All the lies are beginning to unravel. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than each secret is out within the open.
It was a chapter of truths coming to gentle on Cruel Summer Season 2 Episode 6.
Sometimes it was a dramatic reveal, like Jeff discovering out the reality, to huge sport changers like Parker overhearing a chat. The items are transferring collectively, and we’re diving deeper into what’s hiding beneath the floor.
One of the massive takeaways of “The Plunge” was seeing the primary noticeable cracks in Luke’s facade.
For a lot of Cruel Summer Season 2, he had at all times been seen because the “nice” boy. The sweetheart who was nothing like his brother or dad; the boy subsequent door in love with the lady subsequent door. But he is extra of a Chambers than we realized.
His party in the course of the summer season of 1999 confirmed us the primary curious hints.
Sure, we will blame his actions on a damaged coronary heart. Isabella had deliberate to dump him since Cruel Summer Season 2 Episode 5, so it might inevitably be a contemporary wound. And he did wish to hold issues cool between them.
Though, his bragging with the blokes in regards to the stripper felt very near how Brent can be.
He liked displaying off and speaking an enormous sport. On the floor, it is all harmless enjoyable and drunken video games, however Luke does wish to present how a lot of a “man” he could be in opposition to his brother and pa.
He solely seen Megan when the opposite guys known as out how scorching she was and the way she danced.
It was evident to everybody that Megan crushed on him. Even Jeff was choosing up on all the stress between them, which was so awkward. (We’ll get to this in a while.)
Megan: I didn’t ask you to try this!
Isabella: I do know. I needed to. He clearly has emotions for you, and also you guys are like endgame. So, why wait?
Megan: Are you positive about this? I assumed you want him?
Isabella: It wasn’t going to be something however a summer season fling.
Luke should not want an attractive dance to “Genie in a Bottle” to select up on the reality.
If he had a alternative, he would’ve pushed Megan away and obtained again with Isabella in a heartbeat.
My guess is that it utilized in the summertime of 1999, and it’s nonetheless the case within the winter of 1999. His chat within the automobile along with her proved he nonetheless had some emotions for her.
And once we throw in him making an attempt to kiss Isabella in the course of the icy plunge within the winter of 1999, it chips away on the concept we had constructed up about Luke.
Will Megan consider Luke fully? Or will she give Isabella an opportunity?
Who am I kidding? She’ll consider Luke first. As I chatted with showrunner Elle Triedman earlier than, Luke was her longest pal and burning love; Isabella was simply the brand new lady who got here into her life. They’ve obtained some early underlining rigidity.
Megan: You’re freaking me out. What occurred?
Luke: She kissed me.
It can be unimaginable if Megan listened to her new BFF, however this lie may result in hassle on the New Year’s Eve celebration.
Megan would not be completely happy if she came upon her boyfriend betrayed her. And we won’t overlook there is a being pregnant scandal coming quickly, in order that kiss will not assist their future combat.
Megan and Isabella lastly chatting with one another was lengthy overdue. Sure, they did not focus on a lot past Lisa’s homicide, however it have to be carried out. What Trevor shared made Isabella look too responsible.
We do not know but if she was the one who satisfied Lisa to swim or if Lisa did that on her personal.
All I’m assured of as of now’s that what Parker overheard will most probably get Isabella arrested. Or it should make her the highest suspect in Sheriff Myer’s eyes.
Brent: You know, I at all times say, “The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.”
Megan: Right, properly, you say a variety of crap and nobody’s shopping for it.
Now, he has a connection to Isabella’s previous and a rumour idea in regards to the homicide. Plus, that info proves Isabella and Megan did not commit the crime collectively. Why would Megan say Isabella went again to kill if she was there?
That slip-up will clear both of them.
“The Plunge” additionally gave us extra particulars about two characters floating within the mixture of who may’ve killed Luke. The first is our broken-hearted filmmaker, Jeff.
The celebration was so awkward! Did anybody else cringe every time he seen Megan flirting with Luke?
She did not even cover her pleasure on the celebration.
We’ve chatted about how Megan likes to talk from a spot of ethical superiority however does not maintain herself accountable. Not along with her secrets and techniques, her hacking, or her main Jeff on. The identical goes for her friendship with Isabella.
It could be arduous to let somebody down in the event you’re not feeling it. Breaking up is rarely simple, so I understood the place she got here from.
The drawback, nonetheless, is that Jeff gave her an out. He spoke all the reality and gave Megan an opportunity to stroll away, however she nonetheless doubled down. She was nonetheless okay main him on and pretending she wasn’t in love with Luke.
Megan: That’s not honest.
Jeff: What’s not honest is me getting used as your observe run.
Megan: That’s not what it’s like.
Jeff: You can mislead your self, Megan, however you possibly can’t mislead me. We’re carried out.
Jeff is not an fool. The celebration gave him loads of indicators Megan wasn’t that into him.
The neatest thing that would’ve occurred was that Jeff broke up with him.
Her chat proved she would not do it till she was in a relationship with Luke. Jeff might have been pissed within the winter of 1999, however that celebration gave all of them a clear break earlier than it turned poisonous in a while. He and Megan weren’t a great match.
The second rising suspect is Ned. All his Y2K paranoia and his shut relationship with Megan made him even sketchier.
He’s taken an excessive amount of of an curiosity in her. Let alone all of the unlawful jobs he is most likely sending her for money. (That on-line chat needs to be him, proper?)
His creepy habits makes him too huge a purple herring, so my inventory in him because the killer is low. However, his phrases to her about Luke have been attention-grabbing.
Ned is aware of how demanding and territorial the Chambers household will get. He is not fooled by any of them, together with Luke. If anybody needed to spare Megan from being linked to that household, Ned may do it.
And with him being a tech genius in 1999, he may simply discover a path to get away with it. We cannot rule him out but.
Last Thoughts From The Archive:
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Debbie higher be ready for no matter reality Megan has to share. Those bloody garments may clear her title or make her even guiltier.
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Sheriff Myer and Luke’s friendship is a curious case. He looks like a mentor to Luke, however even then, we should not rule him out. If Luke did plan to run away (and go away his child), his mentor would not be completely happy.
- We want extra scenes with Parker to flesh out her character. Her educating the ladies the dance was a enjoyable scene, however we’d like greater than merely being Brent’s (ex-) girlfriend and Isabella’s pal.
Now, over to you, Cruel Summer followers.
What did you consider “The Plunge”?
What truths will Megan inform Debbie? Will Megan uncover that Luke lied in regards to the kiss? How will Sheriff Myer react to Parker’s info?
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