Tag: Olivia Holt
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‘Cruel Summer’ Season 1’s Best Surprise Has Nothing to Do With the Mystery
Season 1 of Freeform’s Cruel Summer premiered in 2021, kicking off an anthology series that explored how the relationships between teen girls were affected by various traumatic events. The series prolongs the mysteries behind these dynamic changes by hopping between different three different years in the 1990s. It told the story of Texas teen Kate’s…
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This Is What’s Not Working About ‘Cruel Summer’ Season 2
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Cruel Summer Season 2.Freeform’s anthology series Cruel Summer follows the stories of two girls whose lives are woven together by tragic circumstances. In the first season, we met Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia) and Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), whose lives were forever changed after the latter was kidnapped by…
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‘Cruel Summer’ Season 2 Is Focusing on the Wrong Mysteries
Cruel Summer’s second season has a problem that’s going to be very hard for it to overcome. The first season of Freeform’s teen mystery anthology show was built around a single question: did Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia) see Kate (Olivia Holt) while she was being held captive and fail to report it? The entire narrative circled…
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‘Cruel Summer’ Shouldn’t Have Been an Anthology Show
As Freeform’s most highly-rated show of all time, it’s no surprise that Cruel Summer was picked up for a second season. Some fans were optimistic about the show becoming an anthology series, while others were disappointed that Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia) and Kate (Olivia Holt) wouldn’t be returning to the screen, but with such big shoes…
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‘Cruel Summer’ Season 1 Recap Ahead of Season 2: Kate and Jeanette’s Story
Prime Video’s Cruel Summer returns for a second season on June 5. Created by Bert V. Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel, the anthology series will take on a new mystery for its sophomore entry. Season 1 dealt with the disappearance and later reappearance of popular girl Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), and how underdog…