‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ episode 4: Wedding dress, best men & Cousins Beach
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- Belly celebrates her 21st birthday amid rising family tension over her wedding.
- Belly and Jeremiah return to Cousins Beach, confronting unresolved issues.
- Conrad agrees to be Jeremiah's co-best man despite personal reservations.
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” is coming in hot with these weekly episode releases. Got lost in the drama? Don’t worry, we’re back with another recap of the latest episode.
Spoilers ahead: You’ve been warned! If you haven’t caught the most recent episode, stop here.
Belly’s 21st Birthday
Belly is officially 21! Remember, that’s a big time jump from where we met Belly at the beginning of the season. She is now waitressing at a restaurant saving tips for the wedding, while Jeremiah is interning at his dad’s company.
Laurel, John and Adam are still not happy about this wedding, leaving Belly to go dress shopping with Taylor and her mom, Lucinda.
Jeremiah ends up asking Steven to be his co-best man, and he says yes. Still on this high, Jeremiah goes to Philadelphia to surprise Belly, and hopes to talk to her mom.
They both have a sit down with Laurel, and it does not go well. Laurel makes it clear she thinks the wedding is a mistake, and she won’t attend. This makes Belly really upset, so she runs away with Jeremiah to Cousins Beach (filmed in the Wilmington area).
Returning to Cousins Beach
Belly and Jeremiah wake up the next morning to find Conrad in the beach house. It seems like he has been here since we last saw him at the dedication. He still fails to mention that he has lost his clinical job.
Jeremiah and Conrad end up going surfing, where Jeremiah asks him to be his other co-best man. Conrad is hesitant and claims that they are being ridiculous to think of getting married. This upsets both Jeremiah and Belly.
At the same time, John goes to see Laurel, who is distraught that their daughter has run away. There they talk about the wedding, and even their previous marriage. John makes it clear that if this wedding is happening, he will be there.
Before Jeremiah leaves Cousins to go back to work, Belly tells him that she no longer wants to go to Paris to study abroad. They say their goodbyes, leaving just Belly and Conrad at the beach house.
The Flashback
Putting her new wedding dress in her closet, Belly finds her debutante dress from the first season. She reminisces on when Susannah showed her the room for the first time, and we get a flashback of young Belly, Laurel and Susannah. Laurel had come to sleep in Belly’s room when she was too scared to sleep alone.
In the present, Belly cries herself to sleep, and Conrad hears her on the way out. When she wakes up, she finds out that Conrad has talked to Jeremiah and agreed to be his co-best man.
She goes to the kitchen and thanks him. Belly and Conrad embrace, and he thinks: What have I done?
That’s where the fourth episode ends.
TSITP episode release dates
Watch Season 3 of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” on Prime Video. One episode releases weekly on Wednesdays at 3 a.m.
This story was originally published July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM.