When “Pen15” first premiered, it came with a lot of questions. Was it a satire? Was it a sketch? Was it yet another attempt by Hollywood to mine our collective nostalgia for cold hard cash? After all, ...

In season 1, Heather and the popular girls affect Anna and Maya’s friendship, but they find their way back to one another. With season 2, a new girl, Maura, threatens to tear them apart from the ...

Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zvibleman's delightfully awkward Hulu comedy continues to evolve beyond thirtysomethings-in-teenage-drag gimmick in season two of 'Pen15.' By Daniel Fienberg Chief ...

The first season of Hulu’s PEN15 felt like the Cliff Notes version of a TV comedy. Fans knew what the joke was from the beginning: two thirty-something actresses playing the 13-year-old versions of ...

Allie Gemmill is the Lead News Editor at Collider. Previous bylines can be found at Bustle, Teen Vogue, Inverse, ScreenRant, SheKnows, VICE, and Atom Tickets. Hulu's PEN15 is back with the first part ...

A funny thing happens during Season Two of Hulu‘s middle school comedy Pen15. Or, rather, it’s a not-so-funny thing, but a very interesting one. Early in Season Two, though, I found that I had stopped ...

It may be that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But as Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle demonstrate in the new Hulu comedy “PEN15,” the same is true of those who remember it ...

Brenna Houck is a dining editorial manager for the Eater network overseeing the Cascadia and Midwest regions. She previously edited Eater Detroit and reported for Eater. You can follow her at ...

Pen15 makes me sweaty. Much of the show’s comedy relies on dramatic irony, which — especially against the backdrop of middle school, a time most of us would rather forget — can make it incredibly ...

Digesting the final seven episodes of “PEN15” inspired a bracing chaser of a rewatch: “Thirteen,” Catherine Hardwicke’s 2003 directorial debut. Despite the obvious parallels, the series and film ...

On her 2001 album Britney, Britney Spears declared herself "not a girl, not yet a woman." In that sleepy ballad, the then-19-year-old pop star and sex symbol stressed her need for more time to grow up ...

Anna Konkle, Maya Erskine, and Sam Zvibleman's Hulu series delivers a richer, deeply felt second season on Hulu. When “Pen15” first premiered, it came with a lot of questions. Was it a satire? Was it ...