tv & film
tv & film
Pen15 and the Eternal Feeling of Adolescence
This piece may contain spoilers for the second season of Pen15.
To quickly recap for those who haven’t seen the show: Pen15 centers around Maya Ishii-Peters (Maya Erskine) and Anna Kone (Anna Knonkle), two outcast 7th-graders in the year 2000. Described as “middle school as it really happened,” the show follows Maya and Anna as they navigate the perils of puberty, boys, AOL Instant Messenger, annoying parents, and the delicate social pyramid of middle school in the year 2000.