Love Fool is the fifth episode of the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty. It premiered on July 28, 2023 on Prime Video.
Synopsis[]
You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. Belly and the gang break into a familiar spot for the night after being forced out of the summer house by Aunt Julia. But the change of scenery will force everyone to reckon with their feelings.
Plot[]
The teens stand in the empty house. Jeremiah checks the bedrooms, which have been cleared out - even Susannah's. It was like she was never there at all. He didn't think it was possible for things to get worse, but he was wrong. This was worse. Julia comes into the kitchen and Conrad confronts her. After they argue, Conrad leaves while Jeremiah muses that the truth hurts; all of it hurts. He glares at Julia before leaving, and Belly follows him. Julia learns from Skye that everyone knows about Shitmas now.
The teens gather on the front lawn as Conrad shouts to Jeremiah that their father, who won't answer the phone, doesn't care about them. Jeremiah, narrating, knows their father is flawed, but in the end, he was there when it mattered and Connie just couldn't see it. Or didn't want to. He's looked up to Conrad his whole life. He was smarter, faster, just better. Maybe a part of him needed that, someone to look up to, but a lot's happened and he doesn't feel that way anymore. They try to find somewhere to stay since Conrad can't sleep in the house. Cam would invite them to stay with him, but his house is small. Jeremiah can tell they're close to giving up, so he takes them to the Country Club to crash for the night.
Jeremiah's key card from last summer doesn't work so Cam offers to use his mom's key code. She's the restaurant manager so as long as they don't make any mess, they'll be fine. Skye and Cam go on snack patrol while Steven and Taylor go in search of linens. Jeremiah knows a place they can sleep. Belly stays back with Conrad, who feels guilty over going to the boardwalk. He's losing hope but she assures him it's not over and they'll figure something out. Jeremiah watches them from across the room. He hates that it took him so long to see the invisible force between them. He wanted to tell Conrad that he had no right, that he'd ignored Belly all these years, but it was Belly's choice too. So he let it go. There were more important things to worry about anyway.
In a flashback, Jeremiah does paperwork when Conrad comes home from school for a surprise visit. All Jeremiah has for the insurance company is a sandwich bag full of receipts. Conrad asks how senior year is going, as Jere just won Homecoming King. Conrad brings up what happened with Belly last year. He feels bad as he didn't know they kissed until after. He's hoping for Jeremiah's blessing to date her now. Jeremiah can't believe he came there like this and tells him to do whatever he wants. Conrad wants to be with Belly and thinks she feels the same way, but she's afraid of hurting Jere. Conrad thinks about her all the time and his chest physically hurts to not be able to tell her that he's in love. Jeremiah knows there is only one right answer to this, even if it doesn't feel right at all. He tells Conrad to go for it.
Now, Jeremiah muses that his brilliant plan to keep her at arms length is a failure. He has to remind himself that it will never be him, it will always be Conrad. Belly runs up behind him having opted not to go to the kitchen with Conrad. She would rather roam with him on their adventure to the screen room.
Steven and Taylor go through the lost and found. She finds a great leather jacket. She takes a picture to send to Milo. She finds a bag of weed in the pocket.
Jeremiah and Belly sit in the screen room. He goes into the unlocked projection booth and gets it working. They do shadow puppets in the light, until his wolf eats her rabbit. Their hands hold and, when she looks at him like this, Jeremiah can almost let himself believe that she sees him the way she used to see Conrad. The movie starts which breaks them apart. They start talking about movies and their memories with Susannah. She drank the green juice Jere made her out of a Twizzlers straw, which is something Belly taught her. She gets a can of soda and Twizzlers, bringing it over so they can have "sharesies", drinking at the same time. His movie nights with Susannah made him think about Belly. He missed her so much and wanted to call her. Belly wished he had, because she would answered, and would have come. He thinks it would have made things harder.
Cam, Conrad, and Skye gather food. Cam heard a few days ago about a teen who bought a Maserati and crashed it. His grandfather had a trust fund for him. He got a judge to let him access it early, which is news to Conrad. Skye didn't expect the gossiping side from Cam.
Taylor and Steven enter the deb room to get more supplies. He thinks she would have liked being a deb. He knows her, having known her a long time. He dismisses Jeremiah's text and plays some music. He tells her to imagine the perfect song playing, the perfect guy - not him obviously, but the perfect man meets her on the dance floor wearing a suit and tie. He puts on one of the coats and continues the romantic scenario, presenting his hand to her. They slow dance together.
Skye, Cam, and Conrad join Belly and Jeremiah in the screen room. Conrad offers to go look for Steven, so Jeremiah joins him. As they walk, Conrad tells Jeremiah about Liam Meyer's getting a judge involved to access their trusts early. He thinks they should do that. Jeremiah likes having around again. Conrad missed seeing Jeremiah and Belly together, as he knows Belly missed having him as a friend.
In a flashback to Thanksgiving, Jeremiah finishes setting the table while Belly's happy to celebrate with everyone this year. The Conklin-Fisher's sit at the table. Jeremiah notices Conrad holding Belly's hand. Susannah has them go around the table to say what they're thankful for. Jeremiah offers to go last. As the night progresses, Jeremiah wonders if Conrad knows how badly Jeremiah's wanted to take Belly's hand - or if he'd care.
