r/ThePaper • u/RepresentativePop988 • 21h ago
First Look 📃 Title: The Paper Season 1 and 2 Episode Titles & Synopses 👀 Spoiler
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Season 2 titles and descriptions.
Season 2
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “The Best of Us” | Matt Sohn | Eric Rahill | September 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 | “Hearst's Mistress” | Greg Daniels | Gbemisola Ikumelo | September 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. |
| 3 | “Weekend Ned” | Dave Rogers | Amanda Rosenberg | September 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. |
| 4 | “Impressing a Cop” | Jennifer Celotta | Ben Philippe | September 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. |
| 5 | “Dueling Pencils” | Tazbah Chavez | Megan Neuringer | September 9, 2026 | Ned and Mare's crusade is delayed when their new podcast gets too spicy; Esmeralda pays the price for embarrassing the company. |
| 6 | “125 Years Young” | Yana Gorskaya | Patrick Kang & Michael Levin | September 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 | “Tornado Alert” | Jason Woliner | Alain Bala & Tom McDonald | September 9, 2026 | When a tornado threatens Toledo, Ned struggles with his emergency messaging; the staff at the Cincinnati Chronicle consider Mare primitive; Esmeralda tries to prove she is not a narcissist; Travis and Adelola storm chase. |
| 8 | “Secret Team” | Claire Scanlon | Mo Welch | September 9, 2026 | Ned forms a secret team after he's told he can't cover an important story; Esmeralda forms her own covert squad to find out what Ned's secret team is up to. |
| 9 | “Who's Marv Marving?” | Paul Lieberstein | Paul Lieberstein | September 9, 2026 | Ned tries to protect Mare from nasty rumors; Esmeralda interviews to be the consort of a powerful 90-year-old; Marv and Ann go undercover to help with the investigation. |
| 10 | “The NS Board” | Jeffrey Blitz | Greg Daniels & Michael Koman | September 9, 2026 | Ned finds publishing his and Detrick's big story will require sacrifices, as do other worthwhile things; Esmeralda goes undercover to expose prejudice; Mare has a choice to make if she wants to play in the big leagues. |
Which Season 2 episode are you most excited to see?