The Summer I Turned Pretty is the weirdest show

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[@mairahussain6126]

Already downloaded 😎

[@Ditto.007]

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[@navindutalagala166]

Third please pin me

[@Ditto.007]

@@navindutalagala166 You can't pin a reply

[@zickennugget]

Watch my fault. It's a cringe ass step bro romance film.

[@slythmultishipper2745]

These "I look pretty after I take my glasses off and everyone falls in love with me" trope is so silly because the only thing that happened to me when I take off my glasses was people asking me when I last slept.

[@annad618]

😂😂😂 same

[@mellousun]

I did NOT come here to be called out 😭😭😭

[@biohazard4124]

Same, lol. I thought I would look totally different and have people falling for me, but I only had people asking me why my eyes looked weird.

[@TshidiMPule]

I'm legitimately curious about why that happens because my lenses are thick as shit and my eyes never look like that but a friend of mine always looks like that without her glasses

[@amadufie9986]

Everyone asks me where my glasses are because I keep squinting 💀😭😭

[@datguychi767]

As a current sixteen year old, my summer is filled with no trips and watching my friends do interesting stuff while I do a summer program

[@byejuyo]

Lmao mine is filled with nothing and my trip to Asia was cancelled 😭

[@contagiousremorse]

Dw, you've got years on to make memories with friends u havent met yet- this being from a content, busy, 18 yr old

[@datguychi767]

​@@contagiousremorsehere's hoping

[@datguychi767]

​@@byejuyodang, sorry about that

[@i_wish_i_started_sooner]

Mines filled with failing to get a job

[@lauraabc123]

Why is nobody talking about how immoral this show is? I watched the whole thing cuz I was bored and researched what happens in the books and I’m shocked. Belly just jumps from one brother to the other, dates, kisses and sleeps with both and everybody acts like it’s normal? It’s weird and gross, not to mention they grew up like family, she is ruining the relationship between two brothers, she’s so selfish and out of touch. This love triangle is worse than Twilight, at least there Edward and Jacob weren’t related and Bella didn’t casually sleep with Jacob too.

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

I don’t understand why they still have feelings for her if it was realistic they would’ve stopped by the second or third time they realized she was a toxic influence

[@nichalawilson2922]

Really? In all honesty why is it gross to everyone when a girl kisses more than one guy in a certain time span but when a guy does it they are “cool” that trope needs to end lol

[@lauraabc123]

@@nichalawilson2922 actually no it’s not cool when anybody does it and especially when they’re kissing siblings

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

@@nichalawilson2922 It just depends on who you’re asking. But Majority know what’s what. It’s not about gender. And I for one would love a girl who cheated on me and then got desperate about it after being called out, I cry a little and I act like I am sad about it but In secret, I enjoy the pain I’m feeling. It keeps things interesting. Edit: the only reason people are calling out Belly because it is more blatant. If not more people would be defending her or at least relating somewhat..

[@Sandrinarhonda]

@@lauraabc123exactly it’s just nasty

[@laurend1307]

When Belly was eating in the gas station store, I so badly wanted the cashier to interrupt her main character thoughts with "Are you gonna pay for that?" bc that would've made SENSE and humbled her sm 😂😂

[@DustinBarlow8P]

That would have made sense" is something best left behind when viewing these types of shows. In what Universe does the set up of this show happen in? Average everyday girl spends the entirety of each of her summers relaxing at a beach house, with 2 guys with model looks?

[@laurend1307]

@@DustinBarlow8P lmao fair enough

[@avec.ariette]

I appreciate the point you’re trying to make but in actuality… it’s a socially acceptable North American culture thing. People start eating in grocery stores all the time and then just pay for it. As long as they pay for their items, the people working don’t bat an eye haha, it’s probably one of the most entertaining things they see during a regularly tedious cashier job

[@phoebegarrett3055]

Honestly I wondering why she was just grabbing a random snack from the gas station and not paying for it. Don't tell me this what America has come to😔

[@laurend1307]

Well I must be a lousy American then, cause I've never heard of that 😂 (it does sound quite American tho, now that you mention it lol)

[@PurpleMoon799]

are we not tired of the "pretty girl "made ugly" by glasses takes them off and gets guys all over her" trope?

[@thefangirlray]

I am so done with that trope

[@duanebaptiste3881]

I rolled my eyes as soon as I saw her glasses.

[@scoobydoo7177]

Ugh I'm tired of watching it

[@richardlyth]

Not Another Teen Movie made fun of that trope 22 years ago, and they're still doing it!

[@simsimmer3040]

Generally I am just done with i am ulgy and need nerd and because of this am not good at anything and have no personality troop I want confidence and pls personality and you know what just stop with who is pretty and ugly I don’t alway have to hear if the main character is ulgy or not just don’t mention anything about their looks 😀

[@psk5849]

Anne with an e was the best coming of an age drama ever. They should make more series like that, where characters actually have a personality.

[@psk5849]

The way she is jumping from one boy to another this show should have been named "The Summer I Turned w****"

[@youjustgotburned3980]

And where their characters don't revolve around boys

[@psk5849]

​@@youjustgotburned3980True. It's jenny han work Her whole career resolves around writing stories like this, it's like she's writing about her weird a** fantasies.

[@youjustgotburned3980]

@@psk5849 oh really now? Well...that explains it😌😂 Mindy Lahiri and Jenny Han have a Cauc-asian fetish lmao

[@marvin2678]

@@psk5849 its all the same ahaha

[@durableproductions]

Out of all nicknames they could have given her they chose Belly think about that for a second

[@Ditto.007]

...Lmao! I never considered that 😂😂

[@WilliamsPinch]

I call my baby that and now I regret it lol.

[@cakecombat]

​​@@WilliamsPincht's not too late 😭, it's cute tho

[@Frooti.loopz23]

Aww I think it’s cute 😢

[@rezaboshoff8611]

Honestly....ANYTHING would've been better

[@BlueFlameVampire]

Don't crush my dreams Alex, after two decades of wearing glasses I finally got my eyes lasered and now you're telling me that not wearing them anymore doesn't make me instantly pretty? How could you?!

[@MirElla-tq9ne]

Sorry to say that but yeah - i got mine corrected as well and i'm still ugliest bitch alive. So at least you are for sure prettier than me.

