Pilot

***Pilot*** is the first episode of the first season of Ginny & Georgia. It premiered on February 24, 2021. It is written by Sarah Lampert, and directed by Anya Adams.

## Synopsis

*Georgia Miller arrives in the quaint New England town of Wellsbury with her daughter, Ginny, and her son, Austin, and quickly makes a big impression.*

## Plot

At her school in Texas, Ginny mentions how she got the sex talk when she was seven years old from her mother. Her mom went onto tell Ginny that in the end, “all men want is sex” and that she should always get something in return. She calls it a really effective sex talk as she’s still a virgin. Ginny then receives bad news that her stepfather has been in an accident, and he didn’t make it.

At her stepfather’s funeral, Georgia, who is Ginny’s mother, has the tears flowing. But all around them, the guests whisper that she was in the marriage for the money.

Sometime later, Georgia has decided that they need to leave their lives in Texas behind, and start fresh somewhere else. The place that Georgia has decided to move her family is to happen to be in Wellsbury, Massachusetts. When they arrive at the town, Ginny clearly likes it, while Georgia checks out the men. At their new home, their neighbor from across the street introduces herself as Ellen after having a meltdown over her catching her son Marcus smoking weed in public. Eventually, Georgia reveals she gave birth to Ginny, her first child at 15 years old. Later that night, Ginny happens to notice Marcus across the road, sneaking out of his room and she’s instantly interested.

The next morning, Georgia gets to know the other mothers on the first day at school. Rather quickly, Georgia easily adapts to her new environment. Austin, her youngest child is nervous about her first day of school. Other parents introduce themselves to Georgia. With the leader of this group of parents mentioning that they are worried about the fast-food options being offered to their kids. Georgia pretends that she cares and accepts the invitation to a meeting this group of parents will have with the town’s mayor to discuss the issue.

Meanwhile, Ginny attends her first class, and despite the many times she corrects her teacher, he insists on calling her by Virginia, which is her full name. Eventually she gets fed up with the way her teacher treats her that she decides to speak her mind. Thus, she proceeds to tell her teacher that the syllabus is white male-dominated, and she wants it to be receiving a more stimulating education. The teacher says he doesn’t like political grandstanding and outbursts. However Maxine, one of her fellow classmates puts her hand up and defends Ginny.

After a class, Marcus introduces himself to Ginny. He tells her that her mother asked for weed off him. Maxine tells Marcus to leave her new friend alone and then reveals he is her twin brother. She introduces Ginny to her friends and asks them to be nice.

Georgia decides to check out one of the popular restaurants in town in hopes of meeting Paul Random, the town’s mayor. When said man walks in to get his favorite order to go, Georgia stands up and acts like it was an accident that she accidentally knocked over his food. She offers to pay for his lunch and eat with him. Paul talks about the cafe owner Joe, who also runs a farm where he helps kids intern unpaid in agriculture and he apparently makes great hummus. Georgia and Paul enjoy their lunch. Eventually, Georgia asks if she can help him in politics and calls herself a fast learner. While paying for the meal, her card is declined, so Paul pays, and tells her that he isn’t hiring right now.

Elsewhere, Maxine takes Ginny out for tacos, and she sees her mother with the mayor and looks annoyed by it. Ginny then heads to Maxine’s house, and they chill. Maxine asks Ginny if she’s ever had a boyfriend because her friend Hunter is interested. Ginny reveals she’s never had a boyfriend. She then talks about her mother, and how she always wants to find a guy, and then they move time and time again as a result. Maxine tells her not to move again because she likes her.

At the house, and while Maxine leaves the room momentarily, Marcus asks Ginny if she’s stalking him and he walks up to her. She’s extremely nervous being close to him, but he was grabbing some weed that was stashed in her sister’s room.

When Ginny leaves Maxine’s house, she cheekily gets on Marcus’s motorbike and rides it around the block. Marcus is angry, but Ginny kisses him to calm him down. After the kiss, another girl arrives to pick Marcus up. When Ginny returns home, Georgia is furious at her and tells her to stay away from Marcus and that she taught her to have a better life. Ginny says that she saw her with a new man today and slams the door on her.

Georgia’s card keeps getting declined, so she rings her lawyer Marty about her deceased husband Kenny’s money. She says it is hers and wants him to sort it out. Marty reveals that Kenny’s ex-wife believes that she used him for the money. At school, she gets her son Austin to punch Zach in the nose because he broke his glasses. Georgia then pretends that Zach has a nose bleed and brings him to her mother.

