The BEST episodes of PEN15
Every episode of PEN15 ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of PEN15!
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
#1 - Yuki
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2021
A day in the life of Yuki.
#2 - Home
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/3/2021
Anna and Maya are far from where they began. Now all they want is to go back home.
#3 - Dance
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2019
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.
#4 - Opening Night
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/2020
Hearts are exposed on opening night, forcing both Anna and Maya to grow up.
#5 - AIM
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.
#6 - Anna Ishii-Peters
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/8/2019
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.
#7 - Wild Things
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/8/2019
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.
#8 - Posh
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.
#9 - Three
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2020
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.
#10 - Ojichan
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2019
Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.
#11 - Grammy
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/2021
A new family member comes to live with Anna, but their arrival brings unexpected endings. Maya gets a diagnosis.
#12 - Community Service
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2019
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.
#13 - Play
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2020
The school play has been cast. Maya might get her actual first kiss, whereas Anna struggles to find herself.
#14 - Pool
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2020
Two days after the dance, Maya and Anna reluctantly go to a lame pool party, where the surprising arrival of a crush causes them to question their sanity and reputations.
#15 - Solo
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/2019
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.
#16 - Vendy Wiccany
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2020
Anna and Maya discover secret powers within, allowing them to control rocky aspects of their lives through magic.
#17 - Shadow
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2021
Anna helps her dad move into an apartment. Maya is confronted by a surprise visitor from Japan.
#18 - Sleepover
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2020
Maura hosts a group sleepover at her house. The clock chimes late into the night as secrets and masks put friendships in jeopardy.
#19 - Wrestle
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2020
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.
#20 - Miranda
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2019
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?
#21 - Runaway
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/2021
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.
#22 - First Day
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2019
It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.
#23 - Bat Mitzvah
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2021
An upcoming Bat Mitzvah forces Maya to face a realization about her family’s socio-economic status while Anna grapples with an existential crisis.
#24 - Luminaria
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/2021
Anna and Maya attend the local “Walk For Cancer.” Opportunities for socializing evolve into inklings of mortality.
#25 - Jacuzzi
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2021
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.