People travel all over the world for a honeymoon: Italy, the Maldives, Japan. But in Ginny & Georgia, moments after Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey) and Paul Randolph (Scott Porter) finish the first dance at their fairy-tale wedding, Georgia finds herself in much less pleasant post-nuptial climes: behind bars at the Wellsbury jail.
Season 2’s finale left everyone’s favorite Wellsburians in limbo. Georgia’s marital celebrations are curtailed by her sudden arrest in connection with Tom Fuller’s (Vincent Legault) murder. Paul finally gets clued in about Georgia’s dubious past, only for her police escort from their wedding ceremony to strain his tentative trust. Crushed by their breakup, Ginny (Antonia Gentry) tries to be there for Marcus (Felix Mallard) as a friend as he battles his demons. And sweet 10-year-old Austin (Diesel La Torraca) shoots his dad in the arm after Gil (Aaron Ashmore) attacked Georgia in her kitchen. In other words, what went down in Season 2 is business as usual in the Miller-Randolph household.
As for the rest of Ginny’s best friends, by the end of Season 2, MANG has finally reconciled following their cold war over Marcus and Ginny’s relationship. And, as always, Georgia’s trail of men — Ginny’s dad Zion (Nathan Mitchell), Ginny’s Blue Farm boss Joe (Raymond Ablack), and Austin’s violent dad Gil — bring their own complicated antics.
Season 3 picks up right where Season 2 left off, with Georgia behind bars and everyone else dealing with the fallout. This chapter is set to answer the question Ginny narrates in the opening sequence: “What happens when everything falls apart?” As Georgia’s murder trial unfolds, the Wellsbury townspeople become an unofficial jury — and even those closest to Georgia start to weigh in on whether they think she’s guilty.
Keep reading to check in on everyone in Wellsbury, and to meet some of the new faces making this season the juiciest installment of Ginny & Georgia yet.
Brianne Howey
as Georgia Miller in the present day
About the Character
While most women wouldn’t land in jail the same night they marry the town mayor, Georgia has never been like other Wellsbury women. Her arrest makes things complicated with Paul and her kids, to say the least, causing her to fall back into some of her old behavior, and rehash some painful never-before-seen memories.
“Georgia is definitely pushed to her limits this season, and she has to survive scenarios she’s never had to survive before,” says Howey. “Georgia now has to be a survivor with less masks because all of her secrets are out.”
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Antonia Gentry
as Ginny Miller
About the Character
Despite all the chaos at home and in school, Ginny has never been more in control, thanks to therapy sessions with Dr. Lily (Zarrin Darnell-Martin). Her mom’s predicament forces Ginny to step up in new ways — for her brother Austin (Diesel La Torraca) and for herself. “We were able to see a new side of Ginny where she’s really coming into her own, and accepting her decisions and standing by them, and making hard choices, but not being riddled with guilt or shame,” says Gentry.
Meanwhile, following her breakup with Marcus at the end of Season 2, Ginny’s love life gets even more complicated this season. Thankfully, she has newly reunited MANG and an after-school poetry class as outlets.
Previously In
Raising Dion, Candy Jar
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Diesel La Torraca
as Austin Miller
About the Character
Austin’s shy demeanor is put to the test this season, as he’s further triangulated by his parents, Georgia and Gil (Brianne Howey and Aaron Ashmore). After all, he was at the Fuller house the night Tom died. What happened during that play date with Zack?
“Austin went through a phase where he wasn’t talking. He was sleeping on the couch,” says Howey. “There are cries for help, and [it’s good] to see that he has a community and is coming into himself and getting to be a kid again.”
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Little Monsters, Lambs of God, La Brea
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Scott Porter
as Mayor Paul Randolph
About the Character
Witnessing his bride be escorted by the police midway through their wedding is just the beginning of everything Paul has to deal with this season. As the action unfolds, he struggles to balance his loyalty to the Millers with his mayoral duties and image.
