With the season 3 finale of The Summer time I Turned Fairly simply across the nook, followers are bracing for an ending that would look very totally different from the books. Because the present barrels towards its remaining episode subsequent week, it’s changing into clear that the sequence is taking massive swings with Jenny Han’s authentic story—and won’t ship the identical happily-ever-after readers bear in mind from We’ll At all times Have Summer time.
Showrunner and creator Jenny Han not too long ago teased that viewers shouldn’t anticipate the finale to reflect the unique books’ ending, irrespective of how carefully it might appear to comply with Stomach and Conrad’s love story at occasions.
“There may be a lot that’s going to shock followers about how a lot we’re displaying of Stomach in Paris and the entire ending,” Jenny instructed Leisure Weekly. “It’s not simply an epilogue.”
In Han’s remaining novel, Stomach and Conrad’s reunion performs out nearly totally off-page. After drifting aside, Stomach heads to Spain to review overseas and begins receiving heartfelt letters from Conrad. They ultimately reconnect at her faculty commencement, with their relationship quietly rekindled in simply two brief pages.
However the present has already rewritten that trajectory in a giant approach. As a substitute of Spain, Stomach is finding out in Paris—a change Han says she’s “at all times” envisioned—and she or he’s determined to increase her keep as an alternative of returning dwelling for commencement. “There’s simply a lot to residing by yourself, for the primary time, in a international place, and that’s essential for Stomach as she’s rising up,” Han defined to EW, noting that Stomach’s Paris storyline spans a number of episodes to showcase her private progress.
In the meantime, the penultimate episode ended with Conrad reserving a flight to Paris to see her, a transfer that has “Workforce Conrad” followers buzzing {that a} romantic reunion might nonetheless be on the horizon. Nonetheless, given all of the twists to date, it’s anybody’s guess in the event that they’ll truly rekindle their romance—or if Han is organising one thing totally new.
Han, 45, has been dropping hints since earlier than the season’s July premiere that the ending gained’t be as easy as followers would possibly anticipate. She’s admitted she doesn’t “like too neat of an ending” and prefers to depart issues “hopeful,” although she promised longtime followers that essentially the most beloved ebook moments will nonetheless make it onscreen.
“There are a few moments that folks actually love from the books that I knew that folks have been eager to see,” she instructed Individuals. Nonetheless, she warned, they “won’t at all times occur in the way in which that you just’re anticipating.”
“I wished to guarantee that I used to be going to actually service these followers who’ve been following the story for a extremely very long time,” she added.
