Angela Prescott

**Angela Prescott** is a recurring character in the Freeform series *Cruel Summer.*

She is both the owner and a bartender of the local dive bar who becomes a sympathetic ear, and has no issue standing up for herself.

## Biography

### 1994

On June 21st, Angela first meets Greg Turner at the video store when she enters the store asking Greg and Vince Fuller if they owned a white sedan which turned out to be Greg’s. She continued to say that she accidentally backed into his vehicle as she was in a rush to see an apartment.  She insisted on writing him a check and Greg interrupted her by asking if she was looking for a new apartment, and Angela replied saying that she was new to town. Greg introduces himself as “the best real-estate agent in the town” and gives her his business card. Vince briefly introduces himself to her as well, and Angela says hi to him.

On the morning of August 15th, Angela sent Greg a gift basket to his house, thanking him for his help in finding a place for her. However, it was Cindy Turner that brought it into the house and thought that the basket was for her and was sent by Greg.

On August 30th, Greg’s sat at the bar and Angela tells him that it’s his third time that week. Greg tells her that she probably thinks that he has a drinking problem, and Angela said that she sells the stuff and can’t judge. Greg continues to say that he doesn’t go to bars that often but she then asks him why he’s there for a third time that week, to which he answers and says that he likes the company. Rod Wallis then enters the bar asking Angela for some quarters for the meter as he is picking up a keg before he spots Greg sat at the bar. While she’s getting the quarters for him, the two men hold intense eye contact. After getting the quarters, Angela asks them if everything is okay before Rod asks for the quarters and she gives him the coins, to which he nods as a thanks before leaving.

### 1995

On the night of June 21st, Angela’s working at the dive bar and talks to Greg sitting at the bar, and asks him how things went earlier. He replied and said that Jeanette was doing alright and could possibly be a sociopath. She didn’t think that Jeanette was a sociopath, but instead a teenage girl. Angela is then asked when she gets off of work and if she’s sleeping at his place and Greg hoped for that to be the case. As he prepared to leave the bar, he slid some money over the counter which Angela rejected. She reasoned that they’ve been together for 4 months and that he would get free drinks as a perk of dating a bartender, and the two kiss.

Later that night, Angela stops by the Turner residence and spots Jeanette on the couch watching TV. She then asks Jeanette where Greg is, to which Jeanette answers by saying that he's in his room. Angela then asks her if she's okay and tries to console Jeanette but is met with hostility from the latter, who says that she doesn't "need advice from the local bartender who's screwing my dad." Taken aback, Angela tries once more to comfort Jeanette, saying that she can talk to her if she needs to and that she is not Cindy but will not be talked to that way as she is “not the enemy.” Jeanette apologizes and both say goodnight to each other.

On July 29th, Angela entered the Turner house and saw Jeanette sat at the kitchen counter looking at the cover of the National Inquisitor magazine, with a picture of her and text that read “geek-turned-chic-turned-psychopath?” She immediately snatched it out of Jeanette’s hands and threw it into the trash, saying that “garbage belongs where it belongs.” Jeanette asked her if she saw the reporters outside now that the trial was around the corner. Angela suggested that they go out together and that she could be on her side. Seeing that she was hesitant, she reminded her that she didn’t have a lot of choices.

They both arrive at the bar and Angela asks Jeanette what she wanted, a coke and whiskey. With Jeanette being underage, Angela told her that she’ll give her the coke but not the whiskey. She reasoned by saying that she already took Greg’s car and can’t bring Jeanette back home drunk. When asked what she saw in Greg by Jeanette, Angela said that she saw “a good person, going through an incredibly difficult time” and asked Jeanette the same question. The latter said that she tried to see her dad how he used to be, to which Angela replied by saying that would be “a recipe for disappointment.”

When Jeanette saw the new karaoke machine, Angela asked her if she sang and she answered, saying that she doesn't really sing. To this, Angela volunteers to sing karaoke first. After her turn on the karaoke machine, she picked a song and convinced Jeanette to sing along with her. The instrumental to “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes is played on the machine, and Angela sings the first verse of the song and offers Jeanette the other microphone, who accepts and starts singing along with her on the pre-chorus and chorus. Angela reassured Jeanette when she stopped singing and said that she deserved kindness. She continued to say to Jeanette that she has to leave the fortress she had built eventually, even for a moment.

