Ginny & Georgia Information

Ginny & Georgia is an American dramedy streaming television series created by Sarah Lampert that was released on Netflix on February 24, 2021.

Premise

Ginny & Georgia follows Ginny Miller, a "15-year-old" who is more mature than "her 30-year-old mother, Georgia, in a New England town" where Georgia decided to settle down with her daughter Ginny and son Austin to give them a better life than she had.

Cast and characters

Main

• Brianne Howey as Georgia Miller, 30-year-old single mother of Ginny and Austin
  • Nikki Roumel as Teenage Georgia Miller
• Antonia Gentry as Ginny Miller, Georgia's 15-year-old daughter who is more mature than her dynamic mother
• Diesel La Torraca as Austin Miller, Georgia's 9-year-old son and Ginny's half-brother
• Jennifer Robertson as Ellen Baker, the Millers' neighbor who is the mother of Marcus and Max
• Felix Mallard as Marcus Baker, Ellen's teenage son, Max's fraternal twin brother, and Ginny's love interest
• Sara Waisglass as Maxine "Max" Baker, Ellen's openly lesbian teenage daughter, Marcus' fraternal twin sister, and Ginny's new best friend
• Scott Porter as Mayor Paul Randolph, the mayor of Wellsbury, Massachusetts who is up for reelection; the town's most eligible bachelor, he becomes Georgia's love interest
• Raymond Ablack as Joe, the owner of a local farm-to-table restaurant called Blue Farm Cafe'

Recurring

• Mason Temple as Hunter Chen, a band member who becomes one of Ginny"?s love interests
• Katie Douglas as Abby, friend of Max and Ginny; part of the MANG (Max-Abby-Norah-Ginny) group
• Chelsea Clark as Norah, friend of Max and Ginny; part of the MANG group
• Jonathan Potts as Mr. Gitten, Ginny and Max's AP English teacher
• Sabrina Grdevich as Cynthia Fuller, a mom and real-estate agent who is running for mayor against Paul
• Alisen Down as Bev
• Colton Gobbo as Jordan
• Connor Laidman as Zach, Austin's school bully and Cynthia's son
• Devyn Nekoda as Riley
• Nathan Mitchell as Zion Miller, Georgia's ex-boyfriend and Ginny's biological father
  • Kyle Bary as Teenage Zion Miller
• Rebecca Ablack as Padma, Marcus' pseudo-girlfriend
• Tyssen Smith as Brodie
• Daniel Beirne as Nick, Paul's assistant at the office
• Humberly Gonzlez as Sophie Sanchez, a senior at school and Max's love interest.
• Alex Mallari Jr. as PI Gabriel Cordova, a PI hired by Georgia's husband's ex-wife to investigate his death
• Damian Romeo as Matt Press, a friend of MANG
• Chris Kenopic as Clint Baker, Ellen's husband and Marcus and Max's father, who is deaf

Episodes

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|ShortSummary    = Ginny turns 16.  Paul debates Cynthia and later plays with Austin and advises him about his conflict with Zack.  Georgia is embezzling at the office, and calls to hire someone called Marty for a secret job.  Georgia's family quarrels over dinner; after dinner Paul visits Georgia and stays overnight.  Georgia arranges a party and sleepover with Ginny's friends Max, Norah, and Abby, to keep Ginny's birthday weekend celebration under her protection; the party is crashed by Nick, with Gabriel in tow, and Georgia calls Gabriel by his real name.  Gabriel gets a phone call about medical tests that showed Georgia's husband to be in excellent health shortly before his death.  Ginny's friends, having raided Georgia's liquor cabinet, sneak with Ginny over to Maxine's home and are joined by others, mainly their boyfriends and girlfriend, for a drinking party while Maxine's parents are away.  Georgia finds out and reports them, and they're raided by police.  Paul goes to bail Ginny out while Georgia flashes back to a time when she was arrested and nearly lost custody of Ginny.  Georgia tells Ginny about how her stepfather abused her, causing her to run away from home, and later adds that she hasn't gotten her inheritance and is broke.  Austin goes back to school but loses his nerve and runs off.
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Production

Development

On August 13, 2019, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Sarah Lampert who was also expected to executive-produce alongside Debra J. Fisher, Anya Adams, Jeff Tahler, Jenny Daly, Holly Hines, and Dan March. Adams also directed the first two episodes of the series. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Madica, Critical Content, and Dynamic Television.

Casting

Alongside the initial series announcement, it was reported that Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Diesel La Torraca, Jennifer Robertson, Felix Mallard, Sara Waisglass, Scott Porter, and Raymond Ablack were cast as series regulars. On January 20, 2021, it was announced that Mason Temple was cast in a recurring role.

Filming

Principal photography for the series began on August 14, 2019 and ended on December 10, 2019. Filming took place in Toronto and Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.

Release

Ginny & Georgia premiered on February 24, 2021.

Reception

Critical response

Reviewing the series for Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall gave a rating of 3/5. When comparing the series to Gilmore Girls, he said: "There's also one area where Ginny & Georgia has a clear leg up on its predecessor: It understands from the jump that it's not especially healthy to have a mom who wants to be your best friend and is reluctant to fully grow up herself." Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B- and wrote a review saying, "Ginny & Georgia wants us to love the way that Georgia always manages to stay one step ahead... Instead, I kept hoping that Child Protective Services would finally catch up."

For the series, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 65% based on 26 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.22/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "If Ginny & Georgia can't quite pull off its tonally ambitious first season, it's at least entertaining to watch it try." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 63 out of 100 based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Controversies

On February 25, 2021, the term "Oppression Olympics" went viral on Twitter in response to a scene where the characters Hunter and Ginny use the term. The scene was received negatively by viewers, who criticized its usage of stereotypes, calling the entire exchange "embarrassing".

On March 1, 2021, the show fell into another controversy regarding a line from the final episode, spoken by Ginny to Georgia: "You go through men faster than Taylor Swift." The line drew backlash from fans, who perceived it as misogynistic and an example of slut-shaming the artist; the phrase "Respect Taylor Swift" trended worldwide on Twitter. Swift herself acknowledged the situation by tweeting, "Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back. How about we stop degrading hard working women by defining this horse shit as FuNnY." She also criticized Netflix, writing, "After Miss Americana, this outfit doesn't look cute on you". Subsequently, the show was review bombed on multiple platforms, including Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and Metacritic; as well as Google reviews. The series was also criticized for its unflattering lines referring to Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey.

Other media

On February 26, 2021, Netflix released Ginny & Georgia: The Afterparty.