Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Ginny & Georgia Season 2Netflix’sGinny & Georgiaputs the mother-daughter duo in dangerous circumstances, withthe upcoming Season 3looking like it’ll be the most complicated yet, as it will pick up after Georgia’s (Brianne Howey) arrest. Yet, that detail isn’t enough to understand the entire picture, which will certainly be relevant in the next part of the story. Season 2 is full of twists as ittakes the central duo from a rift that formed when Ginny (Antonia Gentry) learned what her mother was capable of being closer than everonce all the truth comes out. Withevery characterfacing their own challenges, Wellsbury is sure to hold more drama than ever, but before that, everyone needs to remember where Season 2 left off.
Season 2 Forces Georgia To Listen to Ginny’s Concerns
Season 2 begins after Ginny and Austin (Diesel La Torraca) have run away from Georgia to stay with Ginny’s father, Zion (Nathan Mitchell). During Thanksgiving break, she struggles to reconcile what she learned about her mother’s past and the love she has for Georgia. During her stay,she reveals to Zion that she has beenself-harmingbut doesn’t want him to tell Georgia. Zion insists on taking her to therapy and wants to be honest with her mother, but when he sees Ginny’s anxiety as he begins to tell Georgia, he chooses to keep it to himself.
Ginny continues to self-harm, buther therapyseems to help her, despite still fighting with and feeling misunderstood by her mother. Eventually, Georgia discovers the truth after reading Ginny’s therapy journal, and the two are able to put their differences aside. However, when Georgia goes to therapy with Ginny and Ginny tries to express that she doesn’t always want Georgia to fight her battles,Georgia cannot understand her daughter’s perspective and feels underappreciated.
Marcus Knows About the Murders in ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Season 2
Georgia isn’t the only relationship Ginny struggles with. She has a falling out with her friends, Max (Sara Waisglass), Norah (Chelsea Clark), and Abby (Katie Douglas), because of her interest in Max’s brother, Marcus (Felix Mallard). As school starts, none of them will speak to her, but eventually, Abby, who has also been cast out due to Max feeling betrayed, makes up with Ginny, and soon Max realizes she overreacted, andMANGreunites.
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While Ginny is abandoned by her friends, she at least has Marcus, whom she quickly begins dating. Yet, Georgia catches on to his habit of climbing through her window and has a little chat with him. She also nails Ginny’s window shut to put an end to Marcus spending the night.Marcus eventually breaks up with Ginnyafterdisplaying erratic behaviorthat Max discovers is because he doesn’t think he is good enough for Ginny. However, a drunk Marcus does assure Georgia that he will not tell anyone about the murders she committed, which Ginny confided in him.
Ginny Deals With Racism in the Classroom in Season 2
With so much going on in her personal life, it seems unfair that Ginny has issues at school as well. Ginny is a good student, especially in English, but since she moved to Wellsbury, her teacher, Mr. Gitten (Jonathan Potts),has treated her with contempt and racism. This is especially evident inSeason 2whenhe singles her out and asks her to pick a book that represents the Black experience.Not only is she the only student asked to do this, but he expects her to create a lesson plan for it as well, basically asking her to do his job.
Though she debates not doing it, Ginny chooses a book, but rather than teaching her class, she walks out and drops the class. Max encourages the scene she made, but Ginny argues with Max for not acknowledging how Gitten had been treating her, and Max realizes she was in the wrong. She and Ginny’s ex, Hunter (Mason Temple), organize a coup in their class, continuing to talk about the book Ginny picked while Gitten tries to move on to something else. Zion suggests Ginny enroll in a college-level English class, so Gitten’s racism doesn’t derail her education.
Georgia Tries To Reach Her Own Goals in ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Season 2
Of course, that is just the above-the-surface stuff with Georgia, who is also working to hide the fact that she embezzled from the office from Paul, when her coworker Nick (Daniel Beirne) already knows. She also has to avoid the suspicions of Nick’s in-disguise boyfriend, the PI Gabriel (Alex Mallari Jr.), who has been looking into her past and trying toprove her murders. He succeeds in connecting Georgia to a biker gang called the Blood Eyes and the missing persons case of Anthony Green (Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll).
‘Ginny & Georgia’ Season 2 Includes Several Romance Storylines
Ginny and Georgia aren’t the only characters who have romantic storylines. After her rough breakup with Sophie (Humberly González) inSeason 1, Max has a difficult time coming around, but with the new play, she meets a new girl, Silver (Katelyn Wells), the costume designer for the play. They hit it off, but Max is not over Sophie. After an embarrassing message, Max finds closure with Sophie when she returns and asks Max for coffee. Max turns her down,leaving her relationship with Silver in a hopeful place.Meanwhile, the school show escalates another match as Ginny’s friend Bracia (Tameka Griffiths) gets the lead opposite her long-time crush, Bryon (Agape Mngomezulu). Though Bracia decides to squander her Secret Santa opportunity, at the end of the show, Bryon reveals that he only auditioned to spend time with Bracia and asks her out.
On the adult side of things, Zion begins seeing Simone (Vinessa Antoine), though he initially tries to downplay the relationship with Ginny. However, Ginny and Georgia both meet her, and it seems that he has finally moved on from Georgia. Meanwhile,Joe (Raymond Ablack) harbors a crush on Georgia, buthe also grows closer to Cynthia.As she feels lost with her husband’s illness, she seeks comfort and strikes up a relationship with Joe, but realizing his unrequited feelings for Georgia, she ends it amicably.
Throughout the series, there has been some discussion about Austin’s father, Gil (Aaron Ashmore), who has been in prison. However, Season 2 bringshim back as he wants to be in Austin’s life again. Georgia is resistant, but Gil blackmails her intoletting him see Austin. Gil tells Cynthia that Georgia framed him for embezzling, and that’s why he was arrested. While that’s not beneath Georgia if she believed there was a danger to her children, the flashbacks prove that he embezzled from his company before he even met her. The glimpses of their past also show that Gil abused Georgia, and she struggled to get away from him.
When Georgia tries to limit Gil’s contact with Austin, he becomes aggressive, and surprisingly, Cynthia helps Georgia out of a confrontation. Georgia decides to return the favor bysmothering her slowly-dying husband, Tom (Vincent Legault), and freeing Cynthia of the painful, drawn-out process, but things grow complicated when Austin sees her do it. Though Austin is horrified by what he saw, when Gil attacks Georgia, he stands up for her, shooting Gil with a gun he found in the house. Austin’s shot hits Gil in the arm, but Georgia and Gil cover it up to protect their son.
Georgia Spills (Almost) Everything in ‘Ginny & Georgia’s Season 2 Ending
After the chaos, Georgia secretly calls off her wedding to Paul, planning to leave, but Ginny convinces her to tell Paul the truth. She confesses to him about the gun, her past with Gil, the embezzling, and everything else she has been hiding short of her various murders. Though he takes time to think it over,Paul forgives her and confronts Gil with a cop and a lawyer, promising he will return to prison if he continues to harass and blackmail Georgia.
Since Paul still wants to marry Georgia, the only problem is the venue that Georgia canceled. Ginny intervenes, turning City Hall into the perfect venue. Itlooks like a happy endinguntilthe police arrest Georgia during the reception,accusing her of Tom’s deaththanks to Gabriel’s efforts. Austin is devastated, insisting that he never said a word as he and Ginny watch her be taken away. It leaves quite a cliffhanger forSeason 3, promising even more crime and drama for the Miller family.
