I suppose the good news here is that the show basically had two very
interesting seasons where it largely stayed true to premise. I know
that there were complaints from some fans about Season 2 -- it was
"too dark", or why wasn't Joan growing and leaning more as a person,
etc. But basically the show stayed true to the simple idea of a very
young woman's encounter with God, as she and her friends and family
struggled with very authentic human dilemmas and conflicts.
The Season 2 finale was setting up the show for some kind of
significant change in direction -- the "new kid" on the block was the
devil, or maybe in league with the devil, or maybe just choosing to
shut himself off from God -- but whatever it was, I'm not sure the
producers would have handled it gracefully (no pun intended). Season
3 might have really been good, or it might have been botched.
I guess we won't know either way; but I can think of many TV shows
that overstayed their welcome, either by straying from their premises,
or just losing their energy and their best cast members. (X-Files;
last few seasons of Star Trek, TNG; arguably recent seasons of West
Wing; ER, which should of quit three or four years ago; Saturday
Night Live which stopped being funny about two decades ago; the list
is actually pretty long.)
Joan of Arcadia has pretty much quit while it's ahead. The only thing
one wishes is that the network would at least have the decency to do a
two hour movie to kind of wrap of Joan's relationship with God --
He/She should sort of do what George Burns did at the end of "Oh God",
and basically tell Joan, "Listen, kid, you may not see me any more,
but you talk, and I promise, I'll listen."
Letter writing campaign, anyone!?
Steve O.
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