Limited series · Prime Video
Paper Girls
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Camryn Jones
Tiffany Quilkin
8 eps
Riley Lai Nelet
Erin Tieng
8 eps
Sofia Rosinsky
Mackenzie Coyle
8 eps
Fina Strazza
KJ Brandman
8 eps
Kai Young
Heck
1 eps
Charlie Babbo
Teenage Dylan
1 eps
Paul Grondy
Mr. Johnson
1 eps
Carter Shimp
Wally Becker
1 eps
Lucas Prizant
Michael Jackson
1 eps
Nick Maldonado
Wolfman
1 eps
Eric Christiensen
Ratty Delivery Truck Driver
1 eps
Joshua Green
Marcus
2 eps
Saurabh Pande
Koko
1 eps
Jennifer Jelsema
Soldier
1 eps
Melvin Rae Davis
Man Two
1 eps
Jessica Dean Turner
Nurse
1 eps
Adam Poss
Glen Flynn
1 eps
Cliff Chamberlain
Dr. Dylan Coyle
2 eps
Jacqueline Williams
Donna Metcalfe
2 eps
Abigail Lue
Missy Tieng
2 eps
Marika Engelhardt
Jennifer Coyle
2 eps
Brian McCaskill
Ted
1 eps
Clara Ditsch
Wilder Coyle
1 eps
Joely Taryn
Alice Jr.
1 eps
Ciara Hickey
Hostess
1 eps
Ali Wong
Adult Erin
5 eps
Christopher Shyer
Ozzie Brandman
2 eps
Quetta Carpenter
Nora Brandman
2 eps
Adam Shalzi
Cashier
1 eps
Marcus Truschinski
Ronald Reagan
2 eps
Jessika Van
Adult Missy
2 eps
Delia Cunningham
Adult KJ
2 eps
Maren Lord
Lauren
2 eps
Jane Hu
Mei Lien Tieng
2 eps
Thomas Gaitsch
Moderator
1 eps
Jackson Evans
Clerk
1 eps
Michael David Hammond
Big Tony
1 eps
Kellee Stewart
Dr. Carol Quilkin
2 eps
Rebecca Spence
Alice
2 eps
Andrew Eakle
Russ
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Paper Girls actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Paper Girls reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
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.
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by K.C. Perry
S01E08
It B Over
The Old Watch invades Larry’s farm, leaving the Girls with one chance to get home to 1988.
- Directed by Mairzee Almas
- Written by Stephany Folsom
S01E03
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.
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by Lisa Albert
S01E05
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.
- Directed by Karen Gaviola
- Written by Kai Yu Wu
S01E06
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.
- Directed by Karen Gaviola
- Written by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
S01E07
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.
- Directed by Mairzee Almas
- Written by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
Weird Al Is Dead
- Directed by Georgi Banks-Davies
- Written by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
S01E03
Blue Tongues Don't Lie
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by Lisa Albert
S01E04
It Was Never About the Corn
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by K.C. Perry
S01E06
Matinee
- Directed by Karen Gaviola
- Written by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Stephany Folsom
Showrunner
- Photo unavailable
Christopher Cantwell
Executive producer
Cliff Chiang
Executive producer
Brian K. Vaughan
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Christopher C. Rogers
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Steven Prinz
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
K.C. Perry
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Lisa Albert
Writer
Kai Yu Wu
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Christopher CantwellExecutive Producer
- Cliff ChiangExecutive Producer
- Brian K. VaughanExecutive Producer
- Christopher C. RogersExecutive Producer
- Steven PrinzExecutive Producer
- Stephany FolsomExecutive Producer
Writing
- K.C. PerryWriter
- Lisa AlbertWriter
- Christopher CantwellWriter
- Kai Yu WuWriter
- Christopher C. RogersWriter
- Stephany FolsomWriter
Direction
- Mairzee AlmasDirector
- Georgi Banks-DaviesDirector
- Karen GaviolaDirector
- Destiny EkaraghaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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