Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Hulu, Season 1)

Zoey works at a tech startup and generally glides through life unawares. When her father develops a degenerative disorder, she goes to get checked for it and a magic combination of MRI and earthquake gives her the power to read people’s emotions as big song-and-dance numbers. Hilarity ensues.

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Overall: This was not a piece of brilliant art, but I enjoyed it. It’s not fluff; there’s a heavy emotional core to this, centering around the degenerative death of a parent. If that’s too much for you, watch a selection of musical numbers on Youtube but give the series a miss.