1x07 Death Be Not Whatever - Joan of Arcadia Episode Guide

Joan of Arcadia

- Episode 01x07

Episode: 01x07
Title: Death Be Not Whatever
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 106
First Aired: Nov. 07, 2003

Season 1 » Episode #07 - Death Be Not Whatever

Joan of Arcadia - 01x07 Death Be Not Whatever

Summary: Joan babysits Rocky, a six-year-old boy who has a morbid fascination with death which she finds disturbing. Meanwhile, the Arcadia Police Department is faced with controversary by the assault of an unarmed black man by two white officers.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Sylvia Tardio	played by Corinne Bohrer
Brad Crewson	played by Keith Coogan
Rocky Tardio	played by David Dorfman
Gavin Price	played by Patrick Fabian
Mayor Albert Dunbar	played by Richard Gilliland
Officer Koczara	played by Andrew Kavovit
Cute Boy God	played by Kris Lemche
Officer Eicher	played by Justin Scot
TV Announcer	played by Kevin Symons

Season 1 / Episode 7: - Death Be Not Whatever

Cute Boy God: Remember me?
Joan Girardi: Why all the familiar looks? Doing the greatest hits, or are you getting a little pleased with yourself?
Cute Boy God: You see me the way you want to see me, Joan. Like right now, you're mad at me...maybe you feel safer being mad at me when I look like this.
Joan Girardi: You have a lot to answer for buddy! No one asks to be born! [ppause] So we all get to die, and then everyone we love dies?
Cute Boy God: Yeah.
Joan Girardi: And...and that's good for you?
Cute Boy God: Joan, there's nothing about death that I can say that would make sense to you.
Joan Girardi: A lot of what happens here really sucks, so much for your...perfect system. [pause] Can you see me being really mad at you right now?
Cute Boy God: Yes.
Joan Girardi: Why does it have to be so hard?
Cute Boy God: What specifically?
Joan Girardi: Being alive, let's start there.
Cute Boy God: You wish you weren't alive?
Joan Girardi: No! I...I don't know. I wish...it didn't...hurt so much.
Cute Boy God: It hurts because you feel it, Joan...because you're alive. You love people, that generates a lot of power, a lot of energy. The same kind of energy that binds atoms together, we've all seen what happens when you try to pry them apart.
Joan Girardi: So, if I don't get attached to people then...it won't hurt so much?
Cute Boy God: No, it's in your nature to get attached to people, I put that in the recipe. It's when you guys try to ignore that...when you try to go it alone, that's when it gets ugly. It's hell.
Joan Girardi: It's Hell? Like the Hell?
Cute Boy God: Oh look, your house. Go on, Joan, people are waiting for you...

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TRIVIA

The exterior shot of the restaurant where Helen meets Father Ken for lunch is actually a block of First Avenue, in the Pioneer Square section of downtown Seattle.
Rose Ranger wrote and performed the song "I Will" on this episode.