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  • Freeform
  • Apr 27, 2021
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  • Apr 27, 2021
  • 41 m
Cruel Summer

Summary In 1993, popular teenager Kate (Olivia Holt) disappears from her small Texas town. Nerdy Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia) transforms into the new popular girl and by 1995, the prime suspect in this thriller created by Bert V. Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel.

Directed By: Kellie Cyrus

Written By: Bert V. Royal, Imogen Binnie

  • TV-14
  • Freeform
  • Apr 27, 2021
  • 41 m
  • TV-14
  • Freeform
  • Apr 27, 2021
  • 41 m
Cruel Summer
S1 • Episode 3
Off with a Bang
Air Date: Apr 27, 2021
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Summary In 1993, popular teenager Kate (Olivia Holt) disappears from her small Texas town. Nerdy Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia) transforms into the new popular girl and by 1995, the prime suspect in this thriller created by Bert V. Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel.

Created By: Bert V. Royal

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Episode 1 • Apr 19, 2021 • 45 m
Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner
Taking place over 3 summers in the 90s when a popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town, eventually becoming the most despised person in America.
Episode 2 • Apr 20, 2021 • 41 m
A Smashing Good Time
It's time for the annual Skylin Garden Club Party. Year after year after year, the residents of Skylin struggle with the truth around what happened to Kate, keeping their secrets buried and maintaining appearances.
Episode 3 • Apr 27, 2021 • 41 m
Off with a Bang
Victim or villain? Jeanette continues to add fuel to the fire as her reckless behavior causes her friends and family to question her even more.
Episode 4 • May 4, 2021 • 42 m
You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat
Kate, reeling from the lawsuit, prepares her defense and finds friendship in an unlikely source. The annual Wallis hunting trip becomes the setting for an important first meeting.
Episode 5 • May 11, 2021 • 41 m
As The Carny Gods Intended
Jeannette and Kate cross paths at the Skylin High takeover of the County Fair, where one is desperate to prove herself and the other to lose herself.
Episode 6 • May 18, 2021 • 41 m
An Ocean Inside Me
A new deposition threatens Jeanette's case. A discovery causes Cindy's suspicions about her own daughter to reach new heights as her relationship with Greg becomes further strained.
Episode 7 • May 25, 2021 • 41 m
Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis
Kate struggles with a family secret she's been holding on to. Joy tries to convince Kate to go on "The Marsha Bailey Show." Mallory has a birthday surprise.
Episode 8 • Jun 1, 2021 • 40 m
Proof
On the first day of school, everyone learns that the drama of the summer is anything but over and that some people will pay more for the consequences of Jeanette and Kate's deception than others.
Episode 9 • Jun 8, 2021 • 42 m
A Secret of My Own
Kate's closely held secrets and fragmented memories of her time in Martin's captivity are brought to the surface.
Episode 10 • Jun 15, 2021 • 44 m
Hostile Witness
Kate and Jeannette's worlds collide as the court date arrives, finally forcing the two young women to answer the question on everyone's mind, but the answer comes with a price that not everyone can pay.

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