The Paper

The documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.

Ned starts slowly with his volunteer crew until Esmeralda forces an accelerated scramble for stories. Detrick and Travis, Mare and Barry, and Adam and Adelola form teams.

Ned tags along on Mare’s consumer sting story after Esmeralda tells him a bunch of things that get in his head. Oscar has to stick his neck out in a budget meeting.

After learning a snarky high schooler’s blog has more readers than the paper, Ned and Esmeralda team up to embarrass the corner-cutting brat. Mare and Oscar cover a beloved music teacher.

Ned chases a story about a local scammer operating through a dating app and realises he may already have the scoop when he learns Esmeralda was one of his victims.