This recap of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia season 1, episode 8, “Check One, Check Other”, contains spoilers. After the sweet 16, we genuinely felt Ginny and Georgia had reached a good understanding with each other, but the story throws a spanner in the works — Zion.
Ginny heads home after an evening of smoking and talking about pop culture, breaking the news to Georgia about everything she’s been doing – minus the sex. That evening, Ginny sits in her darkened room and begins burning herself with a lighter.
Then Georgia basically confessed to him that she scattered Kenny’s ashes (and all his evidence) with her fireworks display. However, on the Ginny and Georgia Season 1 finale, Gabriel got a call from someone who mentioned Georgia’s first husband’s disappearance.
Overall, Ginny and Georgia has received mixed reviews: praise for its handling of race and teenage dynamics; criticism over its multiple storylines, which intersect and overlap in oft-confusing ways.
Why are Ginny and Georgia so popular?
One of the reasons why Ginny & Georgia became so popular on Netflix was because of its relatability to teenagehood. Adults and teens alike agreed that Ginny & Georgia covered the complexities …
She kept her crush on Marcus, however, on the down-low because his sister was her best friend. Ginny didn’t want to stir the pot or ruin her friendship with Max , so she kept her feelings for Max’s brother under wraps. This is a scenario that’s familiar to teens who have siblings at the same school.
1 Lying. Whether it was MANG lying to each other, Ginny lying to her mom, Austin lying about the school, or Marcus lying to himself – lying was prevalent throughout Ginny & Georgia. Teens lie to cover up tough subjects when they’re not ready to confront them head-on.
When Max tells her mom that she was going to a school play for school credit, Ellen completely believed her and didn’t think twice about it. It wasn’t until Max was out of earshot that Georgia reminded Ellen what it was like to be a teenager on a Friday night. Max was dressed too adorably to be going to a play; she was going to a party.
Ginny & Georgia tackles bullying in regards to Ginny’s brother, Austin. Austin is the new kid in school and is adorably naive. And sadly, there’s a bully in his class who mocks him for his fake glasses and the identity of his father.
Dating, making up, and breaking up are all parts of growing up. For Ginny, she had never had a boyfriend or real friends before moving to Wellsbury. Her newfound popularity was startling to her at first.
While Ginny liked Hunter, she loved Marcus. She was stuck between them and thought that she and Hunter were done when they got in a fight over a class paper. Ginny thought this was her chance to give Marcus a shot, but when Hunter told Ginny he wasn’t ready to call it quits on their relationship, the drama ensued.
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What does Georgia say about Marcus and Ginny?
Georgia reveals that she saw Marcus sneaking into their window — she explains it in slam poetry form and comically calls it “Motherhood”. Ginny is in shock and states that they are just friends, but Georgia doesn’t buy it. Ginny calls her the worst mother in the world and storms off. Zion is smug that he knew about the vibe between Marcus and Ginny.
Ginny wants her mother to remain happy. Ginny & Georgia season 1 , episode 8 sets Ginny’s mindset over her father’s return early on. She tells her father about the essay and that she’s writing about Wellsbury — she likes it here. And then Ginny reveals that Georgia is dating someone, which is a brief awkward moment.
Georgia is stressing out about it, knowing the essay helps with getting into colleges. Zion wants to know where Ginny belongs and takes her to a slam poetry night. Ginny brings up Georgia’s grandparents and sisters.
Georgia reveals that she saw Marcus sneaking into their window — she explains it in slam poetry form and comically calls it “Motherhood”. Ginny is in shock and states that they are just friends, but Georgia doesn’t buy it. Ginny calls her the worst mother in the world and storms off.
When Georgia gets to work, she tells Paul that Zion stays over. Paul tells Georgia that he trusts her, and he wants dinner with them. And the dinner happens on the same day, and Ginny and Georgia feel the awkward tension immediately, giving each other “the look”.
Abby calls for a meeting. With Abby struggling, she takes rash measures; Ginny & Georgia season 1 , episode 8 remind viewers that being a teenager is emotionally busy. Sometimes, it’s easy to lose a friend who is struggling. Abby is not doing well in the social group. She seems irked by Maxine and Sophie.
Interestingly, Zion sticks up for Georgia — he clearly understands that she’s tried her best. Ginny tells Zion that he needs him and wants him around longer — she keeps reiterating this message and wants stability; she doesn’t want him to start something with her mother and leave.
What episode does Georgia wake up Ginny?
Episode 2 of Ginny & Georgia begins with Georgia waking up Ginny at 5am with an emergency. She has a hair right on her chin and wants Ginny to help pluck it. At school, Ginny continues to feel like an outsider.
Episode 2 brings up more issues about race, with Ginny claiming at the start that she’s “too white for the black kids” and being left out by the other girls.
With a fake profile, Ellen learns what Maxine is doing and is shocked to see. Ginny heads home after an evening of smoking and talking about pop culture, breaking the news to Georgia about everything she’s been doing – minus the sex. That evening, Ginny sits in her darkened room and begins burning herself with a lighter.
She’s taken Zion’s name but they were never really married. Gil Timmons is in prison for fraud and embezzlement. With the PI heading up to Wellsbury in the not-too-distant future, he promises to dig up dirt and make sure Georgia doesn’t get any money.
Only, Georgia knows they’re not going to the movies and encourages Ellen to check through Instagram to spy on their daughters. It turns out Ginny and the others have gone to Brodie’s basement to smoke weed. With a fake profile, Ellen learns what Maxine is doing and is shocked to see.
As more of the past starts to catch up to Georgia, Kenny’s relatives get close to finding out the truth about Georgia. Georgia’s real name is Mary and she’s lived off the grid for several years.
She even encourages Ginny to come and hang out with her friends – which she rejects. In class, Ginny receives a 100% on her most recent exam too. Georgia arrives at the Mayor’s office ready to work. Checking her online banking, she notices some serious issues with her accounts.
What does Hunter tell Ginny about Marcus?
And Hunter has a point in that final scene in the hallway, when he tells Ginny that he treated her the way she deserves—tap dancing and all—and smirks at the idea that Marcus could give her the same. Marcus, after all, Doesn’t Do Relationships.
So there isn’t any evidence to be found there, either.
Ginny idolizes her dad, and Zion and Austin seem close as well—but Georgia clearly has primary custody of them both, and Ginny must know that if she goes to Zion’s, that’s the first place Georgia will look. Also, Ginny speaks in the final voiceover about going on the run, just like Georgia did, and going to her dad’s is…not going on the run.
It makes sense that Ginny would want to cut ties with her mom, having found out that Georgia has murdered at least one person (fairly justifiably, one might argue, but that’s a different conversation).
The first season ends with Georgia becoming the to-be First Lady of Wellsbury, and the extremely hot private investigator, Cordova, revealing to Ginny that he knows Georgia killed Kenny, not to mention personally exhumed Kenny’s body to cover it up. Georgia. But it seems like there’s a good chance Cordova can’t prove it.