50 Fun Facts About Ginny & Georgia

Who created Ginny & Georgia?

Sarah Lampert wrote the pilot script while working as a development manager at Madica Productions, the company that then helped take it to Netflix; Debra J. Fisher ran the first two seasons as showrunner.

Which state do the Millers leave when Ginny & Georgia begins?

Texas is where Georgia's husband Kenny has just died; she moves both children away for a fresh start, though with his will contested no inheritance has reached her yet.

The Millers move to a fictional town of what name?

Wellsbury first reached Georgia years earlier: as a teenager she met a boy on a school trip who said it was his home town, and he turns out to be Joe, who now runs the local café.

Ginny & Georgia's fictional town is set in which US state?

Massachusetts supplies the wealthy, mostly white New England setting, which is why Ginny, one of very few Black students at her new school, struggles to feel she belongs.

Who plays Georgia Miller?

Brianne Howey plays Georgia, with Nikki Roumel as her teenage self in flashbacks; in the pilot Georgia talks her way into a job at the mayor's office.

Who plays Ginny?

Antonia Gentry plays Ginny, who ends season 1 by threatening to report her English teacher unless he writes her a glowing college recommendation.

Ginny is a nickname for what full first name?

Virginia is Ginny's full name, and it is a birthplace: Georgia named her daughter after the state where Ginny was born.

What ends Ginny's birthday party at Max's house?

A raid by the police ends it, and the tip came from Georgia herself: finding the girls had sneaked out, she reported the party, and it was Paul who collected Ginny from the station.

Georgia's young son Austin is played by whom?

Diesel La Torraca plays Austin, who spends days of season 1 secretly skipping school rather than face the classmate he fought with.

Which book series is Georgia's son obsessed with?

Austin is obsessed with Harry Potter: for his Star of the Week project he brings in his jailed father's letters and claims his dad is a wizard locked up in Azkaban.

Marcus and Max, the twins across the street from the Millers, have what surname?

Baker is the family across the street: Max becomes Ginny's first friend in town, while her twin Marcus is soon climbing in through Ginny's bedroom window.

What is the name of Joe's café, where Ginny gets a job in season 1?

Blue Farm takes Ginny on, and it is her mother's doing: after Ginny is caught shoplifting, Georgia gets Joe to give her the job.

Who plays Joe, the café owner who first met Georgia when they were both teenagers?

Raymond Ablack plays Joe, whose timing fails him: in the season 1 finale he is about to tell Georgia how he feels when her engagement to Paul comes up instead.

Which actor plays Mayor Paul Randolph?

Scott Porter plays Paul, who divorces Georgia in the middle of her trial and is then voted out of the mayor's office in a recall.

Who is Ginny's biological father?

Zion, Ginny's father and Georgia's first love, turns up in town in season 1 and takes Ginny to a slam poetry night.

Georgia killed her husband Kenny by poisoning his smoothie with what?

Georgia laced Kenny's smoothie with wolfsbane, a poisonous plant also known as aconite; the private investigator later works out that she grows it at home.

Who hires private investigator Gabriel Cordova to look into Georgia?

Kenny's ex-wife hires Gabriel and also contests Kenny's will, which is why Georgia has no inheritance yet and her credit card keeps being declined in the pilot.

Under what alias does Gabriel Cordova date Nick while working undercover?

Gabriel poses as 'Jesse' to get close to Nick; Georgia lets him know the cover is blown by calling him by his real name at Ginny's birthday party.

What is the name of Georgia's sister, who turns up unannounced in season 1?

Maddie, Georgia's younger sister, arrives with her son Caleb and turns out to be feeding information to the private investigator, who is paying her.

Gil, Austin's father, was in prison for what crime?

Embezzlement and fraud put Austin's father away, but Georgia had a hand in it: season 2 shows he abused her, and she admits she set up his arrest.

Where is Ginny & Georgia actually filmed?

The series is shot in Ontario, Canada: the lakeside town of Cobourg, east of Toronto, stands in for the show's well-heeled New England suburb.

What does Austin stab his classroom bully Zach in the hand with during season 1?

A pencil, freshly sharpened: Austin snaps after Zach taunts him about his family, and the attack gets him suspended from school.

Which pop star publicly criticised Ginny & Georgia for a joke about her dating history?

Taylor Swift tweeted days after the show's release that its line about her dating history was a 'lazy, deeply sexist joke', and added a dig at Netflix, home of her own documentary Miss Americana.

What does the friend group's nickname MANG stand for?

MANG is Max, Abby, Norah and Ginny, a name that follows a peace offering: Abby and Norah apologise to Ginny after letting her take the blame for a shoplifting trip.

Which classmate and band member becomes Ginny's first boyfriend?

Hunter Chen dedicates a song he wrote to Ginny at the Battle of the Bands; the video goes viral and briefly makes her popular at school.

Marcus's girlfriend for part of season 1, who also works at the café, is named what?

Padma dates Marcus early in season 1 and, after ending it, is the one who tells Ginny that he likes her.

Max's love interest in season 1, a senior at school, is named what?

