

Season 1
The truth is how you see it.
Synopsis
Cruel Summer (2021), Season 1 is an American mystery thriller you can watch online on iFILM — ten episodes set across three summers, 1993, 1994 and 1995, in the small Texas town of Skylin.
The trick of the season is structure: every episode lives the same calendar day in all three years at once. In '93 the town's golden girl, Kate, disappears. At the same time awkward Jeanette Turner climbs from quiet outsider to the most popular girl in Skylin — and by '95, the most hated person in America. What passed between them comes out a sliver at a time: the garden-club party, the Wallis hunting trip, the county fair, a fresh deposition. One girl swears she's telling the truth. The other says her rival is lying. You decide who to believe, right up to the courtroom.
Made for Freeform, the triple-timeline format is the whole reason to watch — the puzzle, not the verdict. It suits anyone who likes teen mysteries in the vein of Euphoria or Big Little Lies, where the question isn't who did it but how you choose to see it. Stream Cruel Summer Season 1 online on iFILM.
10 episodes
S1·E1Happy 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.
S1·E2A 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.
S1·E3Off 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.
S1·E4You 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.
S1·E5As 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.
S1·E6An 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.
S1·E7Happy 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.
S1·E8Proof
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.
S1·E9A Secret of My Own
Kate's closely held secrets and fragmented memories of her time in Martin's captivity are brought to the surface.
S1·E10Hostile 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.
2 seasons
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