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Joel is highly-educated, and an engineer by profession. A self-professed "computer geek," he treats himself to the latest tech toys and haunts the Internet interactive game sites. His other major hobby involves playing the jazz clarinet, but an innate sense of adventure has led him in many directions, including jet skiing (see "[[The Tie That Chokes]]").

Joel's family life is easily as screwed up as the ~~[[Barksdale Family|~~Barksdales~~]].~~' His parents divorced when he was six, leaving his father to take custody of him, while his mother took custody of his older brother and moved out of state. Now Joel gets along well with his father and step-mother, but is distant towards his mother and openly hostile towards his ne'er do well, resentful brother.

Joel's family life is easily as screwed up as the Barksdales'. His parents divorced when he was six, leaving his father to take custody of him, while his mother took custody of his older brother and moved out of state. Now Joel gets along well with his father and step-mother, but is distant towards his mother and openly hostile towards his ne'er do well, resentful brother.

Until Joel met Amy, he was reluctant to get into a serious relationship, but after 2 years of friendship, they naturally moved into that territory. Joel eventually grew frustrated that Amy was withholding so many of her thoughts from him, and they broke up for a short time ([[Driven Wild Universe|DWU episodes]] #7 & #8:"[[None in the Family]]"), but when they got back together, their relationship was stronger. Joel and Amy moved in together (Episode #13: "[[Erin the Head]]") and Joel was around to deal with Helen's crisis with her marriage (Episode #19 "[[All But Forgotten]]," Episode #20 "[[Memory Road]]"). He and Amy still have their problems, but they're more willing to face them than they used to be.