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Taylor Madison Jewel[1] is a recurring character in the first season and main character in the second season of Prime Video original series, The Summer I Turned Pretty. She is portrayed by Rain Spencer.
Super confident, pretty and knows it. A queen bee who is a bit shallow and “boy crazy”, terrifying to her enemies but fiercely loyal to her oldest friend, Belly Conklin.
Nobody takes ride-or-die more seriously than Taylor– she’s always looked out for Belly and will take down anyone that threatens her happiness. Taylor’s visited Cousins Beach enough times over the years to be an honorary member of the summer family.
Biography[]
Throughout The Summer I Turned Pretty[]
Season 1[]
Taylor helps her best friend Belly Conklin prepare for her summer at Cousins Beach. Belly packs her belongings as Taylor chats about boys, volleyball, and critiques her choices in swimwear. She wants Belly to show off her new boobs by packing cute things. The girls playfully tussle on the bed until Laurel calls for them to leave soon. Taylor wants Belly's summer wish - the one thing she wants to happen this summer. Belly lies that she doesn't know but Taylor knows the truth - it's a hot make out with Conrad Fisher. She's been in love with him since she was 12 and needs to either act on it or move on. This might be the year Conrad notices her. After all, she looks a lot different this summer.
Belly calls Taylor that evening to vent about things feeling different between her and Conrad that night. Taylor encourages her to attend the bonfire - she might not like the guy who invited her but Conrad will be there. He can see her looking cute. Taylor even snuck a secret weapon into Belly's bag.[2]
Taylor comes to visit Belly for her sixteenth birthday. Belly and Jeremiah pick her up from the bus station. Taylor arrives from the bus with a bouquet of balloons for Belly. She teases that Belly looks like a snack, which Jeremiah agrees with. He takes her bag for her and she calls him Jeremy, as she likes that better than Jeremiah. The trio stop to get ice cream on the way home, where Taylor gives Belly her birthday present - a purple bikini. Jeremiah doesn't think Belly would ever wear it, but Belly likes it. Taylor asks where the party is as they have to go out. Belly is happy to stay home with Susannah who planned a Midsommar theme with flower crowns. Cam will be at the dinner too, which excites Taylor as he finally got Belly off her old crush. To distract from the mention of her old crush, Belly suggests going to Nicole's big blowout at her place after dinner. Taylor wants to go back to the house to swim.
Back at the house, Taylor gushes over Belly in her new bikini, noting that Conrad will lose his mind when he sees her. Belly doesn't think so as he didn't even get her a birthday present.
Steven Conklin and Jeremiah talk in the pool about his relationship with Shayla. The girls tease them for their gossiping before Taylor suggests playing chicken. Taylor calls dibs on Jeremiah, though Steven's complaining over having to shoulder Belly prompts a switch. As the game unfolds, Jeremiah and Belly are in the lead, with the foursome having a fun time. Conrad arrives with Nicole, who greets Belly with a happy birthday. Belly introduces Taylor to Nicole, noting that playing chicken was her idea. Belly asks if they want to play a real game.
They face-off against one another in boys-against-girls pool volleyball. They have fun together until Taylor volleys the ball into Nicole's forehead. Taylor remarks that it was an accident but Belly makes sure Taylor is okay. She says she's fine but her and Conrad go inside to get some ice. Taylor stops Belly from helping, as Conrad can take care of her. Taylor replys that they(Taylor and Belly) should go inside and look at themselves in the mirror some more. He pauses then tells them to have fun with that.
Once back in Belly's room, Taylor admits that she doesn't know what to think of Belly this summer, as she's suddenly caring about clothes, has new friends, and a boyfriend. Belly wanted this summer to be different. Taylor asks her to promise they'll always best friends, a promise that she happily makes.