[@biancal.7507]

Kinda random but how was LASIK for you? I’m thinking of getting it once I’m maybe a little bit older (personally I hate my glasses coincidentally because of tropes like this lol 🫠) but some of my friends told me that some people they knew ended up having really dry eyes afterward and that the recovery period’s pretty long 😭

[@MirElla-tq9ne]

@@biancal.7507 recovery wasn't long it took me like a week and i could go back to work. For like a three months i had a little issues with dry eyes and seeing after dark (like i would't risk driving). And after that it got all okay. Only now during summer i'm more sensitive to sun.

[@Garsnoos]

Man I wish I could get LASIK but I cannot afford it and no insurance covers it where I come from. "You have bad eyesight? Lol, it's your problem"

[@BlueFlameVampire]

@@biancal.7507 I actually couldn't get LASIK due to my cornea being too thin. I got Trans-PRK which is similar, but has a longer healing period (about two months). The first day it hurt quite a bit (burning eyes mostly), but it's been 8 days now since and my eyes barely hurt, they're not dry or anything. It's just that my eyesight hasn't stabilised yet which is why I've been on sick leave this week, it's just that I have problems with reading stuff. E.g. comments here I zoomed in atm at 200% to be able to make the words out. But the eyesight gets worse over the day, in the morning I had no problem, now at 10pm I have trouble reading anything. I'm going to be back at work next Monday. But so far still worth it.

[@za-fr3hh]

what really got me was how nicole left two teenage girls alone late at night in the dark with no clothes, and didn’t even apologize??

[@tataelena8863]

I thought the saaaame! She's a criminal, someone could have kill them in the middle of the forest in the middle of the night

[@lavanyakrishnakumar7233]

Right??? It was brushed off so easily!! No one held her accountable...likw its a perfectly normal thing to do Like imagine the fucking danger!!!

[@za-fr3hh]

@@lavanyakrishnakumar7233 RIGHT EXACTLY THAT PISSED ME OFF SO BAD

[@neltins5308]

@@tataelena8863 i was terrified thinking they would be assaulted or harrassed by guys driving by in that scene

[@tataelena8863]

@@neltins5308 me too and as @za-fr3hh said, I was waiting for the show to make Nicole apologize at some point of the story, but they didn't 🤔

[@paula.cosplay]

I watched this show with my dad half jokingly and we were just raging at the dumb decisions the characters kept making

[@Ditto.007]

I watched it in class near the end of school and oh my gosh all the kids were screeching about how stupid they are 😆

[@paula.cosplay]

​@@Ditto.007its a universal experience among everyone that watched this 😂

[@몽실라이더]

😂😂😂

[@trinaq]

Preach, if I had a nickel for all of their dumb decisions, then I'd be extremely wealthy!

[@selinaozuna9079]

Love that ❤

[@carltherabbit5308]

“The Summer I I got contacts” had me dying 💀💀💀💀 Edit: I’ve been following this like count In I’m still baffled it got to 10k. ;-;

[@philosophy_bot4171]

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "I know of only one duty, and that is to love" ~ Albert Camus

[@carltherabbit5308]

@@philosophy_bot4171Thank you for the quote.

[@duckduckthethirdduckers]

Me too lol

[@ameliaarrows2790]

Because it’s true

[@millaaaaa]

real

[@aimun5255]

I think it's so funny that the most emotionally wrecking relationship for me was the moms, like I half expected laurel to come out and be like Suzannah, it's you ive always wanted. Their arc was much more organic to me than the love triangle

[@violetdilley1731]

YEAH the moms have better chemistry than any other couple on the show

[@1o733]

their connection felt so much more real and relatable tbh.. as someone who is queer, I rlly wanted them to end up together. It would have been really interesting to watch a story abt two divorced women who ends up in a relationship and just become the absolute best mothers together and not just for summer vacation :'))

[@LuizaLizLi]

​​@@1o733Ah não. Eu amei que a série mostrou o lindo amor de uma amizade de longa data entre duas mulheres, não precisa tudo ser sobre amor romântico.

[@roshanakhannani3329]

For what its worth, you should still totally do Never Have I Ever.

[@doodaroni29]

yes!

[@Arri7979]

Absolutely agree!

[@shirendjorgee9320]

Yeah the show is actually pretty good! Didn't like the ending so much, but I think the show overall has a good message and good representation.

[@arinyahorus45]

Totally!

[@BurcuBabal]

Agreed. Never Have I Ever is way more better than this one.

[@lao675]

The worst part of this show is that Belly's only personality trait is liking the two brothers.

[@lololololololollolol6825]

That’s literally not true bruh… it’s just the main plot nothing to do with her personality learn the difference

[@lao675]

@@lololololololollolol6825 So what is the 'main plot' about? The love triangle? There are plenty of shows with a love triangle centered around a well rounded, interesting main character. And Belly not having any goals (other than getting with the boys) works to the show's detriment.

[@deborahobakpolo8651]

@@lao675 idk she likes volleyball?

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

@@deborahobakpolo8651 WAIT hold on, she likes boys and she’s a fan of volleyball? Wow silly me, she’s the most complex character I’ve ever met

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

@@lololololololollolol6825 so yeah… you basically just reinstated that the plot is her character lol. I have notice that in media where the characters purpose is just to advance the plot in a certain way but they don’t take the time to make the character real, the story should be the background of the character not the character be the background of the story.

[@6ixlxrd]

It was honestly kinda weird to me how Jeremiah was the gay, feminine, boy bestfriend rooting for her romance while trying to find his own male romance one episode…then suddenly hit a 360 one episode and became dark, brooding, jealous, and all about her.

[@mattb6704]

Maaaate, this! I’m watching this shit show series 2 in the background right now and I’m thinking the exact same. He was kissing a guy and supposedly bisexual and now all of a sudden this season he’s in love with the main girl who has the personality of a wet card board box. This love triangle seems to take centre stage and it’s fucking tedious.

[@XxCørpsegirlXx]

He wasn't gay

[@tanha9873]

Lmao i said the same

[@tanha9873]

He seems to me more as a best friend to her and its cringey when they flirt or kiss.

