Episode

Joan of Arcadia: The Fire and the Wood

Name: Joan of Arcadia: The Fire and the Wood
Released: 2003-10-03
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Michael Welch

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Overview

Joan enrolls in advanced-placement chemistry, after God asks her to stop being an underachiever; Will ruffles feathers during an arson investigation.

Details

Series: Joan of Arcadia
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 2003-10-03
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Fire and the Wood is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Joan of Arcadia. It aired on 2003-10-03. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 1: Pilot 2003-09-26 | 45 min 16 year old Joan Girardi is approached by someone claiming to be God. He gives her a mission, get a job. Will Girardi, Joan's dad and new chief of police for Arcadia, is trying to solve the case of a serial killer.

Episode 3: Touch Move 2003-10-10 | 45 min God encourages Joan to learn how to play chess; Will must work with a psychic on a missing toddler case; Helen hopes a miracle will enable Kevin to walk again.

More episodes from this season

Episode 4: The Boat 2003-10-17 | 45 min Helen fears Joan is becoming eccentric when she enthusiastically tackles her boat-building project; Will encourages Kevin to join a wheelchair basketball team.

Episode 5: Just Say No 2003-10-24 | 45 min Joan learns from God that she's holding a garage sale on Saturday, which doesn't leave her much time to sort through her family's unwanted belongings. Among the items she unearths are paintings created by Helen during a dark period in her life. Elsewhere, Will goes to bat for a rape victim even though the district attorney feels the case isn't strong enough. Also, Joan catches the interest of a class charmer and a newspaper job falls right into Kevin's lap.

Episode 6: Bringeth It On 2003-10-31 | 45 min Joan gets a lesson in popularity when God tells her to try out for the cheerleading squad, and her efforts to impress two pom-pom girls pay off with an invite to hang out together outside of school. Meanwhile, Will's first case working with Det. Toni Williams involves an abandoned newborn left in a trash bin, presumably by a student from Arcadia High. Another story line has a classmate sensing a gay vibe in Luke.

Episode 7: Death Be Not Whatever 2003-11-07 | 45 min Joan baby-sits for a 6-year-old boy who is obsessed with death; officers assault a black man at a gas station.

Episode 8: The Devil Made Me Do It 2003-11-14 | 45 min God's mysterious ways once again bewilder Joan, when He asks her to volunteer at the high-school art show, so that she can keep Adam Rove's sculpture from being exhibited. Elsewhere, Will feels pressure from the DA's office to call a man a hero after he shoots and kills a home intruder. Meanwhile, Kevin grows weary of receiving special treatment because he uses a wheelchair.

Episode 9: St. Joan 2003-11-21 | 45 min God wants Joan to score an ""A"" on a test about French saint Joan of Arc. As the teen hits the books, she draws comparisons to the life of the young heroine who claimed to hear divine voices and was burnt at the stake. Helen finds her daughter's newest obsession troublesome and urges Will to have the entire family visit a therapist. Meanwhile, Will is unjustly raked over the coals for shutting down a crack house.

Episode 10: Drive, He Said 2003-12-05 | 45 min Each of the Girardis deal with crises of varying seriousness, the worst of which puts Will at the mercy of a crazed gunman. The day also finds Helen reacting with mixed emotions after getting a positive result on a home-pregnancy test. Meanwhile, Joan dreads having to take her driver's exam, and Luke is presented with a major distraction just before he's supposed to compete in a high-stakes competition.

Episode 11: The Uncertainty Principle 2003-12-12 | 45 min God instructs Joan to ask a troublemaker to the winter formal. Will uncovers secrets that could prove unfavorable to the former Chief of Police and other members of the city's government.

Episode 12: Jump 2004-01-09 | 45 min Joan is saddened when she learns Rocky (Death Be Not Whatever) has passed away, causing her to further question God about life and death. Will loses his job when his discovery, and whistle blowing, of a political conspiracy causes the town government, and police department, to be desolved. While Luke continues to work on his science project and his growing attraction to Grace and Kevin is injured in a game of basketball.

Episode 13: Recreation 2004-01-16 | 45 min 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 job. And with the parents away, the kids are up to a little recreation of their own; Kevin and his boss, Rebecca, find it hard to ignore their mutual attraction; Joan, as she is trying to sort out her feelings for Adam, is instructed by God to throw a party while her parents are way; Luke helps Joan pull off a successful party.