Leif Donnelly is a main character on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. After being a recurring character in Season One, he was elevated to a series regular character in Season Two. He is one of Zoey 's co-workers at SPRQ Point, working as a coder on the fourth floor and also briefly on the sixth floor. Leif is bisexual, and has been shown to have a bisexual flag sticker on his bike helmet in multiple episodes of the series.
Michael Thomas Grant who plays Leif stated that he was the one who convinced creator Austin Winsberg to put this in the series establishing Leif's bisexuality.
When Zoey finds unexpected comfort in Leif after her breakup with Max, their carefully maintained professional distance begins to blur. As late nights at SPRQ Point turn into late-night conversations about everything but work, they discover that some spaces are meant to be crossed. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is an American jukebox musical comedy-drama television series created by Austin Winsberg that premiered on January 7, , on NBC.
The series stars Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a software developer who discovers she has the ability to hear the innermost thoughts of people as songs. Hi, I’m Michael Thomas Grant, and I play Leif Donnelly on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist! Ask me anything! I’ll be answering questions today from around 3PM-4PM PST.
?igshid=16op4jbgqw Final Update: Thank you to everyone for coming by, I had a blast! That’s it for me today! Have a great night!. Never mind that the current version of Zoey somehow has been managing to do the job already, without the title.
By the end, Zoey is glowing, too. A member of the engineering team and best friends with Leif. We were shown from the start that literally everyone is silently crying out for help, and experiencing the same feelings of loneliness, sadness and yearning for love. Later, she calls Zoey in for another interview, and this time, Zoey answers confidently. Once Zoey develops her musical mind reading powers, she hears him singing Mad World late one night, and realizes that he must actually have emotional depth some issues.
He's even shown later becoming friends with Max. Zoey and David's mother, who retired from her job as a very successful landscape architect to take care of Mitch full time as his condition worsened. Family Man : Dialogue indicates that he was a caring father before his illness robbed him of most of his physical abilities. The fact that he knows a lot more about music than Zoey does and can identify the songs she hears for her also comes in handy.
In the last episode of Season One, he's shown to be jealous of Zoey and Max, but rather than be hostile, he instead decides to support Zoey no matter what. Sign me up. Black Boss Lady : She's in charge as at least as many people than Joan, and is implied to have even more leverage in the company than she does. Mo takes Zoey and Amala shopping.
Portrayed by: Patrick Ortiz Mo's boyfriend. He's completely unaware of Zoey's superpower and that this plays out exactly like a heart song does, and as such is frustrating and confusing for her. Grant is repped by Buchwald and Atlas Artists. You need to login to do this. To Zoey's dismay, SPRQ point is treating the coders to a few hours at an ice skating rink rentals included!
She dates Max for a short while when Zoey fixes them up. Overall, this was a good episode. She is outwardly cold, but has a soft spot for Zoey, and tends to pawn off employee relations to her. He becomes Zoey's confidant, immediately believing in her power and wanting to figure out its rules and limitations.
By Denise Petski. The Empath : Her superpower. This likewise applies to his view of Zoey as he saw her as a shy but happy coder before discovering her own trauma. Leif looked as if he wanted to argue, but she silenced him with a look.
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