Grown-ish

Overview

The Johnson family's eldest daughter is taking her first steps into the real world as she heads off to college. "Grown-ish" explores the first trappings of adulthood, and Zoey must navigate through the trials and tribulations of these momentous steps. Zoey discovers that once she leaves the nest, things do not always go her way. The series features "that in between place where you're not quite an adult but facing grown world problems for the first time," Kenya Barris, the show's creator and executive producer, said.

My thoughts

Like blackish, grown-ish takes a deep dive into struggles any college student, or just fresh out of high school person could go through. It starts with Zoey and her diverse friend group navigating their different college lives together, and in the later seasons once that group graduates, Zoeys little brother Andre Jr. takes over with his new equally diverse friend group. Although Juniors friend group for sure brought their own drama and struggles, and allowed for Zoey and Aaron to finally end up together, I don’t feel like it was needed.

Rating 4.0/5