Joan of Arcadia
Jan. 9th, 2004 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carynbMan, I love me this show. It's rapidly moving up the ranks on my favourites list, settling in behind Angel and The O.C., and actually ahead of Smallville, I think. Every week, it makes me feel, and that's really good.
It had me crying through most of the episode, once again. The teaser was chilling, although I clued in to the fact that Rocky was a ghost long before Joan did.
I really liked the parallels drawn between Luke and Kevin, both trying out romance for the first time. Grace and Luke make a cute couple. Can you imagine how smart their kids would be? And, was the actress playing Grace always that blonde? Her hair was platinum, and it was actually a little distracting, since it was the same messy style, but in a glam colour.
But poor Adam - he just about out-woobies Lex. When he brought the letter from his Mom to Jane (sigh, how good was it to hear him call her Jane again?) to read, my heart just broke for him. Then when Helen actually read it out loud, I was, once again, a sniveling ball of goo. I wanted Joan to hug him, but the hug from Helen worked really well.
And the last scene just killed me. The feathers everywhere had me chuckling (a welcome relief from the tears that came with most of the episode) and that last shot... It looks like Adam and Joan have definitely made up :-)
What is it with teen dramas shows having parents/adults acting in reasonable, responsible, caring ways this year? The O.C., Everwood, and Joan of Arcadia all have focus on teenagers, but good storylines for the adults. I don't remember 90210 being like that, and Buffy certainly wasn't (except for Giles, but he wasn't a parent). Best parent on TV is probably a toss-up between Sandy Cohen (The O.C.), Harold Abbott (Everwood), and Helen Girardi (Joan of Arcadia). It amazes me to find one teen show with a well-written adult, but to find three? I wonder what's going on in Hollywood.
It had me crying through most of the episode, once again. The teaser was chilling, although I clued in to the fact that Rocky was a ghost long before Joan did.
I really liked the parallels drawn between Luke and Kevin, both trying out romance for the first time. Grace and Luke make a cute couple. Can you imagine how smart their kids would be? And, was the actress playing Grace always that blonde? Her hair was platinum, and it was actually a little distracting, since it was the same messy style, but in a glam colour.
But poor Adam - he just about out-woobies Lex. When he brought the letter from his Mom to Jane (sigh, how good was it to hear him call her Jane again?) to read, my heart just broke for him. Then when Helen actually read it out loud, I was, once again, a sniveling ball of goo. I wanted Joan to hug him, but the hug from Helen worked really well.
And the last scene just killed me. The feathers everywhere had me chuckling (a welcome relief from the tears that came with most of the episode) and that last shot... It looks like Adam and Joan have definitely made up :-)
What is it with teen dramas shows having parents/adults acting in reasonable, responsible, caring ways this year? The O.C., Everwood, and Joan of Arcadia all have focus on teenagers, but good storylines for the adults. I don't remember 90210 being like that, and Buffy certainly wasn't (except for Giles, but he wasn't a parent). Best parent on TV is probably a toss-up between Sandy Cohen (The O.C.), Harold Abbott (Everwood), and Helen Girardi (Joan of Arcadia). It amazes me to find one teen show with a well-written adult, but to find three? I wonder what's going on in Hollywood.
