Virginia "Ginny" Miller is a 16-year-old teenager who lives in Wellsbury, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Georgia Miller and Zion Miller and the older maternal half-sister of Austin. She is portrayed by Antonia Gentry, while her baby counterpart is portrayed by Tianna and Tiara.
History[]
Background[]
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
Pilot[]
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 on to tell Ginny that in the end, “all men want is sex” and that women should "always get something in return." She calls it a very effective sex talk as she’s still a virgin. Ginny then receives bad news that her stepfather has been in an accident, and didn’t make it.
Now in Wellsbury, Massachusetts, Ginny notices Marcus across the road, sneaking out of his room.
The next day, Ginny attends her first class, and despite the many times she corrects her teacher, he insists on calling her Virginia. Eventually, she gets fed up with the way her teacher treats her and she decides to speak her mind. Thus, she proceeds to tell her teacher that the syllabus is white male-dominated, and she wants to receive a more stimulating education. The teacher says he doesn’t like political grandstanding and outbursts. However, Maxine, one of her classmates puts her hand up and defends Ginny.
After class, Marcus introduces himself to Ginny. He tells her that her mother asked him for weed. 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.
At lunch, Maxine takes Ginny out for tacos, and she sees her mother with the mayor and becomes annoyed. 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 in her to which she replies no. She then talks about her mother, and how she always finds a new guy, and they move time and time again because of it. Maxine tells her not to move again because she likes her.
At the house, when Maxine leaves the room momentarily, Marcus asks Ginny if she’s stalking him as he walks up to her. She was extremely nervous being close to him, but he was grabbing some weed that was stashed in his sister’s room.
When Ginny leaves Maxine’s house, she gets on Marcus’s motorbike and rides it around the block. Marcus is angry, and then Ginny kisses him which seems to calm him down. After the kiss, another girl arrives to pick Marcus up. When Ginny returns home, Georgia is upset with 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.
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 to even more when her mother shows up to school so they can make up after their recent argument. They enjoy a car picnic when 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 of a boy she got involved with. Ginny tells her mother that Marcus is a jerk and has her first-ever date with someone else.
Hunter wants to get straight to talk about their lives on the date. 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 embarrassed by the lack of boundaries.
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. 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.
In a flashback, Ginny and Georgia get into an argument when Ginny tells Georgia that Kenny is not her father. Georgia points out that her birth father isn’t around. Afterwards, Kenny gets inappropriately handsy with Ginny, which unbeknownst to Ginny or Kenny, Georgia witnessed.
At school, Ginny sees Marcus making out with his girlfriend against the locker. At 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 as she hoped, now the 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 the two of them had sex. But then Ginny states that for the first time in her life, she’s starting to understand her mother.
It's A Face Not A Mask[]
After sleeping with Marcus, Ginny heads to the pharmacy and asks for the plan B pill. She reads the leaflet inside the box to see the side effects during her anxiety about swallowing the pill, Maxine picks her up to go to a social gathering.
At the social gathering, the teens are smoking weed through a bong one of them made in a ceramic class. Ginny tries it for the first time.
Samantha tells Ginny that she once dated Hunter and all the girls talk about him. She then tells Ginny that she’s going to have a baby with a black man so she can have cute mixed babies. Ginny blatantly doesn’t like her, and it becomes obvious that references to skin colour are pissing her off. The topic of Star Is Born is brought up, and Ginny discusses all the versions. It becomes abundantly clear that this is her first time getting high, as she goes into way too much detail about the environment that she’s in.
When Ginny gets home, her mother wants all the gossip from the social gathering. She talks about her “first high experience”. Georgia asks Ginny to promise to talk to her before she loses her virginity. The mother and daughter swear to have no secrets from each other.
At school the next day, Ginny tells Marcus that it’s been weird since they had sex. When he brushes it off, she tells Marcus that she took a pill to be safe before walking off, looking annoyed. She drops a tampon in class, and it hits Hunter in the face, and she’s embarrassed. Afterwards, Hunter is understanding and offers Ginny some salty crisp as apparently, that will help. Ginny goes shopping with friends, and they start stealing clothes in a shop, however, they are caught.
