It took an eternity of two years for Cruel Summer Season 2 to start in Germany. In 2021, the high school thriller series had triggered a little hype – at least in the production country USA. Cruel Summer went relatively unnoticed in Germany. The versatile series is one of the most entertaining things the genre has produced in recent years. Season 1 is available in its entirety on Amazon* and Season 2 followed on Friday.
We explain what’s so good about Cruel Summer and what you can expect from Season 2.
That’s what Cruel Summer Season 1 is all about and that’s why it’s so good
Cruel Summer is an anthology series. That means: The relays tell a closed story. The Season 1’s thriller plot is spread over three time levels: June 1993, June 1994 and June 1995. The story begins in 1993 with 15-year-old Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia). She has a stable environment and is generally satisfied with herself.
Then Kate (Olivia Holt), the radiant high school queen who Jeanette secretly admires, disappears. Kate’s kidnapping is the epicenter of Cruel Summer. Jeanette takes her place in the social fabric joins Kate’s boyfriend and fills the hole she left in the cool clique. The series forces us to ask the following question: did Jeanette have anything to do with Kate’s disappearance?
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The result is a highly exciting mix of Dead Girls Don’t Lie, You and Gone Girl. The twists are sometimes a bit wacky, but wonderfully dark and abysmal. Hardly any turn can be predicted. This is also due to the narrative concept with the three time levels: Where other series lose the thread, Cruel Summer gains great dynamics from this rhythm.
The theme of Cruel Summer Season 2 is: Trust Nobody
Cruel Summer – S02 Trailer (English) HD
The history: Season 2 again takes place on three time planes – summer 1999, winter 1999 and summer 2000. So the story spans one year. We don’t want to reveal too much. It’s about an idyllic city in the Northwest of the USA near the sea. There we watch the disintegration of a group of friends: Megan, the exchange student Isabelle and Megan’s best friend Luke. However, the showrunners recommend not trusting any of the characters.
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