Abby’s Nightmare

In the production logs of Ginny & Georgia Abby Littman is defined by her isolation. She is stuck between her parents bitter divorce and the drama of MANG. Abby Littman’s character arc is deeply rooted in body dysmorphia, self-hatred and a desperate need to keep her slipping reality intact. Abby Littman is struggling to cope with her problems.

According to -production rumors during the assembly of Season 2 a file appeared on the shared server titled “Abby_Nightmare_V1_DoNotExport.mp4.” The editors thought it was a dream sequence for Abby Littman’s body-image storyline. The footage was so disturbing that it was completely deleted from the networks servers. The footage of Abby Littman was too much to handle.

This is the summary of that lost episode of Ginny & Georgia.

Act I: The Taping of the Skin

The episode opens in silence. There is no music, no recap of what happened. We are in Abby Littman’s bathroom. The lighting is very bright and white making Abby Littman’s skin look sickly and grey. Abby Littman stands in front of the mirror wearing undergarments. Her face is completely blank with no expression all.

Abby Littman picks up a roll of clear packaging tape. She begins wrapping the tape around her waist, her torso then her arms. The tape is pulled tightly making Abby Littman’s skin turn purple. The only sound is the loud screech of the tape being ripped from the roll. Abby Littman doesn’t stop at her limbs. She brings the tape up to her face.

The camera zooms in on Abby Littman’s face as she pulls a strip of tape across her mouth sealing her lips shut. Then she puts another strip across her cheeks pulling her features backward into a caricature of a smiling girl. Abby Littman’s breathing becomes louder and more frantic. Her reflection in the mirror remains still staring back at her.

Act II: The Disappearing Act

The scene cuts to the Wellsbury High cafeteria. Abby Littman is sitting at the MANG table with Max, Ginny and Norah.. They are out of focus and their voices are slowed down making it hard to understand what they are saying. Abby Littman looks down at her lunch tray. There is an apple on it.

Abby Littman tries to reach for the apple. Her hands are wrapped in layers of clear tape. The tape causes the plastic tray to glitch and shake violently on the table. Max tells Abby Littman that she is ruining the aesthetic bringing down the vibe. Abby Littman tries to speak. The tape over her mouth prevents her. She looks at Ginny for help but Ginny’s face is melting her features blurring into a digital smear.

Abby Littman looks down at her body. Her legs are disappearing, rendering out of the scene into a grey grid. Abby Littman is being erased from the shows data profile. She is not just being ignored by her friends; she is literally being deleted.

Act III: The Living Room Settlement

The nightmare shifts to Abby Littman’s house. The living room is empty except for two folding chairs. Her mother and father are sitting in the chairs their bodies rigid. Their heads spinning in slow circles. A terrifying creaking sound echoes through the house.

Abby Littman’s mom says that they split everything down the fifty-fifty. Abby Littman’s dad says that they had to decide what to do with her assets. They both stop spinning their heads locking their eyes onto Abby Littman. They produce a rusted bone saw from beneath their chairs.

Abby Littman’s mom says that they will divide her cleanly left side to the city side to the suburbs. It’s what’s best for the family. Abby Littman tries to run. The walls of her house begin to compress inward trapping her in a small space.

Act IV: The Weight of the Frame

The climax of the episode takes place on the Wellsbury High auditorium stage. The room is dark except for a spotlight on Abby Littman. She is sitting on the floor completely encased in packaging tape. Her skin is pale. You can see dark veins pulsing beneath the surface.

The entire cast of Ginny & Georgia emerges from the darkness. They line up at the edge of the stage looking down at Abby Littman. None of them have eyes; their eye sockets are hollowed out bleeding a fluid. They begin to step onto Abby Littman’s body walking over her as if she were nothing than a piece of wood.

With every step a metallic crunch echoes through the audio track the sound of data being overwritten. Abby Littman doesn’t scream,. Her one visible eye is wide staring directly into the camera lens pleading with the viewer. The cast of Ginny & Georgia is erasing Abby Littman deleting her from the show.

The Outro

The episode ends on a shot of Abby Littman’s scale in her bathroom. The digital numbers, on the scale are flickering violently cycling through metrics. The audio track drops into a suffocating vacuum of sound followed by a faint distorted whisper of Abby Littman’s voice sounding as if its trapped beneath a heavy sheet of ice: “If you don’t look at me I’m not here.” The screen cuts to black accompanied by the sound of a glass mirror shattering leaving a lingering high-pitched feedback loop.