Uplifting show,....even when it has painful moments,...and her dad steals the show!!
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV Series)
Zoey's Extraordinary Failure (2020)
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Great show
kowboyfan15 March 2020
Wow!
beachy-384319 March 2020
Every episode gets better and better. The drama is very interesting. Interesting enough for me to like it, and I hate drama. The musical part is even better. My son use to sing you have to fight, for your right. to party, when he was a teenager.
Keep on making me smile.
Phil_Hart11 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I love everything about this show. The exuberance of the cast, the charming lead,
the attention to detail, for example the picture of Ada Augusta above Zoey's mantle piece. Just when episode 5 was on the verge of being nearly serious it is rescued by the final number. I sincerely hope it gets a second season.
The basic requirement
ansharora-1263827 April 2021
Certainly not a failure
Horst_In_Translation27 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Here we have the fifth episode from the first season of the now already cancelled show "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" and this means it is also the fifth episode from the entire series. We are really deep into the story already with all kinds of characters, much more than you would expect after five episodes, even if those run for 40 minutes each or slightly over. This one had 41 minutes. At the center of it all is Jane Levy and I still like her. She was the biggest, if not only reason for me to check out this show, especially with her awards recognition. So yeah, with this one here you can also say for sure that they packed in so much into the running time here, maybe too much. I still don't want to complain. I think the show had an okay start, but then things really went south with the episode that focused on her boss' life, but by now we are again back to the decent quality from the beginning luckily. What is going on in this fifth episode? It is basically all about romantic relationship struggles (and some other stuff) and Zoey is more of an observer and adviser and friend than truly involved herself. The romance parts include the protagonist's brother, her best friend and also her mother, even if the latter only to a smaller extent and the struggles are with her man, but not necessarily romance-related. There is more. Work becomes an issue for Zoey too as anonymous reviews in her company play a role and these have an especially massive impact on one character where you would not expect it. I am not sure if his reaction felt authentic with what we have known about him so far. But these big globes where you can sleep in were pretty cool. Basically, almost everybody gets something rather poor to hear in terms of how the colleagues perceived them. This also includes Zoey's best friend, but he is more busy with his romance relationship than to really worry about these devastating reviews. So yeah, this is really enough for minimally over 40 minutes. As a consequence, the neighbor (we only find out briefly about her potential Latin lover and that she knows what a duet is) and Zoey's boss (luckily) do not have a lot of impact in this episode.
The music side is really the second reason why I am watching this show. The song selections are pretty cool most of the time and enjoyable and bring back some pieces to my memory, which is something I definitely appreciate. Here Pink fans will maybe have a good time (I am not one of them) as her song results in a bit of a special moment for Zoey when she hears a duet for the first time. This is really only to introduce Zoey's brother's problems and the song and duet scenario do not play a major role later on. I personally enjoyed the Beastie Boys song more. And with R. E. M. I am always happy to come across a number. The song we hear towards the end from Peter Gallagher's character was maybe a bit too obvious for the situation and dilemma, but somehow Gallagher made it work. Props to him. Also it can be said that at the very end for the first time we see that Zoey's (engaged) crush may also see more in her than a friend, so you can be curious where this is heading next, especially with his fiancée being supported by Zoey's mother with the wedding preparations. Said crush also has his own struggles that have to do with his late father. This episode was maybe more on the serious side, but here and there the songs and other light moments keep it from becoming too heavy. An approach that exists since episode one. I also liked that they decided not to return to the pre-episode state at the end of the episode, but included conflicts that can be elaborated on in the next episodes. Not only with her crush, but also her colleague seems even more mad at her now and her brother is still mad at her too. With the latter though, time can maybe help in fixing this issue. A bit unrealistic nonetheless that he was at the same bar like Zoey early on. There I preferred how Zoey found him through the name of the place the second time. Okay, that is pretty much it. Alright episode, certainly improved compared to the previous two and I like it more now again where this show is heading. Let's see how things continue as we are approaching the end of the first half of season one. Go watch this one here oh and I wonder if you will agree that there was not a lot of failure from Zoey here, even if the titles says so. Maybe only that she told her brother's partner about what her man is doing.
The music side is really the second reason why I am watching this show. The song selections are pretty cool most of the time and enjoyable and bring back some pieces to my memory, which is something I definitely appreciate. Here Pink fans will maybe have a good time (I am not one of them) as her song results in a bit of a special moment for Zoey when she hears a duet for the first time. This is really only to introduce Zoey's brother's problems and the song and duet scenario do not play a major role later on. I personally enjoyed the Beastie Boys song more. And with R. E. M. I am always happy to come across a number. The song we hear towards the end from Peter Gallagher's character was maybe a bit too obvious for the situation and dilemma, but somehow Gallagher made it work. Props to him. Also it can be said that at the very end for the first time we see that Zoey's (engaged) crush may also see more in her than a friend, so you can be curious where this is heading next, especially with his fiancée being supported by Zoey's mother with the wedding preparations. Said crush also has his own struggles that have to do with his late father. This episode was maybe more on the serious side, but here and there the songs and other light moments keep it from becoming too heavy. An approach that exists since episode one. I also liked that they decided not to return to the pre-episode state at the end of the episode, but included conflicts that can be elaborated on in the next episodes. Not only with her crush, but also her colleague seems even more mad at her now and her brother is still mad at her too. With the latter though, time can maybe help in fixing this issue. A bit unrealistic nonetheless that he was at the same bar like Zoey early on. There I preferred how Zoey found him through the name of the place the second time. Okay, that is pretty much it. Alright episode, certainly improved compared to the previous two and I like it more now again where this show is heading. Let's see how things continue as we are approaching the end of the first half of season one. Go watch this one here oh and I wonder if you will agree that there was not a lot of failure from Zoey here, even if the titles says so. Maybe only that she told her brother's partner about what her man is doing.
Zoey's Extraordinary Failure
Prismark104 May 2020
Zoey hearing people singing and thereby feel their moods does not mean it is easy to get through to people.
Her brother David is apprehensive about becoming a father. As a boy he was sensitive and had difficulties growing up.
At work, Joan decides to give appraisal feedback to staff in public. This upsets Leif as he is labelled as smug. Zoey tries to soothe him but is rebuffed by him.
However this is not Zoey's failure. We do not know enough about David but he tells his wife Emily he will be working late but goes to a bar. Of course Zoey is worried about her brother but the audience has never been privy to David's upbringing or the circumstances of his wife's pregnancy.
As for the issues with Leif. It is Joan who decides to give anonymous appraisals in front of everyone. At least Zoey is trying to make Leif feel better, he is just showing his faults by moping about and then being aggressive to Zoey.
The songs were nice but I thought the writing was not.
Her brother David is apprehensive about becoming a father. As a boy he was sensitive and had difficulties growing up.
At work, Joan decides to give appraisal feedback to staff in public. This upsets Leif as he is labelled as smug. Zoey tries to soothe him but is rebuffed by him.
However this is not Zoey's failure. We do not know enough about David but he tells his wife Emily he will be working late but goes to a bar. Of course Zoey is worried about her brother but the audience has never been privy to David's upbringing or the circumstances of his wife's pregnancy.
As for the issues with Leif. It is Joan who decides to give anonymous appraisals in front of everyone. At least Zoey is trying to make Leif feel better, he is just showing his faults by moping about and then being aggressive to Zoey.
The songs were nice but I thought the writing was not.
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