[@amirsedighi9650]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@lillianlg]

I’m afraid that every season that comes out is gonna be like Belly switches guys and ends up with conrad like what

[@shyblaze42]

The books are slightly different

[@callnight1441]

I figured it might be that. No romance-saga has the guts to split up the couple from the first installment

[@HelenTinarwo]

its wierd how she ended up with Conrad in the show

[@xo.mar1e]

its basically exactly like that.

[@liliflower4443]

I’m the end of the books she gets married to Conrad

[@PhilomathWizard]

Almost every romance book has the same problem: The men have no personality and the girl's personality is being quirky. I have never read any romance book where the guy's personality is actually interesting and would make sense for the girl to be in love with him.

[@gabiduncan18]

I completely agree.

[@squidwardtentacles7144]

They're out there, believe me. However, sadly, many romances are overshadowed by tropes rather than character development which sucks because the romance genre is my favorite.

[@moneyformoi]

Literally tho

[@thansiharajakanthan]

Please read better then the movies. The main character has so much development and she actually has features that aren’t labelled as quirky. Saying that its not like the other movies/books.

[@19Rena96]

seems like you don't read many romance books lol

[@livkg]

Calling cam “fairly good looking” is the understatement of the century

[@biohazard4124]

Right? I thought he was gorgeous.

[@melinatedthinka8210]

Seriously!

[@bestjenkins2165]

Matter of opinion but he is NOT ugly

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

He's too goofy

[@neltins5308]

Every young guy in this show was unrealistically hot ol

[@dadadadeadgirl5602]

I don't understand why Conrad/Jeremiah ar considered "more attractive" than Cam in the show, he had an actual personality compared to the two😭

[@sophiamorales996]

Yes please finally

[@mary3567]

I agree but I also think she has had like life long crushes on the two and also where they are living the rich are considered more attractive and cam and belly had the not as rich thing to connect with

[@WanRa28]

Abs

[@khlynn]

omg so real =)))

[@binhalthier5151]

Generally, why are they always choosing the idiotic hot guy over the smart nice guy😭

[@ladydiamond6611]

The way you dragggggged every single guy in this show was so healing thank you xx

[@laurentahuka5172]

It’s very deserving sometimes haha

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

People are calling the different love interests in this show, Peter Kavinsky but in different fonts and I couldn’t help but holler at that accuracy 💀

[@evkathleen]

FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! this show is weird and loving 2 brothers is not normal

[@sixelakeller5377]

it could be normal for some people because they’re both attractive to her

[@aaaanail3]

Dude everyone’s like omg I love this show… I watched the first season, it’s entertaining and it hooks you for sure but it’s so weird and I sometimes get second hand embarrassment from it 😭

[@neltins5308]

The show also teaches the masses of people watching it that men and women can NEVER be friends, the "Best friend" guy will always be trying to sleep with them, I don't agree exactly but its really crazy what messages the show is giving young viewers

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

​@neltins5308 ikrr , like why can't a girl and a boy be friends in this show ?? Just one platonic relationship between opposite sexes at least

[@incrediblekeenan1751]

@@sixelakeller5377it may be normal to like them both but to jump back and forth between them is not. It’s honestly stupid, annoying and honestly toxic

[@Negsmie]

Can we please retire this stupid trope that you get a *"glow up"* when you remove your glasses. I said the same thing for XO Kitty because the actress looks so pretty in her interviews. Ladies, is it ugly to be able to *see* properly? Or are we just meant to be blind to the red flags 😅

[@bigbearkat2010]

It really should've been retired 20 years ago when Not Another Teen Movie pretty thoroughly pointed out how stupid it's become at this point.

[@nicoledoubleyou]

I mean we can use contacts but I agree it's dumb cuz I hate touching my eye and I will never wear contacts so I guess I'm ugly forever

[@Garsnoos]

"Ladies, is it ugly to be able to see properly?" reminds me of "fellas, is it gay to see?". Both are equally dumb lol. (Just to clarify, I fully agree with you, let's retire this dumb trope already)

[@Negsmie]

​@@nicoledoubleyouright though! Nothing against people who wear contacts, but I cannot poke things into my eye, I've been wearing glasses since the 1st grade 😂 and I look way worse without them on

[@universedonut159]

OMG that’s what was missing, I completely forgot Kitty had glasses until I rewatched To All The Boys 1

[@AlexIsOffline]

I read the book the show is based on as a teenager and it’s… it’s certainly a book.

[@몽실라이더]

😂😂

[@FuzzyKittenBoots]

With letters and everything? Well, then we can hardly complain!

[@sama9499]

i thought the book was good, way better and way different than the show

[@psychedelicfilmjunkie]

Ik the book is somehow worse than the show which is impressive solely because the writing is just sooo god awful. Wasted my time and money

[@rachelmartin5187]

I think the show is better mainly because of the acting. Book Conrad was a straight up a$$hole, but TV show Conrad is WAY more likeable.

[@SteampunkHorse]

4:37 the fact that they’re so happy to see each other that she jumps in his arms and he twirls her around is so cute and wholesome to me - but only because it feels like they’re siblings. That’s how I imagine people with a sibling-like relationship to act with each other.

[@a-go-go19]

opening the bag and just devouring Cheetos before going to the register is so bold to me. like- who raised you belly?🤣

[@inacatt]

I for real thought they were gonna have the main character commit low-level crime in the first episode lmao

[@PastelPixie99]

Guess it explains the nickname

[@midnight9613]

i thought that’s why the guy was looking at her at first

[@Izamota-q5v]

The real reason she was never popular

[@JackalopeBunny]

I've done this with a soda and drank it cause I was just really thirsty and made sure to buy it before I left the store, unlike some people where they go around just drinking and eating something and you would find it empty somewhere on a shelf.

[@hikariuchiha977]

I know in the book she's more towards Conrad but in the show Jeremiah is just so charming! Like I don't get why she wouldn't pick him

[@artstuffwithace]

Fr! Especially since his always there! And conrad was about to cheat on his girl with her I don't know but thats a red flag for me

[@susivarga7303]

Well, he got it on with half of the guests/colleagues at his workplace, wondering what HR thought about that...

[@susivarga7303]

​@@artstuffwithace Sabotaging your own brother when he finally makes his move on the girl he loves is not any better...

