David Clarke

* Current
* Flashback

**David Aaron Clarke** is a main character on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist*. After being a recurring character in Season One, he was elevated to a series regular in Season Two of the show. He is Zoey's older brother and also the son of Maggie and Mitch Clarke. David is married to Emily, and they were expecting their first child together during Season One.

Throughout the first season, David and Zoey both grappled with the stress of losing their father while also trying to help their mother as best they could. In Season Two, David quits his job as a public defender to spend more time with Miles, his and Emily's son.

He is portrayed by Andrew Leeds.

## Biography

* S1
* S2

### Pilot

While Zoey sits with Maggie and Mitch, David enters with some slightly cold, mediocre pizza. When Zoey suggests they open a window, David asks if she wants Mitch to catch cold, and they have a mild argument. After Zoey hears Mitch sing "True Colors," she tells Maggie and David that Mitch is still processing and that they should take him sailing. Despite David's protests, Zoey maintains that this will help Mitch. David steers the boat while the family goes sailing.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend

David goes to the doctor's office with Zoey and their parents. Later, he calls Zoey at work and tells her that he found an old buzzer from the game Taboo, and they are able to use it to communicate with Mitch by having him buzz once for "yes" and twice for "no."

### Zoey's Extraordinary Boss

Zoey shows Maggie, David, and Emily a program she created to help Mitch spell out what he wants to say. A different day, Zoey pulls David aside and tells him that she thinks Maggie might be in pain and that they should keep an eye on her. Later, David goes to the grocery store with Maggie to buy lemonade for Mitch. When they discover that the store is out of lemonade, David suggests that they just go to Trader Joe's, but Maggie insists that Mitch prefers this lemonade. Later, David calls Zoey from the jail and tells her what happened. When they finally arrive home, David pulls Zoey aside, and they decided to make a schedule to help Maggie out. When the siblings talk to Maggie, they insist that they want to help make her happy, and she acquiesces.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Neighbor

David asks Mitch for parenting advice. Mitch asks David to play his and Emily's wedding video and then starts crying. David panics and is unsure what to do. He later opens up to Emily about this, and Emily suggests they host a gender reveal party for their child.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Failure

When Emily asks David if they can build their baby's crib, David tells Emily that he will have to work late again on the O'Reilly case. Zoey later sees David playing pool at a tavern with his work buddies while singing "Fight For Your Right." She confronts him about lying to Emily, and David reveals that he has fears about having a son.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Confession

After Mitch's accident, David and Zoey argue in front of their father, prompting Maggie to chew them out about their childish behavior, singing "A Little Less Conversation". David promises to help Maggie find a caregiver for Mitch and they conduct interviews. They end up choosing Nancy.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch

David attends Mitch's doctor's appointment where Dr. Hamara tells Mitch he has entered the final stages of his disease.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Silence

David, unaware, blows off Emily and she consequently sings "Buttons". David confusingly asks Zoey why Emily seemed annoyed and Zoey blatantly tells him that Emily wants to have sex with him. Later, they have a discussion about their sex life and how David wants to be respectful as Emily's body goes through changes. They decide to have sex after finishing the bassinet. Zoey gets a text from David later and he rides the chair lift Emily bought for Mitch.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Outburst

David and Zoey argue on whether or not Mitch and Maggie should go to the restaurant they normally do for their anniversary. David helped out and is present for an at home anniversary dinner for Mitch and Maggie.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Mother

David, Maggie, and Zoey go to the funeral home to make decisions about Mitch's post death plan. Maggie, David, and the other people at the funeral home sing "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place". Zoey, David, and Emily later go again to help Maggie out and David says six plots will be enough for their family. Emily says she's being cremated and tells David that "til death do us part" only applies to while they're alive. At the end of the episode, Emily appeases David, telling him she'd allow some of her ashes to be spread with the rest of the plots, and the rest in the bay.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Dad

David texts Zoey, saying the baby is coming but it turns out to be Braxton-Hicks contractions. David gets a little sad, thinking Mitch would've gotten to meet his grandson if Emily *had* given birth. Howie tells the Clarke family that Mitch's body is shutting down and how he'll help Mitch to go comfortably. David goes to talk to Mitch, Emily asks if she should join and David insists she should. Mitch and David sing "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel"). The Clarkes are by Mitch's bedside as he passes. David, Maggie, Emily, and Zoey talk in the car before going into their house for Mitch's memorial. He sings a solo in "American Pie".

### Zoey's Extraordinary Return

David walks in with Miles and is surprised to see that Zoey has emerged. Zoey, David, Emily, and Maggie look at testimonial videos Mitch left for them. In the video for David, Mitch begins to give him parental advice but Maggie shuts it because it is too hard to watch Mitch struggle to talk. Him and Maggie discuss how weird it was to watch the videos and he wishes he could get some advice. He suggests not hanging around as much, mentioning that Maggie hasn't held Miles yet. David calls Maggie and Zoey over and shows them the testimonial for Maggie, where Mitch is speaking normally. Maggie, David, and Emily sing "Carry On".

### Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction

David enters, quipping about making fun of Zoey's sex life. Emily's sister, Jenna shows up. At the end of the episode, David teases Zoey again when her and Max come down for breakfast after their night together. David almost high fives Max, but decides it's too weird.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams

A sleep deprived Emily and David talk about Miles not sleeping until morning. David quips that Miles must be a sadist because of that and that he got it from Emily's side of the family. When Jenna comes in the room, being loud, he crankily asks her to be quiet. David tells Zoey that Maggie's meeting with Roger went bad. Him and Emily discuss asking Jenna to leave. They almost do when Jenna announces that she'll be working for Maggie.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Employee

David teases Zoey about her and Max's break. He has a strong reaction to Mo's cocktail. David leaves to work on things for a trial. If he wins, it'll be his 100th win. He says the family can watch. At the trial, David gets distracted multiple times and sings "I Want To Break Free". Zoey encourages David to tell Emily he wants to quit. When he does, Emily airs her concerns and he backs out on the idea. After a phone call with Zoey, Emily realizes she shouldn't make David do a job he doesn't want to and says he should quit if he wants to.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Trip

David awkwardly goes with Emily to talk to Jenna after her and Maggie's fight. Later when Maggie shows up to apologize to Jenna, Emily makes David go on a walk with her and Miles.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Memory

David explains a legal concept to Miles when Aiden shows up. He awkwardly greets him, mentioning he was in a band. After he sings "Drift Away", Zoey suggests to Aiden that David come see his band. David shows up with Miles and almosts plays with them when he leaves due to Miles needing a diaper change. He shows up again later, sans Miles, and plays "Watermelon Sugar" with them. He excitedly asks if he can join the band but is denied. Later he shows up again, insisting that despite him being a dad, he can still play. Before he can be denied again, he says he could find them gigs and is accepted.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday

After practicing a number, David mentions that being in the band is getting him lucky with Emily. The rest of the band tells him to stop. Aiden ends up telling David that he's having issues with a girl he's into and David unintentionally helps him write lyrics. He offers to continue helping but Aiden declines. Before Zoey's birthday party begins, him and Emily make out. When Tobin and Mackenzie open the room being used as the coat room, David and Emily are again making out. The couple later sings in the group number, "Kiss Me". The band plays "Crimson Love" as a gift from Aiden to Zoey. Halfway through the number, David realizes he's signing a love song about and to his sister. After the party, Emily makes fun of David for not realizing the song was about Zoey. David says he needs to quit and tries to start a band with Max and Simon, who stayed behind to help clean up. Both of them decline. He talks to Maggie about her wanting to host again. He and Maggie play with toy musical instruments with Miles.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night

David comes in after Emily's breakdown and she pretends nothing is wrong. Zoey encourages her to tell David what's going on. When Zoey shows up again later, she asks him if something is going on with Emily and he says there isn't, before singing "Make You Feel My Love". He admits that he doesn't know how to help Emily. They end up having a "check-in chicken dinner" to help Emily open up. The plan is interrupted by Deb. After Emily and Zoey's girls' night, Emily asks him how many times she drunk dialed him. She then tells him that she thinks she has postpartum depression and that she needs help. He is very supportive.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Session

David makes fun of Zoey's outfit. He mentions that he and his significant other is going Monterey. He later calls Zoey about Maggie's stress test and his girlfriend Kersten interjects. He and Kersten show up to the hospital when Maggie has to go into surgery. Kersten sends him to get her nachos and he runs into Emily. They reminisce on when they were together while David was her TA and talk about what type of law they went into. They almost make plans to get coffee when David gets an impatient text from Kersten and he leaves. He congratulates Zoey after she finds out she got the job at SPRQPoint. He, Mitch, and Zoey join Maggie after her surgery and Maggie, who is high on codeine, says she doesn't like Kersten.

### Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye

When Maggie says she has been talking to her high school boyfriend on Facebook, David warns her to watch out for people on the internet and throughout the episode quips that he could be a serial killer. He sings in the ensemble of the number, "Shake It Off. Maggie tells her kids and Emily that she may be considering the idea of dating again and David hesitates to say he is okay with it.
## Physical Appearance and Style

David is often seen wearing a suit and tie. After quitting his job as a public defender in Season 2, he starts dressing much more casually.

## Personality

In "Zoey's Extraordinary Failure," Maggie reveals that David was a sweet, sensitive child who enjoyed playing with Cabbage Patch dolls and Care Bears.

## Relationships

* Emily Kang
* Zoey Clarke

David and Emily have a loving, supportive relationship. In Season 1, they were expecting their first child. Sometime between the events of "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad" and "Zoey's Extraordinary Return," their son Miles was born.

Zoey and David have a close sibling relationship. When Zoey tells Emily about David's fears about having a baby and interferes in their marriage in "Zoey's Extraordinary Failure," he becomes angry with her. However, they make up after Maggie asks them to stop fighting for her.

## Songs Performed

* S1
* S2
* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

### Heart Songs

* "Just Give Me A Reason" - P!nk and Nate Ruess (S1E5)
* "Fight For Your Right" - Beastie Boys (S1E5)
* "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" -The Animals (S1E11)
* "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" - Billy Joel (S1E12)
* "American Pie" - Don McLean (S1E12)

### Heart Songs

* "Carry On" - fun. (S2E1)
* "I Want To Break Free" - Queen (S2E4)
* "Drift Away" - Dobie Gray (S2E7)
* "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer (S2E8)
* "Make You Feel My Love" - Bob Dylan (S2E10)
* "Sing" - Carpenters (S2E13)
* "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift (S2E13)

### Other Songs

* "Crimson Love" - Austin Winsberg and Lindsey Rosin (S2E8)

## Gallery

* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
* Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Session"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Memory"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Memory"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Memory"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Trip"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Employee"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Employee"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Distraction"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Silence"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Confession"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Failure"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Neighbor"
* "Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend"
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