In school the next day, Maxine tells Ginny that she got a lead in a show. She also tells Ginny to ignore Abby and the others and admits to feeling dismayed that they involved her in the shoplifting.
Ginny’s problems mount up, and in the evening, Marcus visits Ginny in her bedroom through the window. He asks her if they are cool. Ginny goes on a rant about how she feels left out in this town. She then admits to having just lost her virginity with him, and how she’s one of seven black kids in the school, and she’s been caught shoplifting. She then cries, and Marcus hugs her. It suddenly dawns on Marcus that it was her first time, and he kisses her. She kicks him out after he suggests they have sex again.
The next day, Norah and Abby visit Ginny. They bring her makeup and hang out with her. Ginny then narrates how makeup works best if no one knows you are wearing it because “it’s a face, not a mask”. She believes she hides like her mother too.
Next Level Rich People Shit[]
Ginny is conflicted romantically after she dreams about hooking up with Hunter. But then Marcus walks in, punches the boy, and then hooks up with Ginny.
In the morning, she tells her mother that she’s off to Sophomore Sleepover and asks for money. Not knowing that this is an issue since Georgia doesn’t have access to money due to Kenny’s ex-wife contesting the will.
Ginny understandably feels hurt over Marcus, and just as Ginny starts work at Joe’s cafe Marcus walks in and asks her to do “service with a smile”. Joe oversees the transaction and tells her not to be hostile to customers. Later on, Ginny enjoys socializing with friends and Hunter on social media. There are plenty of group messages and direct messages to her where Abby and Maxine bitch to her directly about each other.
Ginny and her group of friends head to the Sophomore Sleepover, prepped and ready. They all wear shirts with the first letter of their names which spells out MANG.
At the sophomore sleepover, Ginny asks her mother to stay out of her way. Once the party begins, Hunter kisses Ginny in the photo booth.
Later, one of the adults ruins Ginny’s hair. She ends up in the showers to sort it out and Marcus is in there as well. Ginny asks Marcus why he isn’t into the sleepover and he mentions that it’s not his thing. He then tells her that he doesn’t have a girlfriend because he doesn’t see Padma as someone he’s committed to. Ginny and Marcus jokingly do different accents together.
After a deep conversation about privilege, Marcus tears up and tells Ginny that his best friend died the previous year. As they are about to kiss, Georgia and Maxine enter, and they have to hide. When Maxine leaves, Georgia senses that someone is in the shower, but Georgia distracts her mother by leaving Marcus behind. Georgia calls the party “Next Level Rich People Shit”. They end up arguing, and Ginny calls her mother jealous because she never got to do social events like this.
When the Sophomore Sleepover finishes, Hunter asks Ginny if she will be his girlfriend and as he asks, Marcus walks by. She accepts his proposal, and Marcus looks annoyed.
Ginny narrates that her mother has big dreams and wants to give her this life; a life she never had.
Later on, just as Hunter puts her arm around her, Ginny sees Marcus.
Lydia Bennett is Hundo A Feminist[]
Ginny begins to feel insecure as Padma has now joined Hunter’s band, and all the boys call her hot. She’s also mad that she can’t get a moment alone with him.
Later, Ginny and her friends watch porn together and talk about sex in Maxine’s room. She admits to her friends that she has become frustrated that Hunter hasn’t done anything to her. Marcus listens in and hears Ginny say that “men prioritize their pleasure and do not know what they are doing”. When Ginny gets home, she poses on her bed with her top off, and her mother, Georgia, walks in. She sends the photo to Maxine first, and she approves before sending it to Hunter, who begins to type, and then he stops. Feeling underappreciated, she looks across the road and looks at Marcus, who immediately texts her. She sends the picture to Marcus, who calls her sexy. He asks for more pics. He then asks her if she finished herself by masturbating after they had sex. Ginny tells him she’s never had an orgasm; Marcus tells her to “touch herself” while he does the same. Ginny pretends to finish.
