Best-bets for June 5: A cruel, busy summer begins
1) “Cruel Summer” season-opener, 9 and 10 p.m., Freeform. The first season was a surprise – a teen drama with subtlety and depth. Now the second one has new characters in a new setting, but the same quality. Sadie Stanley (who was Brea, Adam’s girlfriend in “The Goldbergs”) is perfect as a brainy kid in a pleasant town. Then a worldly exchange student (Lexi Underwood of “Little Fires Everywhere,” shown here, left, with Stanley) stirs her quiet world, over two summers and a winter. Read more…