Tonight saw the much anticipated season return of Go Girls on TV2. Entering it’s 4th season, the series took a risky move and jumped ahead a whole year – leaving a fair bit unexplained and resulting in great intrigue for fans of the show. Tonight’s explosive season opener was filled with drama, shock and a touch of romance fit for its Valentine’s Day return.
We open to Kevin, driving down the road in a casual manner, but to where? We later discover he has become tired of his humdrum life of matrimony to Amanda. A year after getting hitched, “something inside [him] snapped” and he takes off from his peaceful home in Thames, to return to the shore to join in Amy’s celebratory party – she’s just landed a job as a lawyer.
Tonight’s episode was all about consequences – firstly, the consequences of Britta telling Kevin that the baby is in fact his, and not Leo’s, those of Amy and Kevin telling each other they have loved one another for a long time – the consequences of Kevin leaving Amanda to return to his true home. The latter of which lands Kevin in some very hot water. Water so hot, in fact, that he ends up in hospital as a result of a beating from Amanda’s overbearing family.
Making it through surgery, Kevin admits his feelings – that he truly loves Amy in a platonic way – but not before Amy beats him to the punch. Now, if you’re a regular watcher, you’ll know this little back and forth has been going on for a long time, but it finally saw some development tonight.
Kevin decides to stay put back on the North Shore, Britta decides not to tell anyone (except Leo) about the baby’s paternal roots and Amy starts her new job as a lawyer next episode. And there are developments in store for Cody and Olivia next time, it seems.
A fantastic opener for series 4 – gripping stuff, and the year that was skipped was explained pretty well, not just through the Amy’s Diary special, but also through flashbacks throughout the episode. I get the feeling more of these pertinent events will be revealed in coming weeks – just as swiftly as it was revealed that Olivia’s dad had died of a heart attack in the year that passed.
Here’s hoping for a great continuation next week – full steam ahead for the Go Girls!
Go Girls, Tuesdays 8:30pm, 
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