Max Richman

**Maxwell "Max" Richman** is one of the main characters on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist*. He is the best friend and former coworker of Zoey Clarke. Max started working at SPRQ Point five years prior to the Pilot, where he met Zoey at orientation. Ava fired him after Leif was caught passing code to Tobin on the fourth floor, ending the bake-off between the fourth and sixth floors. In Season Two, Max entered into a partnership with Mo with the creation of their restaurant, MaxiMo.

Max grew up somewhere on the East Coast. It is implied that he may have grown up in New York after he mentioned the Knicks. In "Zoey's Extraordinary Neighbor," it is revealed that Max is Jewish.

He is portrayed by Skylar Astin.

## Biography

* S1
* S2

### Pilot

Max first appears getting coffee at the Golden Gate Grind with Zoey before her big day at work. Max orders black coffee and quips that he is keeping it lean for the ladies. Max complains that Joan is making all of the coders go after the promotion even though he does not consider himself management material. In contrast, he encourages Zoey and gives her tips on how to get the promotion. When he and Zoey arrive at SPRQ Point and Zoey acts flustered upon being greeted by a new coworker, Max and Zoey discuss Zoey's relationship woes. Later, Max comforts Zoey about her unsuccessful interview. A few days later at SPRQ, Simon approaches Zoey while she is sitting with Max and tells her she can lean on him if she needs to. Zoey tells Max she bonded with Simon. When Zoey's promotion is announced, Max congratulates her, and Zoey thanks Max for being there for her. Suddenly, Max starts singing “I Think I Love You” to Zoey, revealing that he has feelings for her.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend

When Zoey gives her first official speech as manager, Max starts singing "Sucker," leaving her visibly flustered. Soon after, Max approaches Zoey and tells her he got them into Hand-Picked, a fancy farm-to-table restaurant they had both wanted to go to, and asks her if it's a date, which further flusters Zoey. Simon interrupts their conversation, and Zoey introduces the men. Later, Zoey brings Autumn to SPRQ Point and tells Max that she can't go to Hand-Picked and he should take Autumn instead. Max and Autumn start talking. Later, Max asks Zoey why she did not want to go to dinner with him, and Zoey insists that as his boss, they need to institute some boundaries. This upsets Max. Later, Max visits the Clarke house to bring Mitch butterscotch pudding and remarks that Mitch has always been nice to him, and he doesn't have the same relationship with his own dad. Zoey asks Max if he wants to see Mitch, and Max goes and talks to him. The next day, when Zoey reads the coders her first impressions of them, she says she thinks she and Max will be friends for life, earning a smile from Max. At the end of the episode, Max is seen talking to Autumn at the Golden Gate Grind.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Boss

While the other programmers obsess over Charlie Bennett, Max questions why they idolize him. When Max says he is going straight to bed, Zoey reminds him that they have to meet up with Simon to help Mo audition to DJ for the SPRQ Point Watch launch party. Max recalls that he invited Autumn, too. When Zoey joins Max, Autumn, and Simon, Max says that Autumn can guess anyone’s drink right after meeting them. After Autumn guesses Simon's drink, a Mezcal Mule, correctly, she and Max go off to dance. When Charlie drops out of the SPRQ Point Watch launch party, Max says he can ask Shigeru Miyamoto, the game director at Nintendo, for a one-time favor, which impresses Leif and Tobin. Right after Max calls Shigeru, Joan says Charlie is back in, which crushes Max. At the party, Autumn says she put product in Max's hair, and they go off to dance.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Neighbor

Max runs into SPRQ Point with coffee, which he hands out to the coders as he jovially sings "Con Te Partirò." When the song ends, Zoey asks him if he had sex last night. Max asks Zoey how she knew, and Zoey replies that it was women's intuition. Max says that he and Autumn are going to Napa this weekend, and Zoey remarks that a trip like that sounds a big step in their relationship. Max asks if she thinks it's too soon, but Zoey says she's happy for him. Later, Zoey asks Max if he goes to temple. He says he has and then jokingly remarks that he got to second base at several bar mitzvahs.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Failure

