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In any other context, or 30-minute rom-commy television show, that might be pretty easy.
Joannes lack of ideals in any way imbue the show with a profound and thudding cynicism.
(It takes five episodes, for instance, for Joanne to finally ask Noah what shalom means.)
Her cynicism stems from her own personal defenses: avoiding getting hurt at any and all possible costs.
It isnt just she who finds the world stupid and naive but a whole show built around that worldview.
If its all bullshit, so is conversion.
Even so, in the episodes final moments, Joanne goes back on her promise to convert.
