Matinee

***Matinee*** is the sixth episode in the first season of the T.V. adaptation of *Paper Girls*. It was released on July 29, 2022.

## Synopsis

Desperate to find a way home, Tiff leads the girls to her adult self, who accomplished so many of her childhood dreams but she isn’t everything that was expected. Together they work to decode Larry’s ledger as the Old Watch close in.

## Episode Summary

Erin has a dream where she faces Ronald Reagan in a presidential debate. She gets quizzed about what really happened with Missy and Reagan tells Erin she’s dead.

Erin wakes up from her dream. The girls get out of the car and walk to a building. Tiffany talks to Big Tony, who is the bouncer at a club. He gives her directions to find adult Tiffany. Preteen Tiff explains what’s been happening to adult Tiff, who is now a DJ. She doesn’t seem shocked by Tiff’s story and guesses that she probably traveled via a wormhole to get here.

Adult Tiff comes out and hugs all of the girls. She takes them back to her place. Preteen Tiff wonders why Adult Tiff is still in Stony Stream- but she explains that a lot has changed. The girls go to sleep. They wake up and have breakfast with adult Tiff. KJ goes out for some air and walks to the local theater where the Stanley Kubrick marathon is on. She sits behind adult Tiff and her girlfriend.

Adult Tiff tries to decipher Larry’s journal. Preteen Tiff realizes Larry is still alive in 1999 and they could go to his farm to ask him about the next wormhole opening. Adult Tiff’s “boyfriend”, Russ, comes over, asking for a ride. Tiff drops him off on the way to Larry’s farm.

Back at Tiff’s apartment, Erin and Mac hang out. Erin calls her mom and hears her voice but hangs up. Mac tells Erin she became a veterinarian when she grew up. They went out to look at Erin’s house and see Missy and Mie Lien walk outside to eat.

Both Tiffs arrive at Larry’s farm and claim to be from the STF Underground. Larry tells them they’re at the wrong place but they convince him Tiff is from the future. Tiff accuses him of betraying her and her friends and demands his help. Larry writes something down on a piece of paper and hands it to Tiff. They leave.

KJ walks up to Lauren at the theater and they talk about the movie. KJ asks Lauren when did she know she was someone who liked movies- but she wanted to say girls. Lauren understands that she wants to ask about liking girls and she tells her that everyone moves at their own pace. KJ runs off before adult KJ comes back from the bathroom.

Adult Tiff admits to preteen Tiff that they left MIT in their sophomore year because it wasn’t what she thought it was. Instead, she is starting an institute. Preteen Tiff tells her that she has a good feeling it will work out. The other girls return to the apartment.

The Tiffs find out that the next folding is July 25, 2006 -seven years away. Erin freaks out and tells them to double check the math.

Larry picks up a newspaper left at his farm. He sees the sky light up pink and objects start to drop out of the sky -such as a bike and more newspaper pieces. The newspaper is dated for November 1988.

## 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

* Michael David Hammond as Big Tony
* Andrew Eakle as Russ

## Quotes

> Wait…is this? Were we really valedictorian?
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> Preteen Tiff to Adult Tiff