Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Zoey's Extraordinary Neighbor - full transcript

- Let there be light.

I can't believe you waited three
months to tell me about this.

- In my defense, it's not like
you and I have always had

the best tenant-slash-
building-manager relationship.

- Your first week here,
you said,

"Ma'am, will you help me
hang my shower drapes?"

I don't know which
to be offended by more,

you calling me "ma'am" or you
calling them "shower drapes."

- What would you call them?

- Curtains, Zoey.
They're curtains.

You need a new part.



I'll hit up the hardware store
right after I get my manicure.

Dear God, is this job
really worth the cheaper rent?

- What are you giggling at?

- Simon and I are helping
each other make me-mojis.

Does that really look like me?

- All I see is a single lady

texting an engaged man
before 9 A.M.

- This is just innocent fun.

- Said no innocent person ever.

- I can see your side-eye.
- Good.

- Morning, Bonnie.

- Wait.
Someone actually lives there?

I've been in this building
for two years,

and I've never seen
anybody go in or out.



- Shh. Bonnie's agoraphobic,

so I deliver her mail

and occasionally
read to her through her door.

I've never heard a peep,
but it's probably good practice

for when I finally record
my audiobook.

- Poor Bonnie.

She must be so lonely.

Can you imagine
living your life like that?

- I can't imagine
hiding myself from the world.

I'm a Leo, baby,
brave, bold, beautiful!

- And I'm...

whatever a Capricorn is.

It's too bad
we can't all be like you.

- Mo?
- Yes, angel?

- You just sang to me,

like in a heart-song way,

not in like a condescending

"I'm gonna teach you
the power of music" kind of way.

- I didn't feel anything.

- Eh, I'm telling you
it happened.

Here's the bad news.
Your song was kind of sad.

- And what was it you
thought you heard me singing?

- I'm gonna take
a shot in the dark

and say "The Great Pretender."

According to the lyrics,
you're pretending you're well,

but, at the same time,
you're, like, super lonely.

Should we unpack that?

- No, because I didn't sing it.

If I'm gonna sing anything,

it's gonna be something
like "Walking on Sunshine,"

and there'd be a montage
of me trying on cute clothes.

- I don't know.
I really think

- I really think your power
is on the fritz, girl.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I have to snake a toilet
in apartment seven.

- Quick.
Feel something strongly,

but don't tell me about it.
Just think it.

- Did you just learn
a new magic trick?

- Just work with me,
Simon, okay?

What is bothering you
on the inside?

I'm kind of pissed
at the florist

for our engagement party.
Does that count?

- What happened?
- He totally bailed on us.

Jessica is livid, and I'm
kinda scared for the guy,

because she will find him,
and she does not fight fair.

- If you need somebody,
you should call my mom.

She's a landscape architect,

but that's
florist adjacent-adjacent.

I'm sure she could give you
some solid recs.

- God bless you.

- Godspeed to you.

Uh, I will give her a heads-up
and text you her info.

- Thank you.

- Sorry, Zoey. I'm just making
a smoothie for your dad.

But if you're saying
what I think you're saying,

just have your friend call me.

Instant gratification
is not what we're after.

- I don't do surprises.
Hand it over.

- Hey, you two. Play nice,

or I'm gonna take your toy away.

- Be my guest, and then will you
please open the damn thing

and let me know
what it says inside?

- We went to the OB-GYN
this morning,

and the baby's
gender results are in here.

- Open it!
- No!

- Come on.
- Oh, see?

Now you got her involved.

I need two of you?

- Maggie, I agree.
- Yeah.

- Unbelievable.
- David.

- He wants to wait
until this whatever you are

pops out of me to find out
if it's a boy or a girl,

but why would we
want to do that?

- Well, because it's exciting,
surprising, more fun.

- And try impractical,
inconvenient, patience testing.

I could go on, babe.
- Please don't.

- Oh, I'm with Emily on this.

You are wasting precious time.
- Exactly.

- Hey, Dad,
you want to weigh in on this?

"Pass."
He's just being polite, okay?