Sophie Sanchez, a senior, dates Max for much of season 1; their breakup devastates Max, who is not over her a season later.

For their group Halloween costume, MANG dress as music-video looks of which artist?

Britney Spears is the theme, each girl taking a different music-video look; the costume earns Ginny a pointed comment from Bracia, one of the school's few other students of colour.

Instead of the usual bake sale, what school fundraiser does Georgia push through in season 1?

Georgia's casino night replaces the usual bake sale; the event is also where the undercover private investigator first gets close to Georgia's colleague Nick.

Which keepsake from a chance teenage meeting with Joe does Georgia hold on to for years?

His sunglasses, a pair of Ray-Bans handed over on a school trip, resurface in the season 1 finale: Joe spots Ginny with them and realises her mother is the girl he met.

What first name was Georgia born with, before she reinvented herself as a teenage runaway?

Mary is the name Georgia was born with, as Mary Reilly; she shed it as a teenager when she ran away from her abusive stepfather and started over as Georgia.

Cynthia, who runs for mayor against Paul, works in what profession?

Cynthia is a real estate agent; she challenges Paul for mayor in season 1, and her son Zach starts out as Austin's bully before the two boys become friends.

Where are Ginny and her brother living when season 2 opens?

With Ginny's father is where the two have spent a fortnight after fleeing on Marcus's motorbike; Ginny asks to stay for good, but ends up agreeing to move back home.

Which exclusive local society does Georgia scheme her way into during season 2?

The Neighborhood Club demands a member's sponsorship, and Georgia has to win over Cynthia before she is finally let in during season 2.

What was the name of Georgia's earlier husband, whom Gabriel discovers went missing?

Anthony Green, Georgia's first husband, vanished years earlier; season 2 flashbacks show her biker-gang friends helping her dispose of his body.

Which season 2 episode title is a pun on a Quentin Tarantino film?

'Kill Gil', episode 9 of season 2, plays on Kill Bill; it is the episode in which Austin shoots his father to protect Georgia.

For whose murder is Georgia arrested in the middle of her wedding reception?

Tom Fuller, Cynthia's dying husband, is the victim: Georgia smothered him with a pillow in what she saw as a mercy, and the investigator reported the death as a suspected murder.

Where is Georgia's son hiding when he witnesses the season 2 killing that gets her arrested?

In a closet, unseen by his mother; he tells Ginny only after the arrest, and in season 3 it puts him on the witness stand at the trial.

How does Georgia's house arrest end in season 3?

She cuts off her ankle monitor and takes Marcus's motorbike to run, then turns herself in and phones Ginny from jail.

Who takes over Georgia's defence at Ginny's request in season 3?

Simone, a criminal defence lawyer who is dating Ginny's father, steps in after Paul pulls the lawyer he hired; she urges a defence that points the finger at Cynthia, which Georgia refuses.

On the witness stand, Georgia's son shocks the court by claiming who was the killer?

Austin claims on the stand that he saw his father Gil commit the killing; the lie undermines the prosecution's case and the jury finds Georgia not guilty.

Who drives Marcus to rehab at the end of season 3?

Ellen, Marcus's mother, drives him to rehab; Georgia had warned her from jail that Marcus might be an alcoholic.

What is Georgia seen drinking in the final scene of season 3, hinting at a pregnancy?

Georgia pours herself a glass of milk, and Ginny remembers her mother saying she only ever drank milk when she was pregnant.

Georgia lets slip at the end of season 1 that she hid Kenny's ashes where?

In the campaign fireworks: with the investigator closing in after finding Kenny's grave empty, Georgia sends the evidence up in smoke over Paul's election-night celebration.

Ginny's paternal grandmother, who berates Georgia over dinner in season 3, is named what?

Lynette, Ginny's grandmother on her father's side, berates Georgia over dinner and tries to make plans for the children in case Georgia is convicted, which enrages her.

Which show did The Guardian's reviewer name in a mash-up description of Ginny & Georgia?

Gilmore Girls sits in the middle of the Guardian's line, 'Desperate Housewives meets Gilmore Girls meets Buffy'; the review meant it as praise, calling the show perfect trash that deserved a special award.

Season 2 opens on which holiday, which Georgia spends at an awkward dinner with Paul's parents?

Thanksgiving dinner goes badly: Georgia overhears Paul's parents telling him she is wrong for him, though he stays set on marrying her.

Which season 3 newcomer from Ginny's poetry class becomes her new love interest?

Wolfe meets Ginny in her poetry class while her mother's trial fills the news; she gives him a fake name on their first date, and he is unbothered when the truth comes out.

To prepare for their roles as Marcus and Max's family, Robertson, Mallard and Waisglass learned what?

The three learned American Sign Language because Max and Marcus's father Clint, played by deaf actor Chris Kenopic, communicates in ASL.

In January 2023, season 2 of Ginny & Georgia knocked which hit from the top of Netflix's weekly TV chart?

Wednesday had led Netflix's English-language chart for weeks when season 2 arrived; the new episodes also lifted the show's own first season to fifth place the same week.