[@artstuffwithace]

@@susivarga7303 he didn't sabotage his brother though belly could have rejected him

[@itsjustme9310]

I know right!

[@FancyGoatee]

As someone who got contacts this summer, I can confirm that I did immediately fall in love with 2 different people who both have the personality of a cardboard box.

[@unvergebeneid]

"Is the rest of your hairline gonna be there?" is pure devastation for a guy hitting on a 16-year-old. Love it! 😄

[@Noperee817]

well technically she was 15 lol

[@mariahdibben4066]

I died laughing when he said that 🤣🤣

[@minakoarisato1506]

I snorted lol😂

[@e-rj2316]

You might be really behind but I would love to hear your take on Never Have I Ever, the show was just crazy enough for this to be really entertaining

[@trinaq]

Agreed, I'd love to see Alex review that show, especially now that it's officially ended.

[@scoobydoo7177]

Agreed!

[@moonghoststudios]

I would also love to hear his thoughts on never have I ever✨✨

[@GreatF]

Season 1 was great but season 2 was torture

[@jayaisnthere]

@@GreatFseason 2 was when we rly got crazy Devi. It was my favorite

[@dianaizzy960]

The glasses trope is so ridiculous. I’m very fortunate to have a boyfriend that loves when I wear my glasses and is concerned whenever I don’t have them on cause I can’t see but contacts hurt my eyes. I was so insecure about wearing glasses because of that stupid trope but I’ve learned to accept myself with them and this trope should go away it’s legit 2023.

[@javierlopez9789]

Prepare yourself for disappointment

[@heart_miffy_matzz]

Idk why every show that girls have “glow ups” in they always just take off their glasses. Like I personally find girls with glasses hot 💀💀

[@dinosaysrawr]

Same! I find glasses very sexy! But, what else would we expect from media that considers everybody with a BMI over 2 fat and people who are just a 9.5 on the hotness scale plain or ugly?

[@benzaiten933]

I also find boys with glasses very attractive. I really don't think glasses take anything away from the looks department, but it's still such an old and overused trope. perhaps it could have been somewhat the case back in the days, when there weren't many options of glasses frames and the lenses were still thick, but clearly that hasn't been the case for a long while.

[@heart_miffy_matzz]

@@benzaiten933 FR both men and woman look stunning in glasses and it’s honestly so annoying that people keep using the same dumb stereotype that glasses are “unattractive”

[@alyzu4755]

My husband wears glasses, he's kinda short (shorter than I am) and he's HOT!!!!!!

[@GratsielaLily]

As a glasses wearer for many years, few things are as unattractive as glasses...if anything, you´d have to stop to take them off before making out of anything, they fog in the winter, they get dirty in 2 second, you can´t wear them comfortable to watch movies in bed...and they hide makeup. So I have to disagree, glasses don´t make one hot. I hate them with a passion :))))

[@StahseedRainboWarrior]

"because she's 16 now and ready to be disappointed by boys for years to come!" -- oof. I felt that 💀😂

[@DustinBarlow8P]

I gotta respect you for the work you do. I also am a 30 year old heterosexual male who for the most part enjoys some of these types of shows, but on a lot of them the dialogue and "actics" are just a bit to silly for me to get through them, and that is where you come in. Again thank you for your work.

[@lilithgrrrl]

Love his take too! As a fellow 30something, I’m sometimes shocked I am watching this and not Citizen Kane or something … but its just such a guilty pleasure 😅🤦🏻‍♀️

[@GalaxyDWolf]

My little sister is obsessed with this show. And like a good big brother I watched with her….. I regret it so much and I straight up told her I don’t think I would survive if she made me watch the second season

[@WilliamsPinch]

Please advise her to never hook up with siblings unless she wants to do irreparable damage to her reputation 🫠

[@susivarga7303]

I hope you gave her the "never with brothers/cousins/best friends" talk.

[@incrediblekeenan1751]

I honestly couldn’t even get through the first episode

[@notime497]

@@susivarga7303at first I thought you meant incest 😭😭

[@Halloweenish]

This show is like the “3rd act misunderstanding” in every romcom, but like, it’s every episode.

[@iamexisting5992]

LITERALLY 😭

[@muskan-j2d5w]

Two episodes into S2, i knew i had to stop watching this series forvever. 😭 like i couldn't suspend my disbelief to that extent. Belly is the biggest red flag ever.

[@mattb6704]

I want to tell her to make her fucking mind up. Stringing two brothers along and they’ve milked this shit out through all these episodes. I’m on episode five right now and this shit does not get any better.

[@katelynbrown98]

I don't know why she wanted 2 brothers to fight over heard. It's weird

[@divitacreates713]

facts

[@Sasuke-d8l]

Wow I also stopped exactly at ep 2 s2 , can’t stand that belly for 1 more minutes omg I might throw my laptop and break it if I see her again

[@jalessafoster1142]

I just finished Ep 1 and I don't know if I can continue lol, this girl is insufferable.

[@sketchycat6223]

This show is the ultimate teen girl fantasy, and I love it for that. Like she goes to a gorgeous beach house every summer, has two boys constantly wanting to be with her and other boys finally noticing she’s really cute, like what teenage girl hasn’t just fantasized about this

[@bubbletea188]

Me because I had to many problems in high school. 😂

[@beckysberries4441]

Me, I‘m asexual

[@lovelycloudyskies]

Sometimes I fantasize about being with the sweetest guy. Majority of the time, I fantasize about my favorite fictional couples

[@0TheJigsawKiller0]

stop calling me out

[@0TheJigsawKiller0]

@beckysberries4441 how do you know somebody is asexual? oh don't worry they'll tell you 😏

[@Just-Julie]

13:33 am I the only one who thought he drew her glasses on the pancakes at first ?

[@reine2212]

No you're not😂

[@holahola-ym1xv]

he def did and then said it was infinity to not get grounded or something

[@Bodega_princess]

The clip with Cam and his fascination with ocean life finally made me realize why I desperately couldn’t connect with this show. It's bc the main love interests have no interesting/humane qualities about them whatsoever. They're so surface level that its difficult to actually root for them being with Belly whenever they get those alone time moments with her. Even Jeremiah's character who's supposedly the fun guy/life of the party is just watered down to that sole character trait. He has no aspirations after that (at least in sn 1). It makes the intimate scenes feel extremely stale.