We all know that Dad
always votes on the side of

Bigger moments,
bigger memories.

- Yes.
- All right, how 'bout this?

I agree to wait
until we're in the delivery room

if you agree to rub my feet
and/or shoulders

every night 'til then.

- Deal. But I have to warn you,

itit might get a little bit

- It won't get sexual.
- No? No?

- Babe, no.
- Yeah, okay.

- Are you sure that you're
okay with me leaving?

- It's totally fine.
I talked to the office.

They're cool with me
working here for the week,

and it'll give
Dad and I a chance

to have some good
father-son quality time.

- Right.

- Thank you.

- Then, I guess I will just go
do this whole me-time thing

that you and Zoey
seem to want so badly.

I just, um...

...have to figure out
what it is me wants to do.

- Oh, hi, Joan. How's it going?

- Oh, great. Super great.

- Glad to hear it.
- Mm-hmm.

- Does that mean
you and Charlie...

- Are basically
dead to each other? Yeah.

- Oh, okay.

Congratulations?
- Right?

I mean, he's been
living at the hotel.

I haven't reached out once.

This new chapter of my life
is all about

making healthy choices,
and I have never felt better.

I swam a half-mile
in the Bay this morning,

I'm flying my herbalist in
from Shanghai,

and, thanks to my new no-carb,
high-protein food regimen,

I am focused and energized
and fully in ketosis.

- I wish I had
a husband of 20 years

I suddenly
became estranged from.

- Oh, give it time.

I don't know that I would have
had the courage to go through it

without your naive
boundary overstepping

and your optimistic meddling.

- I appreciate that?

- Enjoy your croissant
and your twist.

- Did you have sex last night?

- As a matter of fact,

Autumn and I
did make our first love.

How did you know that?

- Women's intuition.

A power that's
seemingly working just fine,

thank you very much.

- Well, that's not all.

We're now gonna
make our second love

in Napa this weekend
and our third love

and our fourth. It's probably

- You can take the fifth
and stop telling me about it.

- Okay. Jeez.

- I'm sorry.

Uh, Napa?

Like a couple's trip.

- Mm-hmm.

- That's kind of a big step.

- What?

Do you think it's too soon?

- No. I'm happy for you.

And it seems like your feelings
for Autumn are just soaring,

operatically so.

- Is it that obvious?

- You could
tone it down a little bit.

- Hey, Mo?

My powers are working just fine,

so maybe we should
get to the bottom

of that song
you sang to me earlier,

the one that you denied,
but I most definitely heard.

- Uh, Bonnie?

This is Zoey Clarke.

I live upstairs.

Since you're always so quiet,
I'm gonna assume

there's not a karaoke party
going on in there.

So maybe I'm
just picking up on your vibe,

but are you thinking about
tequila and limes right now?

This Sunday's all-music
service is a special one,

with every cent
of our offering

going to San Francisco's
Children's Hospital.

Your opening number's
gotta raise the roof

and bring the house down,
but no pressure.

Y'all warm up.

- Holy

- Stop right there, red devil.

You had no right
following me here.

- That might be true.

But I heard you singing
"The Great Pretender" again,

and then you came here

dressed like I've
never seen you dress before,

so clearly
something's going on.

- That song,
whether I sang it or not,

is an expression
of my private feelings.

Emphasis on the "you shouldn't
even be here right now."

- Do you have to dress
like a man at church?

Is that, like, required?

- I can dress however
I want whenever I want, Zoey.

- But you don't dress
like that anywhere else.

- Let she without sin
cast the first stone.

- I don't know what that means.
- It means don't judge me.

So maybe I don't feel
exactly comfortable

being my true self here.
So what?

- I just feel like you wouldn't
have sung that song to me

unless this was
really bothering you.

- How do you know
how I feel when I'm here?

Are you religious?

Do you know anything
about faith at all?

- No.
- Then, please go.

And the next time
you hear my heart singing,

stop listening. I don't
want you in my audience.

- I could get you guys
a couple of Japanese maples.

Zoey, look who stopped by.

