SPOILER ALERT: The finale from one of Amazon Prime Video’s biggest hit series, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” was released on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Following the concluding episode of the popular three-season run, Prime Video then announced “The Summer I Turned Pretty” movie at the red-carpet celebration in Paris, France.
The series is based on the novel trilogy by author Jenny Han that includes “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” “It’s Not Summer Without You” and “We’ll Always Have Summer.” It explores the main character Belly’s relationships with her childhood friends, Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. In their summer home at Cousins Beach, a love triangle erupts between Belly and the two brothers.
Season three sent avid audiences navigating through Belly’s life post-wedding cancellation to younger brother Jeremiah. She created a new independent life in Paris, but ultimately realized her true love has always been with older brother Conrad.
This third and final season premiered on July 16, with a new episode releasing every Wednesday for 11 weeks. Senior Molly McManus followed Belly’s journey and was eager for each episode to air.
“The season brought nostalgia and excitement, and I felt like every episode was left on a cliff hanger,” said McManus. “This season, all the parallels between the previous and current ones really stuck out to me.”
Throughout the episodes, Han embedded hints to foreshadow that Belly would end up with Conrad. From photo collages of Conrad near Belly’s bed, to the infinity sign as a symbol of Conrad’s love, these hints made viewers excited to see what happened next.
A lot of these hints were also shown through the soundtrack. Sophomore Alexandra Verzes found that the music throughout the season is what stood out to her the most.
“I loved the song selections for certain scenes,” said Verzes. “I feel like this season was more focused on becoming as popular as possible and the music definitely helped that.”
One artist dominated the soundtrack with 29 songs featured. Taylor Swift’s music was continually used throughout the seasons to highlight the ever- changing love story.
“The song ‘Red’ by Taylor Swift played in the trailer for the third season,” said junior Christa Spilios. “I really felt like it symbolized the characters’ emotional journeys.”
With the popularity of the series, fans enjoyed choosing between the brothers and identifying themselves on “Team Conrad” or “Team Jeremiah.”
“I am definitely on Team Conrad,” said Verzes. “My side has been the same since the beginning, but I did read the books prior to watching the shows, so I had an idea of who Belly was meant to end up with.”
Most people choose Conrad’s team because of how the character is selfless and innocent toward his love for Belly.
“Throughout the season, I saw how much Conrad did for Belly because he was so in love,” said McManus. “Team Conrad all the way!”
Viewers are shocked and enthusiastic that a movie has been announced, as they thought that the third season was the finale. With all of the media attention the series has got, the overall storyline has become even more interesting and intriguing.
“I am super excited for the movie,” said McManus. “I am a person who gets emotionally involved in TV shows and movies, so this will be no different.”
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With the third season following Han’s third book, audiences are left guessing what the new film will include.
“I have no idea what we will be seeing in the movie,” said Verzes. “But, I am so excited.”
