‘PEN15’ follows two girls, Anna Kone and Maya Ishii-Peters, as they start 7th grade in 2000. Anna and Maya have been best friends for years, but their friendship is continuously tested as they ...

Maya Erskine and Anna ... show’s sophomore season or negate the emotions of Season 1, teen tantrum style, the duo decided to amp them up, taking an often darker turn to reflect their characters ...

The series follows two middle school girls, Anna and Maya ... characters’ experiences that they even use their real middle school photos in the opening credits. PEN15 isn’t just a show ...

Their Pen15 characters ... get to use the show as a corrective, such as in a scene where Maya comforts Anna when her parents are fighting in another room over the sound of the TV.

Amidst the Y2K era of AOL Instant Messenger chatting, gel pens and Tamagotchi keychains, the TV versions of Maya and Anna must navigate ... by Konkle during the show’s panel at Deadline ...

All of which makes it fertile soil for both comedy and drama — and makes Pen15 one of the most cathartic shows on television ... the Hulu series follows Maya Ishii-Peters and Anna Kone, two ...

Maya Erskine, left, and Anna Konkle play “Maya” and ... Expecting little, our TV critic found 25 shows worth watching this fall. (Yes, really!) What’s most striking about the show ...