WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Ginny & Georgia season 3.
Brianne Howey’s successful run inGinny & Georgiamakes me realize that her short-lived thriller from six years ago deserved better. Since 2021, Brianne Howey has ledthe cast of Netflix’sGinny & Georgiaas the titular Georgia Miller, a single mother of two children, Ginny and Austin, who moves her family to Wellsbury, Massachusetts, after the death of her husband. Throughout the series, Georgia does her best to raise her children in a safe environment, but is constantly forced to deal with the dark shadows of her abusive past.
Each season of the Netflix series has seen great success with both critics and viewers, and has resulted inGinny & Georgiabeing renewed for season 4. Throughout the series, Georgia Miller tries to ensure that her daughter, Ginny, doesn’t repeat the same mistakes that she made while she was younger;the ending ofGinny & Georgiaseason 3sees Georgia being acquitted of Tom Fuller’s murder and discovering that she is pregnant with her third child. Brianne Howey’s success inGinny & Georgiashows that her thriller series from 2019 deserved another season.
Brianne Howey Played Shauna Babcock In Passage
In 2019, Brianne Howey joined the cast of FOX’s thriller series,The Passage, created by Liz Heldens. Adapted from the trilogy series by Justin Cronin,The Passagefollows Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney), a young girl who is chosen to be the test subject for Project Noah, a medical facility where scientists are conducting dangerous experiments in an attempt to cure a dangerous virus. Federal Agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is tasked with bringing Amy to Project Noah, but he becomes determined to protect her at all costs. Amy and Wolgast’s journey leads them to eventually confront the sinister scientists.
InThe Passage, Brianne Howey played the role of Shauna Babcock, an inmate on death row, who was one of several inmates incarcerated in Project Noah. Throughout the series, Shauna Babcock is shown to have issues, haunted by the abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather, which eventually resulted in her savagely murdering him and her mother; during her time in Project Noah, Shauna is forced to endure torturous experiments that transform her into a vampiric “viral”.
Why The Passage Was Cancelled After Season 1
The Series Struggled With Ratings & Received Mixed Reviews
Upon its initial release,The Passagereceived a mostly positive reception from critics and viewers, and was praised for the cast’s performances, particularly Saniyya Sidney and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, its depiction of vampires in modern society, and the relationship between Amy Bellafonte and Brad Wolgast. However, the show was not a very faithful adaptation of Justin Cronin’s trilogy and strayed too far from the source material.The Passagealsohad a difficult production as it was originally meant to be adapted into a movie (viaDeadline).
The first episode ofThe Passageopened with a strong viewership of 5.23 million viewers with a share rate of 1.3 (viaTV By The Numbers). However, as the series progressed, viewership slowly started to decline; by the tenth and final episode ofThe Passage, viewership had dropped to 3.05 million, with a share rate of 0.7 (viaComic Book). The mixed reviews and declining viewership, along with FOX’s lucrative five-year deal with the NFL, worth $550 million, led to the cancellation ofThe Passagein 2022 after one season (viaVariety).
As A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Based On A Book Series, The Passage Deserved More Than One Season
It Was Never Given A Chance To Fully Explore The Book Series
The first season ofThe Passageonly scratched the surface of Justin Cronin’s trilogy, and another season had the potential to offer more exploration into the darker aspects of the series.The finale ofThe Passagedepicts Amy being infected by Project Noah’s virus and jumping forward nearly one hundred years into the future, where the world has become a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A second season ofThe Passagewould have potentially explored the events that took place in the second novel,The Twelve, and would have explored Amy searching for Brad and finding her place in the future.
A second season ofThe Passagewould have potentially explored the events that took place in the second novel,The Twelve.
Despite the low viewership,The Passagedeveloped a strong following, and many viewers expressed disappointment at FOX’s decision to cancel the series. The series was positively compared to other post-apocalyptic series such asThe Walking Dead.Shauna Babcock proved a stellar presence in the series, and her story could have been explored further, but whileThe Passageseason 2 never happened, Brianne Howey’s performance certainly proved helpful for her role inGinny & Georgia.
Sources:Deadline,TV By The Numbers,Comic Book,Variety
Ginny & Georgia
Ginny & Georgia is a television drama series that follows fifteen-year-old Ginny Miller as she navigates life feeling more mature than her vibrant thirty-year-old mother, Georgia. Set in picturesque New England, the series explores themes of family, identity, and the shadows of Georgia’s past threatening their quest for normalcy.
