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By Joly Herman
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Underage drinking, hooking up are themes of vapid show.
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Forever Summer: Hamptons
What's the Story?
In FOREVER SUMMER: HAMPTONS, a college student named Avery returns to her hometown of Westhampton, New York, for the summer to connect with her childhood friends and work a summer job at a snack shack. She tells her high school bestie that her friends in college are super cool and smart, and that they are all looking at friend groups beyond their hometown friends. Her bestie, Emelye, has moved in with her boyfriend instead of going to college, and the two friends' lives are at a crossroads. Partying at bonfires and on boats brings them closer. But when a city boy named Ilan from Manhattan comes to town with fun ideas of his own, the balance of friendship is tipped. Will Avery move on? Will the summer be a success, or a disaster?
Is It Any Good?
Being surrounded by wealth and privilege doesn't seem to provide anything to talk about; even worse, in this show, nothing really happens unless people are soused and do stupid drunken stuff. There's a lot of sniffing around to see if a summer romance, or even a hookup, will manifest in Forever Summer: Hamptons. Drama rises like the tide and subsides when the cast members manage to work stuff out.
The kids who are coming to the Hamptons (to be in this show) while on college break have a different sense of motivation than the kids who live in the tourist town where they grew up, but those class differences aren't really explored. That story line might have been interesting. If this show is meant to illustrate that hanging out on the beach and cruising on boats is fun in the summer, sure, it does that. But being really drunk is a big part of that fun, too. Teen viewers will not find any role models here.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how seeing people drink and party on shows like Forever Summer: Hamptons affects viewers. Here are tips for families who want to talk about shows that glorify drinking.
Teens and college-age kids in this show hook up at random when they're drunk. How does this make you feel?
There's lots of underage drinking in this show, and parents don't seem to care too much. Here are tips for parents who want to talk about underage drinking represented in shows like this.
TV Details
- Premiere date : July 15, 2022
- Cast : Reid Rubio
- Network : Prime Video
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Friendship
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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