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Just similar successful the last moments of the Cruel Summer play 1 finale, the last occurrence of season 2 deed america with the champion (and astir shocking) twist successful the past moments. Luke Chambers’ slayer is yet revealed, and what happens to him takes rather a crook from what you astir apt expected.
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Lexi Underwood and Sadie Stanley successful the ‘Cruel Summer’ finale. (Freeform)While waiting connected the dock successful the aboriginal hours of New Year’s Day, Luke calls his member to travel get him. Hours later, a shell-shocked Brent is sitting soaking bedewed successful his house. Brent tells his begetter that helium has thing to archer him, and Steve abruptly starts screaming extracurricular for Luke.
Meanwhile, Megan and Isabella speech astir what happened astatine the compartment with Luke. Megan is starting to interest astir Luke and wants to spell untie him successful a mates of hours, not realizing helium already got free. Isabella doesn’t consciousness atrocious for Luke astatine all. She thinks helium got disconnected easy.
When they get backmost astatine the cabin, Luke isn’t there. Isabella believes Megan untied him, but Megan swears she didn’t. Luke is obscurity to beryllium found. Isabella stresses to Megan that they request to destruct the portion due to the fact that it makes them look bad. Megan is opening to person regrets astir what happened astatine the cabin. Megan admits she doesn’t cognize however she’s ever going to spot Isabella again. After all, Isabella isn’t precisely guiltless successful this full Luke drama.
Two days later, Brent asks Steve what they’re going to bash astir Luke. Steve promises that he’s not going to fto thing hap to Brent. After a sojourn from Steve, Megan runs to Isabella and demands that they beryllium connected the aforesaid leafage astir Luke. Isabella has intelligibly already thought of a plan. She tells Megan to constitute a missive from Luke saying he’s tally away.
The hostility betwixt Megan and Isabella yet boils over. Megan starts to support Luke and tells Isabella, “You pushed maine past my breaking point.” Isabella calls Megan an “ungrateful small b***h” and the astir “selfish” person. Megan snaps that Isabella is “addicted to drama” and tells her that Luke was right. “You’re lone blessed erstwhile I’m miserable,” Megan says to Isabella.
Sadie Stanley arsenic Megan. (Freeform)A fewer months later, Steve is aggravated that Sheriff Meyer has yet to property charges against Megan and Isabella. Sheriff Meyer notes that determination are caller tapes to spell done and justness volition beryllium handed retired successful owed time.
The full portion wherever Megan and Isabella impeach each different of being progressive successful what happened to Luke? Turns out, it’s each portion of the program Isabella came up with. They some recognize that Ned’s footage should uncover who killed Luke. Megan is able to hack into the constabulary department’s machine to entree the video. They ticker the portion from New Year’s Day and spot Steve’s car successful the footage.
Megan and Isabella instantly caput to spot Steve. Brent overhears them accusing Steve of being progressive successful Luke’s death. Brent freaks retired aft eavesdropping. Steve stresses to Brent that helium won’t spell to prison.
Isabella believes they should spell to the sheriff astir the portion and beryllium honorable upfront since they’re connected it arsenic well. Isabella wants a 2nd accidental with Megan. Megan’s not precisely connected committee with reviving their friendship. For Megan, the relationship led to thing but wreckage. Isabella didn’t spot it that way.
Later, erstwhile Megan goes to spot Isabella astatine her hotel, Isabella is already agelong gone. The constabulary propulsion Megan implicit and inquire her to travel successful to reply questions. Jack shows Megan the portion that features her with the weapon successful her manus — and there’s thing of Isabella. Megan is the 1 arrested for Luke’s murder.
When Brent finds retired what’s going connected with Megan, he’s not good with this program whatsoever. Steve thinks Brent should beryllium grateful he’s going to get disconnected scot-free. Brent brings up the nighttime of his mother’s accident. He asks his begetter if his parent was drinking that night. Luke shouldn’t person had to instrumentality the blame. Steve didn’t privation their ma to beryllium remembered arsenic a drunk and having Luke instrumentality the blasted was a mode to support their family.
Brent talks to Megan aft she’s arrested. (Freeform)Brent has a conscience, though. He goes to spot Megan astatine the station. He admits that Luke is the 1 who paged him from the dock that night. They got into an statement and started fighting. “And past helium fell into the h2o and it was truthful acheronian and I couldn’t find him. It happened truthful fast,” Brent says.
Who Killed Luke Chambers?
That night, Luke is convinced that he’s ruined everything with Megan. He realizes that he’s go a existent Chambers. He’s sick of Brent and Steve getting distant with everything. “I’m done staying quiet,” Luke tells his brother. He’s done lying astir what happened to his parent and the accident. He tells Brent that their ma was drunk the nighttime of the accident, but Brent refuses to judge him. He pushes Luke, who hits his caput connected the ladder bar. Luke falls into the h2o and doesn’t travel up. Brent jumps into the h2o to look for Luke but doesn’t find him.
Brent confesses to Megan that Steve tried to screen this each up to support him. Meanwhile, Sheriff Meyer is watching Brent’s confession unfold from his camera footage outside. Brent vows to Megan that helium won’t fto her instrumentality the autumn for this. “Luke truly loved you,” helium says earlier being arrested for his brother’s death. Now Steve has mislaid some of his kids. His full family. The constabulary travel for him, too. The Chambers household is known for thing but ungraded now.
In the aftermath of Brent’s confession, Megan gets a connection astir a existent coding job. A agleam spot successful the midst of each the chaos. Isabella is connected a level to Ibiza. A miss named Michelle talks to Isabella successful archetypal class. They marque casual conversation. Isabella tells Michelle that her sanction is “Lisa” and wants to articulation her successful Ibiza. “You’re gonna privation a spouse successful crime,” Isabella says. She means that literally.
Megan goes retired to the dock wherever Luke took his past breaths. She goes determination to accidental goodbye to him. As she’s walking back, she sees thing successful the distance… different information camera.
Luke Chambers was killed by Isabella. (Freeform)Turns out, Isabella’s been lying this full time. Isabella went backmost to the dock connected New Year’s and recovered Luke hardly live connected the shore. She looked astir and saw thing and nary one. Instead of helping him, Isabella took her footwear and pushed Luke’s caput into the shallow water. He struggled for a infinitesimal but yet died. Isabella killed Luke and felt nary remorse.
Megan watches this shocking country unfold successful the footage. She is perfectly stunned by the information — and the information that Isabella has gotten distant with it all.
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