Cruel Summer (TV series)

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Cruel Summer
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Season 1 title card
Genre
Created by Bert V. Royal
Starring
Music by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Nicole Colombie
  • Jamie Neese
  • Jason Neese
  • Rohit Kumar
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Damián García
  • Jayson Crothers
  • Allan Westbrook
  • Mark Berlet
Editors
  • Christopher Nelson
  • Meridith Sommers
  • Damien Smith
  • Jeff Israel
  • Troy Takaki
  • Mark Bourgeois
  • Diandra Kendall Luzon
Running time42–45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Freeform
ReleaseApril 20, 2021 (2021-04-20) –
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)

Cruel Summer is an American teen drama mystery thriller anthology television series created by Bert V. Royal. The first season follows two teenage girls in the mid-1990s and the repercussions on everyone's lives after one disappears and the other seemingly takes her place. The second season follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship between two girls in 1999 and 2000.

Contents

The series premiered on Freeform on April 20, 2021. In June 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered at the ATX Television Festival on June 2, 2023, ahead of its broadcast premiere on Freeform on June 5, 2023. In December 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons.

Overview

Season 1: Jeanette and Kate

The first season takes place between 1993 and 1995 in the fictional town of Skylin, Texas, and follows two teenage girls: Jeanette Turner and Kate Wallis. Sweet, socially awkward Jeanette blossoms after beautiful, popular Kate disappears without a trace, with Jeanette even going as far as adopting various aspects of Kate's life. Over a year later, Jeanette becomes nationally despised after Kate is rescued alive and accuses Jeanette of witnessing her abduction but failing to report it. As a legal battle ensues, families and friends must determine who is telling the truth; however, Jeanette and Kate may be hiding something.

Season 2: Megan, Isabella, and Luke

The second season takes place between 1999 and 2000 in the fictional town of Chatham, Washington, and follows three teenage friends: Megan, Isabella, and Luke. Megan, an aspiring coder, and her family welcome Isabella, a foreign exchange student, into their home for a year. Megan and Isabella develop a friendship that quickly becomes complicated when both become romantically involved with Luke, Megan's childhood best friend. Within months, things unravel quickly when a leaked sex tape results in Megan and Isabella becoming prime suspects in Luke's murder.

Cast and characters

Main (season 1)

Recurring (season 1)

Main (season 2)

Recurring (season 2)

In addition, Jenna Lamb co-stars as Lily Landry, [8] Megan's younger sister.

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10April 20, 2021 (2021-04-20)June 15, 2021 (2021-06-15)
2 10June 5, 2023 (2023-06-05)July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)

Season 1 (2021)

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title  [9] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date  [9] U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner" Max Winkler Bert V. Royal April 20, 2021 (2021-04-20)0.274 [10]

In 1993, Jeanette Turner bumps into popular Kate Wallis and her boyfriend, Jamie Henson, at the mall where Jeanette and her friends Mallory Higgins and Vince Fuller create a bucket list of daring activities to challenge each other. While playing hide-and-seek in a house her father Greg recently sold, Jeanette meets Martin Harris, the house's new owner and Skylin High's new vice principal.

In 1994, Kate has been missing for a year, and the now-popular Jeanette celebrates her birthday with Kate's friends and Jamie, her now-boyfriend. A jealous Mallory confronts Jeanette for taking over Kate's life, which Jeanette dismisses. When it is announced that Kate has been found alive, Jeanette runs to see Jamie, who punches her in the face for what she did.

In 1995, Jeanette –now nationally despised –spends her birthday meeting with lawyers and fighting with her father and his new girlfriend, Angela. As Jeanette watches reruns of the news, it is revealed Kate was abducted by Martin, who was later killed in a shootout with the police on rescuing Kate. In another interview, Kate condemns Jeanette publicly, saying Jeanette saw her being held in captivity but did nothing.
22"A Smashing Good Time"Bill PurpleBert V. RoyalApril 20, 2021 (2021-04-20)0.218 [10]

In 1993, Jeanette, Mallory, and Vince meet Jamie's best friend Ben who offers advice on a prank the trio are planning. Kate believes her stepfather Rod is cheating on her mother, Joy. She tells Joy and attempts to find proof but discovers Rod is only planning a surprise cruise. Kate apologizes to Joy, who berates Kate for making accusations and being an embarrassment. Upset, Kate leaves the party and gets drunk. The gardener Scott returns Kate home where she later discovers Joy and Scott are having an affair. Distressed, Kate sneaks out again and is found by Martin Harris.