The family sits for dinner, including Cam and Taylor. Jeremiah decides to call him Cam-Cameron as it's funny. Susannah's glad he's here as she knows his mom from the club. He thanks her for having him, passing on his mom's hello. Laurel asks if he's ever had miyeok-guk before, which he hasn't, though it's a Korean birthday tradition. She made it vegetarian since he doesn't eat meat. He's grateful for that. Jeremiah asks why he doesn't eat meat. Cam explains that it's the number one contributor to global warming. As the teasing commences on Belly for eating meat, Cam intervenes that he doesn't judge people for eating meat. It's a personal choice. Steven jabs that Cam must not mind Belly's lips touching a dead animal, then those dead animal lips touching his. Cam doesn't mind at all and kisses Belly to prove that. The siblings go back and forth with embarrassing childhood stories, something Belly seemingly wins as Jeremiah helps with the stories. After things settle, Belly decides they should go to Nicole's party, a sentiment that excites Taylor.
Taylor and Belly prepare for the party, ultimately deciding to wear the Midsommar crowns to the party. Belly, Cam, and Taylor arrive to the party after the other boys. Nicole is glad that Belly came, gushes over her crown, and then ushers her off to show Gigi. Belly invites Taylor and Cam who both pass, with Taylor getting a drink.
Taylor finds Steven in the line for the bathroom. She remarks on his endless scrolling of women in fancy deb gowns. She thinks Belly is full on board with the fancy girls, but he thinks she's just trying it out. She's never going to feel comfortable around them, as she'll always need Taylor. She's her number one. Taylor offers to take him upstairs to find other bathrooms, so he agrees to follow her.
They end up in an upstairs bedroom making out. Belly finds them and Steven runs out of the room leaving the two girls to argue. She's in disbelief but Taylor swears it just happened. Belly argues that Taylor got bored as he's dating someone else, someone he actually likes. Taylor thinks she's saying he could never like someone like her, but she assures her that's not it. This could get messed up as he's taking another get to the deb ball, a girl whose entire friends are downstairs. Taylor is tired of hearing about this deb ball - she doesn't even know who Belly is anymore. Belly challenges that she's not just going along with everything Taylor wants her to do. She asks if that's why Taylor threw herself at her brother. Taylor calls her self-absorbed as she's had a crush on Steven for years. If she wasn't so obsessed with Conrad she would know that. Belly tells her to keep her voice down as people could hear, though Taylor doesn't care as there's more than one story happening here. Belly just only cares about one - the one where she's the main character. Belly can't deal with it right now and leaves the room.
The next morning, Laurel and Belly drop Taylor off at the bus station, with Laurel encouraging Belly to talk things through with her as they're best friends. After all, Taylor came all the way up to see her for her birthday because she loves her. Belly concedes and talks to Taylor just as the bus is loading. Taylor admits her hookup with Steven will never happen again as Steven said it was a mistake and they should have never gone there. Belly isn't mad, just weirded out and needs a minute to take it all in.[3]
The girls take some time apart until Belly desperately needs her best friend following a fateful encounter with Conrad. She video chats with Taylor, who is at a party, and goes somewhere more quiet to hear her. She pushes a boy away to get some privacy. Belly apologizes for what happened as she just overreacted. She's sorry too as hooking up with her brother on her birthday was a lot. They forgive one another and Taylor knows something is wrong; Belly wishes she were here.[4]
Taylor comes back to town to play in the Cousins Beach charity volleyball tournament, and to help Belly, who's caught between Conrad and Jeremiah. When she arrives, Belly goes outside where Taylor waits on the porch. They embrace happily, glad to be reunited. Taylor's ready to kick everyone's asses. Belly takes her inside through the kitchen, where Conrad greets Taylor coolly as he leaves. She asks for the latest between them - there's a lot to catch up on.
In her room, Belly gets Taylor up to speed on her relationship dilemma with the brothers. Taylor hopes that Conrad was begging to take her to the ball, or at least was nervous. This just makes it all the more exciting when she tells him no. Belly's silence prompts Taylor to remind her of the bullshit Conrad pulled last week. She reminds her of the emotionally available, fun, sweet, better-looking brother who is at her feet right now waiting for her. Laurel knocks on the door to take them over, denying Belly's eager request to drive. When she walks away, Belly tells Taylor they don't have to talk about it right now - this isn't why she came. Taylor begs to differ, as she's here to get her on Team Jeremiah, which she is the very enthusiastic CEO of. She puts on her sunglasses and proclaims they're ready.
