"released in early 2023, The show is about Ginny, a 16 year old girl and her RELATIONSHIP with her mom, Georgia, as they navigate the mysteries of their new town."--Naomi West, 6th grade
Netflix’s second season of Ginny & Georgia was released in early 2023. The show is about Ginny, a 16 year old girl, and her mom Georgia’s relationship with each other in a new town they move to. A lot of mysteries are uncovered in the first season, and now I will walk you through the aftermath in season two.
The first episode, Welcome Back, B-- begins with Ginny and her younger brother Austin at her dad’s house. Ginny is struggling to deal with the knowledge of her mother committing murder. Ginny and Austin spend Thanksgiving with her dad, grandparents, and her great aunt. After dinner, Ginny opens up about her emotions and self-harm. The episode was so wonderful because it showed Zion being there for Ginny in a way viewers had never seen before. I loved that they made a connection between Zion helping Ginny with her panic attack and him helping Georgia in the past. It was very heartwarming to see him be so willing to get Ginny the help she needed.
In the second episode, Why Does Everything Have to Be So Terrible, All the Time, Forever? Georgia and Paul, her fiance, agree on a “mini move-in” where Paul is going to be around more and have his own space in Georgia’s closet. They were supposed to tell Ginny and Austin together and take it slowly with the official move-in because everything was moving so fast already. Later on when Georgia is talking to Ginny, Ginny isn’t very enthusiastic and Brianne Howey does a wonderful job at conveying how childish Georgia is given her response. She tries to make Ginny upset and tells Ginny that Paul is moving in and goes completely against the plan. I thought Georgia was very inconsiderate for not making the move in a family decision, but her own. When she told Ginny, it put the first noticeable strain on Paul and Georgia’s relationship when he was upset about her choice.
The third episode title, What Are You Playing at, Little Girl? Is based off of the first scene of the episode and how bold Ginny was. Ginny makes Paul, Georgia’s fiance breakfast and serves him a blue drink, purposefully making it look like the drink Georgia made to kill her ex-husband Kenny. The scene showed that she was no longer afraid of her mom. Though the scene had a lot of seriousness, the music played in it made it seem like more of a joke and I couldn’t take the scene very seriously.
In episode four, Happy My Birthday to You, Paul was talking to Georgia about setting boundaries and punishment for Ginny since she had Marcus sneak through her window. Georgia’s way of handling Ginny’s punishments proves that she thinks that because she and Ginny are relatively close in age, they are friends even though Georgia should be more responsible. Later in the episode, Max and Ginny finally talk about their friendship and M.A.N.G. has reunited again. They were all invited to celebrate Max’s birthday. Since Max is a twin, it was a party for Max and Marcus. Ginny throws them a party at her house and has a great time. At the party, Ginny and her ex-boyfriend, Hunter, had a conversation about their breakup and what they want for each other now. It seemed really awkward and pointless and did not need to be included. Georgia gets home to the party and isn’t even upset at the fact that Ginny threw a party, but it made Paul angry. After the party, Paul and Georgia have a talk with Ginny and Paul is very serious. Georgia doesn’t know what to say so she says, “Bad Ginny” like Ginny was a dog which I thought was very strange.
In the fifth episode, Latkes Are Lit, Paul and Zion go out and have a talk about how things are going to work with Zion being more involved in Ginny’s life, and Paul joining the family. When Paul returns, he finds out that Georgia still has a gun in the house even though she said she had no more. I was very excited to see how Georgia was going to avoid ownership of her actions, but it was nice to see her admit that she was wrong even if she still lied about if she had any more. At the end of episode five, Austin is in class and you see a guy talking to his teacher. The guy tells the teacher his name and Austin recognizes his dad’s name, Gil Timmins. I loved seeing Austin so happy and I was really excited to see how Gil was going to become an important character in the show.
In episode six, A Very Merry Ginny & Georgia Christmas Special, Georgia hosts Christmas dinner at her house with both Paul and Zion’s family. At the dinner, I thought it was very rude how Lynette, Ginny’s grandmother, was being so cold and rude to Georgia. She is still upset about Georgia running away with Ginny years ago and still won’t let it go even when Georgia and Ginny are in a good place now. I also didn’t like how no one recognized that she was being so disrespectful. Later in the episode, Georgia looks through Ginny’s therapy journal and finds out about Ginny’s self-harm. Georgia’s way of confronting Ginny about it seemed like it would have been very traumatic for Ginny. Georgia started yelling at Ginny. Ginny seemed really overwhelmed.
