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Some families on Netflix simply take the cake when it comes to dysfunctionality, and Ginny & Georgia is undoubtedly one of them.

Netflix renewed the hit series for a fourth season when the streamer picked up the show for a third season. Earlier in October, the cameras started rolling for Ginny & Georgia’s fourth season, which is welcome news, given the extraordinary cliffhangers the season before had for us in store.

Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry even shared a video clip to welcome fans back to the set when they kicked off filming the new season in Toronto.

Now, in a conversation with Tudum, the cast and crew have weighed in on what awaits the audience in the fourth season, following the shocking twists and turns from the third instalment.

What will happen in Ginny & Georgia season four?

Ginny & Georgia creator Sarah Lampert had already confirmed the latter’s pregnancy, but remained tight-lipped about whether the father is her estranged husband, Paul, or Joe. Howey puts it rather simply, “it’s complicated.” However, that was not the only Easter egg Lampert and showrunner Sarah Glinski left in the finale.

Georgia has been aimlessly running all her life in an attempt to escape her traumatising past, which began early in her childhood with her abusive stepfather and mother. So, it’s not without reason that the audience sees her driving past her home in Wellsbury in the last few minutes of the finale. Not to forget that her father, with whom she hasn’t spoken since she was six, also rang her up from prison in this instalment.

He left Georgia with more questions than answers, revealing that when her mother said that he tried to kill them both, she wasn’t disclosing the entire truth behind what landed her father in jail.

Keeping all of that in mind, Lampert unveils that the theme of the forthcoming season is “Cycles and Origins.” Howey is beyond excited for the fans to meet Georgia’s extremely dysfunctional family on screen, which will bring answers about where she came from. “Sarah has some incredible things planned, and I can’t wait to see more about the circumstances that shaped Georgia,” she adds.

The third season of Ginny & Georgia was a turning point in the dynamic Georgia shares with her two children, Ginny and Austin. The latter framed his father, Gil, for the crime Georgia committed, influenced by Ginny’s plot to save their mother. However, that puts Georgia in a tough position, leaving her to reflect on how her actions pushed her kids to take such extreme steps.

“Once Georgia realises how her kids manipulated the situation, it’s quite sobering,” Howey says. “It’s also the final straw that leads Georgia to finally want to go to therapy, to finally break the cycle. She’s now seeing in very real terms what her actions have done to her children, because now her children are re-creating her actions.”

The children have always been the most important part of Georgia’s life. Hence, making them confront the trial and murder has to have consequences. “We thought that the biggest consequences are how her children are changed through the process. The burden she leaves on Austin and Ginny at the end of season three is what we’ve to deal with in season four,” Glinski reveals.

By now, viewers can already understand that Ginny has become more like her mom than she realises. So, in the fourth season, we’re about to be introduced to a fresh character aspect they hadn’t seen before. In the concluding moments of the third season, she has grown closer to her dad, Zion, and he’s also taking the steps to file for joint custody.

They are even going on a Korea trip together. All Gentry wants from Ginny on her return is for her to become a “badass,” complete with a new hairstyle. “Let’s give her some sick braids. She grew over the summer, and she’s ready to do whatever she needs to do to protect her family, because, like, screw everybody else.”

Meanwhile, Howey has her hopes up for Georgia in the upcoming season since she has begun therapy. “There’s a glimmer of hope at the end of season three. It starts small, but it’s starting, so I think it’s possible,” she says.