While reading the coders their anonymous peer reviews, Joan tells Max his coworkers thought he lacks initiative and tends to settle, which Zoey downplays as constructive. Later, Max meets up with Mo and Zoey at a bar and says Autumn is coming. When Zoey mentions that he hasn't talked much about Autumn since they went to Napa, Max says he feels like they aren't on the same wavelength. However, Autumn joins them and raves about how fun Napa was. Later, Zoey finds Max at SPRQ Point looking stressed and asks if he is depressed. Max explains that Autumn wants him to meet her parents and worries that their relationship is happening very fast. Zoey says she wants him to be happy and not settle, and Max remarks that that sounds like his peer reviews. Later, while Max and Autumn are out on a run, Max asks to stop running and says they are looking for different things and that they should break up. Max FaceTimes Zoey to tell him about the breakup, but Zoey says she'll have to call him back.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Night Out

Max tells Zoey that his breakup with Autumn went well as they walk into the Golden Gate Grind. Right after, Autumn sings the first few lines of "You Give Love A Bad Name." The song stops as Max walks up to the counter and peruses the menu, not getting the hint that Autumn is upset with him. Autumn starts singing again, throwing a coffee at Max's face during the song. After the song ends, Autumn gives them their coffee, and Max realizes that she wrote “Max-imum A-Hole” on his drink. Max returns to the counter and asks Autumn if something is wrong, and she says she’s mad Max dumped her and calls him a self-important, arrogant nerd who dresses like a third-grader. Later, Max paces outside the coffee shop practicing an apologetic speech to Autumn when Mo approaches and asks him what he's doing. Max says he doesn't want Autumn to hate him, but Mo says he needs to get on with his life and offers to give Max a makeover. During Max's makeover, Zoey walks into Mo's apartment and gets flustered at the sight of him shirtless, and Max teases her. At Simon and Jessica's engagement party, Max, acting as wingman, introduces Mo and Eddie. After Zoey burns down the rose wall, Max follows her inside and says he'll get her to the hospital when Zoey panics about her dad. As they leave the party, Max sings "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)." He convinces a man to give them a scooter, and they ride it together. At the Clarke home, Zoey thanks Max for being there for her, and he says he's here if she needs him, always. When Zoey looks out the window, Max sings the rest of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" to her.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Confession

Max and Zoey finish watching a movie together when Mo enters Zoey's apartment. On the way out, Max tells Zoey he missed hanging out with her, and Zoey says she needed more Max in her life. Max, Simon, and Zoey have an awkward encounter on the elevator at SPRQ Point. Later, while Zoey and Max eat lunch at a food court, Max stands up and starts singing "If I Can't Have You," with the other people in the food court joining in. After the performance, Max explains that he hired a flash mob service, and Zoey runs away in confusion. Max approaches Zoey at SPRQ Point later, and rather than responding to the flash mob, she tells him about her superpower. Though Zoey tries to explain her power, Max doesn't believe her. Later, when Zoey hears Tobin singing "Don't Speak," she tells Max about it in an attempt to prove her powers, but he remains unconvinced. Zoey then has Mo confirm to Max that Zoey has powers, but he says he needs more proof. The three of them attend Tobin's Spell-iversary party, with Zoey trying to get Tobin to open up about Leif in order to convince Max of her powers. As one final attempt to prove herself, Zoey tells Max that Mo and Eddie are singing "Bailamos" and then predicts they will kiss. Even after this, Max remains unconvinced. As he walks out, Zoey tells him about the heart songs she heard him sing and confesses that that is why she set him up with Autumn. This finally convinces Max but also deeply upsets him, and he walks away. The next day, Zoey approaches Max at work and tells him that she hasn't considered anything romantic with him because she is scared of losing his friendship. Though Zoey pleads with them to stay best friends, Max suggests they pause stuff like Movie Night.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch

