If there is one thing Paper Girls excels at, it is the core theme that children rarely grow up to become the best version of themselves. Tiffany (Camryn Jones), our resident genius, knows she will establish an educational institution outside…
‘Paper Girls’ 1×05 review: “A New Period” hits most of its marks
Time travel is one of the most challenging science fiction concepts to capture in a television series. For every Quantum Leap and Doctor Who, there is a Timecop waiting to screw it all up. The subgenre is tricky to pull…
‘Paper Girls’ 1×04 review: “It Was Never About the Corn” blossoms into a solid exploration of girlhood
A couple of weeks ago, I would not have recommended Paper Girls. Episode 1 was so terrible that I wanted to stop watching the show and chuck my laptop into the Fraser River. Yet after watching the first four episodes,…
Paper Girls’ 1×03 review: “Blue Tongues Don’t Lie” takes the sci-fi series out of academic probation
I agreed with veteran writer and showrunner of The Boys Eric Kripke when he said in an interview with Vulture that television shows need to stop portraying themselves as a “ten-hour movie.” Granted, his comment about the state of these…