At the tournament, team's warm-up for the big events yet to come. Taylor walks over to Steven and Shayla, complimenting their florescent green visors. Shayla happily thanks her - Steven picked them out as they make their eyes pop. Steven nervously asks how long she's in town for, but she's only playing it by ear. Shayla is happy to finally meet her and put a face to the name. She kisses Steven before going to get sunscreen. After a moment of awkward silence, Taylor tells Steven that they look cute together, and she'll see him on the court.
Taylor and Belly take their places and do their signature shake. They expertly volley and perform, beating out their opponents as Jeremiah and Conrad cheer from the sidelines. Taylor dives for the ball and lands hard on the ground. Belly asks if she's okay, though Taylor says her ankle is twisted. She looks over to the sidelines where Jeremiah is nervously watching. She asks him to please sub, which he eagerly agrees too. He takes Taylor's spot, and she limps off the court, tossing her "Team Belly" shirt to him in the process. She winks at Jeremiah as she passes.
Belly ultimately wins, though with Conrad who she subs in for Jeremiah when he doesn't score enough points. On the way out of the tournament, Nicole stops Belly and Taylor to invite them for pizza and rose on her dad's boat. Taylor asks if "Kayla" will be there, with Nicole correcting that "Shayla" has other plans. The girls agree to try and stop by.
Belly and Taylor walk along the shipyard as they discuss Conrad. All Belly has ever wanted was for Conrad to ask her to go somewhere, let alone to an actual ball. But it was because his mom asked him to. It proves Taylor's point that Jelly thrives and Bonrad blows. Belly dismisses the terrible couple's name "Bonrad", which Taylor uses to further her point. "Jelly" is cute and catchy. She even made a Team Jelly finsta. She shoots her the page which has photos of the pair from the tournament. Belly asks what she's supposed to do. She doesn't know how to fully jump into something with Jeremiah if a piece of her heart will always beat for his brother. Taylor admits that a piece of her heart will always beat for Steven, but that doesn't mean she won't allow herself to fall for someone even more incredible if comes along. The girls suddenly stop to look out at the massive yacht where Nicole's party is being held.
On the yacht, the party plays "Put a finger down". Belly doesn't have any fingers down yet, so the girls try to lower the game from sex to second base, but it doesn't assist Belly. Taylor tells the group to put a finger down if they've ever made out with Jeremiah Fisher, and Belly reluctantly lowers a finger. The group responds to the news with Gigi deeply surprised. She admits Jeremiah is her best friend and about a week ago they kissed in the pool at their house. Nicole always thought something was going on between Belly and Conrad, but surmises she had the wrong brother. Belly fumbles over her response until Taylor dismisses the topic of Jeremiah to get back to the game. She brings up skinny dipping, with Nicole all-but daring Taylor to go skinny dipping in Hopper's Cove.
Nicole, Belly, and Taylor have taken to skinny dipping in the cove, splashing each other playfully. Gigi warns them to watch out for jellyfish as she doesn't want to have to pee on any of them. Nicole and Taylor talk about the other girls leaving. As Gigi strips, she sees a cell phone light up with a text message from Conrad. She shouts out to Nicole that she has a text from him. Nicole swims over to read the message, leaving Belly and Taylor in the water. Taylor admits to liking her friends, even Gigi, whose veins just about exploded when he heard about Jeremiah. She gasps, realizing that the hashtag "Team JellyFisher" could be a new ship name. She thinks it's cute but Belly chuckles that it's dumb. As headlights hit the water, Taylor looks over her shoulder and exclaims that she knew they were bitches. She swims to the dock as Belly, who is confused, follows her. Taylor reveals that Nicole and Gigi took everything except for Belly's phone, which has an incriminating text from "Conbad". Belly asks what it says so Taylor reads it - "My mom did ask me to ask you to the ball, but that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to." Belly becomes flustered and excited until Taylor tells her to concentrate. They can't walk home naked, but Taylor remarks they don't have a choice. Belly points out something they can use for cover.
