Description:Millions of people speak to God. What if God spoke back? Life just got a hell of a lot more confusing for teenage Joan Girardi, who already deals with feeling out of place in her family : her police chief father, her somewhat overbearing mother, her geeky younger brother and former football star older brother, now paralyzed. They'd neMillions of people speak to God. What if God spoke back? Life just got a hell of a lot more confusing for teenage Joan Girardi, who already deals with feeling out of place in her family : her police chief father, her somewhat overbearing mother, her geeky younger brother and former football star older brother, now paralyzed. They'd never believe her if she told them that God is talking to her. Does Joan have a higher purpose on earth, or are these strange conversations just in her head?
"God
I like all the characters of God, but these two in particular were my favorites, especially Old Lady God. She was just plain awesome.
Joan Girardi
I actually kind of miss this show. I know it gets a lot of crap (particularly from Family Guy), but I loved the character.
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msalimarie20 added this to a list 10 months, 3 weeks ago
"September 2003 - April 2005
This one might be a better fit for our sci-fi/supernatural list, but aside from the fact that Joan (Amber Tamblyn) had conversations with God, it was pretty grounded in reality -- a typical family drama (with Mary Steenburgen and Joe Mantegna as her parents and Jason Ritter as her paraplegic brother), with a twist. Joan was a teenager with a mission, who tried hard to be normal despite being dispatched on do-gooder errands by a higher power. After one highly rated se"