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What About Joan
Season 1
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Follows Joan Gallagher, a high school teacher, Ruby, a psychiatrist, and Betsy, a music teacher, in their daily lives.
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13 Episodes
Pilot
E1
Pilot
Sex Talk
E2
Sex Talk
The Proposal
E3
The Proposal
Joan Meets the Parents
E4
Joan Meets the Parents
Free Speech
E5
Free Speech
Joan's Sister Visits
E6
Joan's Sister Visits
Maeve
E7
Maeve
Ruby Doobie Doo
E8
Ruby Doobie Doo
Betsy's Wedding
E9
Betsy's Wedding
Mr. Roboto
E10
Mr. Roboto
Quid Pro Quo
E11
Quid Pro Quo
Joan Sets Up Alice
E12
Joan Sets Up Alice
The Curse of the Sweater
E13
The Curse of the Sweater
Cast of Season 1
Joan Cusack
Joan Gallagher
Kyle Chandler
Jake Evans
Donna Murphy
Dr. Ruby Stern
Jessica Hecht
Betsy Morgan
Kellie Shanygne Williams
Alice Adams
Wallace Langham
Mark Ludlow
James L. Brooks
Producer
Adam Belanoff
Producer
Season 1 Ratings & Reviews
Salon.com
Andy Dehnart
What About Joan looks and feels way too much like every other lame sitcom. It doesn't have the energy or the chemistry of a Will & Grace breakout, and it's definitely nowhere near as spastic or original as Malcolm in the Middle.
The New Yorker
Nancy Franklin
There's room for improvement in What About Joan, but Cusack is the right star at the right time in what may turn out to be the right show.
New York Post
Linda Stasi
What's not so great about the show is that [Joan] Cusack is so neurotic that everything she says seems to carry with it the threat of sudden self-immolation.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tom Jicha
What About Joan boasts some bright writing and an appealing ensemble, which comes together like H2 and O.
Washington Post
Tom Shales
What About Joan is full of clever and cute touches, smart dialogue, believably zany characters and a sense of being very contemporary even though few if any topical names are dropped.
Chicago Tribune
Steve Johnson
I just found [Joan] Cusack's character, meant to be kooky and charming, mostly offputting. She blurts out words like "charlatan," and it's funny. And she certainly suggests a rich inner life. But she doesn't know when to pull back.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rob Owen
What About Joan has a good sense of its lead character, but the supporting cast is not quite up to muster.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
[Joan] Cusack is surrounded by people with whom she has no chemistry, and the writing seems to get worse with each episode.
Buffalo News
Alan Pergament
[Joan] Cusack is certainly an appealing actress and she does her best mugging her way through the thin material in the first two episodes. Chandler, however, plays such a dull guy that he makes Thomas Gibson (Greg) seem like Gilbert Gottfried.
Baltimore Sun
David Zurawik
There are [James L.] Brooks touches here, but while they were brilliant and seminal when they first appeared, they've been recycled too many times.
Los Angeles Times
Howard Rosenberg
While watching [Joan Cusack] screw up her face and go through one spastic contortion after another, you wonder what's with this character, who wavers between Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann and Martin Short's Ed Grimley.
People Magazine
Terry Kelleher
Joan Cusack is an enormously gifted comic actress. And this new series is nothing if not a showcase for the star's talents. Yet there were times during the first two episodes when I wanted to tell her, "Relax -- you passed the audition already."
New York Times
Julie Salamon
Ms. Cusack, whose trademark twitches and ticks and eye rolling haven't quite adjusted to scale. Television can't contain all the energy she puts out, not so far, at least, within the conventional confines of this show's familiar premise.
Variety
Steven Oxman
[Joan Cusack] is certainly up to the task of making Joan complex, charismatic and likable.
Entertainment Weekly
Ken Tucker
[Joan] Cusack deserves better, on every level.
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