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 considered one of California’s prime advertising and marketing corporations.
Even Zoey has relocated to New York Metropolis to run Anti-Muse with Luca, however she couldn’t cross up the possibility to go to her brother and boyfriend throughout the nation to assist rejoice their respective new chapters.
Junior spent many of the episode questioning if enrolling at Cal U was the fitting determination, even opting to ditch his new buddies to affix Zoey & Co. at an off-campus white social gathering. And in typical Johnson trend, Junior had a memorable first evening — one which ended with Zoey strolling in on her little brother completely railing Kiela within the toilet.
However there’s nonetheless hope for Junior at Cal U. The episode ended with him assembly up along with his potential crew of fellow freshmen: his roommate Zaara, a med scholar who already regrets “rolling the cube on gender-inclusive” housing; Slick, who’s simply pleased 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 along with your full overview.