While on the elevator at SPRQ Point, Max and Zoey have a brief, stunted conversation about Movie Night. When they get to their desks, Zoey tells Max that she saw Joan and Leif kissing after Leif sang "I Put A Spell On You" the night before. After Zoey returns from her dad's doctor's appointment, Max looks over and sees her singing "Crazy" without any backup dancers or music. Amused, he asks her if she's alright, and Zoey worries that there is something wrong with her powers. Max tries to talk to Zoey throughout the day to figure out why her powers are glitching, but Zoey dodges his questions. Later, when Max sees Zoey singing "Pressure" and dancing during the Chirp presentation, he immediately runs over and joins in the performance. After the song ends, Max helps Zoey explain the performance and give her presentation. After this, Max tries to talk to Zoey again about the glitch, but she avoids his questions about her dad's doctor's appointment and instead thanks him for saving her with the presentation. Zoey sings "I'm Yours" to Max, after which she tries to downplay the song's meaning. In spite of this, Max seems very happy, which puts off Joan when she yells at him and Zoey for going rogue during the presentation. Max sees the end of Zoey singing "I Want You To Want Me" to Simon and storms off. When Zoey tries to talk to him, they argue about the meaning of the heart songs, and Max walks off. Later, Max asks Zoey why her mom is asking him if she's okay, and Zoey finally admits that her father only has a few weeks left. Max comforts Zoey, and he suggests that she stop avoiding it and face her father.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Silence

Max and Zoey have a strained conversation on the elevator at SPRQ Point, as Zoey tells Max about her talk with Mitch and how her glitch has stopped. When Zoey pointedly tells Max that Leif and Joan are both not at work, he brushes her off. That night, while Max is working late, Ava Price approaches him and tells him to meet her on the sixth floor the next day. Though Max recalls that the next day is Saturday, Ava says she'll make it worth his while and tells him to check his pocket, where he finds a key card to access the sixth floor. The next day, Max wanders onto the dimly lit sixth floor of SPRQ Point. Ava tells Max she wants his bold creative vision on her team and offers him the position of manager of engineering. Max seems unsure, and Ava tells him her offer will last 72 hours. When Max tells Zoey about her job offer and asks if she should take it, and after she tells him she'll miss him but couldn't stop Max from going after what he wants, Zoey asks if she gave him the right answer. Max says no, but she just gave him his, and he walks off. Later, Max is shown shaking hands with Ava, apparently having accepted the job offer.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Outburst

Max, with a box of his things, runs into Zoey as he prepares to move to the sixth floor, noting that nobody even noticed or said goodbye. Zoey and Max have a brief conversation that ends in an awkward hug, and then Max starts singing "Here I Go Again" as he gets on the elevator, with Simon finishing the song. When Max gives his first speech to the sixth floor team, he starts off shaky but then loosens up, impressing his team. When Leif and Tobin go up to the sixth floor to get Max's Chirp files, Ava quickly texts Danny Michael Davis and initiates a bake-off between the fourth and sixth floors, prohibiting Max from giving them his files. Later, the fourth-floor team walks up to the sixth floor, and Joan and Ava start bickering over Max and sing "The Boy Is Mine." Max decides to stay on the sixth floor since nobody from the fourth floor fought to keep him until they needed something. When Max goes to the fourth floor to retrieve his lumbar support, he and Zoey get into an argument, with Zoey saying that nobody understood why Ava wanted him, and Max storms off. The next day, Leif gets onto the elevator with Max and asks if there is room for a new coder on the sixth floor. When the elevator reaches the fourth floor, they both stay on and continue talking.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Mother

Max and Leif get on the elevator right behind Zoey, who tries to make small talk with little success. When the elevator reaches the fourth floor and Leif doesn't get off, Max explains that Leif is on his team now, which angers Zoey. Later, Max applauds his team for finishing the AR interface for the Chirp. When Max walks up to Leif's desk, Leif compliments his managerial skills. Max notices a drawing of Leif and Joan on his desk and tells Leif he knows about his thing with Joan. Max asks Leif is he wants to get a beer after work. When they walk into the bar after work and see Zoey and Joan, Max tells Leif they have to be strong. They approach the women and make small talk before Max steers Leif back to the bar. Leif asks Max how he got over Zoey, and Max is taken aback that Leif knows, but says he tries not to wallow. While Leif starts singing karaoke to Joan, Max sings "Bye Bye Bye" as a heart song to Zoey, glancing back at her after she and Joan leave. When Max and his team walk onto the fourth floor and Joan and Ava explain that they want their teams to work together, Max avoids meeting Zoey's eyes. Later, Zoey approaches Max on the sixth floor and asks him to hear her out, telling him that being at the cemetery has made her realize that if she had to die tomorrow, she couldn't stomach being this so apart from him. Max and Zoey tentatively make up and agree to talk later. Ava asks to see Max in her office and fires him for allowing Leif to leak their Chirp code.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Dad