- Ah, Zoey, I can't tell you

how much you saved our lives
with Maggie.

- And the life of the florist
who bailed on us.

- Uh, that is so great.

I'm sorry.
Um, what's happening here?

- I reached out to your mom
for recommendations,

and then she started asking
about the party,

and when I told her that we're
throwing it in our backyard

- I figured that was the perfect
way to spend my me-time.

- And Maggie had so many
great ideas,

we just hired her
on the spot.

- They're just checking out
the yard for inspiration.

- And I am inspired
by this and, ah, that.

Something like that would be

such an incredible photo-op
for our guests.

- I could definitely
make you one of those.

- What do you think, hon?
- Sounds good to me.

- He's handsome
and accommodating.

I trained him well.

All right, that's enough PDA

from the annoying
engaged couple.

- That's right. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

I mean, if you do want
to do that, I would take it

behind the hydrangeas,
'cause that's what I used to do.

High school.

With boys.

- They're lovely.
Thank you for introducing us.

Are you all right?

- Yeah. You just...

caught me off guard.
that's all.

- Should I
not have taken this job?

You gave them my number,
so I just thought that

- No, it's okay.
You seem excited, so...

I just

I got in a fight
with my friend, Mo,

and, uh, he called me out
on a bunch of faith stuff.

I realized I know nothing
about religion.

- Ah, well, you can blame
your lapsed Catholic father

and your perpetually-seeking
mother for that.

I never thought I should impose
any religion on you or David,

because a person's spiritual
quest should be their own.

- Yeah, well, this is
very out of my comfort zone.

- That makes sense.

There's a lot of grey area
to this stuff

that math and science people
like yourself

have a hard time
wrapping your head around.

- I guess I didn't even realize
you had so many of these books.

The Koran,
Tibetan Book of the Dead,

"Everyday Tarot,"
The Kama Sutra.

- Oh, there that is.

We had one that had pictures.

- Hi, Bonnie.

It's Zoey. Uh...

I think we might
be vibing again.

I don't know about you, but with
all this crappy weather lately,

a tropical escape does sound
pretty nice right now.

So...

is that what you want?

To get out of your place
and go on vacation?

- How are you doing this?

- Bonnie! Oh, my gosh.

Hi.

How? Um...

I'm very tuned in
to other people's inner tunes.

Okay, well,
I'm in apartment three.

If you need anything,
stop by anyti

Or don't. Forget I said that.

Okay, let's take it
from the chorus

and then in to Mo.

- Are you okay, Mo?

- Yeah.
Let's just do it again.

- Okay.

You know,
I-I just need a moment.

- Hey, Max.

- Yeah.
- Do you go to temple?

- I have been, yeah.
- 'Cause you wanted to?

'Cause your family
wanted you to?

- 'Cause I got to second base
at several bar mitzvahs.

- I thought you hated Charlie.

- You said you were doing well.

Jicama?

- No, thank you. Are you sure
everything's okay with you?

'Cause I feel like
maybe it's not.

- Yes, oh, my God. I mean,

maybe going
through a separation

was not the best time
to quit carbs,

but I'm not
missing Charlie at all.

- Not even a little bit?
- Mm-mm.

- 'Cause when you're
with somebody for so long,

it's only natural
- You know, we should really

switch this bread bar out
to something else,

a fruit bar,
a nut bar, open bar.

Gotta look into
the legalities of that.

- What's a five-letter word
for "uninspired?"

Bored? No.

That's good,
but it starts with an "S."

- "No I'm."

I see. You'reYou're bored.

It's fine.
No more crossword, then.

Um, I wasn't sure when the best
time to bring this up was,

but since
I'm gonna be a dad soon,

I thought, um

I just thought maybe
you might have

some advice on being a parent.

Whatever you got,
I'm happy to take.

I know it's gonna take
some time to spell it out,

but we're
not going anywhere, so...

"Wedding"...

wedding video?

Oh, your toast.

That'sOkay, that
that's a great idea.

I've never even
watched this thing.

Emily refuses to
because of Train-gate.

How Zoey managed to butcher that
beautiful dress is beyond me.

