Even though Cousins Beach is fictional, many of the spots where 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' was filmed are popular tourist destinations

The debate between Ross and Rachel has now entered a new generation with the Prime Video series’ Belly and Jeremiah.

Chapel Hill seeing stars as TV hit ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ films in college town Just like Seasons 1 and 2, Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah’s story continues in the fictional Cousins Beach, with the Wilmington area filling in as a New England beach town. But you might also recognize several spots filmed in the quintessential college town.

It’s been an agonizing wait since TSITP‘s eventful Season 2 finale aired back in August 2023 and we watched Belly (Lola Tung) choose Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) over Conrad (Christopher Briney). But the hit Prime Video drama returned for its highly-anticipated third and final season,

Despite her success in hit Amazon series The Summer I Turned Pretty, lead actress Lola Tung has been axed from the 90s slasher revival of I Know What You Did Last Summer

Spoilers for the first two episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 and the book We’ll Always Have Summer are ahead! Read with caution, and watch the show with an Amazon Prime subscription.

During The Summer I Turned Pretty ‘s first season, multiple Swift songs were featured throughout seven episodes, including “Cruel Summer,” “False God,” “The Way I Loved You (Taylor’s Version)” and “This Love (Taylor’s Version),” from the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) album which at the time had yet-to-be-released.