Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery

**Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery** is the ninth episode of Season Two and twenty-first episode overall of *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.* It aired on April 11, 2021.

## Episode Summary

After going to see a medium, Zoey's powers mysteriously start glitching again.

## Plot

In bed, Zoey looks beside her at Simon, and they switch back to their normal sides, agreeing that it was weird sleeping on the other side. Zoey says she has really enjoyed their past few weeks together, and they've made her feel a lot closer to him. Simon says there must still be so many things they don't know about each other and tells Zoey he's part of a woodworking club. He asks Zoey what some things are about her that he would not be able to guess. He watches as she goes onto her tiptoes to reach the top shelf of her closet, and she remarks that she is short. Zoey then tells Simon that Mo is taking her to see a medium to contact her father. Simon warns her that those people scam people when they're grieving and tells her to be careful.

At the Clarke home, Zoey asks Maggie if she can borrow Mitch's watch to use with the medium. Maggie tells her it's fine but tells her not to read the inside and dirty joke in the inscription on the back. David teases Zoey about the psychic, and Zoey asks everyone if they have a question for Mitch. David tells Zoey to ask how Mitch feels about him quitting his job and if he still loves him. Maggie tells her to say that she misses Mitch and to ask where the rice cooker is, noting that she is having a small dinner party. Emily asks Zoey to ask the psychic if she'll ever feel joy again, and Zoey laughs off the comment.

When Zoey and Mo arrive at the psychic's place, Zoey seems skeptical. The Psychic, Nova, asks if they want fizzy water and takes a very long gulp from her can, which Mo notes is part of her process. Zoey jokes around about the whole process, and Nova says she wishes people would have an open mind. She asks Zoey if she brought an item of her father's. Zoey hands her the watch, and Nova reads the inscription on the back and laughs. After she takes Zoey's hands, the lights in the room flicker, surprising Zoey and Mo. Nova explains that the building has electrical problems and declares that there is something not right inside of Zoey. She says that Mitch is trying to communicate and dramatically asks Zoey if he liked movies. Unimpressed, Zoey scoffs and says yes. Nova says Mitch is fading and then that he is gone. Zoey expresses her skepticism. Offended, Nova walks away. Zoey tells Mo that if Simon is going to look at her the way she was looking at Nova, then she's never telling him about her powers.

At MaxiMo, Max emerges from the kitchen and walks up to Zoey at the bar saying his shift is over. They discuss waiting for their respective dates, and Zoey asks how things are going with him and Rose. Max starts to reply, but when he sees Rose walk into the restaurant, he starts singing an extremely sad, emotional rendition of “Anyone”. After the song finishes, Zoey concernedly tells him he just sang the saddest heart song she has ever heard. Max seems confused, noting that he was just thinking how positive things were and that he and Rose are going to Happy Times Fun Land. Rose walks up to them and mentions to Zoey that her friend is having a computer-themed art show that week and that she thought Zoey and Max might be interested. Max and Rose leave happily, leaving a confused Zoey to wonder why Max sang the heart song that he did.

Zoey tells Mo she thinks her powers are malfunctioning again, and Mo encourages her to confront Max. Zoey and Max get coffee, and Zoey presses him about whether he's secretly hiding some deep emotional turmoil. Max insists that he is not and tells Zoey that he and Rose had a lovely time at Happy Times Fun Land, even noting that she told him a deep secret—that she is a huge Blake Shelton fan. Upon hearing this, Zoey mentions that she is thinking of telling Simon about her powers and asks Max his opinion. Max admits that knowing she could hear his thoughts made their relationship a lot more complicated.

At work, Simon invites Zoey to his woodworking club, and she enthusiastically agrees. When she walks into the bullpen, she sees the coders, namely Mackenzie and Tobin, bickering over which phone design, the Mega Phone or the Micro Phone, is better. In the midst of their argument, they all start singing "One," a glum heart song that does not match their demeanors at all, which serves to further confuse Zoey. Later, things are just getting steamy between Mo and Perry when the latter gets a message on his phone saying that his son, August, can't find his stuffed animal. He leaves to go find the toy, much to Mo's annoyance. That same evening, Zoey visits her mother, who expresses disappointment at how her dinner party with her friends went. Suddenly, Maggie starts singing an animated version of "Anything You Can Do," seemingly performing two parts at the same time. This makes Zoey realize that the glitch in her heart songs is switching people's heart songs.

