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Cancellation
CBS cancelled
Joan of Arcadia
for the Fall, in my view owing to a plummet in the quality of the show
in its second season. I continued to make this my only non-reality
show regular viewing choices, but missed seeing a couple episodes
here and there along the way (the Haylie Duff episodes and the one
where the Bonnie character was introduced).
None of the episodes this season achieved the
same quality of the best of last season's, and the show strayed away
from the
commandments that made
it worthwhile viewing in the first place. Variety's
Joe Adalian is of a similar opinion, according to this
audio piece on NPR.
Pam asked me whether there was going to be
something to tie up the loose ends, especially the Satanic hints in
the last two episodes. No, I told her, when a show is cancelled,
even on a cliffhanger, that's the end. It reminded me of what
happened at the end of the single season of
Space: Above and Beyond
a decade ago, when the major part of the regular cast was killed or
gone missing.
Incidentally, I came across
this picture when researching this post.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with Joan of Arcadia,
though.