Jere came back inside and found Belly and Conrad giggling together. Laurel called her upstairs to look through more '90s clothes. Conrad invited Jeremiah to play the Wii with them, but Jere refused. He asked Conrad to give him a heads up the next time Belly came over. He knew everyone would be there, but if they're going to be together, then Jeremiah didn't want to be around.
In the present day, Conrad and Jeremiah found Steven and Taylor in the deb room in a near-kiss. They broke apart and the brothers went along with Steven's explanation.
In the screen room, everyone watched a movie while Cam fretted over the mess Steven and Taylor made. Taylor wanted to make a bong out of an apple. Jeremiah offered to take everything outside before Cam had a stroke.
Cam drove a golf cart with Conrad in the passenger seat while Jeremiah and Steven bounced on the bank. Taylor, Skye, and Belly walked behind them as Taylor tried to make the bong. Skye offered to help. Belly sensed a vibe between Taylor and Steven, but Taylor denied it. They talked about love and decided to make a pact to leave first loves in the past where it belonged. Taylor knew there was something between Belly and Jeremiah, and she agreed there was a charge. Skye finished the apple bong as the boys found a place to sleep on the green.
Taylor smoked weed and told Belly to text coach about camp. Belly started but freaked out, so Taylor took the phone and did it herself. Steven came over to play Truth or Dare; Belly dared him to eat the apple bong. The boys came over and Conrad admitted he saw himself in Cousins in the next 10 years. Skye dared Belly to kiss Jeremiah. Jeremiah remembered the exact moment everything changed, and flashed back to the first moment he saw Belly last summer.
She had always been just Belly. A girl he knew his whole life, his friend. Except what he felt in that moment was so much stronger. He wanted to grab her, hold her, and kiss her. The feeling never went away. But he wasn't the only one, and watched Conrad mess with Belly. Jere tried to convince himself for a long time that they weren't inevitable. That he had a chance. But it was clear to him now that he never did.
Now, Jere brushed off the idea of a kiss as being childish. Skye asked Cam is biggest regret and he opened up about his sister who died. He told Jeremiah that it did get easier. The night winds down and they all fall asleep.
Steven joins Taylor to apologize for the dancing thing being weird. She didn't hate it, as bad bitches need their roses too. Conrad texts with Liam about the lawyer situation and looks up lawyers. Belly reads a text from Coach advising her not to rejoin the team. She walks over to Jeremiah who is by the golf cart. She wonders why he turned down the Truth or Dare kiss, but he asks her to stop. If he kisses her, he's not sure he can ever stop.
Jeremiah flashes back to Belly's prom night. He watches Susannah video chatting with Laurel. Jeremiah was annoyed with Conrad that day. He'd gotten to take Belly to her prom and acted like it was a big chore. He hears Conrad tell Belly that he forgot the corsage. He picks up a childhood photo of the four kids. If it had been him at prom, he would have done it right. He wouldn't have forgotten the corsage. He'd have given her the perfect night. Susannah asks Jeremiah if he wants to watch a movie. Jere thinks it's shitty of Conrad to forget the corsage. He made her a drink and muses that Belly likes the strawberry virgin daiquiris at the club because of the umbrellas. Susannah likes that he knows what makes Belly happy. She can tell he still likes Belly and thinks he's too good at being fine. It's not what she wants him to be. She got excited at the idea of Belly being with one of her boys and makes him promise that he and Conrad won't let anything come between them. They should always put each other first. They talk more and share a hug. Jeremiah narrates that their father always loved Conrad better, but Jeremiah had his mom. She was the only person who ever saw him. Her and Belly.
Now, Jeremiah tells Belly it's complicated. He asks if his mom told her about the Amelia Earhart quote that she quoted earlier. Belly saw it on Jeremiah's graduation cap. When Laurel went she recorded the ceremony so Belly could see him graduate. She wanted to be there even if it was just through a phone. They walk over to their sleeping arrangements and lay next to each other. His whole life it's always been Conrad for Belly. Maybe, just maybe for the rest of the story, it could be him.
Jeremiah wakes up in the morning and Steven has his arm around Taylor. She shakes him off. Cam's mom comes over and Cam quickly explains the situation while he and Belly promise to all clean.
As they leave the club, Jeremiah asks Conrad about the Liam situation. Conrad has a contact for the lawyer, and Jeremiah reminds him that he's not doing things by himself anymore. They plan to tell Julia they have an offer she can't refuse.
The teens pull up to the house as Julia and the realtor are leaving. Julia wishes they had gone home. It's not their house anymore and it won't be hers for long, either. The buyers made an offer and she's officially accepted. The house is sold.
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Soundtrack[]
- Goodbye - by Cage The Elephant
- GOODBYE - by BROCKHAMPTON
- Jealous Lover - by Charles Williams
- Nikes - by Frank Oceans
- Moon River - by Frank Ocean
- Do You Like Me - by Daniel Caesar
- Homesick - by HUNNY
- Heaven - by Niall Horan
- Die For You - by Joji
- I Can't Go Back To The Way It Was (Intro) - by The Kid Laroi
Notes and Trivia[]
- This is the first, and so far only, episode to include a narration done by someone other than Belly. In this episode, it was Jeremiah, and the episode largely showed his point of view.
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