Ain't That Good News

*Series: A Girl Named Jo*

"**Ain't That Good News**" is the sixth episode in the first season of *A Girl Named Jo*, and the sixth episode overall. It aired on August 7, 2018.

## Synopsis

*Cathy visits Fiona Hovac, while Bobby reveals a shocking truth to Jo.*

## Plot

Cathy visits the local retirement home in an attempt to see if Fiona Hovac is there, alive. She goes up to the front desk holding a phalaenopsis and tells the woman there that she is her granddaughter. The woman say that she is still holding on and that she can show her to the room, Cathy says she will wash herself off and find it herself, so she walks down the hallway and find Fiona Hovac's room and goes inside.

Meanwhile at school, just after class, Principal Hurley walks in noticing that Cathy has skipped school again and asks to speak to Jo. He mentions that Cathy hasn't reminded him anything about the Phoenix Fest and that it's just two weeks away and unorganized. Jo responds by saying that they were working on other things, and then Hurley says that due to the mess, he has been replaced Cathy as committee chair with Alice, and Jo was not happy at all.

Junior is shooting hoops at the basketball court, Allen catches the ball and decides to join him and seems to get along with him very well. Meanwhile at the hospital, Cathy is in Fiona Hovac's. Fiona takes the phalaenopsis and asks Cathy if her daughter Jane is with her, she responds by saying that Jane has been gone for 10 years and that she hasn't been seen since the fire incident in 1950. Fiona said that she remembered the day of the fire, then they hear a knock at the door, Cathy hides and the woman from the desk comes holding flowers, she leaves them on the dresser and sees Fiona staring at the phalaenopsis in shock knowing what happened to her daughter Jane.

Allen and Junior are still at the court shooting hoops. Junior claims that he knows that Allen is the son of Lenny Alvarez, Allen starts to wonder why he's still hanging out with him knowing this, then Junior says that he doesn't make the measure off him based on what his father did years ago. Allen told Junior about that happened before he and his mother moved away and says that he's innocent, then Junior tells him not to worry about the past and keep moving forward. then says that him and Allen are cool unless he breaks Jo's heart thinking he might ask her to the Phoenix fest. Allen claims that him and Jo are not at good terms at the moment and asks Junior if he could put in a word for him, Junior says he can't make any promises because his sister wouldn't listen to him.

Jo is at the diner eating a grilled cheese, then asks Bobby why he left Attaway in the first place, he responds by saying he never fit in when in Attaway because of something he did and can't be forgiven for it. He claims that Lenny Alvarez came to the diner before work, and order a beer, Bobby knowing he didn't want to drink alone offered to drink with him, so he poured 3 glasses for each of them. Lenny was drunk, Bobby asked if he was ok, and Lenny said that he was fine and left the diner to work at the factory which caused the fire. Bobby then wallowed in his grieve thinking that it was he was the one responsible for the fire happened and his sister death. Then Jo says that she forgives him, and then he tells her that if she's willing to forgive someone like him, she should do the same with Cathy and Allen and appreciate the people she loves and those who love her.

At the retirement home, Cathy approaches Fiona in an attempt to get information, claims that she is Frances Chambers, her daughter Jane's friend. Fiona asks where Jane is, she responds by saying that she is in the factory and its on fire, Fiona, who is now completely insane and has clearly lost her mind starts calling Jane's name, Cathy says she has to know about the fire incident and who started it, she asked if it was Lenny Alvarez, then Fiona, who goes insane thinking that she's Frances Atkins calls her a murderer. Cathy grabs a letter on the floor next to the crashed flower vase, quickly runs out of the room and leaves the building.

Meanwhile, Russell and Virginia are on the phone with Principal Hurley and are informed that Cathy has skipped school again. Russell tells Hurley that it won't happen again, then Cathy come in through the front door staring at the letter that reads "always thinking of you" from F.H. assuming its Franklin Hoover.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jules LeBlanc as Jo Chambers
* Addison Riecke as Cathy Fitzroy
* Reid Miller as Allen Alvarez
* Bella Shepard as Alice Hargrove
* Wes Armstrong as Bobby Atkins

### Recurring Cast

* Susan Grace as Fiona Hovac
* Rebecca Klingler as Ms. Gardener
* Ty Miller as Principal Hurley
* Christie Lynn Smith as Virginia Fitzroy
* Tom Kiesche as Russell Fitzroy