The Summer I Turned Pretty is tonally a very different show in than it was in season one, mostly due to Susannah's passing and the ripple effect that created among her friends and family.
Gone are the more lighthearted storylines featuring deb ball fashion montages and Beck trying to get her kids to sit for portraits.
Aside from some fun and games at the boardwalk this season and a between Belly and Conrad, it's been devastating to watch all the in-fighting between the Fisher and Conklin families as well as Aunt Julia's steadfast determination to sell the beloved beach house. “In my memories of the first season, there was so much joy in the house,” Rachel Blanchard, who plays Susannah, tells Glamour. “It was really fun to shoot those scenes with everybody.
And there weren't scenes like that this season, obviously, because Susannah's not around and it's not in the summer for the most part.
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