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‘Ginny & Georgia' Season 2 Recap: What To Remember Ahead Of Season 2
Trigger Warning: The below contains mention of self harm.
One of Netflix's biggest YA shows Ginny & Georgia is about to return with a third season, and while Season 3 is sure to be wild, Season 2 set the stage for that.
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It's been over two years since Season 2 hit Netflix in January 2023, so some details might be fuzzy. The ensemble cast between seasons will remain largely the same, with a few newcomers in the world of wealthy Wellsbury, where Georgia (Brianne Howey) has moved her children Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Austin (Diesel La Torraca) for their latest chapter of life.
Find a full recap of everything to remember from Ginny & Georgia Season 2 below:
Georgia Smothered Tom Fuller, And Austin Watched Her Do It
Arguably the biggest plot point to remember going into Season 2 is that Georgia did kill Tom Fuller, husband of Cynthia Fuller (Sabrina Grdevich). He was on hospice in a downstairs office in the Fuller home with only little time left to live. One night, when she was picking up Austin from a playdate with Cynthia's son Zach (Connor Laidman), Georgia sat down with Cynthia, who voiced how hard it was watching Tom hold on. She also said how she hoped he knew he could let go.
Austin and Zach were playing a game of hide and seek, and Austin had chosen the closet in Tom's hospice room for his hiding spot. He then saw his mom come into the room and smother Tom with a pillow before running out to Cynthia crying 'I think it's time!'
Georgia Married Mayor Paul Randolph, And Got Arrested During the Reception
Georgia's wedding to Paul Randolph (Scott Porter), whose heart she captured in Season 1 of the show, faced several road bumps because at one point, she cancelled the ceremony at The Mount, a prestigious Edith Wharton estate, since she wasn't sure Paul would still want to marry her. More on this later, but she basically had to come clean about her full past, which is not all squeaky clean, to the Wellsbury mayor, who took a night to sleep on it.
Unfortunately, after a beautiful ceremony complete with Joe's white horse Milkshake, an old friend of Georgia's, pulling her to city hall in a carriage and her walk down the aisle in a fluffy light blue Cindarella-esque ball gown, P.I. Gabriel Cordova (Alex Mallari Jr.), who had been embedding himself in Wellsbury under the disguise of an English teacher to date Paul's campaign advisor Nick (Dan Beirne), arrested Georgia for the murder of Tom Fuller. The finale ended in a heartrending scene of Georgia being driven away in a cop car as Austin chased after her crying. Most of the town was in attendance at the wedding to witness this turn of events.
Ginny & Marcus Broke Up
Both Ginny and Marcus Baker (Felix Mallard) both went through it last season in terms of their mental health, with Ginny self-harming by burning with a lighter and Marcus experiencing the onset of a depressive episode. The pair tried to be there for each other, but between Marcus' depression — narrated in an expertly written episode by Mallard himself — and the chaos with Ginny's mom, they had a miscommunication moment during the high school musical — Wellington — during which Ginny told Marcus to tell her he didn't want to be with her after she overheard him expressing how he wasn't sure he should be with Ginny to his twin sister Maxine (Sara Waisglass).
Marcus seemed apathetic to the situation, but only because the depression was sucking away any feeling for him, and he didn't chase after Ginny when she ran away crying down the hallway. Max did tell Ginny that Marcus was depressed and that she and their parents were worried about him, so Ginny showed up as a friend for him in the end.
Ginny's Self-Harm
The end of Season 1 saw Ginny run away with Austin from their mother to her father Zion's (Nathan Mitchell) place in Boston after she realized that Georgia poisoned her ex-husband Kenny (Darryl Scheelar) with a blue flower. At Zion's she was self-harming with a lighter by burning her inner thighs, and after a few moments with this and seeming outbursts that were really cries to help to her dad, he put her in therapy with Dr. Lily (Zarrin Darnell-Martin) without Georgia knowing.
