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This long-awaited release delivers a chilling performance, shocking twists, and a portrayal of power that’s as seductive as it is dangerous

Brianne Howey’s successful run in Ginny & Georgia makes me realize that her short-lived thriller from six years ago deserved better. Since 2021, Brianne Howey has led the cast of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia as 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 in Ginny & Georgia being 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 of Ginny & Georgia season 3 sees Georgia being acquitted of Tom Fuller’s murder and discovering that she is pregnant with her third child. Brianne Howey’s success in Ginny & Georgia shows that her thriller series from 2019 deserved another season.

Before Starring In Ginny & Georgia, Brianne Howey Had A Role In The Passage

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 Passage follows 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.

In The 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 Passage received 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 Passage also had a difficult production as it was originally meant to be adapted into a movie (via Deadline).

The first episode of The Passage opened with a strong viewership of 5.23 million viewers with a share rate of 1.3 (via TV By The Numbers). However, as the series progressed, viewership slowly started to decline; by the tenth and final episode of The Passage, viewership had dropped to 3.05 million, with a share rate of 0.7 (via Comic 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 of The Passage in 2022 after one season (via Variety).

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 of The Passage only 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 of The Passage depicts 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 of The Passage would 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 of The Passage would have potentially explored the events that took place in the second novel, The Twelve.

Despite the low viewership, The Passage developed 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 as The Walking Dead. Shauna Babcock proved a stellar presence in the series, and her story could have been explored further, but while The Passage season 2 never happened, Brianne Howey’s performance certainly proved helpful for her role in Ginny & Georgia.