In 1994, Jamie –who has reconciled with Kate –and Rod are worried that Kate refuses to talk to the police or go to therapy. Jamie secretly meets with Jeanette, who swears she is innocent and begs Jamie to believe her; the two kiss as Kate secretly watches. Angry, Kate goes to the police and offers Jeanette's necklace into evidence as proof of her accusation.

In 1995, Kate has taken a dark turn, becoming acerbic and hostile. In an online abduction victims' chatroom, Kate confesses to an anonymous friend that she has not been completely honest. Kate later discovers Jeanette is suing her for defamation and screams, enraged.
In summer 1999, Megan and Isabella tag along with the Luke and the boys to Luke's family cabin for their annual camping trip. On the trip, it is revealed that Jeff has a crush on Megan, but she fails to notice it as she grows suspicious of Luke and Isabella's growing friendship. As they go home from the campout, Megan finds her mother and her estranged father kissing on their front porch. Isabella and Megan bond over their parents' terrible history.

In winter 1999, Megan is upset that Isabella confessed to Debbie that it was actually Megan on the tape, and they get into an argument about loyalty. Meanwhile, a box of the tapes is mysteriously dropped off at the sheriff's office, showing Brent having filmed sex with minors, but managed to avoid the any punishment from the law as his father gets it swept under the rug. Megan and Isabella discover that Jeff knows about Megan being on the tape, and decide to blackmail him for his silence.

In summer 2000, as the case intensifies, the sheriff informs Megan and Debbie that the murder weapon used in Luke's death had Isabella and Megan's fingerprints on it. Isabella's parents send her a lawyer who helped her out of trouble in a previous incident in St. Barts in 1999, and as a friendly gesture, Isabella advises Megan to obtain a good lawyer. While in the sheriff office getting interrogated, Megan and Isabella stick to their stories of last seeing Luke on New Year's Day and dropping him off at home. However, security footage from his house proves them wrong. When the sheriff asks them about the cabin, the girls insist that they have not been to the cabin in months, but the sheriff shows Isabella a bag filled with cash that was found in the cabin.Viewership and ratings per episode of Cruel SummerNo.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)Viewers
(millions)DVR
(18–49)DVR viewers
(millions)Total
(18–49)Total viewers
(millions)1"Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner"April 20, 20210.10.274 [10] 0.10.2380.20.512 [52] 2"A Smashing Good Time"April 20, 20210.10.218 [10] 0.10.2010.20.419 [52] 3"Off with a Bang"April 27, 20210.10.228 [11] 0.10.3020.20.530 [53] 4"You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat"May 4, 20210.10.260 [12] 0.10.3380.20.598 [54] 5"As the Carny Gods Intended"May 11, 20210.10.236 [13] 0.10.3410.20.577 [55] 6"A Ocean Inside Me"May 18, 20210.10.261 [14] ————7"Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis"May 25, 20210.10.198 [15] ————8"Proof"June 1, 20210.20.310 [16] ————9"A Secret of My Own"June 8, 20210.10.297 [17] ————10"Hostile Witness"June 15, 20210.20.386 [18] 0.10.3860.30.766 [18]

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Cruel Summer
No.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)
1"Welcome to Chatham"June 5, 20230.10.224 [20]
2"Ride or Die"June 5, 20230.00.116 [20]
3"Bloody Knuckles"June 12, 20230.10.124 [21]
4"Springing a Leak"June 19, 20230.00.073 [22]
5"All I Want for Christmas"June 26, 20230.00.095 [23]
6"The Plunge"July 3, 20230.10.145 [24]
7"It's the End of the World"July 10, 20230.00.081 [25]
8"Confess Your Sins"July 17, 20230.00.112 [26]
9"The Miseducation of Luke Chambers"July 24, 20230.10.165 [27]
10"Endgame"July 31, 20230.10.174 [28]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2021 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Chiara Aurelia Nominated [56]
Olivia Holt Nominated
Best Cable Series, DramaCruel SummerWon
2022 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Drama Series Chiara AureliaNominated[ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nathaniel Ashton was credited as a series regular for the first episode, but credited as guest starring starting from the second episode.

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