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Friday Night Lights, Speed Racer, Prom Night
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Felix Mallard
as Marcus Baker
About the Character
The end of Season 2 found Marcus — who’s Maxine’s (Sara Waisglass) twin, as well as Ginny’s neighbor and sometimes boyfriend — at his lowest point. Marcus loves Ginny, but had to end with her so he could focus on his own mental health issues.
The two remain friends, however, as they’ve always understood each other’s dark sides — and there’s plenty more where that came from in Season 3.
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Turtles All the Way Down
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Sara Waisglass
as Maxine Baker
About the Character
The end of Season 2 hints at a love triangle for Max, Ginny’s best friend: Just as she starts crushing on Silver (Katelyn Wells), her ex Sophie (Humberly González) crops back up and asks to get coffee. Meanwhile, the people she loves most are going through it, and Max has to figure out how to manage her own anxiety while also showing up for them. Thankfully she has the spring musical as an escape from everything that’s going on around her.
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About the Character
Abby’s body image issues and hurt feelings stemming from her parents’ divorce continue to plague her, but this season, Ginny’s other best friend explores a different side of herself and finds an unlikely ally in Tris (Noah Lamanna), her new peer tutor.
Previously In
Clown in a Cornfield, Every Day
About the Character
At the end of Season 2, Norah finally patches up her relationships with Abby and Ginny following MANG’s fracturing, and celebrates her three-year anniversary with Jordan (Colton Gobbo) over milkshakes at Blue Farm.
Norah has always been MANG’s most stable member, but this season, her loyalty is tested by Georgia’s arrest.
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Ezra, The Protector
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Tameka Griffiths
as Bracia
About the Character
As one of the only other Black kids at Wellsbury high, Bracia has always been an amazing friend to Ginny — taking her under her wing when Ginny first moves to Wellsbury and helping her navigate being in class with Mr. Gitten, a racist English teacher. Over the course of Season 2, as MANG splits, Ginny and Bracia become closer than ever.
In Season 3, Bracia comes into her own — both on stage in the school musical and in her love life.
Previously In
Reacher, Fingernails
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About the Character
After being catfished by “Jesse,” aka Gabriel, an undercover PI determined to bring Georgia down, Nick is saltier and more doubtful of his boss’ wife than ever — and he makes it known to Paul.
Previously In
Fargo, The Twentieth Century, Priscilla
About the Character
Gil, Austin’s dad, is as menacing as ever this season. Even though Cynthia (Sabrina Grdevich) blacklisted him from the Wellsbury housing market, he’s found a way to loom threateningly in Austin and Georgia’s lives, and he doesn’t show signs of letting up.
“I get punched a lot in TV shows,” says Ashmore. “I think I just have a face like that. I’m much better at taking a punch than throwing a punch.”
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Veronica Mars, The Thaw, Killjoys
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About the Character
Joe, who runs local watering hole Blue Farm, is the eye of the storm this season. His affair with Cynthia complicates Tom Fuller’s murder trial, as do his long-held feelings for Georgia. “I think it’s the best season yet on paper,” the actor said during filming.
Blue Farm’s food (and wine) offers respite to the characters this season, and like his character, Ablack is drawn to the kitchen. “In real life I really like to cook too, like YouTube tutorials on things,” says Ablack. “I want to sign up for George Brown [College] for their three-month culinary program.”
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Narcos, Orphan Black
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Nathan Mitchell
as Zion Miller
About the Character
Zion, Ginny’s dad, steps in to take care of Ginny and Austin given everything Georgia is dealing with, but sometimes his approach causes more harm than good. His girlfriend Simone (Vinessa Antoine) helps guide him to be the best dad he can be.
“I think Zion has operated with the notion of ‘Georgia knows best’ and really deferring to her wants and needs that take up all the space in the room when it comes to Ginny,” says Mitchell. “He’s learning that he also has a right as a father to take up space in her life in the same way Georgia wants to take up space. There’s a respect for her as a mother that he has, but … [he also] has the right to Ginny just as much as Georgia does.”
