Cruel Summer Season 2 Finale Theory
Luke’s mom is alive.
She knew what kind of guy her husband was and knew the only way to get out of the marriage was to die. (She could’ve brought up divorce to Steve before and he didn’t want that because it would ruin his perfect image or threatened to kill her if she left.)
The guy in the woods and the sheriff helped fake her death. Ned created a new identify for her with his coding and the sheriff was on the scene of the accident.
She’s been living in either:
Ned’s house. Explains why his place has so much security. Sheriff knows she’s there and was coming to visit her that day he found Megan and Lexi in his house. Could be in a relationship.
Moved to Lexi’s hometown and is friends with either her parents or Lexi’s lawyer
Luke was in the car during the accident and could’ve known at the time what happened or the memory came back to him when he was drugged on NYE.
After Luke escaped he called his mom and/or the sheriff for help to get away from his father just like her mom.
The big shocks and twists are going to be how all these characters and storylines come together. We’ve seen a lot of characters and storylines that have been quickly brought up, that will probably play into the finale:
Lisa & her brother
Luke’s mom’s “death”
Debbie getting sick? Megan mentions in 2000 that Debbie was sick
Parker - befriended Isabella & also went to the cops
Megan’s father
The pure existence of Megan’s sister.
Megan’s pregnancy
Steve’s “boys will be boys” comment to Isabella. We know he’s bad, but maybe this alludes to more of Steve’s past behaviors - maybe he has another kid
It seems like Brent & Megan have communicated in 2000. When he’s holding back his dad in the woods from getting in a fight, Brent and Megan look at each other, they both know something. He also seemed more human here
I *think * Jeff’s storyline has played out. He was one of our suspects, but he did turn in Megan for the fake ID’s to save himself, so I think that’s the part he played in the mess.
