3:02 p.m., 2005-02-12
Watching Joan of Arcadia on tape this morning made me so sad. So very very sad.
I have been watching gleefully as Joan/Jane and Adam's relationship has progressed. Sometimes they can be a bit over the top to the point of making me gag in their cute little perfection as a character couple, but I'm willing to let it slide because they're so perfect.
Anyway, things went so wrong on last night's episode, but it got me thinking about all the ways relationships get messed up in an instant in the real world. I just got sad.
Joan is an average student but god told her to get a tutor a few episodes back, which she did. He's kind of hot (to her, to me he's Brendan Fraser's ugly brother) and Adam gets a little worried, but everything works out. Adam trusts her, even though Joan wasn't being very...conscious of how Roger-the-tutor was making major lust eyes at her. However, that sets the stage for last night, when the tables were turned.
Adam hired an art assistant who happens to be played by Hillary Duff's older sister, "Less-Pretty" Duff. LP, aside from being the ditziest and most annoying character in a few weeks, was allllll over Adam and referring to him as "Ads." *barf*
Yuck. Okay, so Joan and Joan's best friend Grace are all over him about it, but he assures them repeatedly that things are cool. switch tracks to Joan's weekly mission from god : study Romantic poetry for extra credit (a.k.a Go visit Roger-the-Skease and pretend not to notice as he drools down the front of your shirt.)
Adam gets a little weird, but brushes it off, but things go from bad to worse.. In the middle of reading poetry to each other, there is a power outage and Joan and Roger are left alone. Together. In the dark. The obvious solution is candles. Which leads to the obviously wicked evil thing that happened next. He whispered a few obviously skanky but well-timed words as they huddled together over a candle. Blech.
The kiss of doom.
Joan kinda freaks, but only after the fact. She talks with her mom, talks with god, goes to talk to Adam and finds his shed/art studio also occupied by LP Duff. She freaks, then admits what happened, and then freaks again that LP was there with him. He comes back by saying that things between him and DuffMan weren't "totally innocent."
He liked the idea of Joan being jealous and decided to test her through it. Obviously, Joan failed. And all I could think about was how much she could have ruined as a result of fifteen stupid syrupy sleazy words.
Because that's what happens in the real world. And it scares me. And makes me sad.
