Paper Girls
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Thats on you,YM!
Thats more of a go with the flow, fake it till you make it punch in of deal.
Do you think the TV version will let its freak flag fly as much as the comic?
One can only hope!
with insane time travel added in, well, I dont think you will be disappointed.
Also, you should definitely read the comic, it isa ride.
It is definitely neither of those things.
But newspapersarewhat bring our titular quartet of paper girls together.
Meet Erin, Mac, Tiff, and KJ.
She dreams of a great political career.
Tiff is really into science and gadgets, specifically her TRC-218 walkies.
Rounding out the crew is KJ.
Consider her the Sporty Spice (she is never without her field hockey stick).
According to Mac, Wally Becker is a real limp dick.
The disdain these girls already have for teenagers gives me hope for them all.
A useful lesson for the future, one might assume!
They got papers to deliver, man!
but there are several things that stop the series from feeling like a joke.
The most obvious is the performances of our four main paper girls their chemistry is easy and immediate.
And it needs to be efficient, right?
Because we havent even gotten to the wild shit yet.
Things get weird, fast.
They race to Macs now empty house to wait it out.
Tiff is convinced it must be the Russians.
Mac grabs her dads gun and in the ensuing chaos, accidentally shoots Erin in the stomach.
Hell Day, indeed!
The rest of the episode moves at breakneck speed.
KJ tries to distract Erin by having her sing theGrowing Painstheme song (a true banger).
Eventually, those two guys pull the girls out of the car.
Erin has a trippy dream about Ronald Reagan (the 80s, baby!)
His translator is broken, but we can make out the word Underground.
Remember that, its important!
When asked if anyone else is hurt, KJs response is I dont know what I am.
The truest response a 12-year-old girl can give!
Surely, something to unpack when they get a quick sec.
When they arrive, things seem a little off.
Theres someone else in the house and she threatens to call the cops, but its not Erins mother.
She doesnt know this woman, who seems very confused to find four pre-teens in her kitchen.
And shes 43 years old.
I was fucking four, she says, trying to keep her reputation in tact.
Erin needs like seven hugs.
(See also:Stranger ThingsandThe Umbrella Academy.)
