Mayor Paul Randolph is a main character in Ginny & Georgia. He is the deuteragonist turned antagonist and the former mayor of Wellsbury, Massachusetts. He is portrayed by Scott Porter.
History[]
Background[]
Paul grew up in a well-off family.
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
Paul is the mayor of Wellsbury, Massachusetts. He meets Georgia at Blue Farm, who suggests she give her a job, and he tells her he'll think about it. Eventually, he hires her and they form a friendship. Paul even offers to babysit Austin one night as a favor to Georgia. Paul finds credit cards opened in Austin's name at Georgia's house and confronts her about it, but she lies and says it was Austin's dad who did that.
Georgia helps Paul plan several initiatives for the town, including a casino night. Her efforts are a success and impress Paul. Eventually, they go out on a date and start a relationship.
Cynthia challenges Paul for the mayor's seat, and they run against each other. However, Paul ends up winning another term.
Season 2[]
Paul and Georgia's relationship progresses. He asks her to marry him, and she says yes. He takes her to meet his parents, which doesn't go as expected. They start planning the wedding, and Paul reserves Georgia's dream spot using his connections as mayor.
Paul moves in with Georgia and begins to develop a closer relationship with her kids. He changes the town budget, which upsets some parents in town because the school budget has been decreased. Paul's parents try to talk him out of the wedding, but he's set on it and in love with Georgia.
Georgia decides to come clean about her past and tell Paul everything except for the murders. She explains how Gil is blackmailing her and that Austin shot him. Shocked, Paul leaves.
Paul asks Georgia to come into his office to explain what’s happening with Gil to the police. Paul hires a family lawyer to prevent Gil from starting a custody battle. Paul tells Georgia he’s mad, but he loves her and that they are a team. The wedding is still on.
Season 3[]
This Wouldn't Even Be a Podcast[]
Paul visits Georgia in prison and listens to her vent her anxiety and frustrations about the situation surrounding her case.
Later, Paul prepares Austin something to eat, and when Ginny arrives, he gives them an update on what he knows about their mother. They all later visit her and learn that the judge presiding over her case is someone named Judge Matthews, whom Paul says Georgia knows, and he occasionally goes golfing with Judge Matthews.
When they arrive home, they find Zion there, who has made dinner for them all, and he coaxes Ginny to attend the poetry class he signed her up for. Paul later talked to Zion about whether or not he thinks Georgia had killed Tom or not despite hating Cynthia.
On the day of Georgia's arraignment, Paul and Georgia's children attend.
Beep Beep Freaking Beep[]
Paul leaves the bedroom while looking at a depressed Georgia, who lies on her bed.
Afterward, Paul joins his family for breakfast and explains to Austin that he doesn't want to go to school because he doesn't want to go to work.
At work, Paul gets a bunch of cold stares from his staff and, after entering his office, pulls down his shades. Nick soon enters the room to inform him about one of the councilors introducing new legislation to introduce big businesses into the town. On the other hand, Nick was far too concerned about his personal life than what was being pushed by the council. Paul then demands that Nick leave after he asks for a statement on Georgia's situation.
That night, Nick sits at the table and eats with his family, asking how all of their days were. Soon, Zion arrives, offering to take Ginny to her poetry class, but Ginny has her mode of transportation. Paul offers Zion a place to stay for dinner, which Zion agrees to.
The next day, Georgia recites a Winston Churchill quote to her family, and Paul uses it later at work during a brief, informal meeting with his staff.
After work, Paul arrives home to find Zion and his mother, Lynette, there eating dinner at his dining room table. He eats with them for a while until an argument starts to break out between them, so Paul takes Austin upstairs.
Friends Can Dance[]
Paul visits the Blue Farm Cafe, where he greets a table of ladies talking with each other, and after picking up his order from Joe, hears from him that he visited his house the night of Tom's murder.
Returning home, Paul listens to an antsy Georgia wanting him to check on their neighbor, who wears nothing but animal shirts and wants to convince him to wear a navy blue shirt she purchased for him. Under pressure from Georgia, Paul does it.
