"It may have started as an innocuous TV show seemingly aimed at teens and tweens, but The Summer I Turned Pretty has been a stratospheric hit, hypnotizing audiences of all ages. With viewers flitting between camp Conrad or team Jeremiah, hooked on the love triangle between two brothers and the show's pivotal character, Belly, it has kept many of us (even in our late 40s) glued. So, it's with deep sadness for many that the final episode of season three airs this month."
"A pocket of the world on the south-eastern seaboard of America, it probably seems a million miles away for most, but it is a place you'll be far more familiar with than you realize, even if you've never been. For those of us who came of age during the other famous TV "will-they-won't they" romance- Dawson's Creek-the sea oats, clapboard cottages and jutting wooden boat docks are all real-life sets from this idyllic, coastal Carolinian town."
The Summer I Turned Pretty captivates viewers of all ages with a central love triangle between two brothers and Belly and has inspired strong audience allegiance. The series is filmed around Wilmington, North Carolina, presented as the fictional Cousins Beach, and evokes teenage nostalgia with imagery such as sea oats, clapboard cottages, and wooden boat docks. Wilmington has served as a filming location for productions including Dawson's Creek, Cape Fear, The Waterfront, Outer Banks, and One Tree Hill, and supports a small but active film-studio presence that fuels a vibrant regional production scene.
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