Joan Of Arc Series

[Hennie Jaffe]

Joanis an upcoming British six-part crime drama television series created by Anna Symon for ITVX and The CW. Sophie Turner plays real-life character Joan Hannington, a figure known as "the Godmother" by certain aspects of the British criminal underworld. Paul Frift serves as producer and the series is directed by Richard Laxton.

The six-part series was announced in November 2022 with Sophie Turner leading the cast as Joan Hannington. It was created by Anna Symon, adapting from Hannington's 2004 memoir I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Jewel Thief, with the pair meeting as Symon was writing the series.[2] The project comes from Snowed-In Productions[3] and co-produced in association with All3Media International, which will handle distribution of the show outside the United Kingdom, and The CW, which will air it in the United States.[4]

Filming for the series began in May 2023 in Herne Bay, Kent.[6] Filming also took place that month in Birmingham, England.[7] Filming also took place in August 2023 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Filming also took place in September 2023 in Malvern, Worcestershire.

The Joan Wood Lecture Series provides a forum for undergraduates to interact with women in science-related careers. Designed to encourage undergraduate women to pursue advanced degrees in science, the series showcases the many career opportunities available to science majors. Before her death in 1990, Dr. Wood was a strong advocate of women in the sciences and remained active in educational programs within the IU Department of Biology. Memorial contributions made in her honor helped establish this lecture series.

Carolina Lpez

Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor of Environmental Medicine and BJC Investigator in the Department of Molecular Microbiology

Washington University in St. Louis

The Lpez laboratory investigates the mechanisms involved in the recognition and control of viruses that infect the respiratory tract, including respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza viruses, such as the murine virus Sendai. The laboratory focuses on understanding how different components of a virus population affect the interaction of the virus with the host and on the genesis and function of non-standard severely truncated replication defective forms of viral genomes that accumulate naturally during infection with RNA viruses. These types of viral genomes, formerly known as defective interfering (DI) viral genomes or defective viral genomes (DVGs), were first described over sixty years ago, but their biological role was overlooked until recently. Using a battery of molecular biology, imaging, and bioinformatics tools that allow the identification and differentiation of nonstandard and standard-viral genomes, the laboratory discovered that non-standard genomes of the copy-back type (cbVGs) are fundamental components of single strand negative sense RNA viruses and play a critical role in determining the infection outcome. Among the most important discoveries, the work revealed that cbVGs impart a functional heterogeneity among infected cells. Cells that accumulate large numbers of cbVGs are engaged in an antiviral and pro-survival program, while cells with little or no cbVGs turn into virus-producing machines. Most importantly, the laboratory identified cbVGs as the primary stimulators of the host immune response against multiple RNA viruses and gathered fundamental insight into the viral structures necessary to elicit strong antiviral responses. This work led to the development of synthetic cbVGs-derived oligonucleotides that maintain the natural ability to stimulate immunity and can be used as adjuvants during vaccination. The most significant contribution of the Lpez lab to date is the demonstration that cbVGs accumulate in humans naturally infected respiratory syncytial virus and that detection of cbVGs in respiratory secretions can be used to predict the clinical outcome of infection. To achieve these goals, the laboratory developed a battery of tools for the study of non-standard viral genomes, including a robust bioinformatics pipeline (VODKA2) for their identification after NGS sequencing.

Joan Wood spent 12 years (1969-1981) in the Department of Biology and earned two Plant Science degrees and a doctorate in Genetics. When she returned to Bloomington after attending the IU School of Medicine, she established a private medical genetics practice, enabling her to spend time with her family while pursuing a challenging career.

"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

I've been mulling over Joan of Arcadia since I finished watching it this past weekend. Here are my musings about the show's beginnings, where it began to take a turn, and where it looked like it was heading when it ended.

Joan of Arcadia always had elements of light and darkness. Will's police work was mostly where the darkness would be. Joan's work was in the light. Joan's "assignments" and Will's police work would rarely intersect, mostly in the pilot and around Judith's death, though there would often be parallel themes or resonances in Will's cases and and Joan's assignments. This gave the series a vibrant balance. And I liked that I didn't always know what effect Joan's work was going to have -- both out in the world and inside of her.