Georgia did later find out that Ginny was burning herself after Marcus returned Ginny's therapy notebook, painted on the cover, as a Christmas present, and she left it lying in her bag in the hallway. Georgia then attended a therapy session with Ginny, which was entertaining, interesting because Georgia is not used to expressing her feelings or holding space for her daughter, and ultimately productive for both parties.
Gil Came to Town
Austin's father Gil Timmons (Aaron Ashmore) re-entered the picture in Season 2 as well, first showing up to Austin's school and performing his signature magic tricks before revealing to Georgia that he was around. As shown in the flashbacks with Georgia portrayed by Nikki Roumel, Gil (played by Ben Steele Caldwel) became violent toward her even after she got pregnant with his child.
Georgia framed Gil for embezzlement once she realized that he was already doing that, and she escaped from him with both kids, but once he tracked them down after he got out of jail on parole, he antagonized Georgia once more. He even went as far as to try and get an apartment in town to 'be closer to his son,' but once Cynthia, who at first was helping him, saw him grab Georgia aggressively at Austin's school, she blocked his housing application out of solidarity with Georgia.
This next part fills in the details of what prompted Georgia to come clean to Paul. One night, Gil came over to Georgia's house to threaten her over his blocked housing application. Austin, coming to his mother's defense, pulled out a gun that she had hidden under her dresser, and shot his dad in the arm. The Bakers heard it across the street, but no police were called. Georgia stitched up Gil's arm, and Ginny cleaned up the blood with bleach. Austin drew an adorable picture of a family of four (him, Ginny, Georgia and Paul) to hang over the bullet hole in the wall in the kitchen.
Georgia knew that telling Paul this would make him mad for a few reasons, one being that he had already discovered a gun she was hiding under a different credenza downstairs, and after getting upset with Georgia about it because he passed legislation to prevent gun ownership in homes in Wellsbury, he asked her if she had any more in the house. She told him no.
Wellington, The School Musical
'Wellington' was the school musical for theater kids like Max, Bracia (Tameka Griffiths), Marcus' friend Silver (Katelyn Wells), who designs the costumes and Bryon (Agape Mngomezulu). Max played the witch, and Bracia played the main star in the musical, which mimics Bridgerton in a way. And Bracia found out that Escape Room Bryon returned her crush after he told her that she was the reason he did the play.
Abby Developed an Eating Disorder
After overhearing their friend Samantha (Romi Shraiter) throwing up in the bathroom in Brodie's (Tyssen Smith) basement where they often hang out, drink and party, it seems that this influences her to start doing so as well in a manner commonly associated with bulimia.
During a hook up scene with Matt Press (Damian Romeo), he notices that Abby also tapes her legs. None of MANG, the friend group acronym for Max, Abby, Nora and Ginny notice that Abby develops these habits.
Zion Started Dating Simone
Ginny's father Zion also had a new love interest enter the picture last season, Simone (Vinessa Antoine), a Harvard law graduate who is a defense attorney. Ginny asked her dad if he loves Simone, and she could tell that he does.
One day while Christmas shopping with Georgia, Ginny's mother decides to stop by Zion's 'bachelor pad' when Simone happens to be over, and the run-in is a bit awkward because that was Georgia's first time learning about Simone. She tried to tell Ginny that 'when daddy has a new girlfriend, we tell mommy,' but Ginny set her boundary and asked her mom not to put her daughter in the middle.
Joe Slept with Cynthia
Last, but certainly not least, Joe (Raymond Ablack), owner of Blue Farm where Ginny works and many Wellsbury locals often hang out, slept with Cynthia last season. He had been helping her out during Tom's hospice by cooking them food and just checking in on her whenever she was at his restaurant, and one thing led to another with the pair having sex in Blue Farm.
Nothing came of it afterwards, though Cynthia said they both got something they needed out of what happened, and they stayed friendly after.
Joe also let Ginny use Blue Farm for Georgia's bachelorette party, and she left her Ray-Ban sunglasses there. He went to return them, and their chemistry and tension was palpable. Fans will recall a scene where a much younger Georgia encountered Joe, took those sunglasses from him and left. Everything comes full circle when he gives them back, and the pair realizes they both remember their encounter.
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