PEN15 is middle school as it really happened, in all its cringeworthy glory. Show creators, Maya Erskine (Plus One) and Anna Konkle (Rosewood), who are full-on adults, play fictionalized depictions of their younger selves as awkward 7th grade outcasts, surrounded by actual 13-year-olds. Taking a nostalgic trip back to the year 2000, these two best friends enter the wonderful world of puberty and burgeoning adolescence together while facing the trials and tribulations of middle school from boys to school dances to overbearing parents where the best day of your life can turn into the worst with the stroke of a gel pen. 

Seasons 1 & 2 are now streaming on CBC Gem.