It B Over

***It B Over*** is the eighth and final episode of the first season of the T.V. adaptation of *Paper Girls* and is also the series finale due its cancellation by Prime. It was released on July 29, 2022.

## Synopsis

The Old Watch invades Larry’s farm, leaving the Girls with one chance to get home to 1988.

## Episode Summary

Juniper calls one of her STF contacts on a walkie-talkie and Tiffany asks what she’s doing. Juniper explains that the Old Watch can’t listen in to their walkie-talkie conversations across time. Tiff explains that Heck and Naldo stole her matching walkie talkie and they could communicate to them in 1988. Juniper is thrilled and calls in on the walkie talkie.

Mac’s voice comes through the receiver and they realize it was her on Hell Day in 1988. They realize nothing will change because Heck and Naldo still die. They repeat “You are going to die” into the receiver for Heck and Naldo to hear.

Mac runs off and she goes inside Larry’s house.Meemaw Radakowski is laughing at someone and it turns out to be Prioress, holding a plate of cookies. Prioress tells them she will send them back to 1988 but with the understanding that their memories will be erased. KJ walks in and Prioress tells them there is someone who wants to meet them- Grand Father. He tells them they’re going to fix the Stony Stream timeline. “Let me guess, this is the one that killed your little brother,” he asks Prioress about KJ.

KJ asks if there is a cure in the future for cancer. Grand Father explains why the Old Watch is on their mission in the first place- comparing it to recording over a mixed tape. He explains that if the timeline gets too messed up-it’s the end of the universe. Which is why he can’t tell her the cure for cancer because her time is her time.

A dinosaur comes out of the time rip and adult Tiff said it’s time to go. She doesn’t want her memory to be wiped. Preteen Tiff asks for a pen and writes on Larry’s journal “You invent time travel”. Tiff tells her to make it real before adult Tiff experiences ablution and has her mind erased.

Grand Father introduces the girls to Tessa, his dinosaur. The girls start asking questions about why the Old Watch has killed members of the STF and wouldn’t that mess with the timeline. Grand Father tells them he doesn’t make the rules. Larry brings his gun over and threatens Grand Father and Prioress, telling them to leave the girls alone. Grand Father motions to Tessa and she eats Larry, killing him. The girls run for their lives.

They hide in the basement and Mac tells the rest of the girls that she’s sick with cancer. Prioress shouts to the girls to do this the easy way or let the dinosaur rip the house apart. They decide to stick together and walk outside. Prioress asks for their names and brings them to a kind of ship to go back to 1988. Inside the ship, Prioress tells Tiffany to go with her. She offers Tiff the chance to save Mac from cancer if she agrees to help her. She opens a controlled folding and sends the girls through to talk to adult Tiffany. Prioress gets shot for helping the girls. Erin releases healing probes to heal her. Mac and KJ enter the ship to go into the folding but Erin and Tiff don’t make it in time. They get separated.

Grand Father starts walking towards the room to investigate. Prioress gets up and opens another folding and another ship for Tiff and Erin to escape in. They get away and Grand Father gets mad at Prioress. She explains that Tiff is “the” Dr. Quilkin and she can create peace. Grand Father calls back the healing probes and tells Prioress it’s her time. She dies.

Erin and Tiff land in a corn field. They don’t see another ship nearby. They walk towards a drive in movie theater. “Holy shit”, Erin says.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Riley Lai Nelet as Erin Tieng
	+ Ali Wong as adult Erin
* Camryn Jones as Tiffany Quilkin
	+ Sekai Abenì as adult Tiffany
* Sofia Rosinsky as Mac Coyle
* Fina Strazza as KJ Brandman
	+ Delia Cunningham as adult KJ
* Nate Corddry as Larry

### Recurring Cast

* Celeste Arias as Juniper Plimpton
* Sekai Abenì as Adult Tiffany Quilkin
* Meg Thalken as Meemaw Radakowski
* Andy Carey as Gary
* Kirsten Anderson as Jill
* Andrew Bratton as Al

## Quotes

> We’re paper girls, so we stick together.
>
> KJ