Yara Shahidi and Marcus Scribner first joined the Johnson family a decade ago. The then-child actors landed starring roles in ABC’s black-ish as Zoey and Andre Johnson, the eldest two of five precocious siblings with big ambitions. Little did they know, 10 years later, they’d finally be bidding farewell to these characters — on an entirely different show.
Freeform ‘s grown-ish wrapped its sixth and final season on Wednesday, closing that chapter for Shahidi and Scribner. “It feels crazy. It feels odd.
It’s been 10 years of doing the same thing for so long and growing with the character,” Scribner told Deadline. “You create a family and you create a lot of friends and have to say goodbye to all that, but I’m thankful that we get to send off the show with an actual little bowtie to end it all off.” Related Stories Casting Jeffrey Wright Cast As Isaac In 'The Last Of Us' Season 2 News 'Fallout' Continues Its Reign On Nielsen Streaming Charts; 'Bridgerton' Makes Appearance On Originals List Ahead Of Season 3 The opportunity to end a show with a proper finale is considered a luxury nowadays, when plenty of series are unceremoniously canceled during hiatus or, worse, mid-season.
When that happens, audiences have to settle for a final episode that was likely setting up for even more story, leaving them with plenty of unanswered questions. It leaves the cast and crew without closure, too. Instead, the grown-ish finale celebrated everything it’s brought to the ta.