The next day, Josh listens in on Josh asking Georgia about what happened the night of the murder and chimes in a couple of times when she omits something about what had happened. Before Josh leaves, Paul talks to him and confesses to him that Georgia may have omitted several things about her checkered past, but Josh already knew about. However, Josh does claim that while Georgia isn't on trial for her past, she is for her present situation, he doesn't believe what people tell him at as a default.
That night, Paul watches a high school musical marathon with Georgia and Austin.
The next night, Paul sees Georgia browsing through shoes for Ginny to wear at the dance on her phone.
In his office, Nick tries to quit, but Paul blackmails Nick into staying and demands that he reveal all he knows about Georgia.
Returning home after he chatted with Nick, Paul tells Georgia that what Nick wanted to speak to him about was nothing.
The Bitch Is Back[]
Leaving for work, Paul acts coldly toward Georgia, who had told him that Josh would be by later to discuss what he had discovered.
Afterward, Paul appears on the public access channel, where Councilor David Mann proposes that they repeal the town's law prohibiting big businesses from entering the town. Joe voices his opposition to this, and Paul agrees, but David proposes that the people vote on this instead.
Returning home from work, Paul again acts coldly toward Georgia.
The next day, Georgia contacts Paul in his office and suggests that, as a way to combat David's proposal, they do a shopping-style block party called Lawnfest. Despite Nick and Paul's apprehension, they agree it's a great idea.
On the day of Lawnfest, Paul attends it with Nick, and they remark that only Georgia can throw a party while being on trial for murder.
Afterward, Paul makes out with Georgia in their bedroom because of the booming success of Lawnfest.
On the first day of Georgia's trial, Paul attends it with Austin and Ginny.
Boom Goes the Dynamite[]
After attending Georgia's court trial and watching her lambast Josh over his performance in court, Paul leaves to get some fresh air, but never returns home. For the rest of the day, he was at the Blue Farm Cafe drinking until Joe had to close shop. Because Paul was too drunk to return home, Joe brought him back to his office to rest for the night.
The next day, Georgia informs Ginny and Austin that Paul hasn't returned home, leading Austin to assume he might be leaving them.
Meanwhile, at Paul's office, Nick awakens Paul and suggests that he release a statement about Georgia, but Paul doesn't want to give one. Still, Nick insists on releasing a statement and divorcing Georgia, but Paul deflects this and tries to get up to get some coffee, but is unable to as he's too groggy.
Later that day, Paul returns home and asks that Zion, who was talking to Georgia, leave while he speaks with his wife. After Zion does, he tells Georgia he'll be staying with his parents for a while, and Georgia is upset over this and asks if he'll still attend her court trial dates. Unamused by that last remark, Paul calls Georgia out for being selfish, and Georgia snaps at Paul, telling him if he wants to leave, then he can.
Later, Nick and Paul watch a news report about Georgia's trial and her past.
The next day, after Georgia, Ginny, and Austin arrive home, Paul tells them that if the press sets foot on the lawn, call him or the police, and that a police escort will take the kids to school the next day. He then consoles a devastated Austin with a hug and then takes his leave.
At Least It Can't Get Worse[]
Georgia contacts Paul and informs him that Nick testified in court for her and that someone threw a brick through her window. Concerned, Paul asks Georgia if she's alright, which she snidely confirms she is. Paul then hangs up the phone to talk to Paul. Nick informs him that David Mann wants to hold a recount election and suggests he reconsider his stance on Prop 38, but Paul refuses, as he campaigned on behalf of small businesses. He then asks Nick if he did testify against Georgia, and Nick confirms that he was subpoenaed to do so. Nick then goes on a tirade about having to live with his parents and the collapse of his political career, that he needs time to think, but Nick warns him he has little time to do so.
Eventually, Zion meets with Paul at the Blue Farm Cafe, and he accuses Paul of withholding that Gil abused Georgia and that Austin shot Gil to protect Georgia. To his confession, Paul knew and should have told him, but since he was going through a lot. Paul also confesses that he wanted to earn custody of Austin, but couldn't, and that the kids are now having supervised visits with Georgia.
That’s Wild[]
Paul is briefly mentioned in a conversation between Josh and Georgia, in which it's heavily advised that he attend her court dates. He's mentioned again during Georgia's supervised visit with Austin and Ginny.
