Penelope is a 2024 coming-of-age television series from Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, and starring Megan Stott and Austin Abrams.
A sixteen-year-old girl leaves her home for a wilderness area for unknown reasons, perhaps due to her desire to escape studying for the SAT, perhaps due to her love of nature or a feeling of disconnection from the modern world.
The series was co-created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, who acts as showrunner.
The website's consensus reads: "A gorgeously shot wish-fulfillment fantasy for anyone who has ever wanted respite from modernity, Penelope is a distinctive and refreshing addition to the YA genre.
"[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 79 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.