The Summer I Turned Pretty
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I have to be honest.
I am no longer having much fun watchingThe Summer I Turned Pretty.
Its bringing me down.
Take todays episode, titled, on theme, Love Affair.
No sooner have I settled in and pressed play than Laurel, what the fuck?!
First, shes pissed that Belly has been lying to her about where she was for days.
So then Belly goes for the jugular and says Susannah would never forgive Laurel for abandoning her boys.
And then Laurel slaps her daughter across the face!
Again I ask,Laurel, what the fuck?!
And this is the tenor on which this relatively upbeat episode begins.
You see how everybodys already in a bad mood?
Luckily, this is mostly the end of this hours emotional turmoil.
So thats two major issues down; whats next?
Convincing Julia was only step one of Operation Save the Cousins House.
Step two is convincing Adam to help the boys buy it back.
So, same as Julias reasoning, more or less.
They all agree that this seems fair.
Just imagine what Laurel could do with these persuasive powers if she were in Congress.
Thats one couple sorted.
Skye tells Belly that theyre Team Cam Cameron.
Conrad decides he is going to transfer to Stanford after all.
They take the group picture on the dock.
At this point, the episode is barely halfway through, and were rapidly running out of conflict.
Bring on the extended study sequence!
Belly decides via voice-over, This will be the last thing I do for Conrad Fisher.
Get him to Stanford.
Time to drive Con back to Brown for his all-important exam.
Belly has been laying it on thick all afternoon, and Jeremiah is only human, after all.
I want you, she says.
Oh, hes starting to waver!
Do you still …?
Yes, I still, he answers.
Yes, he stills!
She wants you, Jeremiah!
The music swells, and there is much holding of heads!
And it is interrupted by a loud Ahem from Conrad, who has just finished his exam.
See,thisis the good shit.
If only it didnt come at the literal last moment possible.
Emotional Gut Punches
Like, did we really need that flashback sequence from Laurel?
Have we not suffered enough?
Yes, of course, I cried.
Laurel and Belly sobbing at each other through Laurels apology.
Ive been crying this whole episode, guys.
It actually also got me when Julia said she never answered Susannahs final letter.
Answer letters from your estranged sisters who are dying of cancer!