Zoey and Max meet at the cheesequake place, and Zoey reassures him when he laments his uncertain future. Simon walks up and interrupts the conversation, leading to an awkward interaction between the three. When Zoey and Max sit at a table with their cheesequakes and Zoey asks him to tell her how he got fired, Simon sings "Jealous" while Max explains. After the song ends, Max finishes his story and asks Zoey if she's still there, her response cut off by a ceiling lamp falling and crashing into a nearby table. Later, while Zoey and Max prepare for Movie Night, Zoey tells Max she got him his job back. He expresses his gratitude but then explains that he doesn't want the job back and is excited for the future. Zoey says she likes seeing this side of Max and then kisses him. As they deepen the kiss, Max sings "All Of Me" until Zoey slaps a hand onto his mouth. She asks him to think of something sexier, and Max sings "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" until Zoey once again slaps a hand onto his mouth. As they continue kissing, Zoey gets a phone call from Howie about her father. When they arrive at the Clarke home, Max calls Simon and tells him about Mitch, and Simon thanks him. Later, before Max leaves, he hugs Maggie and tells her that he told Mitch how he feels about Zoey, to which Maggie replies that she thinks he already knew. When Zoey walks Max to his car, he tells her they'll have plenty of time to discuss their kiss later and tells her to focus on herself. Max sings "American Pie" with the rest of the cast at Mitch's wake, often supporting Zoey in the background.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Return

When Max and Zoey meet up before Zoey's first day back at SPRQ Point following Mitch's death, Max gifts her a shield-shaped ring. Later, when Zoey arrives at Mo's apartment, Max is hanging out with Simon and Mo, whom he befriended while Zoey was spending time alone. Max and Simon, despite claiming they don't want to fight over Zoey, sing "Are You Gonna Be My Girl." Max gets an idea for a business venture while hanging out with his new friends and proposes to Mo that they become business partners. When he visits Zoey at her parents' home, the two share a kiss.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction

While Zoey and Max make out, Zoey expresses how being with him is a nice distraction. Maggie awkwardly interrupts Zoey and Max's makeout session, so they agree to meet for a date at Zoey's apartment the next evening. Later, while Max and Mo discuss their business venture, Max says they should sign a basic contract, but Mo makes excuses and leaves his apartment, baffling Max. While Zoey and Max have their date that evening, they hear opera music from Mo's apartment, and Max explains his confusing encounter with Mo. Zoey leaves briefly to check on Mo, and when she returns, she tells Max that Mo sang to her, which further confuses Max. They start kissing, but Max pulls away when Mo turns up his opera music once more, saying that he wants their first time to be special. After a failed attempt at getting more information out of Mo, Zoey and Max walk up to his apartment one morning and propose that they try some team-building exercises. Hours later, Max and Mo have made little progress. They agree to play Two Truths and a Lie, and Max reveals that he has never heard his father say he is proud of him. Mo reveals that he cut his best friend out of a business deal, and Max insists that if they ever have a problem, they can work it out. After getting an SOS text from Zoey, Max rushes to her mother's house. Zoey leads him to her bedroom and tells him they have the house to themselves. Max tells Zoey that he worked on a way to block heart songs with an open-minded therapist in Berkeley. When they start undressing, Max starts alternating between singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game/I'll Make Love To You" as he struggles to temper his emotions. Eventually, Zoey interrupts his singing, and Max expresses frustration at continuing to sing two heart songs. Zoey opens up to Max about her feelings, and they share a kiss before Max starts singing "A Moment Like This," with Zoey duetting him in reality. The following morning, Zoey and Max awkwardly greet Zoey's family in the kitchen. Later, Mo finally signs his contract with Max.
## Physical Appearance and Style

In "Zoey's Extraordinary Night Out," Autumn tells Max he dresses like a third-grader. Afterward, Mo tells Max to throw his jacket out and helps give him a makeover. After this, Max's wardrobe changes subtly. In Season 2, Max has a beard, and his wardrobe is more put-together.