Ginny then becomes curious and uses her electric toothbrush to pleasure herself. The next morning, she gets a text from Hunter saying he’s sorry, but he was busy with homework and ended up falling asleep.
In class, Ginny talks about Lydia Bennet and her actions, and she asks whether she was shamed and gets angry when a few male students suggest she was a slut and misbehaved. In the middle of class, Georgia arrives at school and takes Ginny away to the clinic to put her on the pill. Ginny asks her mother how she knows what to do with men.
Ginny and her friends eventually decide to attend Battle of the Bands, where Hunter will be performing. Before Hunter goes on stage, Ginny tells Hunter that she feels he doesn’t like her. Hunter gets on stage and dedicates a song to Ginny. Marcus looks on, and he looks insanely jealous as Ginny looks happy and overwhelmed by the performance.
Afterwards, Hunter tells Ginny that he didn’t respond to the photo because he respects her. Ginny tells Hunter that she wants him to think she’s hot.
As Ginny lies to Hunter, she gets a text from Marcus, leaving her quite troubled and conflicted.
Boo, Bitch[]
Hunter’s song and performance about Ginny are now on YouTube. At school, Ginny’s popularity has risen dramatically with everyone greeting her, and seems to like it. Meanwhile, her friends are talking about a Halloween party.
While at work, Ginny overhears Padma and her friend; the friend tells her to drop Marcus because he will not commit to her. Her friends are at another table, and they decide to dress up as Britney Spears in some of her more iconic looks for the Halloween party. One of her friends shows her the video and the new views. Unfortunately, her eyes end up zeroing in on one of the comments which call her a “half breed”.
Ginny heads to Hunter’s house for dinner. The family loves the song Hunter made for her and makes some jokes at his expense. The conversation turns to Abby, where Ginny finds out that Abby’s parents are going through a divorce. Hunter’s mother starts to pressure her son about college recommendations. The topic of Ginny’s parents comes up, and Ginny rambles about her upbringing.
At the town’s annual Halloween festival, Ginny heads over with her friends, and they do face painting for people. Marcus turns up and tells her he wants “a heart” drawn on his face, so immaturely, she draws a penis on him instead. On the microphone at the festival, Cynthia announces that the Mayor was on a date with his assistant. She formally announces her candidacy for mayor of Wellsbury. Georgia thinks it’s a disaster and tells Ginny to take Austin home.
At the “Boos and Booze” party, Ginny and her friends reveal themselves to the rest of the partygoers in their Britney-themed costumes. As Ginny dances, Bracia turns up, and she’s bothered that Ginny has decided to dress up as Britney. Ginny then walks off a little irked and once again looks at the youtube video for the song Hunter dedicated to her, where she sees another comment saying, “this is the whitest black girl ever”, and she begins to cry.
At Marcus and Maxine’s house, Ginny apologizes to Marcus. Ginny puts Maxine to bed and keeps quiet, so Ellen doesn’t find out that her daughter is completely wasted. Marcus also helps out. He leaves his sister a bucket in case she is sick. Ginny apologizes to Marcus and admits to being a dick. She admits she doesn’t want to mess everything up with Maxine and everyone else. Marcus suggests that they be friends.
When Georgia returns home, there are a couple of people in the living room. When Ginny returns, she learns it’s her cousin Caleb and her aunt Maddie. Ginny is annoyed because her mother stated that she didn’t have any family and that her parents died. Maddie laughs, stating that their parents are not dead. Ginny is angry at her mother, but Georgia says they can stay the night. Ginny doesn’t believe Wellsbury has changed anything and states she will not be “trash” like her.
I'm Triggered[]
Ginny vents to Hunter about her mother. Hunter suggests she should try to get to know her mother a bit more and her extended family, but Ginny wonders what else her mother is lying about.