They walk home with a tarp wrapped around them. Taylor suggests calling Jeremiah, but Belly thinks it would be too much drama. They have to walk two more miles. They chuckle over their misfortune. Taylor points out this is why Conrad's a disaster. He's hot and mysterious which she gets, but everything he touches turns to total shit. Belly doesn't know why she keeps letting him suck her in. Today, he was like the old Conrad, and everything felt like it used to. Taylor remarks that she was under his spell. Belly agrees, but then the spell broke, and she realized she kicked Jeremiah to the side for him. They stop walking and Belly turns to her friend. She used to dream about Conrad and imagine what it would be like and felt safe. She knew it would never come true as he would never feel for her what she felt for him. When she and Jeremiah kissed, it was real - which was scary. Taylor adds that love is supposed to be a little scary. Belly notes that she right, with Taylor joking that she's right 98% of the time. They giggle before Belly decides to make a call.
They sit on the side of the road as two cars pull up. Jeremiah asks if they're okay, rushing over with Conrad behind him. Taylor sharply asks what Conrad is doing here. He explains that Nicole told him what happened. She hopes he told her to watch her back. Conrad hands the bag to Taylor, and they have the boys hold up the blanket while they change. Belly asks Taylor if she's okay with her going with Jeremiah, which is fine. Conrad gets in his car and Taylor climbs into the passenger seat, buckling in. He remarks that it's a crazy night. It didn't have to be, if he could "just stop playing all these games and just let her go, it would have been a great night." Conrad starts the car in silence.[5]
Season 2[]
On the last day of school, Taylor and the volleyball team walk over to Belly, who is by the lockers. Steven barrels through the halls cheering over high school finally being over. Steven and Taylor banter until Spike walks over to ask what time the grad party starts. Taylor knows because she's dating the singer in the band. She ignores Steven's comments and asks Belly to the party, but she's not sure.
Taylor attends Steven's high school graduation. After the ceremony, Taylor waits with Belly as they talk about Steven's speech. Belly feels like she's been in a nightmare since Susannah died, so Taylor suggests she wake up. Taylor has to leave to help her boyfriend pick out an outfit. Belly asks for help in getting ready for the party tonight, which makes Taylor ecstatic. Steven teases Taylor about Milo playing and his body odor. She leaves to get ready.
Back at the Conklin house, Taylor is excited that Belly is going to be with her this summer. They start by figuring out what to wear that night. Belly chooses Susannah's earrings to wear. Taylor wants to make her the super hot friend. They disagree over what is super hot and Belly sifts through her closet. She finds the Cousins Rowing shirt.
Taylor tells her to wear the t-shirt but at least crop it. She explains that it's Conrad's. She still gets a pain in her chest when she thinks of him. Taylor shares her grandmother's advice about getting under a new man and they laugh. Later, the three kids go downstairs where Laurel is on her computer. Belly is the sober driver that night and ordered a pizza for Laurel. She tells Belly to have fun.
They arrive at the party and Taylor embraces Milo, and he picks her up. Spike greets Steven and asks about the hot ladies he promised. Taylor gestures between her and Belly, but Spike is into older women. Milo walks off to perform and Steven leaves to make the rounds. Taylor and Belly go into the kitchen where they talk to the volleyball players. Marcy and Evelyn gush over the camp until Taylor reveals that Belly's coming. Belly hasn't talked to Coach Shaw yet as she wants to talk to them. She doesn't blame them if they don't want her back. The girls will always want her there. Cory walks past and Taylor teases Belly over it.
