The Cruel Summer Podcast

In s02e10 of Cruel Summer, we’re finally free. The “mystery” was resolved in the most boring and predictable way possible, and the audience is left to ponder who we were supposed to be rooting for this whole time anyway?

Answers are spilling out all over on s02e08 of Cruel Summer, where we inch ever closer to this little weasel finally dying. Secrets are made—and then revealed two scenes later, sucking all the tension and drama out of them! The Sheriff finally looked at some of the footage from the Y2K party, and he’s got some new theories. And Isabella finally snaps.

In s02e06 of Cruel Summer, Isabella has dumped Luke, giving Megan the all clear to go for him, much to the sad chagrin of Jeff, who has to watch it all happening right in front of him at Luke’s birthday part. In Winter ’99, Luke makes a move on Isabella and then lies to Megan and says she kissed him, and in Summer ’00, we learn some scant, vague details about Lisa’s death, and Parker conveniently overhears some new info and runs to tell the Sheriff. Also, suddenly Ned is a character on the show, with all sorts of red flags about his friendship with Megan. Red herring?? We’ll see, I guess.

In s02e04 of Cruel Summer, it’s Festivus! And we’ve got a lot of problems with you people! In Summer 1999, we’re doing baby’s first fake ID bar visit. Megan is suddenly suspicious of Isabella having feelings for Luke in the Winter 1999 timeline because the script says so. And in Summer 2000, why haven’t they arrested Megan yet? Because she seems hella guilty.

As predicted, s02e02 of Cruel Summer gives us and Isabella-focused episode this week, where we learn a little bit more about the globetrotting diplomat’s daughter who thought it would be really cool to live in a small town for a year. There’s big secrets to keep because this show doesn’t operate by the rules of reality, and we get a few hints that maybe Isabella is not all she seems. And maybe some sapphic vibes?? Who even knows.

James Taylor and Marco Sparks of Bros Watch PLL Too breakdown each episode of the FreeForm TV show Cruel Summer. This week, we’re joined by friend of the pod Kaitlin Reilly to dissect the season finale. In s01e10 “Hostile Witness,” the trial finally arrives, and we learn the truth about what Kate and Jeanette saw, and who was lying.

James Taylor and Marco Sparks of Bros Watch PLL Too breakdown each episode of the FreeForm TV show Cruel Summer. In s01e08 “Proof” Jeanette learns that Kate has gone missing, and can’t take any more of Mallory’s bullying.

James Taylor and Marco Sparks of Bros Watch PLL Too breakdown each episode of the FreeForm TV show Cruel Summer. In s01e06 “An Ocean Inside Me” we see another side of Jeanette as she gets caught shoplifting and likes it, and blackmails a potential witness against her.

James Taylor and Marco Sparks of Bros Watch PLL Too breakdown each episode of the FreeForm TV show Cruel Summer. In s01e04 “You Don’t Hunt, You Don’t Eat” Kate processes her trauma and reflects on how a predator was allowed into her life by trusted adults.

James Taylor and Marco Sparks of Bros Watch PLL Too breakdown each episode of the FreeForm TV show Cruel Summer. In s01e02 “A Smashing Good Time” we’re introduced to the doomed Kate Wallis and her domineering mother over three years in 1993, 1994, and 1995.