In episode seven, Let Us Serenade the Sh*t Out of You, Georgia is trying to be more involved in Ginny’s mental health. She insists on taking Ginny to her therapist appointment and staying. I think the therapist appointment was really important for Georgia especially because she and Ginny had a conversation that couldn’t be taken over by Georgia and her feelings.
In episode eight, Hark! Darkness Descends!, Marcus is starting to feel very depressed during the Christmas season. He shares with Max that he shouldn’t be in a relationship with Ginny because he is not in a good place. Later in the episode, you see that Ginny was eavesdropping on the conversation and was very hurt by Marcus saying he shouldn’t be with her. Ginny was only focusing on herself when she listened to Marcus and Max’s conversation. She only focused on the fact that he didn’t want to be in a relationship with her, and not that he wasn’t okay mentally. Later, Marcus and Ginny talk about their relationship and the discussion was really annoying. Ginny wasn’t listening to Marcus and how he wasn’t okay and it was really boring to see her go on and on about how Marcus was “Breaking them.”
In the ninth episode, Kill Gil, Gil gets mad at Georgia and starts to attack her. I was really surprised when Austin came downstairs and shot Gil. I didn’t think Austin would do that since he loves his dad so much. The montage of them cleaning the mess up was really funny. I especially loved when Austin made a drawing really quickly and covered the hole in the wall with it.
In the last episode, I’m No Cinderella, Ginny plans Georgia’s wedding venue and Georgia loves it. The wedding was very beautiful and they all had a great time. While Paul and Georgia are dancing, the police show up. They arrest her for the murder of Tom Fuller. When she was taken away in the cop car, I thought it was really funny when Austin chased after the car even though it was supposed to be a sad scene.
Overall, this season was very good but there are a few things that should change for season three. There were very poor music choices for this season and there were a lot of unnecessary scenes with side characters that tried to be funny, but weren’t. I did like that in this season, the show touches a lot on mental health and real life struggles and that Georgia and Ginny continue to build their relationship.
The first episode, Welcome Back, B-- begins with Ginny and her younger brother Austin at her dad’s house. Ginny is struggling to deal with the knowledge of her mother committing murder. Ginny and Austin spend Thanksgiving with her dad, grandparents, and her great aunt. After dinner, Ginny opens up about her emotions and self-harm. The episode was so wonderful because it showed Zion being there for Ginny in a way viewers had never seen before. I loved that they made a connection between Zion helping Ginny with her panic attack and him helping Georgia in the past. It was very heartwarming to see him be so willing to get Ginny the help she needed.
In the second episode, Why Does Everything Have to Be So Terrible, All the Time, Forever? Georgia and Paul, her fiance, agree on a “mini move-in” where Paul is going to be around more and have his own space in Georgia’s closet. They were supposed to tell Ginny and Austin together and take it slowly with the official move-in because everything was moving so fast already. Later on when Georgia is talking to Ginny, Ginny isn’t very enthusiastic and Brianne Howey does a wonderful job at conveying how childish Georgia is given her response. She tries to make Ginny upset and tells Ginny that Paul is moving in and goes completely against the plan. I thought Georgia was very inconsiderate for not making the move in a family decision, but her own. When she told Ginny, it put the first noticeable strain on Paul and Georgia’s relationship when he was upset about her choice.
The third episode title, What Are You Playing at, Little Girl? Is based off of the first scene of the episode and how bold Ginny was. Ginny makes Paul, Georgia’s fiance breakfast and serves him a blue drink, purposefully making it look like the drink Georgia made to kill her ex-husband Kenny. The scene showed that she was no longer afraid of her mom. Though the scene had a lot of seriousness, the music played in it made it seem like more of a joke and I couldn’t take the scene very seriously.