[@SteampunkHorse]

Honestly this comment alone is an amazing analysis. It’s like people are afraid to give their characters interesting traits like that when really it makes them more realistic, relatable and three-dimensional. Side note, that’s part of the reason why I get so pissed when people say having lgbt+ or racially diverse characters in media is “forced diversity” bc it adds nothing to the plot. Like hello, it’s just having different characters that you’d find in real life - Hermione having buck teeth doesn’t do shit for the plot of Harry Potter except making her realistic because she’s 11 years old. But I digress.

[@Ditto.007]

This was one of those shows that made me facepalm every 5 minutes asnd it just seems like everyone in that household all shared one braincell 🤦‍♂

[@aatea_fae]

💀💀💀😭true

[@M.A.Y.Y]

as a fan of the book i couldn't continue watching it imagine having the permission to use a good book for a show but then deciding to throw it out the window and do this bs smh

[@Lay_2]

😭

[@vaevictis1697]

​@@M.A.Y.Ybook is the same topic lol

[@M.A.Y.Y]

@vaevictis1697 I'm not saying the book is some masterpiece But it has more depth that the watered down "show" Like how Alex was saying how he never gets to know Jeremiah and Conrad ..... the book goes into their backgrounds, their issues, their problems with Mr. Fisher. Along with other issues and topics. And what the heck was that ball? 🤦🏻‍♀️ That just dragged it down further They spent so much time on that ball that they completely disregarded the fact that these characters need brains 🤦🏻‍♀️ Again .... I'm not saying the book was some phenomenal piece of work But they could have made a better show (still pretty dumb but better) if they had done more than just glance at the dang book then throw it out the window

[@KidsPlayingSoldiers]

me begging Belly to pick Cam bc he was the only boy in her life that didn't constantly infantilize her 😭 I literally rooted more for the moms than the teens in this show lol

[@allisoneuph1]

Yes!!!

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Imagine that plot twist. At the very end we find out Cam was only using Bella to get close to her mom!

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

Belly*

[@unamed2516]

I couldn’t stand the moms just as much as the teens. The first season made them act exactly like teenagers and it was so cringey to me.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@DustinBarlow8P That would be lazy writing.

[@Jordan_offline_]

I love how this show focuses so much on the dilemma of a poor 16 year old who can't choose a boyfriend outta two, like 16 year teen girl is looking for her prince pimpling.

[@joerapo]

Hypergamy

[@sighcantthinkofaname]

I think it's largely a wish fulfillment show for girls who feel unpretty. A middle schooler I've worked with became kinda obsessed with the title alone. She is really drawn to this idea of suddenly being percieved as beautiful and wanted. For the record that middle schooler is adorable, but those are years where people feel very awkward, regardless of how they look.

[@bellalobela]

yeah, i wouldve eaten this up as a middle schooler/freshman. We’re just not the target demographic anymore and thats fine🥰

[@neltins5308]

Yeah, I feel sad for all the invisible girls or loner introverted girls who never experience a glow up and think they need to be conventionally beautiful to be truly loved by any men.

[@christiesanchez4013]

I'm guessing the target audience for these Wattpad-based romance shows are middle- and high-school girls. Once you hit college, you REALLY can't suspend your disbelief and "enjoy the fantasy." The only gals who have 2+ guys fighting over them are f*cking supermodels.

[@AndreggvilJammer]

Maybe it's because I've never watched the show or read the books, but I don't understand how Belly doesn't react to Cam sharing some really cool ocean facts. I don't know the first thing about the ocean, nor have I have ever been interested, but a jellyfish with Benjamin Button's disease? I'd just be like dude, tell me more!

[@MadzURBabe]

21 seconds ago-

[@EdCarefree]

Her first date. She just wanted to make out

[@traceynelson2170]

Oh my gosh lm super attracted to guys that are interesting lm so bad ld be in love same time , and his cute and sweet and has no character flaws and likes you, this is a teen girl fantasy show.....

[@Ehh0.0]

Yeah! And even if she wasn't as interested, it's basic human decency to show some interest in what people around you like.

[@j_emceee]

She only wants to date a cardboard cut-out of a hot guy so he can stand there beside her silently with no thoughts going on whatsoever.

[@ihaanabahl797]

“The rest of your hairline gonna be there?” LMAOO I’m stealing that

[@greghannibal]

I'd really like to see the "pretty girl but GLASSES" trope being played to its logical conclusion, where the girl is surrounded by the popular crowd who are all fawning over her. Then she puts her glasses on. The popular crowd gasps, they start looking around. Where'd she go? She was just here! She takes her glasses off. OH THANK GOD she's back! Where'd you go? How'd you just vanish like that??

[@hanahvarghese2999]

😂😂😂

[@jenk2745]

Lmao there’s a Superman joke to be made here somewhere 😂

[@sherochafernando6346]

A platypus? *puts on fedora* Perry the Platypus!!!

[@Window4503]

I would watch that lol

[@dungquoc8552]

so just Gintama then?

[@phoebe5715]

The best part of the show for me was definitely the relationship between the mothers. If you’ve seen the show you know it’s fairly developed, at least more than the teens personalities.

[@shitmandood]

Not really. They’re not acting like mothers at all. Single mothers not looking after their kids, while the kids are running around trying to fuck each other. With one of the Mom’s having cancer, I was shocked to see her drinking and it being encouraged by her buddy, and the kids, none of them give a shit about her cancer. Even the Mom’s are too busy trying to screw. There’s a razor thin line to this becoming a raunchy porn or a let’s “Blame it on Rio” situation.

[@HNSJW]

I read this as "relationship between the monsters". And let me tell you I just accepted that as a plot point

[@phoebe5715]

@@HNSJW now I’m living for the chance of a season 2 cyborg plot twist

[@agnieszkakmieciak225]

Honestly, I can't believe this show. 1. Cam is a champ! this guy is good looking, has an actual passion that he is capable of talking about, he knows what he wants to do in the future... He's awesome! 2. Conrad is just ridiculous. This boy's reaction time is slower than my mom's 10 years old laptop and let me tell you... It was SLOW. 3. The ending. What the heck?! I'm gonna be honest, I was 100% prepared for the reveal that Conrad locked Jeremiah in a closet or something. The fact that he was out there having a breakdown over those news and she picked his brother, because "Oh my, he was here to dance with me!"... Like, girl. If the boy who has been there for you all this time suddenly goes missing during an important moment, doesn't that alarm you? I would think that she would be at least a little bit concerned and go looking for him. She's awful! She let go of one great & one good guy... For a guy who acts like Edward Cullen. Smh.