Later, Georgia contacts Paul, who had some divorce paperwork on his desk, and Georgia's self-centered attitude about her trial, rather than his political career, makes him hang up on her.
One night, after finally conceding to go through the divorce, Nick contacts Georgia to have a meeting with her. Georgia agrees, and when they meet, she reveals to him she's pregnant.
Is That a Packed Lunch?[]
Paul enters Georgia's home one day with his belongings. He also decides to sleep on the couch instead of upstairs.
On Georgia's next trial date, he attends, drawing everyone's positive attention.
The next day, Paul tells Georgia he saw one of the neighbors run away butt naked while being chased by his wife, threatening to divorce him.
The following day, Georgia makes Paul lunch for him, and Paul joyfully eats it at work, where Nick questions if it was a packed lunch.
Eventually, Paul has a heart-to-heart with Zion about being a father, and the conversation makes Paul realize that Georgia wasn't truly pregnant. This causes an irreparable rift to separate the two, and Paul announces on the news the next day that he's divorcing Georgia, while allowing Prop. 38 to go through. He also says no comment on whether or not Georgia is guilty.
Monsters[]
Paul drinks at the Blue Farm Cafe, where he confides in Joe about how it may be his last day as Mayor because he voted for Prop. 38, alongside his disdain for Georgia. He also confided in Joe that Georgia faked a pregnancy so he'd stay with her, which Joe wanted to know more about, but Paul wasn't giving any details about.
On the day of the recall vote, Nick and Paul sit in Paul's office, where he demands Nick give him an apology for suggesting he divorce Georgia after she was exonerated and agree to Prop. 38. The jackhammer noise outside was also annoying them.
Later that day, Nick informs Paul that he has been recalled as mayor, but suggests that he run again; however, Paul fires Nick.
That night, Georgia apologized to Paul and returned his wedding rings to him. Paul stated that Georgia brought out the worst in him, but Georgia argued that she didn't bring out anything that he didn't already have within him.
Personality[]
Paul is a very friendly guy with a good heart.
Physical Appearance[]
Paul is tall and well built, with brown hair.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Paul has two parents who live in a large house together. He also has a younger brother named Chris, whom he mentions in Episode 4 of Season 2 when discussing Austin’s possible need for a 504 plan at school.
Friends[]
Romances[]
Georgia Miller: Paul's former wife.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- Pilot
- It's A Face Not A Mask
- Next Level Rich People Shit
- Lydia Bennett is Hundo A Feminist
- Boo, Bitch
- I'm Triggered
- Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk
- Check One, Check Other
- Feelings Are Hard
- The Worst Betrayal Since Jordyn and Kylie
Season 2[]
- Welcome Back, Bitches!
- Why Does Everything Have to Be So Terrible, All the Time, Forever?
- What Are You Playing at, Little Girl?
- Happy My Birthday to You
- Latkes Are Lit
- A Very Merry Ginny & Georgia Christmas Special
- Let Us Serenade the Sh*t Out of You
- Hark! Darkness Descends!
- Kill Gil
- I'm No Cinderella
Season 3[]
- This Wouldn't Even Be a Podcast
- Beep Beep Freaking Beep
- Friends Can Dance
- The Bitch Is Back
- Boom Goes the Dynamite
- At Least It Can't Get Worse
- That's Wild
- Is That a Packed Lunch?
- It's Time for My Solo
- Monsters
Gallery[]
See Also[]
| Main Characters |
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Virginia Miller • Georgia Miller • Austin Miller • Ellen Baker • Marcus Baker • Maxine Baker • Paul Randolph • Joe Singh |
| Recurring Characters |
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Hunter Chen • Abby Littman • Norah Cohen • Zion Miller • Nick Throop • Gil Timmins • Cynthia Fuller • Sophie Sanchez • Gabriel Cordova • Matt Press • Jordan • Brodie • Mr. Gitten • Zach Fuller • Riley Nichols • Padma Atlurie • Maddie Atkins • Bev Cohen • Bhanu • Clint Baker • Samantha • Bracia Charles • Lynette Miller • Corbin Miller • Kenny Drexel |