Ginny & Georgia's Antonia Gentry Hopes Ginny Will 'Go Off the Rails' in Season 4

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ginny & Georgia Season 3. Read at your own risk!

Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey) probably hates the saying, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree," but it's something she should worry about as Ginny & Georgia heads into Season 4. The single mother has raised two strong-willed and resilient kids, but Ginny (Antonia Gentry) showed that she's picked up a lot more of her mother's devious behavior than Georgia ever realized. 

When it became clear that Georgia was not going to beat the accusations of murdering their terminally ill neighbor Tom Fuller, Ginny took matters into her own hands. She convinced her baby brother, Austin (Diesel La Toracca), to lie on the stand and testify that his father, Gil (Aaron Ashmore), was the one who suffocated Tom in his hospital bed after showing him bruises that Gil left on her arm and telling him that Gil was planning to move him away. She also blackmailed Tom's wife into fudging the timeline of finding her husband dead by blackmailing her with footage (which didn't actually exist) of her affair with Joe (Raymond Ablack), in order to give reasonable doubt that Georgia wasn't the last one in the room with the victim before he died. 

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Ginny's conniving worked, and Georgia was acquitted on all charges. Georgia's marriage to Paul (Scott Porter) may be in the dumps, but the Miller family is reunited. However, Austin is not coping well with the fallout of his testimony, and Georgia is shocked to learn how far Ginny is willing to go to save her. Georgia's alarm skyrocketed in the Season 3 finale when she confronted Ginny about her choices, and Ginny showed no remorse for doing what she had to do to make sure Georgia came home. 

The major question going into Season 4 is whether this is a sign of a new, darker, Ginny. Has Georgia's antics officially rubbed the moral shine off of her daughter? 

"I hope she goes off the rails a little bit [in Season 4]," Gentry confessed to TV Guide. "I think the scene where she basically tells Georgia, 'I did what you would have done, and you're going to have to deal with that,' and Georgia is taken aback by what has happened to her daughter. I hope that she doesn't fall off a ledge that she can never come back from, but I also think it would be so fun, selfishly, to play a devious version of Ginny. Let's have a Georgia-light version of Ginny next season." 

While Gentry is all about seeing Ginny's darker layers, the creative team behind the show is sticking up for the eldest Miller daughter. Yes, she did some bold things in the finale, but it's not a sign that Ginny is losing her grip. 

"She does make some hard choices and potentially overcorrects in that direction. Ginny this season, even though she's going through the wringer, is the strongest mental-health-wise that you've seen so far," series creator and executive producer Sarah Lampert explained. "Even the conversation with Nora about Abby and she's noticed about Abby's eating — you can't do that unless you are in an OK place. She's really dealt with her mental health." 

Showrunner and fellow executive producer Sarah Glinski agreed and broke down how Ginny's choices in the Season 3 finale lay the foundations for a more self-actualized character in Season 4. The proof of her growth is in the finale episode scene Gentry referenced, where Georgia confronts her about what Ginny did to manipulate the trial, and Ginny doesn't back down. 

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"You can look at that moment in two ways. You can look at it as Ginny breaking bad, or you can look at it as Ginny finally taking control of her destiny," Glinski elaborated. "Growing up, Ginny has had very little control over circumstances. She's been moved from town to town. She's had to start new schools. She hasn't had a lot of choice, and in this moment, she's making the choice to keep her mom. That power and that control is something that will motivate her and help create her journey as we go through Season 4, where she really realizes she can have control of her own destiny." 

If Ginny is on the road to confidently carve out her future, what does that mean for Georgia? According to Howey, it means being a more selfless person and mother. The confrontation with Ginny confirmed that she needs to do a better job of serving her children's needs. 

"I think the most valuable lesson she has learned was to put her kids first in a much better way. Georgia thought she was putting her kids first the whole time, but now she is finally starting to learn what it means to put your kids first," Howey said. "It means doing what's right for them, not what's right for her, no matter what that sacrifice could mean." 

We'll see if that sacrifice can stop Ginny from following too many of her mother's footsteps. 

Ginny & Georgia Seasons 1-3 are now streaming on Netflix.