From Executive Producer Jessica Biel, Cruel Summer is a psychological thriller that follows two young women: Kate, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette, the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being connected to Kate’s disappearance.
Set over three summers, the mystery-suspense drama follows beautiful popular teen Kate, who is abducted and, seeming unrelated, Jeanette who goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by 1995, the most despised person in America. Each episode is told from the point of view of one of the two main girls, which will have the viewers’ loyalties constantly shifting as more information is received.