August 15th, an ocean inside me - At the Turner house, Angela stood by the walkway and saw Jeanette on the couch watching old home videos on the TV. When Jeanette spotted her presence, she quickly wipes away her tears and pauses the video on a frame with her mom. Angela said that she understands if Jeanette misses her mom when she told her she didn’t miss her mom. When she says that she misses her dad, Angela implies that she could spend less time with him before Jeanette cuts her off by saying that it’s her dad, not Angela. After listening to what she had to say, she told her that as women she shouldn’t make herself less for other people. Jeanette told her that the day felt more like a funeral than a holiday.

She sits at the dining room table with Jeanette and her attorney Denise, who informed them of Tennille Peterson’s mom, Tanya, being deposed by Kate’s lawyers as requested by Tanya who claimed to have “damning information.” Greg entered the dining room area asking Jeanette if she drank all the coffee, to which Angela answered that she saved him some in a tumbler. He grabs it and gives her a quick kiss before walking off.

Later, Angela and Jeanette walk through the house and Angela asks the latter if she was dating anyone. She continued to say that Vince waits around for Jeanette to come home and she jokingly tells Vince that they should date. Angela then left for work.

At the bar, Angela meets Cindy when she sat down and asked for a Cosmo drink. She recognizes Cindy and whips up her drink as Cindy tells her that it’s her wedding anniversary, and asks if she knew that already and addressed Angela by her name. She perceived this as Cindy trying to cause a problem so Angela was frank with her, saying that she wasn’t there to cat-fight and that it’s not a thing she engages in. Cindy quickly assured that it wasn’t the case and continued by saying that she was driving to her old home and felt sentimental and couldn’t bring herself to drive in the right direction.

Angela asked her why she was at the bar and Cindy inquires on how Jeanette is doing considering their strained relationship as Jeanette blames Cindy for her parents’ separation. She encourages Angela to tell her anything and she tells her that Jeanette misses her. Cindy then asked Angela if she wanted to have a drink with her which she accepted. Both women relate to their mothers sacrificing everything to the point where they disappeared, agreeing that it was the blueprint for them. Angela continues to listen as Cindy told her that she wanted to leave a different blueprint for her kids, and Angela applauds her for starting a new career after raising her kids. Cindy applauds her back by saying that running the bar was an accomplishment and Angela corrects her as she actually owns the place.

Cindy tells her that she likes her, continuing to say that she can see why Greg likes her since she’s smart, bold, and open. She says that boldness scares Greg a little but deep down he likes it. Angela also likes Cindy, with the latter glad and surprised that they can get along well and cheers their drinks together. Angela reminded Cindy that she left Greg, which left Cindy confused and asked her if that was what Greg told her, leaving Angela equally as confused.

On August 30th, Angela entered the Turner household and Greg said that he’s been paging her, asking if everything was alright. She tells him that Cindy came to see her, and Greg apologizes saying that it was crossing the line. Angela then asked him why he hasn’t been honest with her on how he and Cindy ended things.

She listens as Greg recounts what happened at the bar last year and tells her that Rod and his wife Joy spread false rumors about Jeanette. Angela said that Greg told her that he had no reason to believe that Jeanette was involved in Kate’s disappearance and Greg agreed. She then reminded him that he knew about Jeanette having a key to Martin Harris’s house, and Greg asked her if he hadn't been an open book for her. Angela said that she thought that they were both being open books. Greg continues to remind Angela that they met when his business was falling apart, he was a newly separated man, and that Jeanette was the town outcast which he told her upfront. However, Angela told him that he left out the part about the key and Greg said that Jeanette had the key when she played hide-and-seek in the house with Mallory and Vince two years ago. According to Angela, this was when “[Jeanette] was still kid enough to play hide-and-seek” and Greg told her that he made her turn the key over to the police who seemed to be satisfied. He concludes that he still doesn’t believe that his daughter had anything to do with what happened to Kate.

Angela then confronts Greg about how he and Cindy went their separate ways, reminding him that he said that Cindy left him which he confirms. She continues by saying that Cindy asked for space to “work things out” and that he shut down. Greg remembers that she packed a bag and walked out the door, which possibly led to him shutting down as a result. Angela confesses that she doesn’t want to stand between two people that should still be married. Greg tells her that Cindy was his high school sweetheart and shared values, children, and property and that their marriage was sensible. He goes on to say that his marriage with Cindy was good but it ran its course. With him and Angela, he said that he came with “a little bit of baggage” which was probably not practical but felt right and is himself when he’s with Angela, his current version of himself right now. She lets him know that she likes this version of him and that Greg also likes her and they kiss.

## Physical Appearance

Angela is a tall and slender woman with long black curly hair and has an olive complexion. She dresses in flannels, tank tops, jeans, and long skirts; grunge style with minimal makeup. She wears jewelry, and can be seen mostly wearing hoop earrings and a variety of necklaces.