## Personality

At the start of Season 1, Max is shown to not be particularly ambitious. While Zoey pursues the manager position on the fourth floor in Pilot, Max says that really isn't for him. However, in "Zoey's Extraordinary Silence," when Ava Price approaches him with a job offer to manage the sixth floor, Max takes it. In "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad," after Zoey tells Max that she got him his job back, Max thanks her but tells her that he liked managing the sixth floor and that he didn't want to go backwards. By the end of Season 1, Max seems to have grown into his independence and ambition.

In the Pilot, when Max and Zoey go to The Golden Gate Grind, Max orders black coffee and tells the female barista that he is "keeping it lean for the ladies." When Autumn visits SPRQ Point in "Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend," Max jokingly says that he ended things with four girls the week before.

## Relationships

* Zoey Clarke
* Rose Williams
* Autumn

*Main article: Zoey Clarke*

Zoey and Max have been best friends since their first days at SPRQ Point.

Max and Rose attended summer camp together for six summers when they were younger, and they had a mutual crush on each other. When Rose visits MaxiMo in "Zoey's Extraordinary Memory," they reconnect and discover that they have both been keeping tabs on each other in Instagram.

After discovering that Max has feelings for her, Zoey sets him up with Autumn, a barista at The Golden Gate Grind, in "Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend" to avoid any awkwardness with Max. When Zoey brings Autumn to SPRQ Point to propose that she go to Hand-Picked with Max in Zoey's place, Autumn reassures Max that she will still serve him his black coffee if he says no. Max is surprised that Autumn remembers his—albeit simple—coffee order. When Autumn says that she remembers everyone's coffee order, Max chuckles. Max and Autumn date until he breaks up with her in "Zoey's Extraordinary Failure." When Max and Zoey go to the Golden Gate Grind as normal following the breakup, Autumn angrily sings "You Give Love A Bad Name" to Max and writes "Max-imum A-Hole" on his coffee cup.
## Songs Performed

* S1
* S2
* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

### Heart Songs

* "I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family (S1E1)
* "Sucker" - Jonas Brothers (S1E2)
* "Con Te Partirò" - Andrea Bocelli (S1E4)
* "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers (S1E6)
* "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake (S1E10)
* "Bye Bye Bye" - NSYNC (S1E11)
* "All Of Me" - John Legend (S1E12)
* "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" - Pitbull (S1E12)
* "American Pie" - Don McLean (S1E12)

### Other Songs

* "If I Can't Have You" - Shawn Mendes (S1E7)

### Heart Songs

* "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet (S2E1)
* "Take Me Out To The Ball Game/I'll Make Love To You" - Jack Norworth/Boyz II Men (S2E2)
* "A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson (S2E2)
* "Say Something" - A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera (S2E3)
* "Numb" - Linkin Park (S2E5)
* "Let's Get Loud" - Jennifer Lopez (S2E7)
* "Need You Tonight" - INXS (S2E8)
* "Anyone" - Demi Lovato (S2E9)
* "Tearin' up My Heart" - \*NSYNC (S2E10)
* "New York State of Mind" - Billy Joel (S2E11)
* "Sing" - Billy Joel (S2E13)
* "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift (S2E13)
* "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge (S2E13)

### Other Songs

* "Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul (S2E4)
* "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran (S2E12)

### Heart Songs

* "Just the Two of Us" - Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers
* "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper

## Trivia

* In "Zoey's Extraordinary Boss," it is revealed that Max's drink is a whiskey sour.
* When Max gives his first speech as manager in "Zoey's Extraordinary Outburst," his first notecard says "Hi, I'm Max Richman." When Zoey gave her first speech as manager, she also had a notecard for introducing herself.

## Gallery

* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
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* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Session"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Double Date"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery"
* Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Memory"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Trip"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Employee"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Return"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Outburst"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Silence"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Confession"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Confession"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Failure"
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* "Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend"
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