Cruel Summer
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Im actually embarrassed I didnt see this one coming.
at the party and also Lukes older brother Brent.
Ugh, that is such Brent behavior.
The July 99 drama is all pretty small potatoes, to be honest.
In Ride or Die, the good stuff mostly unfolds in December 1999.
Okay, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
The December scenes begin the post-revenge-porn debacle.
One more note here.
Okay, now back to the recap for real.
Sharpied under the dolls inflatable boobs.
One plausible reason for Debbies sudden switch from cool mom to the Shame!
lady onGame of Thronesis that she still thinks the tape showed Izzy boinking Megans boyfriend.
Debbie doesnt know that the tape showed Megan boinking Megans boyfriend.
(Did UDub have some kind of purity promise policy in the 90s that Im unaware of?)
Meg tries to argue her out of it, of course, but Izzy wont hear it.
Its what best friends do.
Im not gonna let that stupid tape destroy your future, Isabella declares.
Youre the most important person in this world to me.
I wouldnt do this for anyone else.
Ride or die isnt just words.
We actually mean it, right?
Youd do the same for me if I were in your shoes.
Its how we roll.
Is this too much?
But what are high-school friendships for if not melodrama?
Its midnight in the garden of discarded bachelorette-party gifts, and Isabella is ready to rumble.
And theyve already narrowed it down to two suspects.
(Scorned by whom, though?)
Luke, however, thinks the obvious culprit is Brent (self-explanatory).
Unfortunately, not much action happens in the July 2000 scenes, aside from many vaguely sinister insinuations.
According to the coroners report, Lukes official cause of death was by drowning.
Someone definitely took a shot at him, Sheriff Myer gravely concludes.
Whoever killed Luke wanted to see to it he was severely impaired before he went in the water.
They didnt want any chance of him coming out alive.
Im a minor, says Izzy, whos probably actually an adult but is also correct.
Shouldnt you be more concerned with who made that tape?
Sheriff Myer is not.
Hes more concerned with Isabella having been through three schools in three years and appearing menacing.
In any case, Isabella heads downstairs and calls Debbie.
The episode wants you to believe shes about to out Megan for the revenge-porn tape, which I dont.
Clues to Watch
Debbie got sick?
Im going to need a background check on this Lisa chick right away.
Isabella has a mom?
Lukes buddy-buddy relationship with the cops continues to be suspicious, Im sorry.
This article has been updated to reflect the correct singer of the song Bitch.
