Crew Girl

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR

Sep 16, 202617:37TV & Film

The Netflix TV show Crew Girl follows in the footsteps of successful coming-of-age dramas like Sterling Point and The Summer I Turned Pretty . It follows Teagan, an ambitious high school rower (Miku Martineau) trying to...

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