You Can Blame COVID-19 for [SPOILER]'s departure from 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'

Fans were saddened to learn that fan-favorite, Joan, is leaving 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.' The persona is moving to Singapore, but Lauren Graham could also be leaving the show IRL.

If you watched the Season 2 premiere of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist last evening, you almost definitely found yourself grieving for one of the crucial show's best possible characters, Joan (Zoey's boss). Joan, who's performed by means of Lauren Graham, is leaving as a result of she's learned she has to transport to Singapore to be able to take price of the Asian division of the corporate. Basically, it was once an abrupt method to be told that Lauren Graham has left the show IRL.

But has she left for good? It's now not super transparent, however it seems like she left on excellent terms, and that there's a chance for her return.

Why did Lauren Graham go away 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'?

Although Lauren Graham's character, Joan, leaves Zoey's as a result of her character has to move to Singapore for work, display creator Austin Winsberg revealed that the display needed to write Joan off the display as a result of a scheduling struggle on Lauren's end. Because of production delays (because of COVID-19) for Disney+'s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, which Lauren is starring in and is generating, the actress couldn't do both Mighty Ducks and Zoey's. However, Austin has said that he'd love to have Lauren again at the display, especially since Joan used to be meant to be in all of Season 2.

"I would have loved to have had more of her in Season 2. Unfortunately, the character of Joan was a victim of COVID scheduling. Lauren had committed to doing another show that was supposed to be done shooting by the time we went into production. But the pandemic changed all of that and both shows ended up shooting at the same time. So, there was just no way for her to do both," Austin instructed The Hollywood Reporter.

He asserted that Lauren is at all times welcome back on the display, announcing, "However, the door is always open for Lauren and Joan to return, and nothing would make me happier than having her back. Lauren and Jane have such a great rapport when they are playing off of each other. And I feel very fortunate that we were able to get her at all."

Unfortunately, it appears like no less than a few of Season 2 had to be transformed, due to Lauren's departure. "Joan was going to be in a lot of the episodes... We had to adjust multiple episodes because of it. If COVID had not happened we would've been golden because that show was supposed to shoot from March through June or July, and we were starting up in September, so it would have been fine. But then the schedules happened at the exact same time and there was no way to make it work," Austin defined.

So, yeah, you can blame COVID-19 for Joan's departure from Zoey's. Lauren herself tweeted, "Please watch the first episode of @ZoeysPlaylist tonight! Joan is only there for a wee moment (plans to do more thwarted by pandemic-related scheduling issues), but I’m so excited to watch the incredible @jcolburnlevy and company. xL."

Watch Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist each Tuesday on NBC at 8 p.m. EST. We'll leave out you, Lauren.

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