I understand that a lot of these feel like it's trodden ground, but as a whole I felt they were needed.

George being able to be akin to what George was in the Legacy timeline, is wholly new ground for Zoey.

Plus, a lot of these situations are breadcrumbs that will be used to explore future stories or character growth.

It's just not super fun or exciting as your only ZR content for the day... which I get, but there's a road map that they were needed on-- in my head and notes at least.