Cruel Summer Season 2 - What We Know So Far
By Isabella Wilson
The "Cruel Summer" Season 1 finale, which airs on Freeform on June 15, will establish a lot of what will happen in Season 2. If the finale fully wraps up the lawsuit plot line, it's possible that the show will jump ahead and examine what happens in the summers of 1996, 1997, and 1998, and chronicle how Jeanette and Kate deal with impending adulthood. If it doesn't, it might explore how Jeanette deals with any damage done by the suit, and how she and Kate try to get on with their lives. Might we see how both girls deal with the fall and winter?
Fans now know that Kate went to Martin Harris' house of her own volition initially, and lingered at his home on her own free will until she asked him to release her, at which point he panicked about his reputation and threw her in his basement. Whether this comes out at the trial and changes public opinion about Kate's innocence will be determined by further series developments, as will Jeanette and Jamie's complicated relationship and her embattled situations with Mallory, Vince, and her parents.