[@Astrocam88]

Literally, right?? She knew that Jeremiah wouldn't have missed this dance with her unless something important had come up. It drove me insane how quickly she would switch between both of them, leading me to believe she actually enjoyed the attention from both of them. If she felt so strongly for Conrad from the beginning, she would have turned Jeremiah down. Or, if she was tired of waiting for Conrad, she would have gone with Jeremiah. OR, better yet, get out of that damn love triangle and go find someone else. I also was in love with my guy best friend in high school and for many years after, but guess what, we're both with other people now. It's possible to move on from those feelings you have for someone when you're young. I get being a teenager can be confusing, but like. At some point she stops being a victim of "Who should I pick??" and starts being a manipulator because she damn well knows they'll drop it all and run to her if she needs them.

[@ijustdocomments6777]

I gotta admit, the setup and timing on that "I liked you better with glasses" line was like a volley ball spike to the face.

[@rubiblue418]

Okay the plutonium joke actually made me laugh out loud. Good job Alex.

[@benzaiten933]

I would prefer plutonium over this boring, pink dress.

[@rubiblue418]

@@benzaiten933 yeah… how can THAT dress be a secret weapon lmao

[@securityvau1t]

I'm always laughing out loud during his videos not a single one I haven't snorted during its runtime

[@User-h7j8w]

I do not understand the trope where the girl takes off her glasses and all the guys want her. When I took off my glasses people asked me when I last slept 😅😂

[@vectorwolf]

There isn't a thing in this show that counts as realistic. The damn Barbie movie is more relatable. I don't think i could last through a single episode, y'all are stronger than i am.

[@youjustgotburned3980]

I'm not even gonna watch it. I don't know if I can stomach this lol

[@marvin2678]

nah barbie sucks

[@traceynelson2170]

Preach

[@FavourBagudu-yl6ks]

@@youjustgotburned3980 me too

[@Hello-hello-hello456]

It's all the bad wattpad tropes and cliches written by a 12-year-old

[@drenshea8246]

the accurate depiction of our dreams at 11:43 was so spot on I actually laughed out loud

[@marbeinwonderland]

Honestly i wish they would’ve have made it a mini series so we could get all the details and the angst of their relationship. It’s actually really slow developed in the book and is one of the sweetest

[@Emma-TaylorsVersion]

so happy he made this because i binged this show this week and i love it but he’s hilarious💀💀

[@Ditto.007]

Him and Ryan from pitch meeting are more fun to watch than the actual shows they talk about 😂

[@uuc.e1633]

@@Ditto.007 binging their videos is super easy barely an inconvenience bcz theyre so funny

[@byejuyo]

Fr I love the show but I agree with everything he says like Conrad's one liners are actually awful 😂

[@Emma-TaylorsVersion]

@@byejuyo omg i know💀💀 personally i like jeremiah a lot more

[@divergentgurl1414]

me too!!!

[@dedesaud]

I think it would be great if the second season is about how she realizes that she created an entire cenario in her head and that she doesn't even like the dudes (maybe just as friends). She was just in love with the theory of a romance, with the idea of being in love. And she just moves on and finds someone that she actually finds interesting, has a personality and see life in a similar way that she does. You know, a depiction of a health relationship.

[@susivarga7303]

Don't get your hopes up.

[@talveerlitt9464]

see this would be way to much realistic plot and actual character development so jenny han would never

[@squidwardtentacles7144]

If only it was common for tv shows to take such rational route. Although I hear the show veered slightly off from the books (ex: I hear Belly is much more likeable in the show vs. the books) I seriously doubt they'd go through this route because of just how the author portrayed the books. They were made around 2009-2011; the peak Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and Gossip Girl era. Eveyrthing was tropey and romanticized the idea of having a lover rather focusing on internal character development within the main protagonist(s). It's always drama over growth everytime.

[@jasminek3042]

You put too much faith in Jenny Han 💀

[@palomaaguilera7694]

I read the summary of the books online. It’s not that :(

[@leyamoon9851]

I love the part about girls' dreams or maybe just dreams in general. It is so accurate I dream the weirdest shit about flying or about to be murdered or just casual weird shit, but never these kind of deep "meanignful" things about actual people in my life. Heck recently I've dreamt more about people that are dead or that I haven't seen in years then I do about even somewhat realistic things

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Right? My brains all over the place, you know when you’re either really sleep deprived or semi-drunk so you just do random things that you know concisely doesn’t make remote sense but your brain does it anyway? That’s basically how my dreams are, there are no logic behind them, my dreams don’t know anything I don’t, and I barley know anything. So when someone’s like “dream could be a sign of something deeper.” I’m also like… no.. 😂😂 cause I know for a fact my dream don’t have any meaning

[@flaviasomarriba6555]

literally! yesterday I had a nightmare where I was kidnapped and other girls where getting killed by someone I know, and the only way to survive was to understand the clues that were given to us.. And then I was dressed as Barbie as well as everybody else like, wtf am I supposed to do with this? 💀

[@microwave8931]

Bro, I had a dream the other day where people kept calling me Bloody Mary (my name isn't even related to Mary), and I hated it so much that I changed schools 😭

[@arielleaarons838]

11:51 the whole dream skit is so relatable I can't 🤣🤣that's me trying to describe my dreams to everyone ever

[@thanksbronowiminsecure4147]

11:48 as a girl i can confirm i have dreams like getting chased and killed all the time

[@user-gn4pk1qd2l]

I love how Alex is equal opportunity in terms of dragging men and women lmao.

