This episode begins with Samantha's friends David and Joe convincing their soccer coach (David's Dad), to let Samantha on the team to save them from defeat. Samantha's situation turns canine clown Wishbone's mind to Mark Twain's book about Joan of Arc.

While Samantha struggles to kick the winning goals for the soccer team, Joan of Arc, with trusty pal Louis, played by Wishbone, marshals troops to defend France from invading England. While each wins her battle, both lose the larger war. In Joan's case, those who accused her of heresy demand her execution and in Samantha's case, the opposing coach's crying foul on a technicality costs her the game and her place on the team.

Bone of Arc reminds us of the original super role model for women, Joan of Arc. In Wishbone's trademark two tales, this episode shifts between Joan of Arc's fight to free France, and present day hero Samantha's fight to join friends Joe and David's soccer team. Both plots tick along quickly and in perfectly timed parallel action. While Joan and Samantha both win at first, they are still both brought down by evil outside forces.

What's nice in this episode is the emphasis on present day girl hero Samantha's supportive friends and family, a congenial mix of people both old and young, male and female, African-American and white. The creators also demonstrate their thoughfulness by revealing the trick of how the actress Joan of Arc is "shot" with an arrow at the end. Thus relieving fears of younger viewers.

One 6-year-old (male) viewer was fascinated by Joan of Arc and wanted to know more about her. Bone of Arc offers adults the opportunity to talk with children about some of the themes it raises.

Like all the episodes, here is where adults, especially those without all the answers, are thrilled to buy the child the Wishbone book, in this case entitled Jone of Arc. While directed at older readers (9 to 12), it may work for particularly interested younger readers. Then, too, there's always the Twain original: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

As for further videos, the 1957 Hollywood dramatization Saint Joan may be of interest to some. Wishbone fans also shouldn't miss Frankenbone.