S2·E16 – Independence Day
2005-02-18 • 45 min
Incensed that Will and Helen have forbidden her to go to a concert with Adam and stay overnight with him in his father's camper, Joan goes anyway. After Joan has a conversation with God about free will, she decides to use it as a rationale for lying to her mother in order to go on the trip as she's convinced that Helen simply wants her to remain a dependent little girl. Meanwhile, Luke is shocked when the nerdy, girl-obsessed Friedman rebuffs the advances of the surprisingly infatuated Stevie.
Cast

Amber Tamblyn
Joan Girardi

Joe Mantegna
Will Girardi

Mary Steenburgen
Helen Girardi

Jason Ritter
Kevin Girardi

Michael Welch
Luke Girardi

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Adam Rove

Becky Wahlstrom
Grace Polk

James DuMont
George Lane

Jeffrey Licon
Goth Kid God

will.i.am
Three Card Monte Guy God

Haylie Duff
Stevie Marx

Aaron Himelstein
Friedman