Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2016)

Overview

Cousins Earnest "Earn" Marks and Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and their families'.

Cast

Donald Glover as Earnest 'Earn' Marks
Donald Glover

as Earnest 'Earn' Marks

Brian Tyree Henry as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
Brian Tyree Henry

as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles

LaKeith Stanfield as Darius Epps
LaKeith Stanfield

as Darius Epps

Zazie Beetz as Vanessa 'Van' Keefer
Zazie Beetz

as Vanessa 'Van' Keefer

Episodes

The Big Bang poster

The Big Bang 7.5

September 6, 2016

The series opens with a confrontation between local rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles and a man who breaks off the side v…

Streets on Lock poster

Streets on Lock 7.8

September 6, 2016

Issues like police brutality, mental illness, and transphobia are addressed as Earn awaits bail after the boys get arre…

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Go for Broke 8.0

September 13, 2016

Earn goes on a date with Van even though he's broke; Paper Boi proves he might have what it takes to hustle.

The Streisand Effect poster

The Streisand Effect 7.9

September 20, 2016

Paper Boi deals with a social media troll, internet criticism, and exploitation; While Earn tries to trade his phone fo…

Nobody Beats the Biebs poster

Nobody Beats the Biebs 7.9

September 27, 2016

Justin Bieber, who is depicted as an African-American, makes an appearance in Atlanta at a celebrity basketball game, r…

Value poster

Value 7.8

October 4, 2016

Van meets her WAG friend Jayde for dinner and they clash over their respective lifestyles. Later, they smoke weed and r…

B.A.N. poster

B.A.N. 8.9

October 11, 2016

A satirical episode, Paper Boi features as a guest on a talk show called Montague, being part of a discussion on the me…

The Club poster

The Club 8.5

October 18, 2016

An NBA star named Marcus Miles is in the same club as Paper Boi, hogging the drinks, women and limelight, which aggrava…

Juneteenth poster

Juneteenth 8.2

October 25, 2016

Earn wakes up in another woman's bed and Van comes by to pick him up for a Juneteenth-themed party which she believes w…

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The Jacket 8.2

November 1, 2016

Earn loses his jacket, which has imporant items to him, after a night of partying. The Uber driver, who is a drug and w…