I mean, she had one job

fan it.

- Look at you, you party animal.

Where is that awesome toast?

Let's see.

Oh, here it is.

- Hey, let's hear it
for the band.

Thank you, everyone,

for sharing
this special day with us.

As we all know, life can get
pretty tough sometimes.

When the good moments happen,
moments like today,

we've got to mark them as such
and embrace them,

because it's important
to celebrate the milestones.

The job of any parent

is to prepare their kid
for the world,

and in David's case,

his mother deserves
all the credit.

Let's hear it for Maggie.

I do have a few pieces
of parental advice

that I've learned
over the years,

that I'd like to impart to
our son and his beautiful bride.

Number one, if, as a parent...

- you have no idea what to do...

- Dad?
- just choose love.

- What's wrong?

It's all right. It's all right.

I'm here. It's okay.

You're okay. I'm here.

- Freeze.

- Holy blessed father
full of grace and

- I appreciate the thoroughness,

but, uh, Pastor Steve
will suffice.

Weren't you at the church
last night?

- Yeah.

I'm Zoey...

Mo's neighbor.

- Oh. I'm glad I ran into you.

No one's heard from Mo
since he walked out

of the middle of choir practice.

- He did?
- Yeah.

Called, text, no answer.

Thought about sending a dove,

but stopping by with a note
seemed like a better idea.

- I wish I could be more help,
but Mo is avoiding me, too.

- Any idea what's going on?

- I don't want to...

break Mo's trust,
and I don't know how...

- I know he's gender fluid.

- You do?
- Yeah. Mo's out to me.

Before joining the choir,
he wanted to make sure

I was an open-minded minister.
I assured him I was.

- Oh. I didn't know
churches were okay with that.

- Some are. I want mine to be.

- Then, why do you think
he's uncomfortable

being himself there?
- I couldn't tell you.

Could you make sure
he gets this?

And please remind him
that sick children

are counting on him
to sing this Sunday.

- Sure.

But I can't promise
it'll do any good.

- Oh? You never know.

And if not, maybe we'll ask Him

for a little extra help
on this one.

Mo!

Mo, it's me.
We really need to talk.

My stove blew up.

I'm on fire!

Okay, now you're
just being rude.

- Hey. Perfect timing.

Can you help me
with that corner over there?

- Yeah.
- What's wrong?

- I just got off the phone
with my mom.

Uh, my dad still
has not stopped crying.

It's been over a day.

- All because you showed him
our wedding video?

- My mom spoke to Dr. Hamara,

and he said
that uncontrollable emotion

can be a symptom
of the disease.

- Then, it's not
totally your fault.

- Can we maybe work
on your pep talks

before our baby arrives?

- Mm, we can try,
but as per our deal,

you can rub my feet now.

- Oh, that great deal
I made, yeah.

- Yeah.

Hey, you gotta stop
blaming yourself.

You only had good intentions.

- It was still so stupid of me.
I mean, of course

showing him that video
is just gonna remind him

of all the things
he's gonna miss in the future,

all the bigger moments,
all the bigger memories.

- Our kid's birthdays.

- Our kid's birth.

I mean, he might not
ever meet his grandkid.

- Hey, I have an idea.

And I'm not just bringing it up
because it means I win,

although that is
a nice added bonus.

- Hey, Bonz, it's me.

Just checking in.

I took the liberty of pricing
airfare to Aruba, Jamaica,

some other
tropical destinations,

and then I realized
you probably wouldn't go,

even if I bought you a ticket.

But I got another idea.

When I was little, all I wanted
was to go to outer space.

My parents
bought me a telescope,

and I spent hours
staring up at the sky.

I got an even better one now,
so what do you say...

you and I take
this bad boy up to the roof?

We can look at the beach,
the bay, the stars.

I feel like it might be
a good first step

towards getting you
to Bermuda or Bahama

or wherever you want to go,
pretty mama.

Hi.

- Are you lying in wait
for me now?

- Uh, no, but that would have
been super smart on my part.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
I got a message for you

from Pastor Steve
and a bunch of sick kids.