[@Bamgeutcutiepie]

the reason i loved the show, was because it created this feeling of nostalgia. like summers you've never really had yourself, like going to these fancy houses for the summer. but the FEELING of summer and the adventures of a teenage girl, is something i remember very well. though i relate most to the moms for some reason 😄 the summer is a character in it self. the house is a character. i think the story of two brothers and their friend having a threesome drama, is really odd. i think it's so cliché how girls always fall for the silent bruiting type in these stories. who wouldn't pick Jeremiah if they even had half a brain? the story of the women being there for each other and knowing it will be the last summer for one of them, is truly what made this show for me. it's so sad. the kids are kids and the grownups are just dealing with the heaviest of topics. i really hope they don't fluff over her death next season. you don't just get over your parent dying. and yet, it looks like s2 will still just focus on the love triangle..... sigh

[@susivarga7303]

Jeremiah is an immature f boy who is willing to screw over his own brother for a girl. There are girls out there who don't appreciate stuff like that. But maybe it's just my quarter of a brain talking.

[@kit4796]

Exactly! If the show director and producers are smart, they’ll have Belly choose Jeremiah over Conrad.

[@susivarga7303]

@@kit4796 not gonna happen.

[@magickallynicole]

@@susivarga7303right? Why would they deviate from the books endgame?

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

​@@kit4796 ikkrrr , jeremiah is honestly the better pick , he's hot , he's confident , he' always there for her, he's fun , what do you need more belly ?!?!!?? I understand people have different taste but this trope is soooooo overused

[@БогданГоранов-п9х]

I am extremely thankful to Alex for letting me learn about those shows and laugh at them. If i tried to watch them on my own, i would have lost hope in our existence.

[@farnazaliko990]

Based😂😅👏👍

[@ella-sj8bu]

it's so frustrating how bad of a character belly is. she manipulates and plays two emotionally vulnerable people all the while making everything about her. and the craziest part is that we're supposed to like her🤷‍♀

[@lunav-ig2ls]

I love her 🥰

[@ella-sj8bu]

@@lunav-ig2ls to each their own

[@smiley3239]

@@lunav-ig2ls shame

[@lunav-ig2ls]

@@smiley3239 you probably like jermermiah

[@CeliaKnight]

fun fact: The summer I turned pretty is a book series written by Jenny Han who also wrote To All The Boys Ive Loved Before

[@psk5849]

Yeah she wrote bs like this. I wonder why people are into this low iq garbage

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

Didn't she also write XOXO kitty ?

[@etherealf1lmz]

@@lumityviktuuristanartist4100xo kitty is a spin off so i believe not

[@etherealf1lmz]

@deszu ohhh i thought they meant if jenny also like wrote xo kitty as a book lol

[@CeliaKnight]

@@lumityviktuuristanartist4100 thats not a book. its just a spinoff show in the same universe as To All The Boys Ive loved before

[@wokeupbricked]

10:10 "How'd you learn to shag?" "My mum" 💀

[@hannakoller8466]

The thing about dreams is so on point I just can't stop rewatching and crying from laughter

[@english_with_faeze]

"The summer i got contacts" and "I dunno, is the rest of your hairline gonna be there?" had me dying😂😂

[@yellowishpeony2768]

"But she's sixteen now and finally ready to be dissapointed by boys for years to go" 😂😂😂 7:22

[@analise_grady]

Nah cus the stuff about the dreams is so accurate😂 I got shanked in a CVS the other night lmaooooo

[@sammy.7088]

One of the only good things about this show was the mothers you cannot deny how well their characters are written and their chemistry is better than the mcs' lol

[@Raini2727]

Finally someone else who doesn’t get why she’s with Conrad at the end of this season. Jeremiah was actually there for her all season (haven’t read the books, but yes I do know how they end).

[@redbulldidntgivemewings7289]

Ive never understood why the "glasses girl = ugly" trope exists, like girls in glasses usually makes them look better

[@thenamesianna]

One of the prettiest girls I ever knew wore glasses

[@tasfiahaque1370]

The third book in particular is the most infuriating thing to read when you're a grown adult. Like the first two are quirky and harmless but man the third one is literally about them being adults and it is...yeah

[@BlairAnsor]

Elaborate, considering whether or not to read it. I don’t mind spoilers

[@potatosophie8001]

​@@BlairAnsorit's about belly and jere planning to get married it's just icky

[@tasfiahaque1370]

@@BlairAnsor so it's about belly and jere planning to be married but it's because jere cheats (this is debated by the fans but ultimately it was just a weird thing he did to her. while they were on a one week break he had sex with another girl basically) on her, and then he decides the best solution is to propose to her and she accepts?? the whole book is about her basically wanting all of her family and friends to be 100% on board cause it's her decision. and ultimately, the DAY of the wedding, they break it off over suzanne's letter to conrad that she wrote for his wedding, where she said he would be married to belly basically. which also just, imo, really ruins a lot of her character for me esp since she was my favorite. also at the time I was belly's age so 19-20 and even I thought her actions were weird, immature, and just more like a 15 year old's than someone who is a year into college. even worse for jere though. that was a lot, but I have many thoughts about this book, esp since it's supposed to be the finale. and yes, conrad is endgame.

[@randomthings2533]

@@tasfiahaque1370 I probably won't watch the series and read the books after reading your summarization of the book 💀

[@alyssamermaid9373]

@@tasfiahaque1370 also it just annoyed me so much that she dated Jere for years, just to end up with Conrad???? like I'm sorry?? It just feels like she always viewed jere as second best because she couldn't have Conrad idk she literally ruined that whole family because she wasn't honest with herself from the beginning and couldn't handle not having either of them but then she still wasn't satisfied when she had one of them, she loved having both of them lol I could rant about belly being the actual villian forever bc it's so dumb that they make jere the villian

[@rafaelpina5799]

12:43 I like that perspective quite a lot! Great job man! Please use it more often! Looks great

[@CauseIdontwantulikeabestfriend]

I know this is 7 months late, but u saying u think glasses on Girls are pretty or whatever gave me a huge confidence boost, Ty ❤

[@juliannahorvath8943]

as a girl who wear glasses I found 3:03 very comforting

[@RandomPerson-b9sd]

Lmfao same

[@Taylornails97]

I read all the books when they originally came out and I loved them. But after watching the show I realized how many problems their are with these character. I’m now 25 and I think I read these in middle school. God how much my thinking and thoughts about the show/book have changed.

