Surviving Summer (TV series)
{{Short description|2022 Australian television drama series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Teen drama
| creator = {{plainlist|
- Joanna Werner
- Josh Mapleston
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| starring = {{plainlist|
- Sky Katz
- Kai Lewins
- Lilliana Bowrey
- Joao Gabriel Marinho
- Savannah La Rain
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| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = "The Mother We Share" by Chvrches
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| country = Australia/Germany
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 18
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Stuart Menzies
| producer = Joanna Werner
| cinematography =
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| company = Werner Film Productions
| network = Netflix
| first_aired = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2023|09|15|df=yes}}
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Surviving Summer is an Australian teen drama television series that premiered on 3 June 2022 on Netflix. The first season consists of 10 episodes. In November 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 15 September 2023.{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Vivienne|title=Netflix Commissions Season 2 of 'Surviving Summer'|date=18 November 2022|url=https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/surviving-summer-season-2-7424/|publisher=Variety|access-date=26 November 2022|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118063820/https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/surviving-summer-season-2-7424/|url-status=live}}{{YouTube|title=Surviving Summer Season 2 {{!}} Official Trailer {{!}} Netflix|id=BWmyVK09CZ4}}
The show was canceled after two seasons with Lilliana Bowrey confirming on social media that the show would not be returning.{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-02-14 |title='Surviving Summer' Canceled: Won't Return for Season 3 at Netflix |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/surviving-summer-wont-return-for-season-3-at-netflix/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=What's on Netflix |language=en}}
Plot
Rebellious teenager Summer Torres is expelled from her high school in Brooklyn and sent to stay with the family of an old friend of her mother's in Australia, where she falls in with a clique of competitive surfers, and trouble causes in her footsteps.
Production
= Development =
The series is created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston. Josh Mapleston, Magda Wozniak, Keir Wilkins, Gemma Crofts and Kirsty Fisher serve as writers. Ben Chessell serves as a director, with Sian Davies and Charlotte George also directing episodes in the first season. Joanna Werner and Stuart Menzies serve as executive producers.{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/surfs-up-for-new-local-netflix-drama-surviving-summer.html|title=Surf's up for new local Netflix drama Surviving Summer|work=TVTonight|author=David Knox|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217044955/https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/surfs-up-for-new-local-netflix-drama-surviving-summer.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/surviving-summer-surfing-series-shooting-in-australia-netflix-1234908402/amp/|title='Surviving Summer' YA Surfing Drama Shoots in Australia for Netflix and ZDF|author=Patrick Frater|date=February 16, 2021|access-date=May 17, 2022|work=Variety|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517201045/https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/surviving-summer-surfing-series-shooting-in-australia-netflix-1234908402/amp/|url-status=live}} The series was initially conceived as a Parent Trap concept with two female cousins, but a request from Netflix to have the series appeal to boys as well led to one of the characters to be changed to a boy, Ari, and another change from it switching to Margot's sister taking Summer in to old family friends. Filming occurred in a number of places in Victoria's Surf Coast: Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Wye River, Lorne, Cumberland River and Bell's Beach. It consisted of two units working concurrently: one filming the drama and a separate unit shooting the surfing.{{cite web |last1=Enker |first1=Debi |title=Could this Aussie surf drama be the next teen hit for Netflix? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/could-this-aussie-surf-drama-be-the-next-teen-hit-for-netflix-20220606-p5are5.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=11 June 2022 |date=2022-06-08 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610043906/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/could-this-aussie-surf-drama-be-the-next-teen-hit-for-netflix-20220606-p5are5.html |url-status=live }}
On 18 November 2022 the series was renewed for a second season. Season two aired on 15 September 2023, with Netflix yet to renew it for a third season.
Cast
=Main=
- Sky Katz as Summer Torres, a rebellious teenager from Brooklyn, New York who is sent to live with family friends in the small town of Shorehaven on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81032078?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81588962|title= Surviving Summer on Netflix|work=Netflix.com}}{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/05/how-dance-academy-led-to-new-teen-surf-series-surviving-summer|title=How Dance Academy led to new teen surf series, Surviving Summer.|author=David Knox|work=TVTonight|date=May 31, 2022|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017025041/https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/05/how-dance-academy-led-to-new-teen-surf-series-surviving-summer.html|url-status=live}}
- Kai Lewins as Ari Gibson, a young surfer who befriends Summer while recovering from a serious injury.
- Lilliana Bowrey as Poppy Tetanui
- Joao Gabriel Marinho as Marlon Sousa, a Brazilian emigree to Shorehaven
- Savannah La Rain as Bodhi Mercer
- Annabel Wolfe as Wren Radic, season 2
- Josh Macqueen as Baxter Radic, season 2
=Recurring=
- Chris Alosio as Manu Tetanui, Poppy's older brother and a surf coach
- Dustin Clare and Adrienne Pickering as Ari's parents, Thommo and Abbie
- Pacha Luque-Light as rival surfer Lily Tran
- Mitchell Hardaker as Griff Temple
- Charli Wookey as Sheridan Morehouse
- Kate Beahan as Margot Torres, Summer's mother
- Olympia Valance as Elo Radic, new coach season 2
Episodes
=Series overview=
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| episodes2 = 8
| released2 = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
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=Season 1 (2022)=
{{Episode table |background=#EABA82 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=24 |director=17 |writer=22 |airdate=27 |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Exile
|DirectedBy = Ben Chessell
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Wild child Summer tries to settle into sleepy Shorehaven and meets young surfer Ari, who's on the mend from a serious injury but ready to compete.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Big Plans
|DirectedBy = Ben Chessell
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = At the beach, Summer gets in the way of Sheridan Morehouse, an Anchor Cove surfer, who breaks Summer's skateboard in return. At the Shorehaven Pro Juniors Finals, Marlon holds Ari back from a wave by tugging on his surfboard leash. Poppy's brother, Prawnie, agrees to give Summer a lift to the airport so she can fly back to New York. Ari confronts Marlon and the two physically fight on the beach, before being broken up by Manu, who emphasises the importance of community to Ari. Poppy beats Anchor Cove surfer, Lily Tran, in her heat. While Summer and Marlon go jetskiing, Ari runs into Bodhi, and the two go diving. While diving, Ari has a panic attack and remembers the accident. Back at the competition, Sheridan beats both Poppy and Bodhi. In a flashback to his accident, Ari relives jumping off Stairway, while Marlon feints and does not jump with him as planned. Ari has another panic attack before his heat, and Summer goes to calm him down, missing her ride from Prawnie to the airport. Marlon surfs and comes in second after Griff, an Anchor Cove surfer. Summer takes Sheridan's board and rolls her car over it, breaking it in vengeance for her skateboard. Margot calls Summer after discovering the credit card charge for the plane ticket, and tells Summer that she can be happy in Australia. Summer obliges and goes to eat dinner with the Gibsons.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Training Day
|DirectedBy = Ben Chessell
|WrittenBy = Magda Wozniak & Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Poppy teaches beginner classes at the Tetanui Surf School and clashes with Summer, who is teaching Honey to skateboard. While out teaching on the ocean, Poppy sees Summer, unsuccessfully trying to surf, and goes to help her. Summer tells Poppy she regrets calling Poppy a bad teacher, and Poppy confides in Summer about missing her mother, who recently passed from lymphoma. Later, Summer helps film Poppy's surfing. Summer also tries to convince the Gibsons to allow Ari to compete, telling them she wants to compete in the Jackson Bay competition, despite not being experienced enough. While reviewing the footage of her surfing, Poppy hears Manu in the background describing their mother as optimistic for believing that Poppy could be a world champion. She confronts him, telling him that she is out of practice because she is busy always teaching classes at the family surf school. Ari and Thommo go surfing, but Ari is unable to convince his dad to let him surf in the competition. Summer wants to go surfing, but is advised not to, as the surf is too strong. Summer ignores her, and goes out to surf, but finds herself out of her depth. Poppy comes to help and gets her back to shore. Later, Ari apologises for not attending Poppy's mum's funeral and boosts her confidence by revealing that in order to improve his technique, Manu has given him tapes of Poppy's surfing. Later, Summer goes out surfing again, and Poppy and Ari accompany her.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Shame
|DirectedBy = Charlotte George
|WrittenBy = Keir Wilkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The crew heads to Jackson Bay for a major competition. Summer stirs up drama with a revealing game that brings Ari and Marlon's friendship to the brink.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Keep the Sponsors Happy
|DirectedBy = Ben Chessell
|WrittenBy = Gemma Crofts & Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Bodhi might catch her big break with a new sponsor - if Marlon doesn't ruin her shot. Poppy and Ari share a moment after a late-night training session.
