un year has passed and for Belly, the protagonist of Summer in your eyes 2a new season opens. The audience had left her standing on the beach, sharing a kiss with Conrad, who she’s always had a crush on. After that moment of romance as coveted as it was unexpected, everything and more happened. The series – taken from the book It’s not Summer without you (It’s not summer without you) by Jenny Han – is available at Prime Videos with the first 3 episodes. The remaining 5 are out one every Friday, until season finale, on August 18th.
Summer in your eyes 2the plot
The Summer I turned pretty 2 – this is the original title – it starts again from that kiss, but above all from what ensued from it. A new summer is upon us and for all the characters it is a very complicated moment. Starting from Belly Conklin (Lola Tung), who has to deal with herself, now more adult and more awareand with the context that surrounds it.
The balance between the two families, that of Belly and that of Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) have changed. Belly and Steven’s (Sean Kaufman) mother Laurel Park (Jackie Chung) has a new novel out and she’s busy promoting it. And for the first time, she shows herself a vacation away from Cousins Beach and Susannah’s house (Rachel Blanchard).
Still, Belly, Steven, Conrad and Jeremiah are no longer who they were a year ago. It was to break their relationship the love triangle between Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah, which also created important frictions with Steven. And now each of them must accept that the friendship they thought was solid may have been ruined forever.
Belly, Conrad, Jeremiah and Steven: nothing is the same anymore
In between, the relationship between Belly and Laurel. The daughter is in conflict with her mother because she would like to see her happy and is ready to promote the novel. In turn, Laurel urges her not to let go and face reality, because becoming an adult also means taking on one’s responsibilities.
Even with Steven, things don’t go very well. Her brother holds her responsible for the end of the idyll with the Fisher brothers. And Bellywith your back against the wall, she confesses to him that she is in love with Conrad. On background, the absence of a character who affects everyone’s lives.
Christopher Briney and Lola Tung as Conrad and Belly respectively in “Summer in Your Eyes 2”. (First Videos)
In short, the second season promises to be full of changes, which is reached after repeated falls and ascents. And the four boys are called to manage the new dynamics between them, despite everything.
Lola Tung in “Summer in Your Eyes 2”. (First Videos)
Summer in your eyes 2the review of the series
Summer in your eyes 2 continues the path traced in the first season and probes deeply into the soul of each character. Everyone faces the new everyday life and experiences a profound solitude. They have always counted on each other, but now the harmony of the past seems to have vanished. Over time, they will learn to draw closer and to forgive each otherand to put aside the disappointment and pain.
Unlike the first chapter, the plot focuses on the emotionality of the protagonists. The most adolescent and romantic aspect, the expectation and hope of the conquest give way to the negative implications of the choices made. Above all, to the unexpected events that life sometimes reserves. Belly, Conrad, Jeremiah and Steven have grown up, but still not enough to be fully aware.
Over the course of the episodes they are faced with unexpected events, choices, steps back and steps forward. Until the grand finale, which leaves you breathless. Who will Belly choose, Conrad or Jeremiah? The boy she’s always had a crush on and reminiscent of Leonardo DiCaprio or the trusted friend, just as cute but less unpredictable? The answer comes in the eighth episode, but the whole series is full of interesting flashbacks explaining what has happened in the last few months.
Is the third season coming?
Showrunners Jenny Han and Sarah Kucserka sign a well-packaged series. Despite being a teen product, it doesn’t focus on the teenage love triangle, but photograph a slice of reality. And dig deep. There are the family, the parent-child relationship, the dynamics between adults. Last but not least, all undergo a profound metamorphosis.
And Belly’s final choice is just one piece which adds a touch of romance to an interesting title in itself. Waiting for third season – although not yet announced –taken from the last volume of the trilogy, entitled It will always be summer for us.
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