Team Jere

Alex Hinsky, Lauren Doyle
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One Gen X-er, one Millennial, and a shared obsession with Cousins Beach. We’re rewatching TSITP to prove Jeremiah is THE choice. Join Lauren Doyle & Alex Hinsky for a convo on culture, dating, and relationship reality checks.

Episodes

  1. Sep 4

    Season One Recap Plus A Fresh Listen To Summer House

    We rewind to Cousins Beach, recap what season one taught us, and then replay the pilot “Summer House” for new listeners and rewatchers. We track first impressions against what we now know, giving Jeremiah green flags, side-eyeing Conrad’s choices, and asking what Belly misses in her own narration.

  2. Aug 28

    What A Modern Debutante Ball Actually Looks Like

    We bring on Mary Margaret Guthrie, a University of Tennessee student fresh off a real Chattanooga debutante ball, to explain what the tradition looks like from the inside. We compare the real logistics, costs, and emotions to The Summer I Turned Pretty and end with a lively Team Conrad vs Team Jair check-in.

  3. Aug 21

    Summer Love Finale

    We pull apart the Season 1 finale “Summer Love” and track how a sparkling debutante ball turns into the most brutal night of the summer. We talk love triangle mess, sibling rivalry, and the secret that reframes everything we thought we knew about Conrad, Jeremiah, and Susannah.  We’ll look forward to a little mini episode, and then we’ll be back in a couple of weeks with our first episode of season two.

  4. Aug 14

    Team Jeremiah Surges As Conrad Spirals

    One prank, one panic attack, and one late-night text turn “Summer Tides” into the hinge point of The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 1. We’re rewatching Episode 6 with a microscope, because this is where the love triangle stops being cute tension and starts raising real questions about trust, honesty, and what we’re taught to tolerate in dating. We talk through the timeline jump after the pool kiss, Belly’s dream opener, and the way the show uses music to carry emotion from scene to scene. The volleyball tournament gives Taylor her best material yet, including the energy behind “CEO of Team Jare,” and we dig into why her advice hits: Conrad’s hot-and-cold pattern doesn’t just confuse Belly, it trains her to accept crumbs as romance. That’s a bigger cultural story than one fictional couple, and we don’t dodge it. Then we get to the gut punch. Conrad’s panic attack with Cleveland finally forces the secret into the open, and we wrestle with the hardest part: empathy can explain behavior without excusing it. From there, the yacht night brings consequences, Nicole connects the dots, and Belly and Taylor’s skinny dipping detour ends with the kind of rescue that reveals character. Jeremiah showing up, staying calm, and saying “I will always come for you” lands differently when Conrad follows with “you up” and an infinity necklace that arrives a beat too late. If you like smart rewatch podcasts, teen drama breakdowns, and honest talk about boundaries in relationships, hit play. Subscribe, share this with your most opinionated friend, and leave a review telling us your verdict: Team Jere or Team Conrad?

  5. Aug 7

    Belly Stops Waiting And The Triangle Ignites

    The tension finally breaks as Belly stops pretending she can keep everyone happy, and the Fisher house starts showing the cost of all those unspoken feelings. We track the exact moments the love triangle flips from vibe to consequences, while Susannah and Laurel try to outrun reality for one more night.

  6. Jul 31

    A Fourth Of July Rewatch Packed With Secrets

    We rewatch “Summer Heat” and talk through why a Fourth of July at Cousins can feel beautiful and unbearable at the same time. We track the secrets, the bad choices, and the almost-kiss that flips the season’s relationships into a new phase.  Tune in next week. Be sure to like, subscribe, share, and get into the conversation. You know, let us know your thoughts and opinions. Follow, download.

  7. Jul 24

    The Birthday That Changes Everything

    We rewatch “Summer Nights” and keep score on the love triangle as Belly’s birthday turns into a spotlight on who shows up and who shuts down. We track the infinity symbolism, the party fallout, and the moments that reveal how little control any of these teens actually have.

  8. Jul 14

    Summer Dress Secrets

    We go from summer travel chaos and zoo elephant stories to a deep recap of “Summer Dress,” where Belly’s glow-up collides with debutante pressure and a love triangle that starts to sharpen. We track who supports Belly’s growth, who tries to control the narrative, and why the red jeep moment changes the vibe of her first real date.

  9. Jul 6

    Jeremiah Vs Conrad And The First Summer Back At Cousins Beach

    Cousins Beach is back, and so are all the feelings you forgot you had. We’re kicking off our rewatch podcast with “Summer House” (The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 1 Episode 1), and we’re looking at the pilot the way it’s meant to be watched: with nostalgia in your chest and a running tally of every green flag and red flag on screen. We talk about why this series lands so powerfully, especially if you grew up with a “summer place” of your own. From unpacking groceries to fireworks, hot dogs, and s’mores, the show nails the ritual side of summer and uses it to make Belly’s shift feel seismic. We also get into Jenny Han’s adaptation choices, what the show keeps from the books, and how a straight-to-series pilot sets the tone so fast you end up binging before you realize it. Then it’s time for the real debate: Jeremiah vs Conrad vs Cam Cameron. We break down that first arrival, Conrad’s vibe, Jeremiah’s easy warmth, and the bonfire chaos that introduces Cam as a surprisingly healthy alternative. We also dig into Belly’s lens as a narrator and how her idea of Conrad can be more fantasy than fact. If you’ve ever argued about the love triangle, this is where the scoreboard starts. Subscribe, follow, and share this with the friend who will fight you about Team Jeremiah. After you listen, drop your take: who “wins” the pilot, and what moment sealed it for you?

  10. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    Team Jere: Trailer

    There’s a specific kind of summer magic that makes you want to believe the most complicated love story is the truest one. Salt air, sunburned shoulders, a crush that makes your heart skip and suddenly the broody guy in a dark sweater feels like destiny. We’re here to challenge that. We’re Lauren and Alex, and we’re launching Team Jere, a deep-dive rewatch of all three seasons of The Summer I Turned Pretty with one big question driving every conversation: why do we keep rooting for the person who makes us cry when we could choose the person who makes us feel safe and fully ourselves? Lauren comes in unapologetically Team Jeremiah, while Alex brings the millennial tendency to fall for the tortured hero trope and a willingness to be convinced. Together, we’re breaking down what the show gets right about first love, what it glamorizes about emotional chaos, and what healthy romance actually looks like in modern dating. Along the way, we’ll dig into the show’s deeper themes, including grief, growing pains, messy firsts, and the way pop culture shapes our expectations of love. We’ll also talk adaptation choices and what changes between the books and the series mean for how characters get framed, including the shade Jeremiah catches on screen versus on the page. And we’ll keep coming back to the debate at the heart of Cousins Beach: is it better to chase fireworks, or choose the person who shows up? We kick things off July 4th and spend the entire summer breaking down Season 1 episode by episode. Subscribe now, share the show with a friend who loves a hot take, and leave a review to help more fans find us. Then tell us where you stand: are you Team Jeremiah or still defending the broody guy?

Trailer

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One Gen X-er, one Millennial, and a shared obsession with Cousins Beach. We’re rewatching TSITP to prove Jeremiah is THE choice. Join Lauren Doyle & Alex Hinsky for a convo on culture, dating, and relationship reality checks.

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  • Creator
    Alex Hinsky, Lauren Doyle
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Team Jere
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