TV series
Paper Girls
Overview
It's the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intergalactic battle and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.
Details
- First air date
- 2022-07-28
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- Prime Video
- Production
- Plan B Entertainment, Amazon Studios, Legendary Television, Future Investigations, Sorry Dave Productions, Sic Semper Tyrannis
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Camryn Jones as Tiffany Quilkin
- Riley Lai Nelet as Erin Tieng
- Sofia Rosinsky as Mackenzie Coyle
- Fina Strazza as KJ Brandman
- Nate Corddry as Larry Radakowski
- Adina Porter as Prioress
- Ali Wong as Adult Erin
- Sekai Abeni as Adult Tiffany
- Daniel Rashid as Heck #2
- Celeste Arias as Juniper Plimpton
- Jason Mantzoukas as Grand Father
- Meg Thalken as Meemaw Radakowski
Creators and crew
- Stephany Folsom - Creator
- Stephany Folsom - Executive Producer
- Christopher C. Rogers - Executive Producer
- Steven Prinz - Executive Producer
- Cliff Chiang - Executive Producer
- Christopher Cantwell - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Growing Pains
While delivering newspapers early one morning in 1988, four girls who have nothing in common are forced to work together to survive when something odd lands in their suburb.
Episode 2: Weird Al Is Dead
Erin convinces her older self to try to help her and the Girls find a way home to 1988…right as they are stalked by Prioress, one of the evil Old Watch soldiers determined to erase them from history.
Episode 3: Blue Tongues Don't Lie
Mac reunites with the grown-up version of her brother Dylan and is stunned to learn how her family turned out. Tiff, KJ, and the Erins meet a stranger who might be the ticket back to 1988.
Episode 4: It Was Never About the Corn
Larry may have a way for the girls get home to 1988…but it’s going to require a lot of adult Erin…and Mac may not want to go home to her old life after spending time with Dylan.
Episode 5: A New Period
Adult Erin leads a daring mission home to 1988 that takes an unexpected turn, leading the girls to KJ’s house and a big secret about her future.
Episode 6: Matinee
Desperate to find a way home, Tiff leads the girls to her adult self, who accomplished so many of her childhood dreams but she isn’t everything that was expected. Together they work to decode Larry’s ledger as the Old Watch close in.
Episode 7: Some Kind of Burping Trash Hole
Tiff confronts her adult self about the choices she’s made and KJ tries to help Mac grapple with her future as Larry and Erin call for back-up.
Episode 8: It B Over
The Old Watch invades Larry’s farm, leaving the Girls with one chance to get home to 1988.
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