Chhavi Jain 
Okay, besties, let’s get one thing straight: Season 3 officially belongs to Conrad Fisher. From the longing stares to the quiet heartbreak to those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments of raw honesty, this man is carrying the season on his broad, broody shoulders. Every scene he’s in feels like the center of gravity has shifted. Cousins Beach isn’t Cousins Beach without Conrad’s pining, and The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 Episode 7 just hammered that home.
But then… we have Belly. Sweet, infuriating, can’t-make-up-her-mind Belly. We are literally at the brink of her wedding, and she’s still standing there torn between Conrad and Jeremiah. Like, babe. NOW is when you want to play “Eeny Meeny Miney Mo” with the Fisher brothers? This isn’t picking between iced coffee flavors—this is marriage. And instead of clarity, she’s spiraling into confusion that’s giving all of us secondhand whiplash.
And don’t even get me started on that flashback she had about Conrad. It wasn’t romantic, it wasn’t illuminating—it was just plain dumb and confusing. We’ve been watching this entire season build momentum, watching Conrad bleed emotions left and right, and Belly’s mind decides to toss her back into a memory montage like that’s going to help her figure anything out? Newsflash: it didn’t. It just left us screaming at the screen.
What makes it worse is the way she reacted when Conrad finally confessed his feelings in Episode 6. If Belly is so certain she’ll “never be able to unlove Conrad,” then why did she shut him down with that aggressive defensiveness? Why recoil like his honesty was an inconvenience? You don’t get to pine for a guy in your memories and then ice him out the second he’s brave enough to put his heart on the line. That’s not romantic conflict—that’s emotional whiplash, and frankly, it’s exhausting.
So yes, I’ll say it again: this is Conrad’s season. His growth, his vulnerability, his quiet strength—it’s everything. And meanwhile, Belly is stuck in this frustrating loop of indecision that makes her look less like a heroine and more like someone playing with two hearts she doesn’t fully know how to handle. If she can’t pick, maybe she shouldn’t be picking ANYONE right now.
At this point, I’m convinced: Team Conrad is winning hearts, Jeremiah deserves better, and Belly? Well… babe, we’re all sliding back into TEAM ANTIBELLY territory, because confusion isn’t cute anymore—it’s careless.
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