Belly, terror of Cousins and worst-thing-to-ever-happen-to-the-Fishe-brothers (imo), is back for another summer of mess, chaos and fraternal love triangles.
The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3, the final season of the hit YA show, picks up with Belly in her junior year of college (yes, she followed Jeremiah to Finch, I don’t want to talk about it). After pining for his older bro Conrad for — well — her whole life, Belly now finds herself in a long-term (and very mummy-coded — again, imo) relationship with Jere. It’s not a great start for the Team Connie girlies.
If you are absolutely desperate to know what happens, luckily, we can make a few very educated guesses — after all, the series is based on novels by Jenny Han. Pour yourself a pomegranate margarita and strap in, because we are getting into some spoilery chat about the Summer I Turned Pretty book ending.
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The Summer I Turned Pretty plot so far
First, a (very) quick recap of the first two seasons. If you’re here, I’m guessing you’re already fully on board the TSITP train — but to refresh your memory, here’s what’s been going on in Cousins for the past few summers.
In season 1, we meet Isabella “Belly” Conklin, a teenager who has just bid farewell to her bespectacled awkward phase and — you know — turned pretty. Belly spends her summers in at an idyllic beach house in Cousins with mother Laurel and brother Stephen. Laurel’s BFF Susannah Fisher, owns the house, so she’s also there with her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has always, like always been head over heels in love with Conrad, but he’s only ever seen her as a geeky younger sister.
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Throughout season 1, Belly has a brief dalliance with Cam Cameron, a sweet, vaguely unimportant local boy. She does the Cousins debutante ball. She tries to figure out what’s going on with the distant Conrad. She notices that Jeremiah is flirting with her. Jeremiah sets off a firework at her when she’s about to kiss Conrad. Conrad almost gives her an infinity necklace. At the debutante ball, Conrad steps in (in slow-mo, naturally) to dance with her instead of Jere. It turns out, Conrad has been distant because Susannah has cancer. He finally confesses his feelings for her on the beach.
