PEN15

Synopsis

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 year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.

First Air Date: 2019-02-08

Last Air Date: 2021-12-03

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 25

Created By: Sam Zvibleman, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle

Networks: Hulu

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Top Cast

Maya Erskine as Maya Ishii-Peters
Anna Konkle as Anna Kone
Mutsuko Erskine as Yuki Ishii-Peters
Taylor Nichols as Curtis Kone
Melora Walters as Kathy Kone
Taj Cross as Sam Zablowski
Dallas Liu as Shuji Ishii-Peters
Jonah Beres as Brandt
Lincoln Jolly as Alex
Richard Karn as Fred Peters

Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: First Day (2019-02-08)

It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.
Ep. 2: Miranda (2019-02-08)

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?
Ep. 3: Ojichan (2019-02-08)

Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.
Ep. 4: Solo (2019-02-08)

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.
Ep. 5: Community Service (2019-02-08)

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.
Ep. 6: Posh (2019-02-08)

Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.
Ep. 7: AIM (2019-02-08)

Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.
Ep. 8: Wild Things (2019-02-08)

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.
Ep. 9: Anna Ishii-Peters (2019-02-08)

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.
Ep. 10: Dance (2019-02-08)

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.