What does it say?

- That I'll always
have his support

and he'll be there for me
whenever I decide to come back.

- All I wanted was to help.

I didn't mean
to ruin church for you.

- I know. I think when you
crashed that rehearsal,

I got scared because
my worlds were colliding,

and it made me think of how big
of a hypocrite I'm being.

- But clearly it's something
you've been feeling for a while,

because you sang that song to me
before I followed you there.

- Because I shouldn't be
living two lives.

I mean, how am I
supposed to go up there

and sing proudly in front of God
and the congregation

knowing that I'm lying?

What kind of an example
does that set

for those kids
coming to service tomorrow?

- Well, then, show up
in your sparkliest dress

and "fear not," Isaiah 43:1.

I've been doing my research.

- F-sharp.
- Hmm?

- That's the note
you're making with your spoon.

I have perfect pitch.

The church organist
discovered it

when I was in the second grade.

Until then,
the only other person

that made
this little black boy who liked

clomping around in heels
feel special was my mom.

But when I found out that I
had something special in me

that made people clap
rather than call me a sissy...

I knew I was special, too.

I mean, two weeks
in the kids' choir,

and they moved me directly up
to the adult soprano section.

- As they should have.

- Well, let's say that
I wasn't exactly accepted

by some
of those pitchy sisters.

Not because I sang better
than them, which I do.

They said
I wasn't right with God.

And they complained
to the choir director,

who didn't care.

And things got so bad that we
just moved to another church,

and then it happened
all over again.

So from then on,
I vowed to present male

any time that I was
in a house of worship.

- But...

isn't it different this time?

Pastor Steve seems so accepting.

- He is,
but that's no guarantee

that anybody else
in those pews are gonna be.

So my only two options

are to dress like a man
and feel like a fraud

or dress like a female

and risk being run
out of the sanctuary.

- Mo, I-I wish I knew how
to help you make the decision.

- Thanks, but it's gonna take
a miracle to show me the way.

Until then,
I'm staying home on Sundays.

- Hi.

- Hey. What you doing here?

- I went by the church,
but the receptionist said

this is where
you work on your sermons.

- Oh, yeah. I like trying
new material out on the tipsy.

They laugh at my jokes.

They cry at the poignant stuff.

Also like taking
the drunks in darts.

For the, uh, Sunday offering,
of course.

Want to buy in? 20 bucks.

- Sure.

I spoke to Mo.

Um, he says he feels like a...

hypocrite
dressing male at church,

but if he shows up the way
he feels most comfortable,

he's afraid the other members
might reject him.

- Hmm.

Well, I wish I could guarantee

that everyone in my flock
had open hearts and minds.

Unfortunately
humans aren't perfect.

Yep, if they were,
I'd be out of a job.

Done all we can.

It's up to Mo now.

Let's hope that he eventually
takes the leap of faith.

- Yeah, see, that whole
leap of faith thing

really doesn't work for me.
- What do you mean?

- What if sitting
and waiting isn't an option?

Wh-What if the universe
has made it very clear

that I have to act now
in order to help someone?

- Universe is talking to you?

- More like singing.
- Hmm.

- And it's making me
super sensitive

to other people's
thoughts and feelings.

- Empathy is
a wonderful gift to have.

- You're very easy to talk to.

I think I'm starting to get
the whole confession thing.

- It's the friendly smile

and the clerical collar.
Gets 'em every time.

- The thing is,
I've been trying to do good

and help other people,

but it just feels like
I'm making things worse.

I, uh, drove Mo away
from the church.

I intervened
in my boss's marriage,

and now she's miserable,

and the verdict's still out
on my downstairs neighbor.

- You want assurances
that you're actually helping

whenever you do
something for someone?

- Yes.

- If you're
only motivated by proof,

keep your eyes open, 'cause you
might just see a miracle.

I'm not talking
about giant-sized ones

like parting the Red Sea,
but little ones,

the signposts that you're
on the right path.

Whoo!

- You mean like that?

- Ooh.

Well, pleasure
doing business with you.

