I must say that during the entire show, which I already knew had a Christian aspect to it, I was just amazed at how they tied Joan's hallucinations to believing in God.

I am a Christian, and became a believer in high school. Probably at about this JOan characters age, from what I could guess from just this episode, and because I could relate to her so well, and obviously because I've got Lyme, and could have had it for a very long time, I was almost in tears at the end of the show.

I just could cry. Whoever wrote this episode wove the subject of believing in God, to having hallucinations from being bit and getting Lymed (they showed a rash on Joan's leg at the beginning of the episode). The two did not intertwine very easily, at least not to me, and I'm not in a big brain fog right now, or having trouble following things or thoughts, yet I was just trying to get my mind around their writing this JOan's character coming out of her "hallucinatory stage" at the end of the show and then announcing that "God wasn't real" to her mother, who was having her own crisis of belief in God at the same time Joan was having her crisis of belief, but having hers tied into Lyme playing games with her mind, and seeing people she knew from somewhere else.

I guess I personally believe that God does not send hallucinations in the forms of people that you may believe are evil or otherwise, to give us the message(s) that He wants us to have.

So, this episode of Joan of Arcadia has been a real mind bender for me, and I do not have a clue if any people out there will tie in their own weird symptoms that may be caused by their own undiagnosed Lyme disease, to what they say and heard on this show.

Not saying that it's not believable, what the wrote and how they wrote it into this show, but it was sure not clear to me, and I'm a believer, have been for a long time, and I have Lyme, and have had it for a very long time.

these regular people would ask her to do things in her life that would inevitably test her faith somewhat but in the end would restore it while she was in turn doing something worthwhile and enlightening for someone or a group of people.

for example. one episode 'god', I think came to her like a janitor in this episode suggested she 'build' a big , huge boat in her bedroom. she knew nothing of building, never mind a boat...and she argued with 'god ' about doing this. She was typical teenager about it. 'god' said to build it, she'd understand. So she did. She bacame obscessed with it..it was huge..it was like the size of her room...she found she was good at it. she was spending every waking moment building this boat...every time she was home that's what she was doing....as an audience we were led to believe she had 'found her calling 'so to speak, adn that's what the episode was about..no, it wasn't. in the background of hte episode..the father and son hadn't been getting along..their reltionship had been strained since the son had gotten paralyzed. the son had n't come to terms with it yet, and thought his 'old life' was over, so he had the 'right' to burn his dad's book of old pics of football memorabilia of his son etc...his dad flipped and said it was his ..yada yada, and sometiems memories are a good thing.etc...both were at a crossroads of understanding where the other was. this feud was the underlying current through the whole episode.

here's joan still building this damn boat. but towards the end of theshow she was tired of it. she was stuck..coudlnt' build another piece...didn't want to.couln't envision it anymore...spoke with god..he said, take a day off,and think about it..but don't wreck it..continue it tomororw.

joan worried about it, and thought what she should do with it..son happended to be wheeling by in his wheelchair while joan was at schoool and went into her room , and starting tickering with it..starting to put pieces together...enjoyingdoing something with his hands...(only legs paralyzed )...dad comes home adn goes in adn starts to help....they start working on this boat togther...bonding thing.goes on for hours..working on this boat...

joan comes home adn looks in her bedroom and tht's how the show ends. God never tells her her mission in that show was that the building of the boat wasnt' for her, but to help bring her father and brohter back together, but she knows it, and the audience knows it...

get it? and this is how hte whole season goes, one show at a time...it very spiritual..done very lovely every time..this last show was a gobbled mess because of the lyme, but I think it'll straighton out next year and the same premise will be baack...the whole show is based upon it...it's a great show..well done.

I really enjoy it.

If this is the first time you've ever watched the show it's not surpising that you are confused. This was an uncharacteristic episode. I'm sure next year will be about Joan struggling with her faith and then regaining it.

But, it sounds like a show I would really enjoy, and perhaps get both my sons to want to watch with me, given the ages of the people on the show.

The Lyme angle, well, that may or may not come up again, but that draws me right off the bat, because when it comes to getting the message out, I think that any form it comes in, if done right, is something I want to get a hold of.

I think it's a great family show.