The unique structure of Season 1 isn't doing Season 2 any favors.
Perhaps the most eye-catching part of Cruel Summer’s first season was its nonlinear narrative. The story was told over three consecutive summers, but you saw a piece of each summer every episode. Because each summer included crucial information about the show’s core mystery, this structure allowed Cruel Summer to pace its reveals in the optimal way to keep the audience engaged in the mystery.
Season 2 of 'Cruel Summer' Is a Structural Mess There are signs that something is off from the very beginning of Season 2. The first season began its first episode by contrasting Jeanette waking up on the morning of her birthday in each of the show’s time periods, immediately creating a sense of cohesion between all three while highlighting the things that made them different.
Season 2 has continued to struggle to make its three time periods feel connected as it has progressed. Since one of the three is set in winter instead of summer, it’s harder to establish convenient throughlines across all three time periods for any given episode. But even story beats not linked to any specific time period are scattered and unfocused. In Episode 4, “Springing a Leak,” Megan and her friend Jeff make fake IDs so they and some friends can get into a bar in the Summer of 1999.
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