In the present day, while working and serving her friends, Maddie turns up, and Ginny is embarrassed.
Now that Ginny has established a group of friends, Ginny appears to be comfortable enough in confiding with them as much as possible, but her anxiety continues to build up.
Ginny tells Maxine and Marcus that Georgia has a sister whom she lied about. She states that all this secrecy is affecting her. Marcus suggests that she talk to her aunt to find out more. Ginny has to return home and look after Austin and Caleb because Maddie and Georgia are too drunk at Joe’s. Marcus and Maxine help her out.
Ginny eventually asks Maddie what her grandparents are like. She tells Ginny that her grandparents were crazy, and Georgia looked after her when they were younger. Maddie then reveals that she and Georgia do not have the same father.
At home the next day, Ginny finds a secret stash under the floorboards. It’s photos of Georgia and Maddie. She also finds a Blood Eyes jacket (the biker gang Georgia was in) and a pistol. Georgia returns home and believes she has an intruder, so she draws out a second pistol. She points it on Ginny.
Ginny wants answers, but Georgia tells her she is her family. Ginny calls her Mary, so Georgia slaps her. Later on, Georgia apologizes for slapping her; she believes if she knew her past, she wouldn’t look at her in the same way. Georgia then goes on to say that “the past needs to stay in the past”.
Ginny narrates that her mother deals with her problems by ignoring them. But she states it’s her life too. Sick of all the secrets and lies coming from her mother, Ginny rings her father.
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk[]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 in jail.
Ginny is impacted emotionally by her mother’s rant and throws up. She apologizes for sneaking out and for 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.
Check One, Check Other[]
After her sweet 16, Ginny and Georgia appear to have reached a good understanding with each other, but Zion coming back into their lives causes tension in their lives once more.
Meanwhile, the elections for the city’s mayor position continue heating up, now with Cynthia making personal attacks and focusing on Paul’s relationship with Georgia. This irks Ginny, who confides in Maxine that she is annoyed at the methods Cynthia is using.
The two girls then become privy to Marcus and Padma talking which leads to the two officially breaking things off. This reminds Ginny how every time her father and her mother get together, it always ends in pain.
A school, a national essay contest is announced, with the question being asked is “where do you belong?” and Ginny seems interested in it. As Abby needs Ginny in her “time of need”, Ginny’s father Zion turns up at the school with his leather jacket and motorbike helmet on. Hunter introduces himself as the boyfriend. Ginny rides back home with her father, and Marcus introduces himself to him as well. When they head inside, Zion calls Georgia “peach”.
Eventually Ginny tells her father about the essay contest and how she’s going to be writing about Wellsbury because she likes it here. Ginny subsequently reveals that Georgia is dating someone, which is a brief awkward moment.
Late into the night, Ginny tells her mother to be careful with her father as due to the Mayoral campaign, the whole town is watching. She likes Paul and has never seen her mother this happy. He wants Zion to be a father this time and not Georgia’s ex.
Ginny reads her essay to Zion, who tells her it reads well, but he wants to know if Wellsbury is her place. Ginny admits to feeling stressed out about it, knowing the essay helps with getting into colleges. Zion wants to know where Ginny belongs and takes her to a slam poetry night. Ginny brings up Georgia’s grandparents and sisters. Zion tells Ginny that her mother did everything she needed to be the “best mom”.
Ginny tells Zion that he needs him and wants him around longer and admits that she doesn’t want him to start something with her mother and leave again. Zion gets on the stage and talks about himself and Ginny and how his little girl is growing up. As part of his speech, he tells her he will stay around.
When they return home, they feel the wrath of Georgia, who has learned information she did not want to know. Georgia reveals that she saw Marcus sneaking into their window — she explains it in slam poetry form and comically calls it “Motherhood”. Ginny is in shock and states that they are just friends, but Georgia doesn’t buy it. Ginny calls her the worst mother in the world and storms off. Zion is smug that he knew about the vibe between Marcus and Ginny.
