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Season 1 – Paper Girls

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In the early morning hours after Halloween 1988, four paper girls are out on their delivery route when they become caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers, changing the course of their lives forever.
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Paper Girls — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Folding together time-traveling wonder with a strong ensemble of youngsters who are as dimensional as origami, Paper Girls is an absolute blast to the future.

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Andrew Male The Times (UK) 08/05/2022
Blessed with witty dialogue, the show’s four newcomers have created believable, human characters who you will want to root for across all eight episodes. Go to Full Review
Lucy Mangan Guardian 08/05/2022
4/5
It is tremendous fun. It has great Stranger Things energy (or should that be The Goonies and Stand By Me meta-energy?) but everything feels fresh. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 08/04/2022
3/4
While comparisons will be made to “Stranger Things,” “Girls” stands on its own and isn’t a clone. Go to Full Review
Mini Anthikad-Chhibber The Hindu 10/05/2023
Though the glittering cast and the action sequences are a treat to watch, this actioner tries to do too many things incoherently. Go to Full Review
Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) 09/08/2023
While the narrative begins to show that the story has high stakes involved for the young and older versions of themselves, the show takes way too much time with exposition. Go to Full Review
Ilan Preskovsky Channel24 (South Africa) 08/31/2023
4/5
Though the TV version of Paper Girls sacrifices some of the zippy, sometimes breathless pacing of the comic book, its decision to slow things down actually works very strongly in its favour. Go to Full Review
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vineet p Mar 7 Hideous,unwatchable,over the top acting. See more Frédéric C Feb 15 Why there is there no man? I want too a movie without woman See more THE NASHVILLE I @Nshvlleindie 05/29/2024 Swing and a miss. The cinematography was probably the worst part of the show, constantly using a washed out lense to dull the colors, save for a few key moments. There's somewhat of a main plot, but you're never given a central idea to invest in and root for. For so much of the show you keep waiting for this pivotal moment to come and shake things up, but honestly it never comes. The villain was also badly miscast. For most the show you're running from someone who's just too difficult to take seriously as the big bad. See more Jason B @MrMoovees 08/02/2023 This feels like a poor interpretation of source material that the show runners have never seen--a very odd feeling having grown up in the 80s. If you're going to attempt it, at least mimic the media you're borrowing so heavily from or make something new instead. The writing is at times enjoyable but other times extremely clumsy. It's very uneven and that made it frustrating to continue to watch. Also, the production was just plain cheap-looking. The parts with the time travelers almost felt purposefully generic; like a kids television show with no budget. There was some decent character development but that was often undermined by the odd pacing and some silly dialogue. The moments of the kids meeting people from the future were compelling at times, so there's that. I dunno, I'm sure certain people will like this for the nostalgia it offers but it wasn't for me. See more PNW T 03/02/2023 Yikes.. We made it through the first 2 episodes and perhaps if I was a pre-teen this might be interesting but OMG each of the kids is an archetype. It is also so "dark" that we tried to turn up the color and light to be able to see it. See more Post-Apocalyptic T 01/23/2023 It's a crime that this show was canceled! See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 29, 2022 Growing Pains While delivering newspapers one morning in 1988, four girls with nothing in common are forced to work together to survive something strange. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 29, 2022 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. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 29, 2022 Blue Tongues Don't Lie Mac reunites with the grown-up version of her brother Dylan and is shocked to learn how her family turned out; Tiff, KJ, and the Erins meet a stranger who might be the ticket back to 1988. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 29, 2022 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 return home to her old life after spending time with Dylan. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 29, 2022 A New Period Adult Erin leads a mission home to 1988 that takes an unexpected turn. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 29, 2022 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Jul 29, 2022 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. Details Episode 8 Aired Jul 29, 2022 It B Over The Old Watch invades Larry's farm, leaving the Girls with one chance to get home to 1988. Details
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Season Info

Director
Mairzee Almas, Georgi Banks-Davies, Destiny Ekaragha, Karen Gaviola
Executive Producer
Christopher C. Rogers, Stephany Folsom, Christopher Cantwell, Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Steven Prinz
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 29, 2022