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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: All is well when it ends well?

We made it to the season 2 finale! After a not-so-great season, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist delivered a finale that tried to wrap things up in a nice bow. One could even consider it a good series finale if it weren’t for that weird cliffhanger at the very end. Did Zoey transfer her powers to Max?

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: Zoey’s Extraordinary Session

Last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist finally started to feel like the show we know and love again. Even though Zoey’s Extraordinary Session was a departure from the usual musical episodes, getting to witness Zoey’s first day at SPRQ Point and seeing Mitch again was an absolute delight. Following last week’s episode, Zoey is going to

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: Confused emotions

Last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist was a fun little nugget of an episode, despite the fact that Zoey’s emotions were all over the place. While it’s no secret that I have been struggling with the direction the show has taken, Zoey’s Extraordinary Double Date was such a fun hour of television that managed to showcase

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist recap: Sometimes it’s right in front of you

Last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist was a fun little gem of an episode. While it still hasn’t returned to its prime, it was definitely an improvement compared to the subpar installments in the past couple of weeks. We had a bit of a time jump, and it’s been a few weeks since Zoey’s 30th birthday.

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: A not so great turn

Last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist only confirmed what we had been feeling since last week: the show took a turn somewhere in season 2 and ended up getting lost in the process. In Zoey’s Extraordinary Birthday, we watched Zoey struggle with the fact that she was turning 30 and her father wasn’t there to celebrate

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: The one with good memories

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist returned last night on NBC after a two-month hiatus. I know I speak for everyone when I say how much I had missed this absolute gem of a show and its beautiful and emotional sucker punches that make us laugh and cry — usually at the same time. That being said, last

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist exclusive interview: John Clarence Stewart on Simon’s big professional gamble paying off

Warning: Spoilers for episode six of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. NBC’s genre-busting hit, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, is neither sitcom or musical, but a fresh hybrid from showrunner Austin Winsberg, that has been telling some overdue Black and brown workplace stories on network TV. This high concept series is deft in handling really big awkward topics—the sudden

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: The one with the hard conversations

Tonight’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist presented a necessary conversation. Zoey’s Extraordinary Reckoning was one of the rawest and honest hours of television I have ever had the pleasure of watching. It was hard to watch. It was uncomfortable. But that’s how hard conversations usually are. Following Simon’s speech about racial bias and discrimination at SPRQ Point

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Recap: The one where Zoey was high

There was so much happening in last night’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist that I felt a bit like Zoey has been feeling: there’s a lot going on and we’re just trying to keep all the balls in the air. But despite having not one, not two, but four separate subplots, the NBC hit show managed to