The Summer I Turned Pretty’s Season 3 Dress Debacle: Ghosts, Footage Fumbles, and a Peach That Broke Everything
Avery Sinclair here—your favorite cynic with a degree in eye-rolling and a minor in sarcasm. Oh, this should be *good*. Let’s cut through the summer fluff and get to the real drama: The Summer I Turned Pretty just dropped a plot hole so deep it could’ve been mined for a Netflix documentary on bad editing. And yes, it involves a dress, a ghost, and a peach that somehow packed more emotional weight than an entire season of therapy sessions.
It all went down in the August 13 episode, where Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) wake up in Adam Fisher’s Boston apartment after what can only be described as a “crisis sleepover” orchestrated by poor life choices and wedding planning stress. The scene? A quiet morning. The tension? Thick enough to slice with a butter knife. But instead of focusing on the simmering chemistry between Belly and Conrad (Christopher Briney)—who, by the way, is still emotionally unstable after wiping juice off her chin like he was auditioning for a romantic thriller—fans zeroed in on something far more absurd: a dress vanishing into thin air.
Yes, folks. In one of those “wait, did that just happen?” moments, Belly’s crumpled dress is seen next to Jeremiah’s side of the air mattress. Then—poof—it gets slowly dragged off-screen. No explanation. No wardrobe assistant. No dramatic music. Just… gone. And TikTok exploded. One user joked that Susannah Fisher’s ghost had finally returned to haunt the narrative, “trying to tell Belly she shouldn’t marry Jere.” Another speculated a cameraman’s foot got stuck and they were just trying to quietly move away before getting caught on camera. Honestly? Both theories are more plausible than the show’s internal logic at this point.
But let’s not pretend this is just about a missing dress. This moment sits right in the middle of a season that’s already been accused of rewriting reality. For starters, the timeline is a mess. The book says Belly and Jeremiah have been together two years when he cheats. The show? Four. Because apparently, college starts earlier in this universe than in ours. And don’t get me started on how Belly suddenly becomes “Belly” overnight—her brother scribbles it over “Isabel” on her dorm door, but in the book, she never corrected anyone. She just… accepted it. Like a passive-aggressive surrender to identity theft.
And then there’s the peach. Oh, the peach. That single fruit became a symbol of forbidden desire, a moment so charged it made Conrad narrate, “Whatever I thought was happening here was only in my head.” But we all know better. He wasn’t imagining it. He was losing touch with reality—literally. As Briney told Deadline, it was “an Icarus moment.” Which is poetic, until you realize it means he’s flying too close to the sun and will crash spectacularly. Spoiler alert: he already has.
So what’s next? More editing errors? More ghostly interventions? Or will the show finally address why a dress disappeared without a trace? Either way, fans aren’t waiting around. They’re already dissecting every frame, every glance, every questionable wardrobe choice. And honestly? We’re here for it. Because if nothing else, this show knows how to keep us guessing—just not in a good way.
And that’s today’s dose of reality. You’re welcome.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online
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