In article <1jcs815bre8ecsg80u623s30eaukg9jka3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Steven O. <null@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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 relation****p 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.
>
Thank you, Steve. That's pretty much the way I feel about JOA, too.
It was one of the few things on TV these days that was worth my time.
A gentle look at the spiritual side of life that hardly ever failed to
make me feel better about myself and my fellows.
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