8.0/101,482 votes#1 - First Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2019
It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.
Director: Daniel Gray Longino
Writer: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman
7.9/10574 votes#2 - Miranda
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya and Anna become fascinated with the mature girls in their class who smoke. They are faced with the age-old question: stay home and play pretend or go out and do drugs?
Director: Daniel Gray Longino
Writer: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman
7.8/10495 votes#3 - Ojichan
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.
Director: Daniel Gray Longino
Writer: Maya Erskine
7.8/10424 votes#4 - Solo
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/2019
Trailview’s Night of Amazing Music is coming up. Anna hopes to win Alex’s heart with a classical aria while Maya is consumed with a lie.
Director: Andrew DeYoung
Writer: Sam Zvibleman
8.1/10429 votes#5 - Community Service
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2019
There’s an exclusive fashion show at the local nursing home. Somehow Anna and Maya make it in, but feelings of inadequacy lead them down a shady path.
Director: Andrew DeYoung
Writer: Jessica Watson
8.0/10432 votes#6 - Posh
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.
Director: Andrew DeYoung
Writer: Jeff Chan, Andrew Rhymer
8.5/10445 votes#7 - AIM
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.
Director: Sam Zvibleman
Writer: Gabe Liedman
8.0/10367 votes#8 - Wild Things
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/8/2019
It’s a viewing party to watch the newly released VHS movie, Wild Things. The night gets sexy and Anna and Maya try to keep up.
Director: Sam Zvibleman
Writer: Sam Zvibleman
8.6/10412 votes#9 - Anna Ishii-Peters
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/8/2019
Anna gets to sleep over at Maya’s house on a school night and can’t wait to become part of the Ishii-Peter family. But things turn as Anna gets a little too comfortable.
Director: Sam Zvibleman
Writer: Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Stacy Osei-Kuffour
8.4/10397 votes#10 - Dance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2019
It’s the night of their first school dance but Anna and Maya are on bad terms. They’ll have to navigate this unfamiliar terrain set to billboard hits, by themselves.
Director: Sam Zvibleman
Writer: Anna Konkle
The Best Episodes of PEN15 Season 1
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Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the...
Genre:Comedy
Network:Hulu
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"First Day" is the best rated episode of "PEN15" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1482 votes. Directed by Daniel Gray Longino and written by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman, it aired on 2/8/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Miranda".