Cleaning - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

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>> >> > One thing that bugs me is that there is a faint "all
> men
>> > are jerks"
>> >> > vibe going on here. Sure, we're a little ***** at
> times,
>> > but we're not
>> >> > ALL about what's in our pants. And I still felt
> Adam's
>> > behaviour was
>> >> > slightly out of character the last episode.
>> >>
>> >> I agree. They never laid the foundation for Adam being
>> > especially
>> >> *****. In fact, he seldom got very physical with Joan.
> The
>> > kisses
>> >> were mostly perfunctory. I had him pegged for lack of
>> > libido.
>> >
>> > I think they laid enough of a foundation for Adam's
> ***ual
>> > frustration in the previous ep where they were out
>> > overnight, I think at a music concert, and slept
>> > (innocently) together. If you recall, Adam made a move
>> > towards Joan and she, though somewhat willing, stopped
>> > him--though she asked if it was all right with him and
> he
>> > said yes, the expression on his face and his behavior
> showed
>> > he was extremely frustrated, enough to want to look
>> > elsewhere for ***. And all teenage boys are indeed
> *****,
>> > though some more and some less. Adam never lacked
> libido, he
>> > was just a very private, low-key personality and kept
> things
>> > inside himself. So, all of the later events that
> happened
>> > seemed to make perfect sense to me.             ...tonyC
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>> >> John Richards
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>> Also, I don't think it was just ***ual urges causing Adam
> to act the way he
>> did.  His relation****p with Joan has been collapsing under
> their combined
>> issues.  He may have looked to Bonnie for a simpler
> relation****p (although
>> that was doomed for many reasons, including the fact the
> many of the
>> problems with J/A are Adam caused).  And it has been
> suggested that Adam was
>> subconsciously trying to destroy his relation****p with
> Joan.
>
> Some good points. He may have sought a simpler relation****p
> with Bonnie but the main reason he liked her at first was
> because of the shared interest and excitement she had with
> art--this was lacking with his relation****p with Joan. This
> could be a reason though to subconsciously want to destroy
> the Joan relation****p in favor of Bonnie. I'm thinking now
> it might be a little bit of all of these things taken
> together...plus being further conflicted in that the Bonnie
> relation****p was turning out to be not as simple as
> expected. But the ***ual desire still was the initial
> over-riding factor I think. It's certainly not a
> cut-and-dried situation...which shows how good the writing
> in this show is.                ...tonyC
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>> Sharpe Fan
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I agree that it was many factors.  Although many thought Adam was OOC, I 
thought the development was well written.

Sharpe Fan