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Operation: Cold Pizza is a 1997-set, retro-tech teen adventure where a group of suburban misfits uncover a buried Cold War conspiracy beneath their high school. Part mystery-thriller, part comedy, part emotional coming-of-age journey, the series blends Stranger Things ensemble energy with the analog paranoia of WarGames.

When conspiracy-obsessed 15-year-old Skyler receives a cryptic AIM message from “Spymaster_199X,” he ropes in his reluctant best friend Jordy (secretly in love with him), cynical hacker Max, genius Lena, and chaotic camcorder-wielding Millie to break into their school’s chem lab. What they find—a set of encrypted Soviet files and blueprints revealing a sealed Cold War vault under the gym—sparks a mission far bigger than any of them imagined.

Soon joined by Skylers glamorous but skeptical sister Joey, Max’s older brother Ben, Ben’s stoner wildcard best friend Mason, and Skyler’s crush Sarah (who may not be who she seems), the group discovers that someone else is also looking for the vault… and they’re getting closer.

The series engine: In every episode, the kids decode a new clue from Spymaster_199X, uncover a new piece of Cold War tech or AI mythology, face escalating threats from unseen rivals, and navigate the growing fractures within their friend group—all while trying to uncover what really happened to Skyler’s missing father.

The emotional core: A love letter to every weird kid who dreamed of saving the world—only to realize the real danger might be growing up.