For me a shift began strongly in episode 19 of season two - Trial and Error - with Adam's uncharacteristic betrayal of himself. The writers had him cheat on Joan and treat Bonnie like garbage. Then at the end of episode 21, Common Thread, we glimpse Ryan Hunter and then get much more of a feel for him in the 22nd and final episode, Something Wicked This Way Comes (SWTWC). Hunter has an evil energy, one that has only been hinted at before -- primarily through the character of Lucy Preston. No, Preston didn't trash churches and burn down synagogues, but her energy was similar. She did have Judith's killer murdered, while trying to put personal moves on Will. There was even a scene in SWTWC where Ryan is talking to Helen in the high school and he touches her a couple of times, which echoed how Lucy Preston would touch Will sometimes while talking with him.

By the middle of SWTWC, its clear that Joan's work and Will's work are now converging -- they will both fight darkness. We are told that this is what Joan has been training for all along. At this point the show is transforming much more into a battle between a group of teens, led by Joan, and an evil being - a Voldemort or a Mister Dark (referring to the Ray Bradbury novel that the last episode is named after). Joan Giardi is truly becoming Joan of Arc. Whether this was because the writers/producers thought that this Harry Potter-esque plot might attract a younger audience or because this is where it was heading all along, we don't know (don't get me wrong, I like Harry Potter -- but the battle in the Harry Potter story was present from the beginning). Joan of Arcadia has now shifted focus from from spiritual life lessons to a war between good and evil -- and, in my opinion, has added more drama while losing some of its depth in doing so. Would I have continued watching if season three had gone ahead -- yes, though I more appreciate the flavor and light-dark balance of the first season and much of the second.

Beautifully said, though I think they were going for more Buffy than Potter. Joan's Army would've gotten a nickname just as cute as the Scoobies at some point, I'm certain. And drawing the parallel between Joan and Jean d'Arc also makes a lot of sense. I don't think anyone ever specifically said so, but I bet Barbara Hall was going to retake the reigns and be more of a day-to-day showrunner if we'd gotten a 3rd season. She's fascinated with religion and science and where they intersect, and her stories were always the deepest on the show. It might've been interesting. I have always said that one front in the battle between Joan and Ryan would be literally for Adam's soul. That's what they set up. Would he side with Ryan and become even more corrupted, or would Joan draw him back to the light? If she did, how would she do it and keep him at arm's length romantically? That could've been very interesting.

Now that I hear you say that Deb, you're right about the battle for Adam's soul, his relationship with Joan, his art, his relationship with Helen, with Grace -- all of those things could have come into play. My disappointment in this good vs. evil plot is simply that it has been done before, in Buffy, Harry Potter and a host of other stories. In that sense, it takes away some of what was different about the show for me. Before that good vs. evil plot, there wasn't a show like Joan of Arcadia. Being inspired by Joan of Arc had so many more possibilities than making it so literal. For me it then would explore issues mostly in black & white. I loved it when it included all the shades of gray.

First, the title. Then Ryan Hunter (Mister Dark), the battle over Adam's (Jim Nightshade"s) soul, even the wind that accompanies Ryan Hunter (when Mister Dark first appears in the movie version of SWTWC). Then to copy differently, they borrowed from Smallville/Lois % Clark and threw in a bit of Lex Luthor by making Ryan Hunter independently wealthy and owning the newspaper that Adam will intern at.

That is a very good point. I hadn't really thought about it, but you're right. Was it an homage to or a ripoff of Bradbury? Hmmm, I guess that's debatable. Maybe the wind machine pushed it over from homage territory into ripoff. I thought the use of Sympathy For The Devil was very anvilicious. But I guess maybe they thought the dumber, younger audience they were going for would need such heavy-handed "clues" that Ryan just was not a nice guy.

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