The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 secretly confirmed the timing of Susannah’s death: Here's how

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2 has secretly confirmed the timing of Susannah's death, unlike the book it is based on. Amazon actually gives us a precise timestamp for Susannah's death in the series via showcasing a funeral pamphlet. The Pamphlet is subtly shown in season 2 episode 3 when it reveals the date of the character's demise as April 14, 2023.

The series portrays the Christmas of the year 2022, when Conrad and Belly are happily together in Cousins, while it was in early 2023, Susannah's health starts to deteriorate again, heavily impacting Conrad's emotional state. Read on to know more about the event.

Here is how The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 secretly confirmed the timing of Susannah’s death.

The second season, episode 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty, revealed the exact date of Susannah's death, which the book doesn't choose to suggest. It is April 14, 2023, written in her funeral pamphlet. 2023 marked the beginning of Susannah's health issues, following a happy Christmas the previous year. In April, when the tensions are already at their peak because of the Prom week, the couple drifts apart as a result of Susannah's impending death, and their breakup happens during or some days before prom. A few weeks after Susannah passed away.

On the other hand, in the books, the essence is the same, emotional beats are similar, but the books never give away the timeline of Susannah's death; therefore, the breakup and death feel less tightly compressed than in the show.

Susannah Fisher is an important character and one of the central ones in The Summer I Turned Pretty, and her death impacts the characters significantly. Belly gets separated from Conrad and is struggling with the grief, when Susannah's death adds to it, as she was like a mother figure for Belly. Conrad is going through guilt of being unable to balance his mother's illness with a romantic relationship. Jeremiah emerges to get closer to Belly, all this while becoming her emotional anchor, opening the door for their story in season 2. Laurel has lost her best friend, impacting her dynamic with both of her daughters.

Susannah's death comes as an anchor point to Belly's emotional arc in The Summer I Turned Pretty, here is how

It is to be noted that Belly's feelings for Conrad have not ended, but Jeremiah's support in a grieving moment has changed how she needed to be loved.

After the breakup, Belly and Conrad’s last memory together before the funeral is one of pain, distance, and misunderstanding. They meet for the first time at the funeral after breaking up. Conrad is shown emotionally closed, still unable to process and communicate, while Jeremiah is outwardly available. He shares and communicates his grief, unlike Conrad, and reaches out to Belly. They both show distinct coping styles, which makes Jeremiah a safer space for Belly.

The time of breakup and Susannah's death was so close that Belly associated Conrad with that whole time of helplessness and heartbreak. Even though Conrad tries to make clear “it’s not you,” the wound is still raw, and unresolved grief makes her gravitate toward someone unlinked to that pain.

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While Conrad distances himself in grief, Jeremiah offered presence, and at the age of Belly, who is still a teenager, immediate comfort often outweighs long-term history when choosing who to lean on. The death also changes Belly so that she starts choosing emotional stability over long long-standing crush or fantasy, and Jeremiah becomes the symbol of it.

Therefore, by making Susannah’s death the direct catalyst for Belly’s emotional pivot, the series tightens the love triangle’s stakes in The Summer I Turned Pretty.

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