‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Is the Best Teen Drama Since ‘Dawson’s Creek’

The Summer I Turned Pretty is highlighting the dramatic love triangles that often engulf TV fans and leave them wanting more. In the series, Belly Conklin (Lola Tung) is caught between two brothers, Conrad Fisher (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno).

may be beloved as much for its teen love triangle plot as for the songs that go with it. The fan-favorite Amazon Prime Video show released its sixth episode on Friday, making a splash with what multiple sources say is a preview of Taylor Swift's «Delicate (Taylor's Version).» The song, featured at the beginning of this week's episode, seemingly offers fans a taste of Swift's yet-to-be-released rerecording of.

of The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon Prime’s hit teen drama based on of the same name, I poked around on Instagram to find exactly what I expected: The Summer I Turned Pretty’s fandom had divided itself into two factions—Team Conrad and Team Jeremiah.It’s a tale as old as Twilight: Two potential paramours, one relatably dorky heroine named Isabel(la), and a love triangle that makes you cringe as often as it makes you swoon. (Did Conrad and Jeremiah really have to be brothers?)And, as was the case in Twilight, there is only one perfect pairing in the end, no matter how endearing or sympathetic the runner-up love interest may be.

! The Summer I Turned Pretty, the multigenerational drama and coming of age story focusing on Isabel “Belly” Conklin, has officially been renewed for a third season. Prime Video made the announcement on August 3, 2023, while also revealing some big news in the process: it will be the biggest season yet.

will return for season 3, Prime Video announced on Thursday. The fan-favorite show is currently airing the final episodes of season 2 after doubling its season 1 viewership last month. «We've been delighted to see the passion with which fans have embraced, making Summer Fridays an entertainment phenomenon,» Vernon Sanders, Amazon and MGM Studios head of television, said in a statement.

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” is turning up the heat with a third season of the global hit series coming to Prime Video.

Selome Hailu Jenny Han’s teen drama series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” has been renewed for a ten-episode third season at Amazon Prime Video. Though the news was announced on Thursday, Amazon says the greenlight was made official internally before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on strike, and that no work on Season 3 will begin until labor negotiations between the guilds and the studios have been resolved. According to Amazon, Season 2 of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is one of the 10 most-watched seasons of any series ever on Amazon Prime Video, with its July 14 premiere more than doubling viewership of Season 1 within three days of launch.

The Summer I Turned Pretty has officially been renewed for a third season at Amazon’s Prime Video!

We’ll always have summer.

The Summer I Turned Pretty has returned for a second season on Amazon Prime Video — you can find episode details below.Adapted from the Jenny Han’s novel series of the same name, The Summer I turned Pretty tells the story of a love triangle between Isabel “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung) and brothers Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) and Conrad (Christopher Briney).In addition to the unfolding romance, season two also sees the trio battle to save the Cousins house after its future is threatened by a devastating development.A synopsis for the second season reads: “Belly used to count down the days until she could return to Cousins Beach, but with Conrad and Jeremiah fighting over her heart and the return of Susannah’s cancer, she’s not sure summer will ever be the same.“When an unexpected visitor threatens the future of Susannah’s beloved house, Belly has to rally the gang to come together—and to decide once and for all where her heart lies.”Come the end of season two, there will be 15 episodes of the series in total. The first season featured just seven instalments, while the second will comprise of eight.Season two debuted on Amazon Prime Video on July 14, releasing the first three episodes at once.

Rachel Seo Sitting in her writing office, surrounded by mossy green bookshelves, Jenny Han is telling an origin story of sorts. She was 24, and her first novel was about to be published. At the time, it wasn’t considered appropriate for authors to put their headshot on the back flap of their books.

Gavin Casalegno was able to seamlessly return to playing Jeremiah on The Summer I Turned Pretty, in part because of how his own experiences shaped his performance.

The Summer I Turned Pretty is tonally a very different show in than it was in season one, mostly due to Susannah's passing and the ripple effect that created among her friends and family. Gone are the more lighthearted storylines featuring deb ball fashion montages and Beck trying to get her kids to sit for portraits. Aside from some fun and games at the boardwalk this season and a between Belly and Conrad, it's been devastating to watch all the in-fighting between the Fisher and Conklin families as well as Aunt Julia's steadfast determination to sell the beloved beach house.

Rachel Seo This article contains spoilers for “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season 2. All interviews with actors were conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. It’s not summer without “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Prime Video’s hit teen drama has returned for Season 2. The first three episodes, which dropped on July 13, re-introduced its rabid fanbase to the world of 16-year-old Belly Conklin (Lola Tung), who spends summers with her family and friends at an idyllic house in Cousins Beach. Caught in a love triangle between two brothers, Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) and Conrad Fisher (Chris Briney), Belly navigates romance and friendship — and, in Season 2, grief, for the first time.

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may be beloved as much for its teen love triangle plot as for the songs that go with it. The fan-favorite Amazon Prime Video show released the first three episodes of its highly anticipated second season on Friday, complete with a concert-worthy soundtrack. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler The Creator and Caroline Polachek all make returns to the song list for season 2.  author Jenny Han recently revealed on TikTok that the second season will feature nine of Swift's songs — in the first episode of season 2, the lineup begins with Swiftie-favorite «Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)» from Swift's recently released .Last year's installment included five tracks from Swift, including «Cruel Summer» and «The Way I Loved You (Taylor's Version).» The show's season 1 teaser debuted «This Love (Taylor's Version)» from Swift's still forthcoming rerecording of.

The Summer I Turned Pretty fans couldn’t help but notice a sweet connection between Belly and Conrad’s relationship and that iconic Pride and Prejudice moment.

The Summer I Turned Pretty is a universal coming-of-age story — and one that depicts what happens when a girl finds herself caught between two brothers.  

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After earning a wide fanbase upon its first season, “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is finally back. The second season of the coming-of-age romance story, based off Jenny Han’s 2009 book of the same name, arrives on Prime Video on Friday, July 16.