The Summer I Turned Pretty

TV show · 2022

This report covers the full series (Seasons 1–3, 2022–2025). A dreamy summer romance about teenager Belly and a love triangle with two brothers, this show carries consistent mature content across all three seasons, including sexual situations, strong language, underage drinking and drug use, and an emotionally heavy storyline involving a parent's cancer diagnosis and death.

Older teens and up; most content reviewers place it at 14+, and Season 3 escalates to ratings as high as 16 in some markets.

Peril & tensionLoss & griefBig emotionsLanguageBehavior modeledRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smokingOld-school gender roles

Episodes to know about

Romance & innuendoS1E3Mild

A party scene where one of the brothers kisses another girl on a couch; part of the ongoing love-triangle drama.

Drinking, drugs & smokingrecurring across Season 1Moderate

Multiple party scenes with visible underage drinking by characters depicted as 16–20 years old.

Drinking, drugs & smokingrecurring across all seasonsModerate

Adult mothers are shown smoking marijuana together in multiple episodes across the series.

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