Kate struggles with a family secret she's been holding on to. Joy tries to convince Kate to go on "The Marsha Bailey Show". Mallory has a birthday surprise.

Cruel Summer Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner
• s01e02 - A Smashing Good Time
• s01e03 - Off With a Bang
• s01e04 - You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat
• s01e05 - As the Carny Gods Intended
• s01e06 - An Ocean Inside Me
• s01e07 - Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis
• s01e08 - Proof
• s01e09 - A Secret of My Own
• s01e10 - Hostile Witness

Cruel Summer Show Summary

The unconventional drama takes place over three summers in the 90s when a beautiful and popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town, eventually becoming the most despised person in America. Each episode is told from alternating POVs.