Seasons & Episodes
Pilot
16 year old Joan Girardi is approached by someone claiming to be God. He gives her a mission, get a job. Will Girardi,
The Fire and the Wood
Joan enrolls in advanced-placement chemistry, after God asks her to stop being an underachiever; Will ruffles feathers d
Touch Move
God encourages Joan to learn how to play chess; Will must work with a psychic on a missing toddler case; Helen hopes a m
The Boat
Helen fears Joan is becoming eccentric when she enthusiastically tackles her boat-building project; Will encourages Kevi
Just Say No
Joan learns from God that she's holding a garage sale on Saturday, which doesn't leave her much time to sort through her
Bringeth It On
Joan gets a lesson in popularity when God tells her to try out for the cheerleading squad, and her efforts to impress tw
Death Be Not Whatever
Joan baby-sits for a 6-year-old boy who is obsessed with death; officers assault a black man at a gas station.
The Devil Made Me Do It
God's mysterious ways once again bewilder Joan, when He asks her to volunteer at the high-school art show, so that she c
St. Joan
God wants Joan to score an ""A"" on a test about French saint Joan of Arc. As the teen hits the books, she draws compari
Drive, He Said
Each of the Girardis deal with crises of varying seriousness, the worst of which puts Will at the mercy of a crazed gunm
The Uncertainty Principle
God instructs Joan to ask a troublemaker to the winter formal. Will uncovers secrets that could prove unfavorable to th
Jump
Joan is saddened when she learns Rocky (Death Be Not Whatever) has passed away, causing her to further question God abou
Recreation
At Helen's insistance, she and Will take a getaway to a spa, but all does not go well when Will cannot forget about his
State of Grace
God tells Joan to join the debate team, where her partner has a stuttering problem. A new security system is implemente
Night Without Stars
Joan's newest mission from God is to work with kids, so she volunteers to help babysit children of abused mothers; Joan
Double Dutch
God tells Joan to learn to jump rope with a group of inner-city teens, one of whom Joan discovers is homeless. Kevin goe
No Bad Guy
After Joan stands up for one of her classmates being bullied, an embarrassing picture of Joan, taken with a picture phon
Requiem for a Third Grade Ashtray
God instructs Joan to help out with the a chaotic Girardi household; Adam has his first art show; Will and Toni witness
Do the Math
God tells Joan to take piano lessons; Joan helps her piano teacher deal with her past; Joan learns a painful secret Will
Anonymous
Joan joins the yearbook staff, per God's request, and decides to use this assignment as a means of impressing Adam... F
Vanity, Thy Name Is Human
Joan takes a cosmetics class, per God's request, and Kevin doesn't react well to crossing paths with the last girlfriend
The Gift
After God tells Joan to give Adam a gift, she finds something that leads her to wonder if God's suggesting she have sex
Silence
When the hospitalized Joan is diagnosed with Lyme disease, she begins to question if she's been seeing God or merely exp
Only Connect
After a summer of therapy and with school resuming Joan tries to return to a ""normal"" life even as she ignores God, wh
Out of Sight
Judith, a wild friend of Joan's from summer camp, starts school at Arcadia High; Will investigates a drive-by shooting;
Back to the Garden
After God suggests she be part of a growth process, Joan decides her science project will be to plant a garden in an inh
The Cat
God has Joan adopt a wild cat; Helen's Aunt Olive has a stroke while visiting; Will calls Internal Affairs to investigat
The Election
Things get dirty in a student council election as God instructs Joan to support a candidate; Helen must deal with a stud
Wealth of Nations
Gods tells Joan to help her mother collect clothes for the homeless; Kevin attempts stand-up comedy in order to impress
P.O.V.
Joan struggles with the pressures of Junior year; God assigns Joan to work on a videography; Adam and Judith work on a p
Friday Night
After being prodded by Judith to go on a real date, Joan and Adam nervously prepare for a romantic night at a fancy Fren
No Future
As the Girardis are deposed for the lawsuit against them regarding the car accident that disabled Kevin, they look back
The Book of Questions
While helping Grace shop for a dress for the occasion, Joan is delighted to finally meet Grace's seemingly perfect mothe
Dive
As Joan tries to work her way up to the high dive despite her acrophobia, Luke attempts to overcome his paralyzing fear
Game Theory
Despite everyone's protests, Joan allows her snobby, Ivy League-educated guidance counselor to advise her against applyi
Queen of the Zombies
Joan gets a chorus role in the school musical per God's request and is elated when Adam agrees to design and build the p
The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi
After saving a girl's life Joan suddenly becomes famous but she soon learns fame is fleeting and can even turn against y
Romancing the Joan
God tells Joan to do an extra credit English assignment on romance poets, which causes her to question her own love life
Independence Day
Incensed that Will and Helen have forbidden her to go to a concert with Adam and stay overnight with him in his father's
Shadows and Light
Joan is convinced that she's meant to help Stevie keep her part-time job with Adam, despite Stevie's mother's order that
Secret Service
After Price discovers Joan holding an empty egg carton near his freshly egged car, he wrongly assumes she's the culprit
Trial and Error
Joan prepares to prosecute a case for a mock trial at school, per God's request, while enthusiastically planning a way t
Spring Cleaning
In the wake of Joan’s breakup with Adam, God tells her to do some house cleaning, which puts her in the middle of a sc
Common Thread
Joan and Grace fear the worst when, on the heels of failed attempts to reconnect with Joan, the emotionally fragile Adam
Something Wicked This Way Comes
God tells Joan that the last two years were a spiritual boot camp for her greatest challenge yet, pitting her against a
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