Cruel Summer

Season 22021

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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10 Episodes

E01 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.

April 20, 2021

E02 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.

April 20, 2021

E03 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.

April 27, 2021

E04 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.

May 4, 2021

E05 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.

May 11, 2021

E06 An Ocean in 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.

May 18, 2021

E07 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.

May 25, 2021

E08 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.

June 1, 2021

E09 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.

June 8, 2021

E10 Hostile Witness

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.

June 15, 2021

Cruel Summer

E01 Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner

E02 A Smashing Good Time

E03 Off with a Bang

E04 You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat

E05 As the Carny Gods Intended

E06 An Ocean in Me

E07 Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis

E08 Proof

E09 A Secret of My Own

E10 Hostile Witness

Simon & Simon

Nymphs

The Girl from Oslo

#TheAssignment

Never Seen Again

Big City Greens

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

WHAT / IF

DOM

Mare of Easttown

Extant

Solos

Victoria

4400

One of Us Is Lying

Drop Dead Diva

Tiny Pretty Things

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Mask Girl

The Penthouse

E01 Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner

E02 A Smashing Good Time

E03 Off with a Bang

E04 You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat

E05 As the Carny Gods Intended

E06 An Ocean in Me

E07 Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis

E08 Proof

E09 A Secret of My Own

E10 Hostile Witness