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Cruel Summer

Season 1 · 10 episodes · Apr 20, 2021

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    Episode 1

    Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner

    Apr 20, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 2

    A Smashing Good Time

    Apr 20, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 3

    Off with a Bang

    Apr 27, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 4

    You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat

    May 4, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 5

    As the Carny Gods Intended

    May 11, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 6

    An Ocean in Me

    May 18, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 7

    Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis

    May 25, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 8

    Proof

    Jun 1, 2021

    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.

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    Episode 9

    A Secret of My Own

    Jun 8, 2021

    Kate's closely held secrets and fragmented memories of her time in Martin's captivity are brought to the surface.

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    Episode 10

    Hostile Witness

    Jun 15, 2021

    Kate and Jeanette'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.