The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 release schedule and time: When do new episodes come out?

Until now, it had felt like Belly was on board with her engagement to Jeremiah, but the latest episode changed everything.

Talking about how there are plenty of surprises in store for fans in season 3, Lola Tung – who plays Belly in the series – previously told The Hollywood Reporter: "Of course, you know Jenny. She’s always gonna surprise you a little bit, which is the best thing about her."

Asked about whether she's happy with the series finale, she added: "I’m very happy, for many reasons I think, and I’m very happy with I think the journey that she takes this year. It was really fun to feel like it was a little bit more of a mature journey or she feels more grown up, and you can sort of tell in the decisions that she makes. But it was really fun to film and really fun to see sort of play out."

So, when will new episodes be available to watch?

Unlike the vast majority of Netflix series, which arrive in a single hit, Prime Video favours weekly drops – and because we're super handy, we've popped the release schedule below.

When do new episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 come out?

New episodes will make their debut at 8am in the UK.

You can watch them from 12am PT and 3am ET in the US.

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 release schedule

There are 11 episodes in season 3.

Following the release of episodes 1 and 2 on 16th July, the remaining episodes will air weekly.

Find your handy release schedule below:

• Episode 1 - 16th July
• Episode 2 - 16th July
• Episode 3 - 23rd July
• Episode 4 - 30th July
• Episode 5 - 6th August
• Episode 6 - 13th August
• Episode 7 - 20th August
• Episode 8 - 27th August
• Episode 9 - 3rd September
• Episode 10 - 10th September
• Episode 11 - 17th September

How many episodes will there be in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3?

There will be a total of 11 episodes in season 3, which makes it the drama's longest season yet.

Author Jenny Han, upon whose trilogy the series is based, recently told People that she initially considered splitting the third and final novel into two seasons, but ultimately on a longer final season with 11 episodes instead.

"My preference was three seasons, but I also wanted to allow the storytelling room in case I felt like we needed more time," she explained.

She continued: “We needed more canvas for the story, so that’s how we ended up with 11 episodes. But yeah, three books, three seasons. It feels right to me.”

Who is in the cast of The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3?

The returning cast for season 3 is as follows:

• Lola Tung as Belly
• Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah
• Christopher Briney as Conrad
• Sean Kaufman as Steven
• Rain Spencer as Taylor
• Jackie Chung as Laurel

The following new faces have also joined the cast:

• Sofia Bryant (The Girl in the Woods, I Am Not Okay with This)
• Lily Donoghue (Daisy Jones & the Six, Black Christmas)
• Zoé de Grand’Maison (Riverdale, Orphan Black)
• Emma Ishta (Stitchers)
• Tanner Zagarino (Shrinking, Aftermath)
• Isabella Briggs (Fatal Attraction, Sugar)
• Kristen Connolly (Honey Don’t, FBI: International)

What will happen in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3?

"It's the end of her junior year of college and Belly’s looking forward to another summer in Cousins with her soulmate, Jeremiah," reads the official logline.

"Her future seems set, until some core-shaking events bring her first love Conrad back into her life.

"Now on the brink of adulthood, Belly finds herself at a crossroads and must decide which brother has her heart. Summer will never be the same…"

In a conversation with Vanity Fair, Tung said she's "always Team Belly".

"So wherever she wants to go, I’ll follow her," she added. "The reason that I love this season so much is because you get to see her truly figuring out what she wants to do – what that looks like with someone else and on her own.

"Being in your 20s is such an experimental time, and it doesn’t mean you’re going to get everything right. I’ve always felt with Belly: I’m going to make a decision, and it might not always be the right decision, but at least it’s mine."

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tung also said that she was "very happy" with how Belly's story ends, "for many reasons".

"And I’m very happy with I think the journey that she takes this year," she continued. "It was really fun to feel like it was a little bit more of a mature journey or she feels more grown up, and you can sort of tell in the decisions that she makes. But it was really fun to film and really fun to see sort of play out."

But even if you have read the books and think you know what's coming, Tung also teased some differences.

"You know [author] Jenny [Han, who also writes the show]. She’s always gonna surprise you a little bit, which is the best thing about her," said Tung.

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