(The scene is also edited in a way that reinforces this idea.) When Megan grabs the tape from Luke and whirls around to stare at Isabella, the others see anger and heartache, just as they find guilt in Isabella's quiet discomfort. Once the theory takes hold, though, every move Isabella and Megan make is interpreted as additional proof of her duplicity. Isabella loans Megan a red floral dress to wear to the party who's to say Megan didn't return the favor by sharing her pink sweater with Isabella? Not only is Megan and Luke's healthy sex life the talk of the town - Steve and Megan's mom, Debbie (KaDee Strickland), debate whether it's just "puppy love" or something more as their kids nuzzle each other by the pool - but we see Megan and Isabella engage in the great tradition of best friends sharing clothes in this very episode. TV teens have a reputation for making dumb decisions, but the collective blame placed on Isabella after just a few seconds feels particularly ridiculous.
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They latch onto the pink sweater that appears in the corner of the frame - the same sweater Isabella wears to the Christmas party - and the shadows on the girl's skin as evidence that it's Isabella on screen, rather than Megan. Of course, that doesn't stop the other teens from jumping to conclusions. While Luke can be seen clearly on the tape, only the girl's knees and lower thighs appear as she lays on her back beneath him, making it practically impossible to identify her. And while Luke gets off scot-free, Isabella is ridiculed by the town and faces possible expulsion at school, reflecting the sexism and racism that lurk beneath even the most idyllic communities, whether in this season's chosen era or the present day.īut think about it for a second, and the half-baked logic underpinning the sex tape controversy becomes apparent. Plot-wise, the sex tape becomes a potential motive, but it also allows the anthology to comment on anxieties specific to the late 1990s (shortly after Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Jones' sex tape was stolen and illegally leaked online) and Y2K. The question of what happened to Luke - in Episode 2, "Ride or Die," his death is ruled a murder, rather than an accidental drowning - carries the season and looms large over all three timelines, just as the circumstances surrounding Kate Wallis' (Olivia Holt) disappearance did in Season 1.
It's not hard to see what Elle Triedman ( Siren), who assumed showrunning duties on Season 2 after a series of creative overhauls, was going for with these twists. The girl's face doesn't appear before Luke pulls the tape from the VCR player, but the partygoers have already handed down a guilty verdict: It must have been Isabella, the mysterious exchange student who arrived in their sleepy Pacific Northwest town in July 1999 (as seen in the first timeline). For a few uncomfortable seconds, everyone at the party watches as Luke and an unidentified girl have sex, seemingly unaware that they're on camera.
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Steve Chambers (Paul Adelstein) cues up a Christmas movie - apparently, it's tradition to stand around a pool in the dead of winter and watch a feature-length film - but something far less wholesome begins to play. Six months earlier, in the second of Cruel Summer's three timelines, Luke, Megan, and Isabella attend the annual Chambers holiday party at the family's mansion. As Megan Landry (Sadie Stanley), Luke's girlfriend, looks on in horror, Isabella LaRue (Lexi Underwood) sidles up to her and issues a warning: "We have to get our stories straight." In July 2000, police pull the body of Luke Chambers (Griffin Gluck), the son of a prominent developer, from the town marina. There are two major twists in the Cruel Summer Season 2 premiere, "Welcome to Chatham," but only one makes a lick of sense.
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