[@conquistadorrocket]

oh god I loved the first book in middle school. but somehow my brain rewired the plot in my mind, so until just recently I've been remembering the book as a story of a girl who was dealing with ugly duckling syndrome and then had to grapple with her own mother's cancer and preparing mentally/emotionally for the inevitable passing. I feel like that would have been a better book tbh

[@Taylornails97]

@@conquistadorrocket honestly this does sound like a way better story then what we got!!

[@taramathews7784]

Omg same here I'm 25 now too and I read this almost 7 years back and I can relate to what you said about the problems with the story and how my thinking has evolved since then!

[@rebecca12345_]

Its so weird and kinda feels like an incestous story... Also why does she have to marry at 19? Conrad treats her badly and still he's the one she always wants its toxic Regret reading stuff like that when i was 14/15

[@Seraphina-b3h]

I don’t think it was that bad, but it definitely isn’t perfect. Tho I have read it recently, I liked the books better because they had me more emotionally invested than the show. But maybe that’s because it didn’t feel like a romance to me, in the books, it feels more like just a coming of age story, I feel the romance just isn’t a huge part. Idk. I read the books a month ago, I liked them a lot cause I read them in 2 weeks or so, and then just binge watched the show.

[@samanthacoleman9341]

Conrad definitely watches sad Bart Simpson edits

[@pienter593]

9:40 can we just take a moment to appreciate that major increase in Alex’s love life? I’m glad you seem to be doing well!

[@mariahdibben4066]

Right I was gonna say this.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Just took 32 years 😂

[@milkhomie4582]

13:42 that looks nothing like Conrad

[@ImthefkingChupa-ca-dupra]

Ikr 😭 help I just rolled of the couch

[@emmagucci_art]

I honestly kinda liked it, especially the theme of dealing with grief in different ways, living with the pain but still treasuring the memories, being there for the loved ones in the dark moments Idk ...

[@ilikelemonaid--9984]

he’s not judging people (i hope) so don’t feel bad for your opinion

[@Jaster_Mereel]

6:10 "I, too, have listened to System of A Down Before" 😂😂😂 that was amazing

[@dylanmahaffey8920]

I really connected to this show because I too had a summer where I turned pretty, just one summer, every other summer I've been extremely ugly.

[@aaliyahlafleur1070]

The “kidnapped by their old gym teacher” as a dream is REAAALLL! happens all the time to me 😂

[@shreyapawar1372]

Bellanthu The Undying Shadow. Yes. The first thing that comes to your mind whenever someone has the name 'belly'.

[@johnnysalami27]

The summer I got pretty just means, my face cleared up, I shed some pounds, got contacts and my braces got taken off. Nothing changed but now Jessica has all the boys in her yard now

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Honestly yeah I always said as a child that anyone who can look great just from easy fixes such as makeup, hair redone, or outfit changes were never actually ugly in my book 😂😂

[@youjustgotburned3980]

Why does it always have to be a story about a girl finding a boy They're brainwashing teen girls to think hats their only drive in life

[@PTRAINBOY]

That's how it works . Boys are visual .

[@anomalytm05]

12:53 I still to this day can't differentiate to what is a pick me girl and what's a weird girl... So, I just treat both of them as weird which is weird in itself because everyone tells me I'm weird.

[@thejsix]

Has anyone else noticed the increase in quality for the animation. Just whatever you are Alex it has been noticed and I love the effort put in

[@anna.owo.]

10:52 hard agree, men with interest like that are so wonderful

[@Thousand_Winterss]

Right? The guys where I live all act like a cardboard box with no personality or their own opinions because they wanna fit in it’s exhausting

[@anomalytm05]

Love those types of people, man.

[@-chirpchirp-]

autism basically

[@xoxo.torinoelle]

5:17 pov literally every guy at school when they go into 8th grade 💀

[@WitchLunaEstrella]

It'd be interesting if in one of these "girl becomes pretty" stories, the girl just gets nicer looking glasses. Most of the time, the problem is just that the girl has those thick boxy frames that don't suit them at all.

[@caitlingill]

Watch ugly Betty

[@WitchLunaEstrella]

@@caitlingill I did a long time ago, so I guess maybe I forgot that part.

[@hannahshearman1602]

Your point about WHY Jeremiah wasn’t there is EXACTLY my whole problem with the show 😭I liked it pretty well but at the end they acted like Jer was a jerk qnd gave Conrad all the credit because he finally quit being a butt for 15 min BUT like his mom was DYING!?? Belly’s ball/dance was important but not more important than the potential death of a parent 💀

[@katelynbrown98]

*yes!!* and they literally treat it like it's more important. I understand that it's from Belly's perspective, but they could've done it better than dismissing her best friend's mom's death!

[@LowQualityResearch]

3:08 Abs: The Musical.😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@mxhyrule]

Listen; this is gonna sound so stupid but you saying that 'throw away' line of "it didnt happen for me until 32" really did something for me today. I am 27 and the guy I wanted to marry just broke up with me and it feels like the world is ending - but yeah, you saying that juet really fucking helped, thank you ❤

[@katiew7939]

im sorry, you’ll find the right person, if he was really the one he’ll come back. ❤

[@Frooti.loopz23]

I’m sorry, maybe it wasn’t meant to be. That’s just means you’ll find an even better person.

[@allidwalker]

My ex broke up with me at 4 am not long after my 26th It took to a month before my 30th to meet the man I have been with for 5 years and plan to spend my whole life with XxX

[@lemizinga7578]

It will pass trust me...I thought breaking up with my first boyfriend who I loved greatly at 26 was the end of the world..but I healed,met other great guys and am happy now.

[@celinay]

My glowup came when I got glasses. Seeing well is hot and im tired of pretending its not

[@lyamjames9235]

“Is the rest of your hairline gonna be there” best diss I’ve heard on yt thanks Alex

[@penelopetaylor3565]

If you want a teen drama-esk movie that absolutely screams early 2000's, you should totally do "10 Things I Hate About You".

[@exoticalBecky_Miami]

See like there's a difference between like and love because I like my sketchers but I love my Prada backpack

[@penelopetaylor3565]

@@exoticalBecky_Miami "But I love my sketchers"

[@ELOrocks189]

A Alex Meyers video! What an EXCELLENT start to my Friday!

[@faithmarshall309]

I'm not concerned she didn't recognize the infinity symbol; I'm concerned he didn't give her more syrup.