1x11 The Uncertainty Principle - Joan of Arcadia Episode Guide

Joan of Arcadia

- Episode 01x11

Episode: 01x11
Title: The Uncertainty Principle
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 110
First Aired: Dec. 12, 2003

Season 1 » Episode #11 - The Uncertainty Principle

Joan of Arcadia - 01x11 The Uncertainty Principle

Summary: 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.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Gavin Price	played by Patrick Fabian
Lt. Det. Toni Williams	played by April Grace
D.A. Gabe Fellowes	played by John Getz
Steve Ramsay	played by Frederick Koehler
Ms. Lischak	played by Elaine Hendrix
Arson Investigator Roy Roebuck	played by Derek Morgan
Friedman	played by Aaron Himelstein
Old Lady God	played by Kathryn Joosten
Goth Kid God	played by Jeffrey Licon

Season 1 / Episode 11: - The Uncertainty Principle

Joan: [Joan is in the hallway of her school. God appears as an older woman selling cupcakes for the soccer team] You're getting really good at showing up when nobody needs you.
Old Lady God: Well, now, that's your opinion.
Joan: So what do you want me to fail at this time?
Old Lady God: Now what makes you think you failed? You did exactly what I asked you to do: you observed.
Joan: Hmm! And what good did that do anybody? Ramsey's going to jail, Adam hates me even more...
Old Lady God: Observation is a more powerful force than you could possibly reckon. The invisible, the overlooked, and the unobserved are those that are most in danger of reaching the end of the spectrum. They lose the last of their light. From there, anything can happen.
Joan: Okay. Fine, I observed Ramsey, his life is still ruined.
Old Lady God: His life wasn't the only one at stake.
Joan: What do you mean?
Old Lady God: [Starts pointing out different students in the hallway] There's Laura Eason, ninth grader. She plays the flute. She would have been one of the first to go... [gunshot sound] coming out of Orchestra at the wrong time. And Andrew Bayer: he would have tried to save his friend Lawrence DiStasi and lost his life. [two gunshots] And Gavin Price. [gunshot] And three other students in the cafeteria. And Mr. Harvey. And Ms. Schmidt in the library. And finally, Steve Ramsey himself. And for each of these faces Joan, there are twelve more whose lives would have come to an end today - lives altered forever by you. By the simple effect of being present, by entering the light, by joining the dance. [Joan wipes away a tear]

Season 1 / Episode 11: - The Uncertainty Principle

Joan: [to Grace] You didn't tell him, did you?
Grace: I don't need to. You asked Steve Ramesy to the semi-formal. That's like a CNN headline.

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TRIVIA

This episode contains Grace and Luke's first kiss. At the time the episode aired, the actor who played Luke, Michael Welch (I), was 16, while the actress who played Grace, Becky Wahlstrom, was 28. Both were playing teenagers.