What television show involves a psychopath, teenage angst, and a whole bunch of romance?
Three words. Ginny. And. Georgia
Ginny & Georgia is a new Netflix series that involves all of the aforementioned and a whole mess of other topics including teen pregnancy, murder, love, lust, and high school. The show revolves around a fifteen-year-old girl named Ginny, and her family. Her mother, Georgia, is twice her age, and has taught her the importance of fight and flight, but mostly flight. Ginny is always the new kid, and moves around a lot until the events of the series that takes place in a fictional New England town. There are two title characters, which means there are multiple, multiple storylines revolving around them.
Trigger Warning: This show is rated TV-MA (mature) for a few reasons. Mature topics are displayed in the show. If you get triggered by some mature themes, please DO NOT watch the show under any circumstances. I didn’t know or have a warning before episodes, so I watched it and found out while watching. I wish there would have been a warning like I’m giving you.
I just have one thing to say about the show. What the heck did I just watch? I have become almost completely invested in this show from the acting, inclusivity, character development, plot, and emotion. By emotion, I mean all of the emotions I felt as the viewer.
The plot is amazing. There are 10 episodes, each almost an hour long, but it’s completely worth it. Composed of the current life of Ginny, her friends, her brother, and of course, all of the adults of the show, along with the backstory of Georgia, all I can say is, there is a lot to unpack. These are the episode descriptions from Netflix:
Episode 1: Georgia Miller arrives in the quaint New England town of Wellsbury with her daughter, Ginny, and her son, Austin, and quickly makes a big impression.
Episode 2: As Ginny struggles to fit in with her new friends, she faces fallout from a night with Marcus. Georgia helps problem solve for both Paul and Ellen.
Episode 3: During the Sophomore Sleepover, Max bears her heart, Georgia resorts to old, bad habits, and Ginny shares connections with both Hunter and Marcus.
Episode 4: Hunter’s aloofness makes Ginny insecure. Max obsesses over a new love interest. Georgia sells Paul on an idea for a fundraiser– then has to deliver.
Episode 5: As Ginny’s popularity grows, so do her questions about her own identity. After his night out with Georgia, Paul finds he has a new political rival.
Episode 6: Unplanned visitors cause headaches for Georgia and trust issues for Ginny, as more of Georgia’s checkered past is brought to light.
Episode 7: On Ginny’s 16th birthday, Georgia tries to smooth things over by organizing a surprise party for her– but Ginny and her friends have other big plans.
Episode 8: Ginny draws inspiration from her dad when writing an essay she hopes to submit to a prestigious writing contest– but the result breeds friction with Hunter.
Episode 9: While Ginny and Georgia both find themselves caught between two men, Max and Marcus face painful situations of different sorts.
Episode 10: As election day approaches for Paul, secrets start to catch up with Ginny and Georgia– and the fallout for both could be steep.
The series is very inclusive. There were LGBT characters, multiple people of color, and even members of the deaf community were involved in the show. Maxine and Marcus’s father, Clint, is hard of hearing, so the cast learned ASL for the show. Maxine is a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Ginny, Nora, Riley, Bracia, Hunter, and Zion were all characters of color.
The acting is full of emotion and character development is there.
Brianne Howey (Georgia) really got into the mindset of her character and you could tell by the nuances in her character.
Antonia Gentry (Ginny) seems like the angsty teenager who can never get enough, but through her backstory, and what we know about her on screen mother, she did very well with the identification piece, and even when Ginny faces many struggles.
Felix Mallard (Marcus) had major character development, and you could tell he was honest in his portrayal of Marcus.
Even 10-year-old Diesel La Torraca (Austin) had clear tactics, which not many child actors do. Even with his character’s struggles of how to handle situations, it’s clear that he knows his part very well.
While watching the show, I was on an emotional roller coaster. Here’s what I mean:
😟: I have been a bit more alert since watching the show. I can’t look at anything the same. Fireworks, smoothies, and flowers will never be the same for me.
😡: I was angry at a lot of points during the show from the broken hearts, how characters acted, the theme of depression and what it does, more importantly, how it shows struggles that are too mature to mention in this article. It had to include hotlines.
😲: I was amazed at how good the writing of this show was. The acting was convincing, the extensive storylines (ESPECIALLY Georgia’s backstory), and some of the other themes such as love, lust, and murder. A lot of these are considered to be mature, but good writing is determined by the emotion that the viewer feels. If you get pissed off at the characters actions, that’s how you know the writing is amazing.
😍: The relationships between Ginny, Hunter, and Marcus, as well as Maxine and Sophie, were really cute. The dynamics between the friends was really fun to watch. Even the interactions between the adults was fun to watch. Some of the most comedic and heartfilled moments came from the adults of the show.
If you aren’t a sophomore or older, I wouldn’t recommend this show to you because of the rating, as it is there for a reason. Sophomores, please get permission from your parents. Juniors, Seniors, and Adults, I recommend this to you unless you are set off by certain topics.
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