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = No Pressure
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Keir Wilkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Ari and Bodhi try to hold their own against surfing pros - and among VIPs at a party. Summer helps Ari with his secret but wants him to seek real help.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = For Laynah
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Kristy Fisher
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Poppy, with her mother's memory in mind, serves as the team captain during an event against rival surf clubs, Marlon starts to weigh his options.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Stairway
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Marlon wants to impress his new pals by surfing a notorious break, and Ari joins him. Summer gets desperate after getting an update about her stay.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Go
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Keir Wilkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Poppy mingles with a rival surfer. Ari and Summer sneak into the Jarrah Island competition together. Marlon must decide where his loyalty lies.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Stay
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston & Keir Wilkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|06|03|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Margot arrives to bring Summer home, while the crew tries to qualify for the state team. Bodhi gets in trouble during her heat. Ari makes a choice.
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=Season 2 (2023)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Selection
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Ready to show off new skills, Summer returns to Shorehaven on the eve of state team try-outs. But she finds she's not the only one bringing surprises.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Team Bonding
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Keir Wilkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Tough new coach Elo puts the team through their paces. When Summer hosts a barbecue, a few impulsive decisions turn a quiet night into a rager.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Wait for It
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = With her plans at risk, Summer buckles down to show how serious she is about competing. Bodhi goes on a date with an intriguing surfer from out of town.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = A Seat At the Table
|DirectedBy = Christiaan Van Vuuren
|WrittenBy = Huna Amweero
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Ari faces new anxieties after signing a sponsorship deal. At a glam Subtropix shoot in Byron Bay, a photographer's approach rubs Bodhi the wrong way.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Purge
|DirectedBy = Sian Davies
|WrittenBy = Alix Beane
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = A kiss gives Poppy a lot to think about while Bax tries to get Summer's mind off her problems. Tensions boil over among the team at surf camp.
|LineColor = A3C3C2
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = I Promise
|DirectedBy = Christiaan Van Vuuren
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Struggling to be honest with Wren, Ari ends up throwing her a birthday party, where a pitcher of special punch gets Poppy and Summer into trouble.
|LineColor = A3C3C2
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Suck It Up
|DirectedBy = Christiaan Van Vuuren
|WrittenBy = Libby Butler
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Unexpected truths emerge at Nationals, where the team fights to move past their drama and ride into the finals. Wren lays her cards on the table.
|LineColor = A3C3C2
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Send It
|DirectedBy = Christiaan Van Vuuren
|WrittenBy = Josh Mapleston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = As pressure builds at the competition, Summer waits for the perfect wave. But with love on the line, winning on the water is only half the battle.
|LineColor = A3C3C2
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Awards and nominations
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| scope="row" | Logie Awards
| 2023 | Most Outstanding Children's Program | Surviving Summer | {{nom}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|13925166}}
{{Netflix original current series}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Surviving Summer}}
Category:2020s Australian drama television series
Category:2022 Australian television series debuts
Category:2020s teen drama television series
Category:Australian English-language television shows
Category:Television series by BBC Studios
Category:Australian television series about teenagers
Category:Television series about vacationing
Category:Television shows set in Victoria (state)
Category:Netflix television dramas