Cruel Summer (2021-2023) series poster
Mystery · Drama

Cruel Summer

2021-2023 2 seasons 20 episodes
68 Pulse
7.4 IMDb
One weekend 14 hours
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Plot

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.

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Credits

Created by: Bert V. Royal

Cast: Olivia Holt, Chiara Aurelia, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith, Allius Barnes, Brooklyn Sudano

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