In episode four, Happy My Birthday to You, Paul was talking to Georgia about setting boundaries and punishment for Ginny since she had Marcus sneak through her window. Georgia’s way of handling Ginny’s punishments proves that she thinks that because she and Ginny are relatively close in age, they are friends even though Georgia should be more responsible. Later in the episode, Max and Ginny finally talk about their friendship and M.A.N.G. has reunited again. They were all invited to celebrate Max’s birthday. Since Max is a twin, it was a party for Max and Marcus. Ginny throws them a party at her house and has a great time. At the party, Ginny and her ex-boyfriend, Hunter, had a conversation about their breakup and what they want for each other now. It seemed really awkward and pointless and did not need to be included. Georgia gets home to the party and isn’t even upset at the fact that Ginny threw a party, but it made Paul angry. After the party, Paul and Georgia have a talk with Ginny and Paul is very serious. Georgia doesn’t know what to say so she says, “Bad Ginny” like Ginny was a dog which I thought was very strange.
In the fifth episode, Latkes Are Lit, Paul and Zion go out and have a talk about how things are going to work with Zion being more involved in Ginny’s life, and Paul joining the family. When Paul returns, he finds out that Georgia still has a gun in the house even though she said she had no more. I was very excited to see how Georgia was going to avoid ownership of her actions, but it was nice to see her admit that she was wrong even if she still lied about if she had any more. At the end of episode five, Austin is in class and you see a guy talking to his teacher. The guy tells the teacher his name and Austin recognizes his dad’s name, Gil Timmins. I loved seeing Austin so happy and I was really excited to see how Gil was going to become an important character in the show.
In episode six, A Very Merry Ginny & Georgia Christmas Special, Georgia hosts Christmas dinner at her house with both Paul and Zion’s family. At the dinner, I thought it was very rude how Lynette, Ginny’s grandmother, was being so cold and rude to Georgia. She is still upset about Georgia running away with Ginny years ago and still won’t let it go even when Georgia and Ginny are in a good place now. I also didn’t like how no one recognized that she was being so disrespectful. Later in the episode, Georgia looks through Ginny’s therapy journal and finds out about Ginny’s self-harm. Georgia’s way of confronting Ginny about it seemed like it would have been very traumatic for Ginny. Georgia started yelling at Ginny. Ginny seemed really overwhelmed.
In episode seven, Let Us Serenade the Sh*t Out of You, Georgia is trying to be more involved in Ginny’s mental health. She insists on taking Ginny to her therapist appointment and staying. I think the therapist appointment was really important for Georgia especially because she and Ginny had a conversation that couldn’t be taken over by Georgia and her feelings.
In episode eight, Hark! Darkness Descends!, Marcus is starting to feel very depressed during the Christmas season. He shares with Max that he shouldn’t be in a relationship with Ginny because he is not in a good place. Later in the episode, you see that Ginny was eavesdropping on the conversation and was very hurt by Marcus saying he shouldn’t be with her. Ginny was only focusing on herself when she listened to Marcus and Max’s conversation. She only focused on the fact that he didn’t want to be in a relationship with her, and not that he wasn’t okay mentally. Later, Marcus and Ginny talk about their relationship and the discussion was really annoying. Ginny wasn’t listening to Marcus and how he wasn’t okay and it was really boring to see her go on and on about how Marcus was “Breaking them.”
In the ninth episode, Kill Gil, Gil gets mad at Georgia and starts to attack her. I was really surprised when Austin came downstairs and shot Gil. I didn’t think Austin would do that since he loves his dad so much. The montage of them cleaning the mess up was really funny. I especially loved when Austin made a drawing really quickly and covered the hole in the wall with it.
In the last episode, I’m No Cinderella, Ginny plans Georgia’s wedding venue and Georgia loves it. The wedding was very beautiful and they all had a great time. While Paul and Georgia are dancing, the police show up. They arrest her for the murder of Tom Fuller. When she was taken away in the cop car, I thought it was really funny when Austin chased after the car even though it was supposed to be a sad scene.
Overall, this season was very good but there are a few things that should change for season three. There were very poor music choices for this season and there were a lot of unnecessary scenes with side characters that tried to be funny, but weren’t. I did like that in this season, the show touches a lot on mental health and real life struggles and that Georgia and Ginny continue to build their relationship.
