Cruel Summer
“The truth is how you see it.”
- 2021 –2023
- Canceled
- TV-14
★ 7.4 TMDB Rating · 383 votes
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.
- Created by
- Bert V. Royal
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 20
- Episode length
- ~42m
- First aired
- Apr 20, 2021
- Networks
- Freeform
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of Cruel Summer
Where to Stream Cruel Summer by Country
- United States
- Streaming on HuluRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Prime Video
- India
- Streaming on Prime Video
- Canada
- Rent or buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia
- Streaming on Prime Video
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Seasons
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Season 1
Apr 20, 2021
10 episodes
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Season 2
Jun 5, 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.