Belly eventually joins Taylor and Steven outside to watch Milo play. They listen to Milo play and talk about the song he's playing. Belly's conversation with Cory took so much effort. She compares it to Taylor and Milo's effortlessness, though Taylor believes they're soulmates. Steven watches Taylor's reaction to Milo ripping his shirt. Steve stands on the stage steps and takes off his shirt to crowd surf. He jumps off the steps but no one catches him, and he crashes into Belly. She decides to get a drink.
She comes back to find Steven, Taylor, and Milo. Her brother punches a hole in the beer can and sprays Belly with it. She's leaving and suggests Steven get a ride with Spike but he can't. They start arguing as she's ruining his party. She's sad because Susannah just died. She doesn't believe he's sad about her death. He accuses her of screwing up which is why Jeremiah and Conrad won't text him back. They wouldn't even come because she made things messy by being selfish. She just had to have Conrad. She was in love, out of her mind in love.
Belly storms inside and Taylor catches up with her. Belly feels she messed everything up with the boys, ruined Susannah's funeral, and doesn't get to feel happy. She knows Taylor is trying her best, but she doesn't feel that anyone knows what she's going through. She needs to be alone and tells Taylor to stay at the party.
Milo and Taylor drive Steven home but make out at every red light. He complains about Belly leaving him at his own party. Taylor corrects him as he yells at his sister for being sad. He should try some compassion. She thought people were supposed to come together in grief. Milo quotes that life can never be separated from death, earning a sarcastic thanks from Steven. Milo has a record label interested in signing him, Cancel Culture Records. They only have one post on social media, which makes them punk.[6]
A few days later, Steven runs into Taylor, who covers for Belly (who told Steven she was with Taylor after her break up with Milo). However, Steven's intuition tells him that something is wrong as Taylor's dishonesty becomes apparent. Eventually, Taylor admits that Belly has gone to Cousins Beach with Jeremiah to find Conrad and asks Steven to refrain from getting involved, believing that Belly needs to do this on her own. Steven is confused because he didn't think they were in contact anymore.[7]
Steven decides to go up to Cousins and Taylor tells him he's not going without her. They drive up and surprise Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad. Taylor tries to help Belly and the others come up with a plan. While in Cousins, they all go to the boardwalk and relive old memories. When they return to the house, it's completely empty. They have to sneak in to Jeremiah's old place of work- the country club. There, Taylor and Steven have a moment dancing together in the ballroom.
After the group decide to throw a party to bid farewell to the house, Taylor helps. She wears a retro outfit for the party and dances to Miley Cyrus' Party in the U.S.A. with Steven. Milo shows up and confronts Taylor but she breaks up with him after realizing they just aren't a good fit and he doesn't know her well enough to know her middle name.
Later, Steven opens up to Taylor and his feelings. She admits to feeling afraid of getting hurt but eventually they get together. At the end of the second season, Taylor goes to volleyball camp with Belly.
Personality[]
Taylor is very confident and flirtatious but is fiercely loyal to her childhood best friend Belly. Although she may seem boy-obsessed, she is shown to be a good, supportive friend to Belly and someone who is willing to speak her mind. Her sarcastic sense of humor and good looks make her all the more charming.
Physical Appearance[]
Taylor is a pretty teenager who has long, dirty blonde bangs and almond-shaped, hazel-colored eyes. She has a nice tan and a good fashion sense and is often seen wearing nice tops or dresses and jean shorts.
Relationships[]
Belly Conklin[]
Taylor and Belly are childhood best friends and are very close to one another. They are both supportive and loyal and always looking out for each other.
Steven Conklin[]
- Main article: Steven and Taylor
Jeremiah Fisher[]
Taylor and Jeremiah are shown to be friendly with one another, Jeremiah having even given her the nickname Hurricane Taylor.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
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Gallery[]
 Taylor Jewel has a photo gallery.
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References[]
- ↑ ”Love Fest”
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 1, Summer House
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 1, Summer Nights
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 1, Summer Catch
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 1, Summer Tides
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 2, Love Lost
- ↑ The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series), Season 2, Love Scene