- Surprise.
- Hi.

- The bubbly was a thank-you
from Simon and Jessica.

Since you introduced us,

I figured
I should share the wealth.

- Well, thank you.

Cheers to us.

- Yeah, to us.

Did I ever tell you
about the time

I worked in a winery in France?
- What?

- I had just had
this steamy affair

with my married
Russian Lit professor,

and I needed
to get away from it all.

- I'm sorry.

You lived where, when,
and were sleeping with whom?

- It's pretty late.
Is everything okay?

- Uh, yeah. Um, it's Simon.

We have this dumb
back-and-forth running joke.

- I may be slow
on the uptake here,

but is Simon
the guy at the office

that you told me
you have a crush on?

- That was before
we really knew each other

and before I knew
he was engaged.

So now we mostly
just bond about dad stuff.

- I bonded with Ray,
my Russian Lit teacher,

over Tolstoy, and eventually
the innocent trading

of favorite "Anna Karenina"
passages turned to more.

And I was devastated
when he told me that he was

not going to leave his wife
and that it had to stop.

- You're telling me this why?

- I don't ever want you
to hurt the way I did.

- Simon and I are friends.

We're not having an affair.

- Okay, but I'm
not judging you, Zoey.

I'm really not.

Please tell me you have some
salty snacks in your pantry.

- Simon is the only person
who isn't you and David

who I can talk to about
what I'm going through with Dad.

No one else understands,
and I guess I'm worried

that if I let it go,
let him go, that I...

won't ever feel this way again.

- I felt the same way
about Ray.

Then I met your dad.

I have faith.

You should, too.

- I know it's tempting,
but no peeking.

- Okay, you can look.

- Hey, Dad.

I know you love a live band.

You always taught me
to celebrate

the milestones in life,
and, uh, this

this feels like
a pretty big one.

And even though
I thought it was a great idea

to wait until the baby was born,

we decided we could create
a bigger moment

and a bigger memory right now.

- So let's get
this show on the road.

Ahh! Oh, it's a boy.
Is that what that means?

Blue still means boy?

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

This was supposed
to stop your crying.

- It's fine. I think this time,
these are happy tears.

- Great job, D.

- Thanks, Z.

- So, uh...

now that we know
you're gonna have a boy,

you're not gonna need
both of those cakes, are you?

- Oh, youyou want
to take the pink one?

- I do, but just know
it's for a very good cause.

Tomford, Hermès,
come here.

Who is it?
Let's see who's there.

Oh, what do we have here?

Ah.

Hey, back in the house.

- Bonnie?

Hi.

I'm...
- Zoey.

I recognize
your tiny footsteps.

So, I've been thinking
about your offer,

the whole
telescope-on-the-roof thing.

Seems like it could be
a great first step

toward getting me
to the Caribbean.

- Let's do it.
- Except I'm afraid of heights.

How 'bout you just...

come for
a quick walk with me?

I want to put my rent check
in Mo's mailbox.

- Glad to.

Would you be up for
a slightly longer pilgrimage?

- Go away, Zoey,

I'm not in the mood.

What?

- Sorry to disturb you,

but there is a tenant
from downstairs

that would like to say hi.

- Hello, Mo.

- Bonnie?

It's so nice to see you.

- Okay. That's enough gaping
at the shut-in for one day.

Maybe we can do this again
tomorrow?

- How'd you do that?

- It was all her.

I guess she just took
a leap of faith.

- I mean, I'm sitting here, and
I'm feeling awful for myself.

Then that just happened.
That's incredible.

- Well, let's not
take it that far.

I mean, she only, like,
walked up a flight of stairs.

- You're not getting it.
I said the only thing

to make me go back to church
was a miracle.

That was a miracle.

I mean, if Bonnie
has enough courage

to face her fears, so can I.

- A signpost.

So what happens now?

- I'm a man of my word, which
means I have exactly 20 minutes

to pick a wig and paint my face.

Good morning.

Good morning.

- On this beautiful Sunday,
music shall provide the message.

It's simple.

All of us are welcome.