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God encourages Joan to learn how to play chess; Will must work with a psychic on a missing toddler case; Helen hopes a miracle will enable Kevin to walk again.
 Joe Mantegna |
Will Girardi |
 Michael Welch |
Luke Girardi |
 Mary Steenburgen |
Helen Girardi |
 Amber Tamblyn |
Joan Girardi |
 Jason Ritter |
Kevin Girardi |
 Lee Garlington |
Charlotte Bloome |
Guest Star |
 John Marshall Jones |
Chess Player God |
Guest Star |
 Wendy Worthington |
Mailwoman God |
Guest Star |
Morocco Omari |
Principal Chadwick |
Recurring Role |
 Erik Palladino |
Lt. Michael Daghlian |
Recurring Role |
 Becky Wahlstrom |
Grace Polk |
Recurring Role |
Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (1)
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In the scene where Joan and Grace share a sandwich. Grace's sandwich at first has no lettuce, but in the next scene it does.
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QUOTES (17)
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Cute Boy God: Oh Joan it would've been so much easier if you'd read the book. Now I'm gonna have to send you to the basement.
Joan (looking worried): You mean like Hell?
Cute Boy God: No Joan, the basement. The school has one. -
Joan: (to Grace) My dad's Italian. To him, a sandwich is like an opera.
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Grace: (to Joan) Hey, Streaky!
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Joan: I meant that they'll see you.
Cute Boy God: Yeah, I've noticed that this look turns a lot of heads.
Joan: It's called being hot. -
(In AP Chemistry, Joan and Grace are discussing Joan's taste in men, she says she likes athletes, like wrestlers. Adam constantly looks at her dumbfounded.)
Adam: Wrestlers?
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Kevin: (talking about his dream) I was on fire.
Will: I'll get you some water.
Kevin: Dad, I'm not really on fire.
Will: I'll get you some anyway. -
Kevin: And if you need me to roll over anyone, let me know.
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Kevin: Don't scare the cripple! My fight or flight reflex is very confused.
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Cute Boy God: You didn't read the book, did you?
Joan: Oh, like you don't know. 'Cain, where's your brother?'. Very passive-aggressive. -
Luke: You called me a nerd.
Joan: It was a metaphor. -
Joan: This is a metaphor. I looked up 'metaphor' – this is definitely an example.
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Joan: People will see us.
Cute Boy God: Yep, the optic nerve was pretty inspired. -
Mailwoman God: (looking at a dollar bill) "In Me You Trust." Not entirely true.
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Charlotte: (talking to Helen) Your daughter has a very special connection to the universe.
Joan: No, I don't.
Luke: No, it's true. She is from another planet. -
Grace: (about Luke) Do you smell that? It's like essence of pimp.
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Jeanne: You don't want to know.
Michael: She's a psychic.
Will: Not in my office, she's not. -
Kevin: Joan! Can I borrow your hairdryer so I can look extra handsome for my job interview at Weiner World?
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NOTES (3)
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David Burke (Father Ken Mallory) previously played a character named Father Paul Girardi in the Judging Amy episode "The Undertow."
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Music featured in the episode includes:
"S.O.S." by Nick Nolan
"Hands Down" by Dashboard Confessional
"Boyfriend (in English)" by Poussin
"Not What I Wanted" by Evan Olson
"Brave Ones" by Leslies
"Now's The Time" by Slick Shoes
"Who Invited You?" by The Donnas
"(So I'll Sit Here) Waiting" by The Like
"God in the Numbers" by Richard Ashcroft -
New Gods: Chess Player God and Mailwoman God.
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ALLUSIONS (4)
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Title
The title, "Touch-Move", is a reference to a standard rule of post-neophyte chess, which is that, if you touch a piece on the board and it is your turn, you must move that piece in that turn if possible (other rules may come into play, such as discovered check, but it is generally quite rude to touch any piece you don't plan to move). Here, though, is a subtle connection -- to the fact that, when you make contact with people, you change their "position", and put things in motion even if that sometimes is not what you wanted. -
Joan: Oh, like you don't know. 'Cain, where's your brother?'. Very passive-aggressive...
In the Bible (Genesis 4), Cain and Able are the first and second sons of Adam and Eve, respectively. After God took an offering from Able but rejected Cain's, Cain slew his brother Able in an argument. Shortly thereafter, God met up with Cain and asked him this question. This is whence from comes the classic response, by Cain to God, "Am I my brothers' keeper?" as though he didn't know either. -
Grace: ...so that means I'm singing in the other choir.
"Singing in the other choir" is a slang reference to someone who is homosexual. -
Joan: I can also take the blue pill.
Reference to how Neo is "awakened" in the 1999 movie The Matrix.
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Season 1 Episodes
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Silence
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The Gift
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Vanity, Thy Name Is Human
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Anonymous
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Do the Math
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No Bad Guy
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Double Dutch
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Night Without Stars
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State of Grace
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Recreation
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Jump
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The Uncertainty Principle
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St. Joan
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The Devil Made Me Do It
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Death Be Not Whatever
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Bringeth It On
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Just Say No
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