But trust: you’ll need theentirebox this time, and it’s all thanks toAlice Lee.
And she’s only just getting started.
“I wanted to do it justice,” she says.
Alice Lee on ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’.Sergei Bachlakov/NBC
There shouldn’t be a stigma about it and women shouldn’t feel ashamed to be depressed."
But because she’s not a mother, she was careful to double-check she portrayed Emily’s struggles authentically.
I love kids, and I definitely want to have a kid one day.
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I can’t even imagine how sad that must be.
I just tapped into that, and that feeling like you’re not enough.
I feel like we’ve all felt like that in different ways.
It was heavy stuff, but because I’m not a mom, that was the scariest for me.
I haven’t had that experience."
I think depression is something that a lot of us have gone through.
It was challenging, but I loved the challenge.
What affected Lee the most is that Emily doesn’t reach out for help despite her suffering.
I feel like people think it’s a weakness.
They don’t want to show people that they’re struggling.
“As much as that’s cliche, it’s true.
“You see their backstory, which I think is really adorable.”
But it’s still probably best to stock up on tissues for that episode too.
With this show, you should always be prepared.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlistairs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
