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Cruel Summer - Season 1 (2021)

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Show title: Cruel Summer

IMDb score: 7,4 (21.905)

Episodes: 10

Playing time: 8 hour

Developed by: Bert V. Royal

Stars: Olivia Holt, Chiara Aurelia and Froy Gutierrez

Origin: United States

Releasedate: Thursday 30 April 2020

First aired on: Freeform (Verenigde Staten)

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Cruel Summer plot

The series takes place over three summers in '93, '94 and '95 in a small Texas town. Kate, a beautiful and popular teenager goes missing. Not long after, an apparently unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outcast to the most popular girl in town, eventually growing into the most despised person in America.

Episodes Season 1 (2021)

  1. 1. Pilot

    20 April 2021 (45 minutes)

  2. 2. A Smashing Good Time

    20 April 2021 (45 minutes)

  3. 3. Off with a Bang

    27 April 2021 (45 minutes)

  4. 4. You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat

    4 May 2021 (45 minutes)

  5. 5. As The Carny Gods Intended

    11 May 2021 (45 minutes)

  6. 6. An Ocean Inside Me

    18 May 2021 (45 minutes)

  7. 7. Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis

    25 May 2021 (45 minutes)

  8. 8. Proof

    1 June 2021 (45 minutes)

  9. 9. A Secret Of My Own

    8 June 2021 (1 hour)

  10. 10. Hostile Witness

    15 June 2021 (1 hour)

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I was hesitant at first: someone who is no longer a teenager themselves should be careful about judging teen dramas. Jessica Biel (producer of the great The Sinner) finally won me over. Actress Biel is executive producer for Cruel Summer and knows how to present us a catchy teenage mystery. Popular Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt) is kidnapped, and nerdy Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia) seems to take her place. Set in the summers of 1993, 1994, and 1995, the series alternates continuously in chronology with each episode. That seems a bit tiring and confusing, in practice it's not that bad and it goes without saying.

The acting is excellent; Holt and Aurelia act well between vulnerable, excited, confident and restrained. The disappearance mystery is the common thread, and that is excellently put together due to the layering. For an American drama, Cruel Summer is quite dark. The plot is more than sufficient in this smooth scenario, although the number of episodes (10) seems a bit stretched.

As a coming-of-age story, Cruel Summer touches upon familiar themes, and is fairly stereotypical in that regard. With a sharp edge here and there. Cruel Summer also cites plenty of good and well-known examples such as Desperate Housewives (a number of characters seem to have walked away from it), and more recently Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere. However, the quality of BLL is not matched anywhere. Nevertheless, I can recommend Cruel Summer to everyone, even if you are already 20 or much older.

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