Cruel Summer (2021)

04/20/2021 (US) • 42m

Drama, Mystery

The truth is how you see it.

Overview

Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

Top Billed Cast

Sadie Stanley

Megan Landry

20 Episodes

Lexi Underwood

Isabella LaRue

20 Episodes

Griffin Gluck

Luke Chambers

20 Episodes

Lisa Yamada

Parker Tanaka

20 Episodes

Sean Blakemore

Sheriff Myers

20 Episodes

KaDee Strickland

Debbie Strickland

20 Episodes


Last Season

Season 2

2023 | 10 Episodes

Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, season 2 follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twists and turns as it tracks the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward.

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Status

Canceled

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

anthology

psychological thriller

summer

missing person

1990s

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