Maxine arranges a date between Hunter and Ginny; who admits to being nervous because she’s never been on a date before. But then Ginny is embarrassed even further as her mother shows up to school so they can make up after their recent argument. They enjoy a car picnic, where she asks Ginny for forgiveness. Eventually Georgia admits that she saw Ginny making the same mistakes she did when she witnessed Ginny on Marcus’s bike, which brought back memories with a boy she got involved with. Ginny tells her mother that Marcus is a jerk and has her first-ever date with someone else. Georgia hopes the boy is a “Zuckerberg”.

Hunter wants to get straight to talk about their lives on the date. Ginny is surprisingly enjoying herself. When Hunter drops her off, Ginny gets super nervous and instead of kissing her, he hugs her instead. Georgia hoots at them, and Ginny is furious at the lack of boundaries.

Later on, Ellen heads over to hang out with Georgia and bring with her Marcus’ weed. Ellen reveals that Maxine is gay. Georgia states that Austin’s father is in prison after she framed him. Ellen can’t tell if she’s joking and they both laugh over this comment. The two mothers then head to the parents’ group meeting that the mayor chairs. Georgia introduces Joe to the room and tells the parents that he owns a farm and will provide a healthy, locally grown, organic lunch option to the school district. However, Joe reveals that Georgia blackmailed him by reporting him for having unpaid interns work full time if he didn’t agree.

The mayor is impressed with Georgia after helping him out of a tight spot and asks her if she can start working for him.

Later that night, Marcus sneaks into Ginny’s bedroom and asks if she likes Hunter. She tells him she does, but then he kisses her. He tells her he can’t stop thinking about her, so Ginny returns the kiss, and they hook up. The teens get into bed together and have sex. Afterwards, as Ginny is about to tell him that she has just lost her virginity, Marcus tells her that he’s got to get going. He also wants her to keep it a secret because of Padma, plus he doesn’t want Ginny to ruin her chances with Hunter.

Years earlier, a younger Georgia is being attacked by her father. She escapes the house, and eventually a woman notices her black eye and tells her that she should sting first if she sees a bee. Teenage Georgia ends up at a bar and talks to a teenager named Zion who has a fake ID to drink some alcohol. He buys her a beer and the pair hit it off very quickly.

Sometime later, Ginny tells Georgia that Kenny is not her father. Georgia points out that her birth father isn’t really around. Afterward, Kenny gets inappropriately handsy with Ginny.

At school, Ginny sees Macrus hooking up with his girlfriend against the locker. In that moment, Ginny mentions how her mother always talked about power and control. She realizes that after the passion she felt towards Marcus doesn’t pan out like she hoped, now power is starting to look good. She approaches Padma and tells her she has something on her shirt. Marcus gets nervous with this exchange, believing Ginny was going to reveal that two of them had sex. But then Ginny states that for the first time in her life, she’s starting to understand her mother.

Sometime earlier, as a result, Kenny being inappropriate towards Ginny, Georgia gave Kenny a protein shake with wolfsbane blended into it before he left the house. As he was driving, the wolfsbane mixed into the smoothie caused him to have a heart attack.

## Cast

* Antonia Gentry as Ginny Miller
* Diesel La Torraca as Austin Miller
* Jennifer Robertson as Ellen Baker
* Felix Mallard as Marcus Baker
* Sara Waisglass as Maxine Baker
* Scott Porter as Mayor Paul Randolph
* Raymond Ablack as Joe
* Katie Douglas as Abby Littman
* Chelsea Clark as Norah
* Jonathan Potts as Mr. Gitten
* Sabrina Grdevich as Cynthia Fuller

### Co-Starring

* Alisen Down as Bev
* Brittany Spiteri as Pretty Girl
* Catherine Tait as Saleswoman #2
* Cole Depner as Jock Bully
* Colton Gobbo as Jordan
* Connor Laidman as Zach
* Darryl Scheelar as Kenny Drexel
* Devyn Nekoda as Riley
* Ellora Patnaik as Bhanu
* Geoff Scovell as Ed Atkins
* Geoff Williams as Police Officer
* George Buza as Marty
* Hayley Festeryga as Cool Girl
* Jailin Daley as Hot Guy
* Jennifer Baker as Mourner #1
* Jhene Erwin as Mourner #2
* Kyle Bary as Teenage Zion Miller
* Megan Fahlenbock as Amber Lynn Driscoll
* Nickolas Franco as Nerd
* Nikki Roumel as Teenage Georgia Miller
* Nola Martin as Saleswoman
* Rebecca Ablack as Padma
* Tommie-Amber Pirie as Susan
* Tyssen Smith as Brodie
* Neil Davison as Stunt Coordinator
* Dana Jones as Stunt Ginny
* Mathieu Ledoux as Stunt Marcus
* Jacqueline Legere as Stunt Teenage Georgia
* Joel Labelle as Stunt Teenage Zion
* Christine Cleary as Stunt Susan

## References

1. ↑ The Wrap
2. ↑ Writers Guild of America West