In class, Ginny reads out her essay. She does it in slam poetry form. She talks about being an imposter and always being in a box. The students love it, and Maxine rallies the applause. However, Ginny doesn’t win the round, Hunter does. She approaches the teacher, and he tells her it didn’t fit in the parameters and it was too unconventional. Ginny is understandably frustrated.
Meanwhile, Hunter hooks up with Ginny, and he’s nervous about taking it further. Ginny brings up the essay, where Hunter tells her that the essay was unconventional and the “rules were the rules”, further supporting the evidence that he does not understand her as much as Marcus. The pair argue about stereotypes and identity. It eventually turns to the two throwing insults at each other about “who is more white”. Hunter leaves as Ginny cries on her bed.
Later on, Ginny tells Zion that he’s black, and her mother is white. Zion tells her she will never be happy until she accepts who she is.
On the news, Norah’s mother reveals that there are guns in Georgia’s house to Cynthia.
Norah apologizes, but Ginny changes the conversation and asks Maxine if she had sex, and the girls all giggle.
As Ginny’s about to burn herself with a lighter on her legs, which is how she self-harms, Marcus comes through her bedroom window. He’s concerned about what she’s about to do. Ginny tells Marcus that their friendship is not healthy. Marcus tells Ginny that he loves her, but she laughs it off and tells him he’s incapable of anything real and tells him to get out. She says it with venom in her voice that seems to cut through Marcus deeply. He tears up, but she continues ordering him to get out.
Ginny then narrates how pain can be overpowering. As she narrates, Marcus rides off on his bike and a crash is heard in the distance.
Feelings Are Hard[]
Ginny narrates how everyone thinks that “love is beautiful”, but she disagrees as she believes it’s painful and inconvenient. She stays up late at night continuously texting Marcus trying to apologize.
The next morning, Georgia tells Ginny that Marcus is having a CAT scan but will be okay. Suddenly, she sees Marcus return, and she watches him with despair from the window.
Later, Georgia picks Ginny up from work, and they both sigh as they enter the car. They both talk about their complicated situations with men. Ginny tells Georgia not to blow up their lives due to their father. Georgia calls her moment with Zion a momentary lapse. When they get home, Zion is cooking for the family and Ellen’s family. He tells Georgia that they could work now, as they are adults.
Ginny visits Marcus’s room and tries speaking to him, but then Padma enters. She asks Ginny if she likes him and then tells her that he’s selfish and will hurt her. As Padma leaves, Ginny tells her not to tell anyone about her and Marcus.
Ginny tries again with Marcus and visits his room. This time he’s awake, and she apologizes for all the mean things she said. Marcus tells her he wasn’t ignoring her texts, and his phone is probably on the side of the road somewhere. The pair hug, and nearly kiss, and then Abby catches them. Abby tells Ginny that her friend Maxine is devastated right now and she is not going even to consider what she saw. She does warn Ginny that she is not breaking up the group and to stop being selfish.
Zion goes to see Ginny at work, and immediately Ginny senses that he’s leaving without her straight away and is dismayed that she believed he stayed. As he tries to explain, Ginny storms off.
Ginny visits Marcus in his bedroom. She tells him her father left but follows it with, “I think I love you too”. Ginny admits that she tried to fight it. She also admits that she loves Hunter too, but she thinks about Marcus all the time. Marcus grabs her, and they kiss, and it quickly turns sexual.
Afterwards, Marcus reveals to Ginny that he was a virgin when they first had sex and wanted her to think he was cool. Marcus then delves into how dark it got after his friend died, and he scared himself. He then brings up how he saw Ginny with the lighter about to self-harm. Ginny explains how the burning helps her concentrate on her exploding feelings. Marcus asks her to get help, and she agrees. Soon after, Hunter texts her, asking her if they can talk.
