Popularity Papers - Season #1

When the drama teacher announces the best actor in their class will get to perform at the school assembly, Lydia is thrilled - this is her ticket to fulfilling her destiny as a world-renowned actress! But with Sage, her lifelong rival, as the frontrunner to win, Lydia resorts to shadier tactics in order to win. Meanwhile, Julie is forced to be scene partners with oddball Ursula, a conspiracy-loving classmate who is convinced that the teachers at school surveil students in secret.

Julie joins the Art Club in order to befriend a cool art kid, but ends up being challenged to make her art more personal. When she digs deeper, she paints a portrait of herself struggling with growing up while her dads treat her like a little girl. Meanwhile Lydia is on a tear to make Julie the star of the school art show.

It's the long weekend in Mapleview, and everyone has fabulous trips planned except for Lydia and Julie. When Elaine announces both the Goldblatts and the Graham-Changs will be going on a joint mini-getaway, the girls are psyched - until they realize their "vacation" will be spent at a snooze-worthy campground. The girls go to great lengths to get the perfect, envy worthy vacation photos.

When Julie gets scouted for the popular field hockey team, the girls realize that being an athlete is a surefire ticket to popularity - only problem is Julie is the total opposite of a jock. As Julie trains with the players, she learns that she's totally misunderstood what being a teammate is really about and ends up bonding with them. Meanwhile, Lydia finds herself on the outside and struggles with being left behind.

After being humiliated by Mike Cavalleri and the "Goldbladder" nickname for the millionth time, Lydia decides she's had enough. Taking a page from Mike's book, Lydia decides to become an insult comic, hoping her funny quips will earn her the laughs and adoration of her fellow students - and finally take him down a peg! But she goes a little too far with her insults on stage at a school assembly. Lydia discovers there's a fine line between being a class clown and a bully.

After learning a classmate's newfound confidence comes from a stint at rock camp, Julie and Lydia sign up for a session - rockstar status is sure to skyrocket them to worldwide popularity! But Lydia's dreams of rockstar fame come crashing down when she realizes Melody is their counsellor. Melody assigns Lydia as the role of band manager, while Julie is assigned lead singer/frontperson.

Everyone at Mapleview Middle is buzzing about the latest smartwatch craze that's sweeping the nation! Even Headgear Henry sports the latest tech, leaving watch-less Lydia and Julie feeling left behind. When their parents refuse to buy them one, the girls take things into their own hands and decide to earn the money themselves, taking on unusual jobs on the way. But as soon as they buy the smartwatch, everyone else in school is onto the next trend, Bow Headphones!

When new classmate Lucy Graves moves into the haunted house down the street, she's immediately the talk of Mapleview- turns out everyone's fascinated by ghost stories! Wanting to conjure up scary tales of their own, Lydia and Julie quickly befriend Lucy and invite themselves over for a sleepover, hoping to catch a live ghost during the night. But between their eccentric classmate Ursula also being invited, and the ghost story of Maude Shavenham running through their minds, the night becomes more frightening than they bargained for.

When Julie's bumped up to grade 8 English, her excellent work catches the attention of the Glossip Girls, the most popular clique at school! Their ringleader, Dawn, invites Julie to hang out, interested in picking Julie's brain - and more interested in copying off her answers in class. Lydia urges Julie to do whatever it takes to join their clique, but Julie soon starts to wonder if popularity is worth compromising her morals. After being dismissed by the Gossip Girls, a bummed-out Lydia lashes out at Mike Cavalleri, inadvertently standing up for Phoebe, a shy kid at school.