Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk

**Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk** is the seventh episode of the first season of Ginny & Georgia. It premiered on February 24, 2021. It is written by Ali Laventhol and Tawnya Bhattacharya, and directed by Aleysa Young.

## Synopsis

*On Ginny's 16th birthday, Georgia tries to smooth things over by organizing a surprise party for her — but Ginny and her friends have other big plans.*

## Plot

Mother and daughter continue to be at a crossroads.

Ginny narrates that Georgia always “goes big” for birthdays and pretends that nothing is wrong. Despite Ginny still being angry with her, Georgia sings happy birthday to her daughter who has just turned 16. Ginny queries if now that she’s 16, if she will be treated as an adult. She further asks if the two will share secrets, like the fact that Georgia’s real name is Mary. Georgia plants the cake in Ginny’s face and says, “Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk” instead.

At school, Ginny’s friends have arranged decorations for her sixteenth birthday. Hunter arrives and does a tap-dancing performance for Ginny to the song “Happy Birthday”. He has a dance troupe with him joining in. Marcus looks on, and looks visibly frustrated.

At Joe’s cafe, Ellen and Georgia have a few drinks. Georgia and Joe briefly talk about the other night where they had a slight moment. Maxine joins and asks Georgia how you know when you are in love. She gives Max her reasons to know. Also, Georgia and Maxine are arranging a secret party for Ginny. At home, Ginny is still mad and asks her mother for a real conversation and storms off.

As Ginny plays the piano in her room, Marcus sneaks in and plays it. He gives her a birthday gift. It’s a painting of her. They hug, and as sexual tensions rise, Ginny tells him that she has a boyfriend. She then brings up Padma and tells Marcus he’s inconsiderate about her feelings. As a double blow, Ginny tells Marcus that she’s planning to have sex with Hunter.

During family breakfast, Paul joins, and Ginny starts listing boyfriends that her mother has had. Suddenly, her friends come over for a birthday surprise. There’s a makeup corner, pedicures, and hairstyling. Ginny is still not happy with her mother and has other plans. She sweetens up her mother and asks for a champagne toast for her birthday. When her mother opens the cabinet, her friends raid it for alcohol.

Nick comes over with her boyfriend Jesse, who is really Gabriel Cordova, a private investigator looking into Georgia. Nick joins in for karaoke dressed in drag as an Avril Lavigne impersonator. In the kitchen, Georgia and Gabriel small talk; Georgia calls him Gabriel, which freaks him out. She knows he is a private investigator. When she walks off, Gabriel takes a call about Kenny’s medical record which makes it seem likeKenny’s heart attack was suspicious.

After the surprise birthday, the girls pretend to have a slumber party in Ginny’s bedroom, but they get ready and sneak out to go to another party. Hunter talks to Ginny privately in a bedroom. They end up hooking up, and Ginny tells Hunter that she’s on the pill and gives him consent for everything. Hunter tells her it’s her birthday, so he goes down on her. Meanwhile, Maxine hooks up with Sophie. She keeps overthinking it and wants music and candles as she wants to lose her virginity. Sophie tells Maxine that they can chill as she senses that she isn’t ready. Maxine appreciates that she understands.

With the mother and daughter at war with each other, Georgia goes to Ginny’s bedroom and sees that they have sneaked out to a party at Maxine’s house. She reports a noise violation at Maxine’s. The party continues, and Ginny gets very drunk. She tells everyone that she loves them and gives a speech, where she admits she never had friends before and calls them her family. The police then show up, and everyone runs. Paul tells Georgia that Ginny is being put into a police car, but Georgia pours a glass of wine and tells Paul she’s going to bed. She goes into her bedroom and screams into a pillow.

Years early, Georgia has turned 16, but finds herself with social services. They reveal that they have evidence that she ran an underground poker club and is also guilty of money laundering. They tell her that Ginny will be placed into foster care for a few months while proving she can provide care for her. An emotional Georgia insists she will do things the right way; even hinting that she’s about to get married.

In the present day, Paul picks up Ginny from the police station. He tells her she’s a good kid and a great sister and that Austin is lucky to have her. Paul also admits he loves her mother. Ginny tells Paul she’s never seen her mother this happy.

Ginny returns home, and Georgia tells her she cannot lie and she’s furious. Ginny calls her a lie-pro. Georgia insists that she keeps secrets to keep her safe but then goes into a rant that she was abused by her stepdad her whole childhood and was molested most nights while her mother was asleep in the next room, which is why she ran away at 14. She then tells Ginny she has been homeless and been in jail.

Ginny is impacted emotionally by her mother’s rant and throws up. She apologizes for sneaking out and the abuse her mother went through. Georgia tells her she’s okay, but the abuse never really leaves her. She shows Ginny a photo of her and her father when they were younger. Georgia admits she needs to act like Ginny is growing up, and Ginny admits that she needs to mature. While eating cake, Ginny tells Georgia that Hunter went down on her.

Georgia leaves the room and tells Ginny that they are broke because Kenny’s ex-wife contested the will. Ginny narrates that Georgia always pushes them to be strong, but she gets it now as she now knows her mother was protecting them. She loves her mother, but she doesn’t want to be her. Ginny wishes her father was here.

## 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
* Dan Beirne as Nick
* Humberly González as Sophie Sanchez
* Alex Mallari Jr. as PI Gabriel Cordova
* Sabrina Grdevich as Cynthia Fuller
* Damian Romeo as Matt Press

### Co-Starring

* Ainslie Adrian as Beth
* Brian Coffey as Grumpy Man
* Colton Gobbo as Jordan
* Connor Laidman as Zach
* Jelena Savic as Brenda
* Nikki Roumel as Teenage Georgia Miller
* Nathan Mitchell as Zion Miller
* Shant Srabian as Lawyer
* Tonjha Richardson as Police Officer
* Tyssen Smith as Brodie
* Karly Bon as Tap Dancer #1
* Mathieu Handfield as Tap Dancer #2
* Justina Janzen as Tap Dancer #3
* Andrew Kyrzyk as Tap Dancer #4
* Alicia Turner as Stunt Coordinator
* Luke Bontius as Stunt Zion

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11246158/?ref\_=tt\_ep\_nx