Previously In
The Boys, Supernatural
About the Character
High-powered lawyer and girlfriend to Zion, Simone plays an unexpected role this season.
“I think she’s a wonderful match for Zion,” says Karen LeBlanc, who plays Zion’s mom, of Simone. “She’s not a pushover. And she’s got all the credentials that Lynette was wanting for her son, Harvard grad, the HBCU.”
Previously In
Grey’s Anatomy, Plan B
Karen LeBlanc
as Lynette Miller
About the Character
With Georgia a little busy, Zion’s mother Lynette comes into her own as Ginny’s grandmother this season. Although her approach may be a little bumpy at points, her bond with both Ginny and Georgia grows.
“It’s a really lovely arc in the way it’s come together,” says LeBlanc. “She shows up as what Georgia’s maybe always wanted and needed, and right on time.”
Previously In
The Kings of Napa, Lovecraft Country
Jennifer Robertson
as Ellen Baker
About the Character
Ellen is Georgia’s neighbor and best friend — and her loyalty is put to the test this season. Ellen is married to Clint (Chris Kenopic), and as mom to Max (Sara Waisglass) and Marcus (Felix Mallard), she has her hands full with the teens’ ups and downs.
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Schitt’s Creek
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Sabrina Grdevich
as Cynthia Fuller
About the Character
Cynthia and Georgia’s frenemyship comes to a head this season after the latter is accused of killing the former’s husband. Cynthia has a lot on her plate in addition to mourning her husband — her relationship with Joe, parenting Zack as a single mom, and testifying during the highly publicized trial.
Grdevich hopes her character gets some relief after all that she’s had to deal with. “It’s hard being a single mom and just trying to kind of keep your head above water,” says the actor. “So I [hope she is able to] find some joy in that — in real estate or whatever it is that she gets into — to potentially maybe find love. Maybe it’s some sort of sexual awakening, because she didn’t have that before.”
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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About the Character
Silver and Marcus often skateboard together, but this season, she spends some time with the other Baker twin, Max. Laid-back Silver and type-A Max’s clashing personalities prove to be challenging, however, and their budding romance weathers some ups and downs.
Previously In
The Bold Type, Anne with an E
Damian Romeo
as Matt Press
About the Character
Many things may be different this season, but Press being a jerk will never change. Between taunting remarks to Ginny about her mom’s arrest to mistreating Abby, Press does nothing to make the already stressful climate at school easier.
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Pins & Needles, Surfacing
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About the Character
Also known to Ginny’s friends as “Poetry Guy,” Wolfe meets Ginny in their supplemental poetry class. Wolfe is the easygoing life of the party — an antidote to everything else Ginny has to deal with this season.
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American Crime, Brushstrokes
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About the Character
Tris, who uses they/them pronouns, is friends with Marcus, Silver, and the other people who hang out in “red” (the plush red beanbags in the school hallway). When they’re not skateboarding, brainy Tris tutors peers — which is how they start spending time with Abby. The two strike an unlikely but sweet bond that helps Abby in and out of the classroom.
Previously In
The Last of Us, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Alex Mallari Jr.
as PI Gabriel Cordova
About the Character
First hired by Georgia’s ex-husband Kenny’s (Darryl Scheelar) ex-wife (Megan Fahlenbock), Gabriel has been lurking in Georgia’s orbit for some time now. This season, he’s shed his fake identity as Nick’s boyfriend Jesse, but his vendetta amps up during Georgia’s trial.
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Nikki Roumel
as young Georgia
About the Character
In a series of flashbacks, we learn more about Georgia’s past, and how she came to be the way she is. From her romantic scuffles to parenting two children by herself, what remains consistent is Georgia’s scrappiness and determination to keep Ginny and Austin safe — no matter the cost.
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Designated Survivor, Holly Hobbie
