Be careful, world, he’s grown now.
Junior Johnson (new sequence common Marcus Scribner) made his official debut as a Cal U freshman on Wednesday’s grown-ish season premiere, which doubled as a comfortable reboot of the Freeform drama.
Most of Zoey’s fellow graduates have scattered to the winds, with solely Aaron and Doug remaining within the neighborhood; the previous is a annoyed assistant professor at Cal U (he can’t even decide his personal markers!), whereas the latter has developed right into a lychee martini-drinking, Gucci loafer-sporting worker at certainly one of California’s high advertising and marketing companies.
Even Zoey has relocated to New York Metropolis to run Anti-Muse with Luca, however she couldn’t cross up the prospect to go to her brother and boyfriend throughout the nation to assist have a good time their respective new chapters.
Junior spent a lot of the episode questioning if enrolling at Cal U was the proper resolution, even opting to ditch his new mates to hitch Zoey & Co. at an off-campus white celebration. And in typical Johnson trend, Junior had a memorable first night time — one which ended with Zoey strolling in on her little brother completely railing Kiela within the lavatory.
Sorry if that got here off as crass, however did you see these two going at it? That was textbook railing, my mates! And after getting a couple of extra drinks in her system, Zoey was surprisingly chill about Junior hooking up along with her ex-boyfriend/present co-worker’s youthful sister.
However there’s nonetheless hope for Junior at Cal U. The episode ended with him assembly up together with his potential crew of fellow freshmen: his roommate Zaara, a med pupil who already regrets “rolling the cube on gender-inclusive” housing; Slick, who’s simply glad to be there, wherever “there” is; Annika, a Brooklynite who’s (hopefully) deeper than she presents herself; and Zeke, a soccer participant and self-proclaimed women’ man.
Did you take pleasure in your first style of grown-ish 2.0? Which new character(s) piqued your curiosity? Grade the premiere beneath, then drop a remark together with your full assessment.
