The WORST episodes of The Paper (2025)
Every episode of The Paper (2025) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Paper (2025)!
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.
#1 - The Best of Us
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2026
After a magical weekend sweeping the Ohio Journalism Awards, Ned tries to find the right time to ask Marv for a bigger budget; Esmeralda loudly plays the grief card.
#2 - The NS Board
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned and Detrick try to put out a story, but it'll require sacrifices; Esmeralda exposes prejudice.
#3 - Who's Marv Marving?
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned tries to protect Mare from rumors; Esmeralda interviews to be the consort of a powerful man.
#4 - Secret Team
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned forms a secret team to investigate a possible crime by powerful advertisers.
#5 - Tornado Alert
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/2026
When a tornado threatens Toledo, TTT debuts push notifications; Travis and Adelola storm chase.
#6 - 125 Years Young
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned invites journalists to witness the paper's 125th birthday and finds out what it's like to be the story; Esmeralda has to make up years of skipped HR training and gets creative.
#7 - Dueling Pencils
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned and Mare's crusade is delayed when their new podcast gets too spicy; Esmeralda pays the price for embarrassing the company.
#8 - Impressing a Cop
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/2026
Mare finds a fabulous story after Ned has a bruising interaction at his cop source's gun range; Oscar enjoys "The Real Single Ladies of Toledo"; Esmeralda plans a not-so-scary haunted house.
#9 - Hearst's Mistress
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned and Mare search for a journalistic crusade and find themselves at her apartment; Oscar negotiates the rights to Mr. Digit with Marv.
#10 - Weekend Ned
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2026
Ned and Mare ditch the documentary crew, leaving Adam and Adelola in charge of the weekend edition; Esmeralda recruits Ken to be her son's pretend dad.
#11 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2025
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.
#12 - The Ohio Journalism Awards
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned stifles his desire to win at the Ohio Journalism Awards. Nicole uncovers Detrick's monogamy and is furious. Oscar comes to terms with the documentary, Mare brings a YouTube famous date, Esmeralda sings and Ken engineers an emergency to play hero.
#13 - Matching Ponchos
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned and Mare take a long road trip to interview a possible cult leader after Detrick chickens out. Ken drags Nicole into his corporate apology tour. Oscar is driven mad by a troll commenting on his pieces and Esmeralda is visited by an incubus.
#14 - Church and State
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/4/2025
Mare uncovers a story that pits the Truth Teller against its corporate owner. Ned's past as a high-pressure toilet paper salesman embarrasses him. Esmeralda tries to stage-mom her son into commercials. Ken participates in a cover-up.
#15 - I Love You
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/4/2025
With Marv camped out in the newsroom while his office is painted, Ned and the staff find their unresolved attitudes to authority bubbling up. Esmeralda and Ken plot a betrayal that leaks.
#16 - Churnalism
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned takes over Esmeralda's advertorials and assigns the staff to rigorously test products themselves. In retaliation, Esmeralda covers one of Ned's stories and finds a scandal. Ken turns Adam into a lab rat. Oscar and Adelola compare pain tolerances.
#17 - Scam Alert!
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned chases a story about a local scammer operating through a dating app and realizes he may already have the scoop when he learns Esmeralda was one of his victims. Nicole is full of vengeful glee.
#18 - TTT vs. the Blogger
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2025
After learning a snarky highschooler's blog has more readers than the paper, Ned and Esmeralda team up to embarrass the corner-cutting brat. Mare and Oscar cover a beloved music teacher's last production.
#19 - Buddy and the Dude
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned tags along on Mare's consumer sting story after Esmeralda tells him a bunch of things that get in his head. Oscar has to stick his neck out in a budget meeting. Detrick and Nicole play two truths and a lie until it blows up.
#20 - The Five W’s
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2025
Ned starts slowly with his volunteer crew until Esmeralda forces an accelerated scramble for stories. Detrick and Travis, Mare and Barry, Adam and Adelola form Woodward and Bernstein teams with limited results.