When Ginny returns home, Austin is in her room which makes her jump. He seems upset and shows how Georgia has been storing letters from him to his father. Ginny vows to send them to his father for him.
Later, Maxine finds Marcus’s phone and sees the texts between him and Ginny, including the photo where she is just wearing a bra.
The Worst Betrayal Since Jordyn and Kylie[]
At school the next day, Maxine and the others ignore Ginny. They know about her and Marcus. She tries to talk to Maxine in class, but she continues to ignore her. The teacher talks about the “N” word and says it can be an upsetting word and ends it with “right, Ginny?”. Overwhelmed by Maxine ignoring her and the teacher’s insensitive and quite racist discussion on the “N” word, Ginny heads into the bathroom, where she jumps into Bracia. They relate to the English teacher and believe he is the guy from Get Out. Bracia talks about how she can’t modify the same way Ginny can due to her darker skin colour.
At work, Ginny asks Samantha if she’s heard any rumours. Hunter then walks in and tells her he doesn’t want them to both ends their relationship and says, “I love you”. Ginny is in complete shock, and Joe has to remind her that she’s working. She’s not okay, so Joe pulls her aside — Ginny explains that in 24 hours, two different boys have told her they love her, but she only wants to be with Marcus.
Before Ginny heads out, Joe notices her handling a pair of super rare Ray-Bans. Ginny explains how her mother was given these glasses when she was younger, and it changed her life.
At a school play event, Ginny approaches Maxine backstage, and she reveals that she knows that she had sex with her brother before walking onto the stage. Between going backstage and acting on stage, Maxine keeps venting at Ginny. Ginny tells her she is her best friend, and she didn’t know what to do because she loves her.
After one of the acts in the play, Maxine wants to talk in the hallway. Ginny apologizes and tells her she didn’t want to screw up. Abby and Norah come into the hallway and try and calm the situation down. Ginny then mistakenly accuses Abby of telling Maxine about her and Marcus, which makes it worse. Maxine explains how she’s sick of everyone hurting her. And then it gets worse; Hunter arrives in the hallway, and Abby tells him that Ginny cheated on him with Marcus.
Marcus also shows up, and he says it was a mistake. Hunter walks off and says he was great to her. He punches Hunter before he leaves. Maxine goes back for the second act and tells Ginny and Abby to stay away from her. Ginny has lost everything; from having a secure group of friends that she considers to be family to nothing.
With a teary-eyed Ginny left in the corridor, she asks Marcus what he meant by “a mistake”. Marcus says he thought it was the right thing to say. Ginny tells Marcus that Padma was right because he’s only going to hurt her in the end.
Georgia speaks to Ginny about having sex with Marcus. Ginny makes a sly comment saying her mother goes through men faster than Taylor Swift, but then she admits it’s all her fault. Georgia doesn’t understand why the two of them were sneaking around. Ginny then lists how she’s “awful, a bitch and a liar”, but she asks whom she learned it from. Ginny brings up Zion and then reveals to her mother that she sent the letters from Austin to his father.
Georgia asks if she put a return address on and explains the reason she doesn’t tell her anything is that she doesn’t know who her daughter is anymore. Ginny tells her she’s her mother.
The next day, Ginny goes to school, she’s walking with purpose, and she sees the English teacher. She asks what his problem is because she has the highest grade in the class, and he always targets her. She accuses him of being racist. The English teacher states that he is not a racist and voted for Obama twice. Ginny threatens to go to the school board unless he gives her a glowing college recommendation letter because she claims she’s now taking control.
At school during lunchtime, Ginny has no one to sit with. She joins Bracia’s table. She listens to Bracia’s friends talk, but she feels out of place.
At work, Ginny bumps into the private investigator who wants to talk to her about Georgia, but he refers to her as Mary Atkins. He tells her that he thinks her mother is dangerous and murders Kenny. The PI brings up how in New Orleans, Georgia temporarily lost custody of Ginny while running an underground poker ring. He then shows her the wolfsbane plant and how it’s extremely poisonous and causes heart attacks.
