Watching Zoey 101 at the time had every Gen Z kid wanting to attend a school like PCA or own the latest Tek-Mate. And I would be lying if I said I wasn’t living for the day when Chase Matthews and Zoey Brooks would *finally* get together.
In the original show, Jamie Lynn Spears (the younger sister of Britney Spears) played Zoey, who transfers to Pacific Coast Academy—formerly an all-boys school—and starts living with two new roommates. During all four seasons, we got to watch Zoey navigate friendships, relationships and just live life as a teenage girl.
Even years after the series ended, I still found myself going back and rewatching the show whenever it came on television. Of course, I lived for the nostalgia. But in many ways, I loved the show more and more with subsequent viewings. So, when I heard that the original cast would be starring in a new reunion movie, a part of me got excited, but then I thought, “Wait, um, what…?”