The best episodes of PEN15
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
Witnessing their daughters reach a new low, Kathy and Yuki rally around them. At school, Maya and Anna receive an opportunity at redemption but it will come with a range of influences.
- 05
The school play has been cast. Maya has the opportunity to get her actual first kiss. Anna struggles to find herself.
- 06
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?
- 07
A day in the life of Yuki.
- 08
Two days after the dance, Maya and Anna reluctantly go to a lame pool party. A crush unexpectedly shows up, causing them to question their sanity and reputations.
- 09
It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.
- 10
Maura hosts a group sleepover at her house. The clock chimes late into the night as secrets and masks threaten the death of friendships.
- 11
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.
- 12
Maya zeros in on her crush, while Anna deals with the fallout from her parents’ divorce. Together they find outlets in an unexpected extracurricular activity.
- 13
Anna and Maya discover secret powers within, allowing them to control rocky aspects of their lives through magic.
- 14
It’s opening night. Hearts are exposed, forcing both Anna and Maya to grow up.
- 15
An upcoming Bat Mitzvah forces Maya to face a realization about her family's socio economic status while Anna grapples with an existential crisis.
- 16
Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.
- 17
Anna and Maya attend the local “Walk For Cancer.” Opportunities for socializing evolve into inklings of mortality.
- 18
Anna and Maya are far from where they began. Now all they want is to go back home.
- 19
Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.
- 20
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.
- 21
Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.
- 22
Anna helps her dad move into an apartment. Maya is confronted by a surprise visitor from Japan.
- 23
A new family member comes to live with Anna but their arrival brings unexpected endings. Maya gets a diagnosis.
- 24
On vacation with Curtis, Anna and Maya are introduced to new crippling insecurities. The girls try to ignore them, but a mystical turn makes their self-doubt impossible to forget.
- 25
Anna is given the opportunity of a lifetime but when her parents won’t let her partake, Maya encourages them to take fate into their own hands and embark on a dangerous journey.
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