Ginny remembers seeing her mother making a smoothie and putting petals inside it for her deceased husband, but she also remembers Kenny inappropriately touching her up. She also remembers seeing Kenny’s ashes in her house. The PI tells Ginny that she is not the same as her mother and wonders if there’s anything she wants to tell him. Ginny readjusts, smiles, and tells the PI that he’s mistaken and that her mother loved Kenny.
Ginny returns home, and Georgia is excited that they are a family and that they are about to win an election. Ginny runs through memories in her head; the poisonous flower, the guns, and her mother slapping her. When she goes upstairs, Ginny puts on her mother’s motorbike leather jacket and packs her bags. She also notices that Kenny’s ashes are gone. When she heads outside, she sees Marcus, as she’s getting ready to leave town.
Marcus tells her it wasn’t a mistake. Ginny tells him he’s forgiven and that they can talk about it later. Marcus can tell something is off but lets her go anyway. She grabs the poisonous plant and torches it with Austin. Ginny tells Austin that they need to leave the town.
Meanwhile, Ginny is on the road with Austin. Georgia narrates that her daughter will never have to live in fear as she did. However, Ginny believes that she has to keep running. Like mother, like daughter.
Season 2[]
Ginny lives with Zion for a few weeks. She struggles with self-harming herself and agrees to go to therapy after her dad finds out. She goes back to live with Georgia, along with Austin, and reconnects with Marcus. She apologizes and they make up. Marcus sleeps over.
Ginny is still on the outs with Max and the girls. She struggles but she also continues to see Marcus, who becomes her comfort. Eventually, when Max realizes Ginny and Marcus are in love, she forgives them and is excited for them. They become boyfriend and girlfriend officially.
Ginny goes to therapy and makes slow progress, starting to open up about her relationship with her mother. Her mom even goes to therapy with her one day and realizes how Ginny is struggling. Georgia tries to be there more for Ginny, claiming she always wants what's best for her. Ginny starts to come around and open up again to Georgia.
Ginny and Marcus break up when he is going through a depressive episode. Ginny is crushed. She reaches out to her mom for comfort and encourages her to fight for what she loves- Paul- and her life in Wellsbury.
Personality[]
Ginny is caring and does not want to hurt other people, intentionally or otherwise. She is especially protective of her younger half-brother, Austin, genuinely wanting him to have everything good in his life. She is more mature than her mother, Georgia, who criticises her decisions and attitude many times. However, Ginny can also be selfish, self-absorbed and oblivious to other people's needs. She acts impulsively at times. She gets blunt and confrontational under stress. She is academically a bright student, consistently getting good grades. Ginny is often upset about people's attitudes towards her biracial identity.
Physical Appearance[]
Ginny has brown curly hair and light brown skin. She also has freckles and dark brown eyes. She is very skinny and quite short with a height of 5'1''. Ginny is seen with a range of different hair styles: loose, single bun, double bun etc... She straightens her hair for her 16th birthday and wears it straight for a few days. Her dress sense is casual and 'boring' according to Maxine however she becomes more trendy as the season goes on.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Georgia Miller -mother
- Austin Miller - Half brother
- Zion Miller - father
Friends[]
Romances[]
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- Pilot
- It's A Face Not A Mask
- Next Level Rich People Shit
- Lydia Bennet 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
Gallery[]
See Also[]
| Main Characters |
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Ginny Miller • Georgia Miller • Austin Miller • Ellen Baker • Marcus Baker • Maxine Baker • Paul Randolph • Joe |
| Recurring Characters |
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Hunter Chen • Abby Littman • Norah • Nick • Cynthia Fuller • Sophie Sanchez • Gabriel Cordova • Matt Press • Jordan • Brodie • Mr. Gitten • Zach • Riley • Padma • Maddie • Bev • Bhanu • Clint Baker • Zach • Samantha • Bracia • Lynette Miller • Corbin Miller • Kenny Drexel |