TV series · Canceled
Cruel Summer
2021–2023 · 2 seasons, 20 episodes · 42m episodes · Drama, Mystery · Freeform · United States · Rated TV-14 (US)
The truth is how you see it.
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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1990santhologymissing personpsychological thrillersummer
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