Cruel Summer (2021)

Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (22,371 votes)
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

7.66 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 42 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner	7.7	895
2	A Smashing Good Time	7.8	758
3	Off with a Bang	7.2	677
4	You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat	7.4	625
5	As The Carny Gods Intended	7.3	583
6	An Ocean Inside Me	7.4	568
7	Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis	7.6	564
8	Proof	7.3	553
9	A Secret of My Own	8.5	683
10	Hostile Witness	8.4	802

Season 2 (2023)

7.02 avg 10 episodes 6.9 → 7.7 42 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Welcome to Chatham	6.9	362
2	Ride or Die	6.9	277
3	Bloody Knuckles	6.9	238
4	Springing a Leak	6.9	234
5	All I Want for Christmas	6.9	222
6	The Plunge	6.8	218
7	It's the End of the World	7.0	209
8	Confess Your Sins	7.1	215
9	The Miseducation of Luke Chambers	7.1	205
10	Endgame	7.7	288

Cruel Summer (2021)

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