Paper Girls

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.

Paper Girls (2022) is an American science fiction series created by Stephany Folsom for Prime Video, a single-season limited adaptation of the comic book by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang. Four teenage paperboys, including Erin Tieng (Riley Lai Nelet), Tiffany Quilkin (Camryn Jones), Mackenzie Coyle (Sofia Rosinsky) and KJ Brandman (Fina Strazza), are thrown out of the dawn of November 1988 in their small town and into 2019 after stumbling into an intergalactic battle. Their engine is simple and urgent: they want to get back to their own time while protecting the future they have wandered into, and every episode pushes them through a new danger, a new ally and a new revelation about who they are becoming. Each girl meets her own adult self, and those encounters turn the group's friendship into a test of nerve and honesty. The eight episodes form one continuing story rather than standalone adventures. The series is set in 1980s suburban America and in a 2019 that is contemporary to its broadcast. Its tone blends wistful nostalgia with propulsive, tense adventure, and its mood is both playful and anxious. Fans of Stranger Things, Dark and Super 8 will find resonance in its blend of childhood wonder, time travel mystery and sci-fi peril.

Audience response is positive, with viewers appreciating the nostalgic 1980s setting, the four lead girls, and the time-travel sci-fi premise.

• Stranger Thingscoming of age friendship under time travel stakes, 1980s nostalgia with sci-fi mystery
• Darktime travel adventure with a teen group and a serialized sci-fi mystery
• Super 8adolescent friends confronting a larger otherworldly threat, nostalgic adventure tone

Created by

Stephany Folsom

Release Date

2022-07-28

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

7.3 / 10 (165)

What is Paper Girls about?

Four 1988 paperboys are hurled into 2019 and an intergalactic war, where they must work with their adult selves to get home and save the future.

What is Paper Girls like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Paper Girls as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Paper Girls violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Paper Girls as mild.

What did critics think of Paper Girls?

Audience response is positive, with viewers appreciating the nostalgic 1980s setting, the four lead girls, and the time-travel sci-fi premise.

Which shows are like Paper Girls?

Shows with a similar feel include Stranger Things, Dark, and Super 8.

How long is Paper Girls?

Paper Girls: 1 season, 8 episodes.

Is Paper Girls still running?

No, Paper Girls was canceled.

Where can I watch Paper Girls?

In United States, Paper Girls streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.