6.9/10939 votes#1 - Growing Pains
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Georgi Banks-Davies
Writer: N/A
7.2/10779 votes#2 - Weird Al Is Dead
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Georgi Banks-Davies
7.7/10740 votes#3 - Blue Tongues Don't Lie
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Destiny Ekaragha
Writer: Lisa Albert
7.8/10711 votes#4 - It Was Never About the Corn
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Destiny Ekaragha
Writer: K.C. Perry
8.0/10775 votes#5 - A New Period
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Kai Yu Wu
7.8/10677 votes#6 - Matinee
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers, Stephany Folsom
7.9/10677 votes#7 - Some Kind of Burping Trash Hole
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2022
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.
Director: Mairzee Almas
7.7/10730 votes#8 - It B Over
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/28/2022
The Old Watch invades Larry’s farm, leaving the Girls with one chance to get home to 1988.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Stephany Folsom
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Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Prime Video
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Growing Pains" is the best rated episode of "Paper Girls" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 939 votes. Directed by Georgi Banks-Davies and written by N/A, it aired on 7/28/2022. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Weird Al Is Dead".