At Mo's apartment, Zoey and Mo are discussing the glitch in Zoey's powers when Perry knocks on the door. He apologizes for leaving so abruptly the night before but adds that as a parent, he has to do those things sometimes. Mo seems very unreceptive to this explanation and starts singing "The More I Drink." When Zoey tells him he sang country, he is taken aback. The pair go to confront Nova about Zoey's powers situation. After taking Zoey's hands in hers, Nova says she sees the letter "M," which Zoey disgruntledly notes is the first letter of her father's name, which Nova already knew. When talking with Mo, Zoey recalls that Nova mentioned movies and says that she and her father liked watching the movie *Freaky Friday* together when she was younger, which also featured a switch.

Zoey talks to Simon at work in hopes of provoking a heart song out of him and seeing where his head is at. Simon starts singing "The Fox," which shocks and bewilders Zoey. When Zoey tells Mo about this later, Mo unveils an elaborate crime board with all of the people in Zoey's life. They try to match the heart songs she has heard, noting that Maggie and the programmers seem to have switched. Zoey remembers that Max said Rose liked country music and pulls out the flier for Rose's friend's art show.

At the art show, Zoey and Mo see Rose's eccentric friend, Barnaby Steele, introduce his exhibit. Afterwards, they go to chat with Max and Rose. When a passing server offers Rose champagne, she turns it down multiple times. Soon after, Rose starts singing "IDGAF" at the server. Zoey realizes that Mo and Rose must have switched heart songs, meaning that Rose has a drinking problem. She decides she has to talk to Rose and calls Simon to say she can't make their date, which seems to upset him. When she talks to Rose, Zoey finds out that Rose is sober and that she is not sure how to tell Max. Later, after they match Rose with her song on the crime board, Zoey and Mo decide that the fox song must have been Perry's, since his son's stuffed animal is a fox.

Zoey not-so-stealthily runs into Perry at the dinosaur museum and sees him holding a fox stuffed animal. She tries asking him what sound a fox makes, but he protests that his son makes him play that song too much. In a surprising turn of events, Perry's son August starts singing "Love On The Brain," Simon's heart song. Later, Zoey talks to Simon at work and tells him she wants to open up to him. She tells him that she never returned a library book, she usually wears a mouth guard to sleep but doesn't wear it when he comes over because she wants to look cute, and that she had trust issues with her college boyfriend and poked his bike tires. However, she does not tell him about her powers. Simon presents her with a stool he made for her at his woodworking club. Zoey steps onto it, and they share a hug. Simon thanks her for sharing all of her secrets with him, and she looks guilty.

At MaxiMo, Zoey, Maggie, and Mo are all sitting together when Max walks over and asks to talk to Zoey. He tells Zoey that Rose told him she's sober and thanks her for helping her to open up. Suddenly, Zoey hears the band in the restaurant playing "Anyone," which spooks her. She asks Max if he has a case of fizzy water. After getting the fizzy water, Zoey visits Nova and laments that she still hasn't figured out who the heart song belongs to. Nova asks her if she really has to hear someone sing that they're sad to know that they're sad and reminds Zoey that they can't always rely on their special abilities. After getting another text from Emily, Zoey realizes that the song is hers.

Zoey visits Emily at her and David's place and apologizes for not replying to any of her messages. Emily starts singing "Rosanna," which Zoey realizes is Max's heart song and confirms that the deeply sad heart song was indeed Emily's. Zoey rushes over and grabs Emily's wrists, reassuring her that she is there for her. Emily's heart song changes into "Anyone," which she sings as a deeply emotional cry for help.

## Cast

### Starring

* **Jane Levy** as Zoey Clarke
* **Skylar Astin** as Max Richman
* **Alex Newell** as Mo
* **John Clarence Stewart** as Simon Haynes
* **Mary Steenburgen** as Maggie Clarke
* **Michael Thomas Grant** as Leif Donnelly
* **Kapil Talwalkar** as Tobin Batra
* **Andrew Leeds** as David Clarke
* **Alice Lee** as Emily Kang

### Guest Starring

* **Ashlie Atkinson** as Nova
* **Katie Findlay** as Rose Williams
* **Thomas McDonell** as Barnaby Steele
* **Rocco Morris** as August
* **David St. Louis** as Perry Haskins
* **Morgan Taylor Campbell** as Mackenzie

### Co-Starring

* **Felix Alexander Hysen** as Miles
* **Riley Quinn Hysen** as Miles
* **Jeffrey Mortensen** as Pushy Server
* **Amarah Taylor** as Amirah

## Songs

 Anything You Can Do | Irving Berlin
 Rosanna | Toto

## Trivia

* Rocco Morris, who plays Perry Haskins' son August, is the son of Boyz II Men member Wanyá Morris. The Boyz II Men song "I'll Make Love To You" was featured in the second episode of Season Two of *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction."

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