Joan Bennett

**Joan Bennett** is a guest character on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist*. Joan is Zoey Clarke's boss on the fourth floor and (as of "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad") acting CEO of SPRQ Point.

In the Season Two premiere, Joan leaves SPRQ Point in San Francisco to manage its Asian division in Singapore, leaving Zoey as her replacement.

She is portrayed by Lauren Graham.

## Biography

* S1
* S2

### Pilot

Joan makes the entire fourth-floor programming team go after the open position of Manager of Engineering. When Zoey arrives at SPRQ Point, Joan calls her into her office and asks her why she would be a good manager. Zoey tries touting her programming skills, but Joan prompts her for more. She starts distractedly typing her pilates instructor. The next day, Joan tells the fourth floor about a bug in the Health App that is supposed to launch in five days with the SPRQ Point Watch and says they are going to have to work late until they solve the bug. Later, Joan tells Zoey the promotion is down to her and one more person. After Zoey solves the bug, Joan asks her one more time why she would be a good manager, and Zoey finally gives her a confident answer, so Joan gives her the promotion.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend

When Zoey arrives at work, Joan greets her and brings her into her office. She tells her to be strong and sends her off. Later, after Zoey gives her presentation on the SPRQ Point Watch launch party while wearing an outfit entirely made of SPRQ Point Sweats, Joan chastises her for her appearance and tells her she can’t take on all the projects by herself. After Zoey addresses her team and tells them she'll trust them more if they can trust her too, Joan looks on approvingly.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Boss

While reminding the coders that the SPRQ Point Watch demo is in three days, Joan stresses how important her husband Charlie Bennett's endorsement is. After finally letting the coders leave for the night, Joan sings “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” while Zoey freshens up in the bathroom and continues the song in the elevator. The next day, Joan gets upset because someone ate all the Crunch Berries. Zoey approaches her at the Cereal Bar and asks if she is satisfied with the team's performance. Joan admits she is pleased with the team's work but also starts expressing her frustrations with Charlie, prompting Zoey to leave awkwardly. Later, Zoey asks Joan what's wrong with her and Charlie, and they drink while discussing Joan's marriage. The next day, Joan invites Zoey to a women in tech event in Daytona, thanks her for talking with her about her marriage, and gives her a pair of Louboutins. Charlie arrives and greets Joan, and they go into the conference room for lunch. During lunch, Joan gets upset with Charlie for being distracted. While they argue, Joan brings up her conversation with Zoey. Charlie takes exception to this and says he will not do the watch demo. However, soon after, Joan says Charlie is back in and downplays the situation. Later, Joan confesses to Zoey that she had to beg Charlie to come back and that he bails on her often. At the watch party, while Joan and Charlie are being photographed, Charlie tells Joan that he needs to be out by 9:30. Joan tells Charlie to stay in his hotel room longer and leaves. Zoey encourages Joan to do the watch demo, and she sings "Roar" while demoing the watch.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Return

Joan reveals to Zoey that she will be moving to Singapore to take up operations of SPRQ Point's Asian division and asks Zoey to take over her job as Executive Manager of the fourth floor.
## Personality

Joan is shown to be an assertive and strict boss. In "Pilot," Max calls her a narcissist.

## Relationships

* Charlie Bennett
* Leif Donnelly

Charlie is Joan's ex-husband. Joan broke up with Charlie for good in "Zoey's Extraordinary Boss." Although Joan and Charlie had a contentious relationship, she appears to miss after they divorce when she sings "Wrecking Ball." However, Charlie is not brought up much after they divorce.

Leif and Joan had a brief romantic affair after they started working on the Chirp together after Simon's engagement party in "Zoey's Extraordinary Night Out." At the end of "Zoey's Extraordinary Confession," Zoey overheard Leif and Joan discussing the Chirp late one night at SPRQ Point. After Leif sang the heart song "I Put A Spell On You," he seduced Joan. In "Zoey's Extraordinary Outburst," after Zoey tells Joan that Leif is in love with her, Joan tells Leif that they cannot continue their relationship. Although Leif moves up to the sixth floor with Max to be away from Joan, he is shown to still have feelings for her when he sings "All Out Of Love" at karaoke. As of the Season 1 finale, it is unclear whether Joan and Leif's relationship will resume.

## Heart Songs

* "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - The Rolling Stones (S1E3)
* "Roar" - Katy Perry (S1E3)
* "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus (S1E4)
* "Tik Tok" - Ke$ha (S1E6)
* "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy & Monica (S1E10)
* "Get Together" - The Youngbloods (S1E11)
* "American Pie" - Don McLean (S1E12)

## Physical Appearance

Joan dresses very put-together and professional. In "Zoey's Extraordinary Mother," Zoey seems surprised to see her in a hoodie, though Joan emphasizes that it was spun by Benedictine nuns in Italy.

## Trivia

* Though it is never mentioned in the show, it is possible that Joan's maiden name is Saunders. Her name was listed as "Joan Saunders" on a business card sold in a 2021 fan auction.

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## References

1. ↑ Lot #92 – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Joan Lauren Graham Screen Used SPRQ Point Office Set Ss 1- 2