The Paper

The documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject. They discover the historic Midwestern newspaper, the Toledo Truth Teller, and its publisher's efforts to revive it.

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

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; Detrick and Nicole play two truths and a lie until it blows up.

After learning that 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's last production.

Ned chases a story about a local scammer operating through a dating app, learning that Esmeralda is one of the victims; Nicole is full of vengeful glee.

Ned takes over Esmeralda's advertorials and assigns the staff to test products themselves, but Esmeralda retaliates; Ken turns Adam into a lab rat.