The third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty is finally here, which means we get a whole new slate of episodes where the gorgeous Fisher brothers fawn over Belly Conklin. Except this time, they’ve traded their quaint Cousins Beach vacation home for college, and the stakes in their respective relationships have never been higher. As the whole crew—Belly, Jeremiah, Conrad, Steven, and Taylor—navigates their newfound adulthood amid shifting family dynamics and dating drama, it also means we have brand new scenes fit for some surprising needle drops.
Yes, we’re still thinking of all the incredible moments soundtracked by Taylor Swift tracks (there are 11 T. Swift songs so far, counting the season 3 premiere). And, of course, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are also regulars in the Jenny Han Cinematic Universe. Ahead, find all the songs featured in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 soundtrack so you don’t miss a beat.
Belly, Taylor, and the boys have officially made it to Finch College! Taylor and Belly’s brother, Steven, have broken up but are still going the friends with benefits route while Belly and Jeremiah are fully in love, three years in.
Jere finds out he’s missing a few credits, which delays his graduation and upsets his dad, who has to spend another $20,000 in tuition. Meanwhile, Conrad is crushing it as he’s accepted into Stanford’s prestigious medical program with his new friend, Agnes. He reflects on his romance with Belly, while she’s on the fence about spending another semester at Finch with Jere or studying abroad in Paris. At the end of the episode, she finds out that Jeremiah cheated on her with one of Taylor’s sorority sisters, Lacie.
Belly is down bad after learning that Jeremiah cheated on her with Lacie in Cabo. Like, so down bad that she won’t even talk to her best friend, Taylor, who happens to be Lacie’s sorority sister. (There are also some holiday-themed flashbacks between Belly and Conrad, hence the episode’s title and Christmas music thrown in here.)
As Belly changes her mind about studying abroad in Paris, Taylor gets into an argument with Steven that leads to him getting in a nearly fatal car crash. Jeremiah shows up for Belly before her parents can make it from their conference, and Conrad helps from his clinical residency at Stanford. While Conrad loses the opportunity because of a mistake in the lab, Jeremiah and Belly patch things up as he proposes to her outside the hospital.
Let’s just say news of Belly and Jere’s engagement doesn’t go over well. As the couple relishes in pure bliss, they decide to keep it a secret until they’re able to tell their families at the same time after Susannah’s dedication in Cousins. When Belly breaks the news to Taylor, she’s reluctant at first but eventually accepts an offer to be her maid of honor during a later conversation. Belly ends up prematurely sharing her and Jere’s engagement news at dinner with their families when his dad jokes that he’s a “super senior” in college. Not only is his dad shocked at their big relationship move, but so is Belly’s mom, Laurel. Naturally, Conrad seems to have mixed feelings on the whole ordeal, as he’s seemingly confused, heartbroken, and regretful.
After Belly and Jere’s engagement news doesn’t sit well with their families, they’re still hellbent on making their wedding happen. Belly has picked up a few shifts at a local restaurant in Philly while she stays at home with her mom before going to Paris, and Jeremiah takes an internship at his dad’s company to fund their nuptials. Belly spends her birthday at work and ends up shopping for a wedding dress with Taylor and her mom, since Laurel disagrees with her getting married so young.
Belly and Jere eventually try to convince her to be part of the wedding, which results in a massive fight between Belly and Laurel. Belly then decides to stay in the Cousins house with Jere, where they discover Conrad has been since he was fired from his medical residency at Stanford.
This episode was for Team Conrad, and we can confirm they were probably definitely well fed. It’s Fourth of July weekend, which means Belly and Jere’s wedding is getting closer and closer. She has plans to run errands for their nuptials in Cousins, but Jeremiah is stuck at work dealing with an outstanding project in an attempt to get on his dad/boss’s good side. Steven and Taylor bail, too, for other reasons. On the flip side, she’s stuck at the Cousins house with Conrad, who’s still very much in love with her. Throughout the episode, he attempts to keep his distance from her but ends up helping her with wedding errands.
The cracks in Belly and Jeremiah's plans are starting to show as Belly focuses on planning a wedding she doesn't really want (the club? 100 guests she doesn't even know?) and Jeremiah struggles to balance finding himself and his fiancée a place to live with impressing his dad. Meanwhile, Conrad manages to convince Laurel to be there for Belly and Steven grows closer to Denise and brushes Taylor off at Belly's bridal shower. Oh, and the episode ends with Belly and Conrad sharing an intimate moment at the Cousins house. Tensions are building, and something tells me everything's about to explode.
Ofc, we’ll update this playlist with more tracks featured in the show as new episodes drop every Wednesday. In the meantime, you can play all the songs riiiight here:
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