Episode 35 of "Joan of Arcadia"
s02e12 Game Theory
Title: Game Theory
Original Air Date: 01/07/2005 on CBS
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Tom Garrigus
Guest Stars: Jack Plotnick (Sammy #2), John Marshall Jones (Chess Player God), Kimberly McCullough (Beth Reinhart), Jack Merrill (Uniformed Officer), Kevin Rahm (Dana Tuchman), Jane Daly (Janet Tuchman), Yorgo Constantine (Vladimir Karpovich), Rene Ashton (Female Motivational Speaker God), Adrian Bloom (Waiter at Pizza Joint)
Plot Outline:
Despite everyone's protests, Joan allows her snobby, Ivy League-educated guidance counselor to advise her against applying to college. However, after Joan relays her plans to Roger, an engaging college student on the campus she's visiting, he tells her that college is attainable and persuades her to hire him as a tutor. Meanwhile, Adam becomes jealous of Joan's rapport with Roger... Will sees a dark side of Lucy... Helen questions her commitment to Catholicism, and Beth finds it difficult to resume a relationship with the wheelchair-bound Kevin.